| Marker Number |
13797 |
| Atlas Number |
5507013797 |
| Marker Title |
Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz Family Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Buchsenschutz, Georg Heinrich, Family Cemetery |
| Address |
off Briarcrest St. |
| City |
San Antonio |
| County |
Bexar |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
557407 |
| UTM Northing |
3272310 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year |
2005 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
in greenbelt/utility easement north of Briarcrest St. and west of Briarledge St. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
HTC marker |
| Marker Text |
Mexican War veteran Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz came to Texas in 1850. He bought more than 200 acres of farmland in this area in 1860, the same year he wed Friederike Schulmeier, with whom he had ten children. Their oldest daughter, Friederike, died at the age of fifteen in 1881 and was buried on the homestead. Her father was interred near her in 1895. Between 1910 and 1946, eleven other family members were buried at the cemetery. The site remains open to family descendants. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2001 |
