Williamson County Historical Commission
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863-2202
SANDOVAL,
TEXAS
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETERY
HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION
Sunday May 7, 2006, 10:30 a.m.
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETERY
HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION
Sunday May 7, 2006, 10:30 a.m.
WELCOME Claire Maxwell, WHC
INVOCATION Pastor Walter J. Miller
FLAG RAISING/ VFW Post 4009 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
HISTORY Janet Munroe
UNVEILING OF THE MARKER Terry Miksch Karen Hines
WORDS OF THANKS Marcella Schoener
REFRESHMENTS AND FELLOWSHIP
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
CEMETERY
The
Sandoval Community was settled by Carl Streich in 1882. The settlement
consisted of German, some Austrian and Swiss, and a few French
immigrants.
On March 25, 1893, twenty-six families formally organized Zion Lutheran
Church. The first pastor was J. Rode, and the services were conducted in
the German language.
On September 29, 1894, Paul and Emma Herbst donated one acre of land
across the road from the original church to be used for a church and a
cemetery.
This cemetery, located five miles north of Thrall, Texas, on County Road
425, is unfenced and contains eighty-seven known gravesites and ten
unknown gravesites that are marked with white, iron crosses. The oldest
documented gravesite is for Bertha Lehmann, a baby girl who died in
1893. The last person buried in the cemetery is Kurt Bohlen who died on
July 29, 1998.
There are three veterans buried in our cemetery. Two of them served
during World War I: Henry Fuessel died in France, and one is unknown.
Erich A. Schlickeisen served in World War H.
The cemetery still serves as a burial site for the members of Zion
Lutheran Church and their families.
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Sandoval, Texas
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The Handbook of Texas Online
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Sandoval Old Photos