Details for Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5027002622

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Marker Number 2622
Atlas Number 5027002622
Marker Title Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
Index Entry Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
Address 2300 Old FM 440
City Killeen
County Bell
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 618664
UTM Northing 3441005
Subject Codes cemetery; Lutheran denomination; German immigrants/immigration
Marker Year 1986
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 2300 Old FM 440, just south of intersection of Ronstan St. and FM 440, Killeen
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
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

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