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High Hill Cemetery

Schulenburg, Fayette County

Marker Text

High Hill Post Office, established about 1858, united three adjacent villages and gave this community cemetery its name. This six-acre tract was once the property of George Herder (1818-87), a German immigrant and a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. The oldest stones here mark the graves of August Wolters, who died April 6, 1861, and Friedrich Eicholt, who died May 18, 1861. The cemetery contains about 241 graves, primarily those of German settlers in the area. Family members cared for the site until 1963, when the Old High Hill Cemetery Association, Inc., was organized.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description From Schulenburg, take FM 2672 north 1.2 miles.
Marker # 2475
Dedicated 1975
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery; German immigrants/immigration
Latitude, Longitude 29.74628, -96.888479

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