Redwood Cemetery
Zorn, Guadalupe County, Texas
Marker Inscription
In 1895 German settlers in the community of Redwood founded a cemetery association. They purchased two acres of land located near Cottonwood Creek for a graveyard from A. H. and Sallie Fleming. A church and schools had been established nearby. The earliest marked grave is that of 15-year-old Lizzie Heidemeyer in August 1896. Among the nearly 70 burials are many of the founding members and their families. The site fell into disrepair but was cleaned and restored by descendants of the early immigrants. The volunteers also placed a gate with a sign and installed a flagpole. (1996)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
In 1895 the German settlers of Redwood, near Cottonwood Creek, formed a cemetery association and bought two acres from A. H. and Sallie Fleming beside an existing church and schools. The earliest marked grave belongs to fifteen-year-old Lizzie Heidemeyer, buried in August 1896, and nearly seventy graves hold founding families. After years of neglect, descendants of those immigrants cleaned and restored the grounds, adding a gate, sign, and flagpole.
Why it matters
It is a small monument to German immigrant community-building in central Texas—and to the descendants who reclaimed their forebears' resting place from ruin.
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Related people
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