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Rambie-Lewis Family Cemetery

Somerset, Bexar County

Marker Text

This family cemetery, consisting of three graves, is a physical reminder of the hardships faced by 19th century pioneer families. Aaron Rambie, a Pennsylvania native who came to Texas about 1848, married a neighbor, Ginsey Ann Lewis, In 1854. When Ginsey died in 1862 at the age of twenty-seven, she was buried here on land owned by her father, Levi Lewis, Jr. Lewis's son, warren, died in June 1863 at the age of one year and was also buried here. Aaron and Gensey's eight-year-old daughter, Mary Abigail, died in July 18633 and was buried next to her mother. (1991)

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Smith Rd., off Rte. 16 about S. mi West of intersection w/ hickman Rd., somerset.
Marker # 4173
Dedicated 1991
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 29.200887, -98.647449

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