St. Peter Lutheran Church and Prairie Valley Cemetery
N 29° 56.849 W 096° 59.745
14R E 693426 N 3314655
The state historic marker for the St. Peter Lutheran Church and Prairie Valley Cemetery, in the picturesque community of West Point in Fayette County
Waymark Code: WMVQ09
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2017
Views: 2
This marker stands between the beautiful wooden church and the quiet cemetery along Prairie Valley Road in West Point.
Marker Number: 11880
Marker Text:
Sixteen families led by the Rev. R. Osthoff organized this church in 1896. The congregation met at the schoolhouse and Knights of Honor Lodge. Dietrich Hermann Wessels donated two acres for a church and cemetery across the road from the lodge hall in 1900. The first burial was that of Heinrich George Wessels in 1900. The St. Petri congregation was recognized by the Missouri Synod in January 1901; the church building was completed in February. Most of the grave inscriptions before the 1930s are in German. Church services were held in German until 1935. Burials in the cemetery are almost all those of church members, including the charter families. With about seventy members and more than 121 graves, both church and cemetery remain active.
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