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Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery

Killeen, Bell County

Marker Text

The first burial in this graveyard, that of Wilhelm Wolf, took place in 1891, two years after the German Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Congregation was formally organized. The Rev. H.F. Daude (1850-1924), who served as first pastor, deeded land here in 1893 for the church, school, and cemetery. Members of the congregation, now known as Immanuel Lutheran, continue to use the graveyard, although the church relocated to another site in the early 1940s. The German language appears on many of the tombstones reflecting a part of the area's German heritage. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986

Marker Details

Address 2300 Old FM 440
Location Description 2300 Old FM 440, just south of intersection of Ronstan St. and FM 440, Killeen
Marker # 2622
Dedicated 1986
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery; Lutheran denomination; German immigrants/immigration
Latitude, Longitude 31.096887, -97.755789

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