Blacksmith - Laurence Frank - Calvary Catholic Cemetery - Galveston, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 16.365 W 094° 49.820
15R E 322179 N 3239594
One of the most unique objects you will ever come across in a cemetery - An Anvil.
Waymark Code: WM11396
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2019
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A grey marble tablet topped with a 60 pound anvil and a hammer marks the resting place of this early Texian. This stone is probably not the original marker.
His trade is one that has been lost to technology.
Most disturbing is whoever had this marker made did not check to the spelling of his name.
LaurEnce, NOT LaurAnce as seen on the stone.
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From Find A Grave Laurence Frank
Laurence Frank
BIRTH: 1 May 1853
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
DEATH: 26 Feb 1938 (aged 84)
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA
BURIAL: Calvary Catholic Cemetery
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA
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Tombstones I Have Known Viewed on Google Books.
Tombstones I Have Known
Page 15
Weaver, Lamar ( Author )
Publisher: Writers Club Press (December 1, 2001)
ASIN: B007S7J572
Galveston, Texas, Blacksmith’s Grave:
“Blacksmith anvil used 60 years by Lawrence Frank now marks his grave in Calvary Cemetery.”
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From Genealogy.com A Bavouset Family:Information about Laurenz Franke by Mary A. Bavouset.
The claim of fame possibly of Lawrence Frank and the farm was the fact that he sold mint to Dick Dowling for use in his 'Bank of Bacchus Saloon' at Main and Congress. Lawrence Frank, Jr., was generally credited with being the one who delivered the mint to the Saloon.
Lawrence, Jr. was a blacksmith by trade and married Elizabeth Kessler of Galveston. He is buried in Galveston in the Calvary Cemetery. His grave is marked by his request with his old blacksmith anvil. He is the one mentioned above who carried the mint to the Dick Dowling Saloon from the farm.