Kruckemeyer Cemetery ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Wanda Qualls November 07, 2005 ************************************************************************ Kruckemeyer Cemetery Blanco County, Texas Provided by Joel Honeycutt and Pat Althaus Blanco County Historical Commission, 101 Pitchfork, Johnson City, TX 78636. Transcribed by: June Baird (1983) Prepared for the TXGenWeb Blanco County Web Site by Wanda Qualls Location: Located on Joyce Koch place (1983). 2 miles southeast of Little Blanco Inn. Turn left off 281, through gate about 1 mile through pasture to grave. Christian Henry Kruckemeyer Born: Jan 11 1820 in Dolme Germany Died: Jul 03 1871 Parents: August Friedrich and Hanna Justine Wilhelmine Peterson Kruckemeyer. Married: Wilhemine Meyer in 1851 Children: William and Henry (twins); Hermann; August; Mrs. Ad Haas nee Kruckemeyer; Mrs. John Rittimann nee Kruckemeyer. Christian was drafted and served under the Duke of Brunswick for six years. He immigrated to Texas and landed at Indianola between 1848 and 1851. In 1851 he married Wilhemine Meyer who was born May 17 1827 in Brunswick Germany. He first came to New Braunfels and onto Twin Sisters. He was a freighter (wagoner) besides farming and ranching. He hauled freight from the coast to the hill country through the Civil War years. In 1871 with his twin sons Henry and William (both 18) he left them at Pedernales River to go on west with the wagons and he came on home to Twin Sisters to see about his family. He got home Jul 03 1871. He went to check on a cow with a new born calf; after an hour his family heard a shot and soon his horse came running back to the house, riderless, with blood on the saddle. A search was begunn but he was not found until the next morning. Pete Kneupper and Gottlieb Koch found his body with a bullet hole in his mouth. His insides had been cut out and stuffed with a Bible and church papers. They later found out these belonged to Pastor Engel. He had lost them earlier on Jul 03 in a chase with some Indians. Christian was buried where they found him.