Details for Rambie-Lewis Family Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5029004173

Data

Marker Number 4173
Atlas Number 5029004173
Marker Title Rambie-Lewis Family Cemetery
Index Entry Rambie-Lewis Family Cemetery
Address
City Somerset
County Bexar
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 534272
UTM Northing 3230294
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1991
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Smith Rd., off Rte. 16 about S. mi West of intersection w/ hickman Rd., somerset.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
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)

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