FIRST -- Burial in Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz Family Cemetery, Bexar Co. TX
N 29° 34.755 W 098° 24.436
14R E 557407 N 3272310
In 1881 Friedericke Buchsenschutz became the first person buried at the Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz Family Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMXJW4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/21/2018
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This small family cemetery for the Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz family, on his former homestead, reminds of the German settlers who helped tame this part of Texas.
The cemetery got its start when Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz's daughter Friederike was buried on the homestead in 1881, as was the custom of the day for rural families.
The Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz Family Cemetery is well protected and difficult to access. It is located in a utility easement that runs through a neighborhood in north Bexar County TX.
A state historic marker at the cemetery reads as follows:
"Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz Family Cemetery
Mexican War veteran Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz came to Texas in 1850. He bought more than 200 acres of farmland in this area in 1860, the same year he wed Friederike Schulmeier, with whom he had ten children. Their oldest daughter, Friederike, died at the age of fifteen in 1881 and was buried on the homestead. Her father was interred near her in 1895. Between 1910 and 1946, eleven other family members were buried at the cemetery. The site remains open to family descendants.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2001"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 11/26/1881
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