Guadalupe Co., TX - Rogers - Mofield Cemetery ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Wanda Qualls USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Rogers - Mofield Cemetery Located North of US 90A, near intersection of Dowdy and Cross roads, and near Darst Creek. Records indicate it is located on Hoover property. Surveyed by the Guadalupe County Genealogy Society member Josephine Etlinger Prepared for the Web by Wanda Qualls Name Birth Death Notes Altenhoff, Wilhelmina "Lizzie" Brunke Mrs. Wilhelm Altendorf. Died before age 19. See records of Friedens Church in Geronimo. No Monument. Barrow, Josephine Nov -- 1872 Nov -- 1872 Child of Virginia Bell Sowell and Joseph Leonard Barrow. Grandchild of Andrew Jackson Sowell and Lucinda Sowell. Brunke, Mrs. Ludwig Anecdotal evidence only. No Monument Ewald, Albert Feb 13 1876 Apr 30 1901 Son of Sophie Ewald. Said to have commited suicide. Ewald, Sophie Brunke Aug 16 1854 Jun 08 1910 Mrs. John Brunke. Sister of Wilhemina Altenhof. Mother of Wilhelmina Altenhoff and Sophie Ewald. Chessher, Susan Jane Elkins Smith Nov 12 1829 Oct 09 187? Mrs. John Baptis Chessher. Erck, Baby abt 1903 abt 1908 Son of Louis and Betty Habermann Erck. No monument. Erck, Baby abt 1903 abt 1908 Child of George Hugo Erck and wife Ida Eilers Erck. Sister of Ferdinand Erck and Elizabeth Erck Richardson. Heflin, Willie Jul 18 1880 Jul 20 1880 Believed to be infant son of J. W. and Marietta Heflin, ages 30 and 22 (See the 1880 census) Monument is down. Magel, Henry, Jr. Mar 20 1845 Apr 20 1891 Brother in law of Christian Wille. He was a Civil War Veteran. His monument was restored. Magel, Mary Klein Mar 06 1854 Sep 02 1883 First wife of Henry Magel, Jr. Her monument was restored. Mofield, Henry Jun 26 1838 Jul )2 1880 Inside the decorative iron fence enclosure. Mofield, Henry Apr 09 1874 Sep 22 1883 Son of Henry and Theresa Mofield. Mofield, Theresa Feb 16 1838 Dec 23 1906 Wife of Henry Mofield. Inside the iron fence with husband and son. Mohfeld, Henry Jun 20 1832 Jul 02 1880 Monument is partly illegible. Sowell, Andrew Jackson, No. 1 Jun 27 1815 Jan 04 1883 His body is here, but a monument is at San Geronimo Cemetery in Seguin. No monument is at Rogers-Mofield at time of survey. Sowell, James Andrew Feb 26 1861 Sep 22 1869 Son of Andrew Jackson Sowell and Lucinda Sowell. Broken monument. Sowell, John William Dec 15 1855 Aug 22 1863 Son of Andrew Jackson Sowell and Lucinda Sowell, Broken monument. Sowell, Lucinda Smith Turner Mar 07 1827 Jan 08 1883 Mrs. Andrew Jackson Sowell. Her body is here, but the monument is in San Geronimo Cemetery in Seguin. Sowell, Mary Mildred Jun 03 1847 --- -- 1888 Daughter of Andrew Jackson Sowell and Lucinda Sowell. No monument. Walter, Charles Oct 06 1827 Mar 30 1896 Walters School is named after him. He was a veteran of the Civil War. His monument is restored. Wille, Christian Oct 06 1836 Apr 04 1904 He enlisted in the Confederate forces, later was captured and spent some time as a prisoner of war. He has a new monument. Wright, Penecia Jul 02 1868 Jan 29 1869 Daughter of Adam and Lizzie Wright. Monument is down. Wright, Rachel Elizabeth "Lizzie" Aug 05 1845 Apr 26 1876 Daughter of Andrew Jackson Sowell and Lucinda Sowell. Elizabeth Wagoner is named on some earlier lists but she buried in Old Nixon Cemetery, not in Rogers-Mofield. Herman Mollenhauer and a son, Albert, were buried here, but their bodies were exhumed and reburied in Eden Cemetery Besides the above graves there are at least six or seven graves marked with sandstone rocks imbedded upright in the ground. One source alleges that there are about 200 graves in the cemetery, but, if so, they are not visible. Submitted by Josephine Etlinger, Seguin , Texas