TC09#31 - Hartmann Family Cemetery Traditional Cache
TC09#31 - Hartmann Family Cemetery
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You are looking for a decon contaner on the ground at the base of the chain link fence just north of the cemetery. Park at the historical marker
Here you can learn some of the history of the Phillip Hartmann family responsible for the cemetery here and some of the buildings near you. From the historical marker:
Philipp Hartmann and Elisabeth Crenwelge were married in their homeland of Bruchweiler, Prussia in 1853. They and their two children immigrated to Texas in 1855, arriving at the Port of Galveston. They settled in the Live Oak area near Fredericksburg, where Philipp became a farmer and butcher. Nine more children were born to the family; the four who died in infancy and early childhood are a testament to the hard conditions of 19th century live. The family established this cemetery 100 yards north of their homestead in 1859. Elisabeth died in 1877 and Philipp remarried the following year. His new wife, Rosina Hildebrand, bore four children; two died young . Phillip died in 1911 and Rosina died in 1913, leaving a large and prosperous family. The Hartmann cemetery remains a fine example of a German immigrant family graveyard.
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