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The Marschall-Meusebach Cemetery

Fredericksburg, Gillespie County

Marker Text

Members of the families of two former German noblemen, related by marriage, are buried in this cemetery. John O. Meusebach (1812-97), who came to the Republic of Texas in 1845 as leader of the German Emigration Company, established (1846) the town of fredericksburg and signed (1847) an historic peace treaty with the Comanche Indians. Wilhelm Marschall Von Bierberstein (1822-1902) settled in this community in 1848. First burial here was that of Marschall's sister-in-law, Mathilda Weiss (1824-91).

Marker Details

Address
Location Description take US 87 NW approx. 17 miles to Cherry Spring Rd.; then east on Cherry Spring approx .5 miles to Marshall Cemetery Rd.; then north on cemetery road .2 miles
Marker # 10080
Dedicated 1976
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery; German immigrants/immigration
Latitude, Longitude 30.483545, -98.994426

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