Cypress Creek Cemetery
Center Point, Kerr County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The oldest documented grave in this cemetery is that of Laura Steves Boerner (d. 1861), whose husband, Wilhelm Boerner, was killed at the Battle of Nueces in August 1862. Also interred in the small cemetery on Sturdy Oak Farm are children, pioneer settlers, and two strangers who died of tuberculosis while traveling through the area. Hand-cut stones mark the grave of the community's respected physician, Dr. August Pfeiffer. The cemetery provides a link with the 19th-century heritage of the Cypress Creek community. (1989)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Cypress Creek Cemetery holds the nineteenth-century heritage of a German settler community in the Texas Hill Country. Its oldest documented grave, from 1861, belongs to Laura Steves Boerner, whose husband Wilhelm was killed at the Battle of the Nueces in August 1862—a deadly clash in which Confederate forces attacked German Unionists fleeing Texas. Pioneers, children, a respected physician, and even two strangers who died of tuberculosis while passing through rest here.
Why it matters
The cemetery ties a small Hill Country community to the wrenching Civil War divisions among Texas Germans, many of whom opposed the Confederacy.
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Related people
- · Laura Steves Boerner
- · Wilhelm Boerner
- · August Pfeiffer
Related events
- · Battle of the Nueces
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