Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz Family Cemetery
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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. (2001)
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Marker No: 13797
Texas Historical Cemetery Marker
Geographic: 29.578494, -98.408379
Location: in greenbelt/utility easement north of Briarcrest Street and west of Briarledge Street, San Antonio
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