Hector Family Cemetery
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Marker No: 14249
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 29.81498, -97.94155
Location: from San Marcos, Texas begin at intersection of IH-35 on SH 123 go south 4.1 miles toward Seguin on Highway 123. The cemetery is located behind the barn.
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Marker Text: Astyanax Troy Hector was born to Scottish immigrants in Virginia in 1823 through the Hector children were named for Homer's Lliad Astyanax Troy was later nicknamed "Stine" the family relocated to Texas between 1838 and 1846 Astyanax Troy Hector was a farmer, hatmaker and land surveyor. He married Sarah Jane Hocker in 1851. She died giving birth to their seventh child in 1864. The family cemetery was probably established by their firstborn when he buried her on the family farm near the house when Hector returned home from Civil War he found his thirteen year old son Valerus Gordon Hector caring for the farm and family. Hector married his wife's youngest sister Susan Nancy Hocker in Texas and they had eleven children Astyanax Troy Hector died in 1905 and was the last family member to be buried at this site. (1999)
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Hector Family Cemetery
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Texas Historic Cemetery Medallion