Sauer Family Cemetery Moore Ranch Blanco, Blanco County, Texas

 Submitted by Janelle Holmes    E Mail:  wildair@texas.net

Catalogued by Janelle Holmes Summer 1999

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Located about 150 yards from the road leading to the Moore Ranch house on the South side of the Blanco River, about 3 miles from the town square on Hwy 1623/165/4th Street. Ranch gate on right after crossing the River is usually locked. The cemetery is surrounded by a 4 foot chain link fence with unlocked gate and has two large Ashe junipers and a small Laurel tree inside the fence. According to Bryan Moore, the children were killed in an Indian raid.    Photographs of most of the graves can be found at http://www.usgw.org/tx/blanco/sauer_cemetery.htm

Native rock head and footstones -probably the grave of Woodson BLASSINGAME

Native rock head and footstones, stones being about 1- 1 1/2 feet less distance between than on grave above Possibly grave  of Woodson's son Calvin BLASSINGAME. 

Regarding  the graves of the two Blassingames killed in the mob action following the deaths of James Callahan and William Maulheel Johnson,  it is not known which is the grave of the father, Woodson Blassingame and which is that of his son Calvin.

Charlie SAUER: Dec 6, 1895 - Feb 27, 1960

Father: Otto E. (SAUER) 1845-1919

Mother: Louisa (SAUER) 1850-1934

Henry SAUER: Texas Pvt, 28 Co 165 Dep Brig, World War I, June 6, 1891-July 11, 1954

Unmarked grave, child sized, bordered by red granite
  "                  "           "        "           "            "   "       "
  "                  "           "        "           "            "   "       "

  O.S. on small white marker, grave bordered by red granite, child-sized.

M. Monument: On side toward O.S. gravesite:
"Zum Andenken 
an
OTTO
Sohn von
Louise u Otto Sauer
Geb Mar 8, 1882
Gest Dez 14, 1891
Du on gst dem tode froh entgegen(?)
Zum itumme war deur letzer 
Blick Dort lohnel 
Dich des Vaters Senen Dort bluhet
Dir dus ewne Gluck"

On side toward #11 gravesite marked with E.S.
"Zum Andenken
an
EHRICH
Sohn von 
Louise u Otto
Sauer
Geb  Nov. 17, 1887
Gest  Dez 11, 1891
Du wurst so fromm
Voll Lube treu besdiesden(?)
Mit der en Ulohen unsre Lahensfreuden"
11. Child-sized grave bordered by red granite, with small white marker with the initials "E.S."