Hoerster Grave
Mason Co Cemeteries of TX
Submitted by Cindy Shaffer
DESCRIPTION: This small cemetery has evidence of only two graves,one stone was illegible. It is enclosed in a cast iron type fence. There is a Texas Historical Survey Committee marker inside the fence. The cemetery is behind a barbed wire fence, directly on the side of the road. LOCATION: Off Hwy. 29, at Art, Texas. Take the road which runs beside the Café/Post Office in Art; about ¼ mile or so on the right-hand side is the cemetery. HISTORICAL MARKER
Daniel Hoerster, cattle brands inspector, was killed 1875 by cattle rustlers in Mason County War - a feud between the law and the lawless. [Recorded 1967] [one stone] Illegible Daniel Hoerster 29 Sept 1885 [next line difficult to read] After 32 __ [may be “Jobs”] [next line difficult to read] & 23 Ioge [not sure at all of this line]