Floyd Cemetery

• Location: at the southern extremity of Secates Road
• Earliest known year of death: 1925, earliest marked grave is 1941
• Racial mix: all black
• Surveyed by Allen Ruhmann and Bill Stein on March 10, 1993
• Comments: 
  The cemetery contains a great many more graves than gravestones. One partially legible marker was not included in the cemetery records. It records the burial of someone named Nora who lived to be 61 years old. Another marker inscribed with only "Darden" may mark the grave of Eugene, Frank, or possibly William Darden.
• Number of known burials to date: 17

Gerstenberger, Johann Gottfried; born: Aug 20, 1797; died: 1886; Son of Siegmund and Anna Maria (Blasien) Gerstenberger Gerstenberger, Maria Rosine; born: Sep 12, 1798; died: c. 1875; Daughter of Gottlieb and Anna Rosina (Hoffmann) Lichey, married Johann Gottfried Gerstenberger

AN OUTRAGEOUS AFFAIR From the Content neighborhood comes the news of a horrible occurrence. It seems that about two weeks ago some parties without the fear of God, man or the devil in their hearts, entered the family cemetery of Mr. Edward Gerstenberger, wherein lay his father and mother, and, after lifting the panel fence which surrounded the graves up from the ground and moving it away, opened the grave of his mother and removed there from the entire skeleton, with the exception of a bone of the arm, a bone of the leg, and a portion of the skull and jaw bone. A small piece of the coffin box was also left in the grave. The coffin and almost the entire box were taken away. The wretches then partly filled the grave and left the place. A few days afterward a neighbor passing along the road observed the open grave, and, supposing that one of the family was dead, stopped at the house to inquire. This was the first intimation Mr. G. had of the affair, and his horror and grief can better be imagined than described. Constable Hatch York was put on the trail, but as the ghouls left no clue whatever, he has not been very successful. Every effort, though, will be made to track the guilty parties. This is a terrible affair, and we trust that the scoundrels may be captured and justice meted out to them. Weimar Mercury, March 15, 1890, page 4

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Golden Rod Cemetery

• Alternate name: Brownson Cemetery
• Location: about half a mile north of Sandy's Road, less than half a mile from the Lavaca County line
• Earliest known year of death: 1884
• Racial mix: all white
• Surveyed by Mrs. H. D. Davis, Mrs. Emil Balusek, James Hopkins, and Mary Elizabeth Hopkins on June 2, 1971
• Number of known burials to date: 32
• See pictures taken by Bill Stein following the burial listing.
  

Balusek, Eddie Lee; born: Mar 24, 1955; died: Nov 18, 2007; Son of Edwin and Virginia Balusek, married Lori Gail Mayo May 14, 2005 Balusek, Emil B.; born: Jun 10, 1893; died: Oct 26, 1980; Son of John and Annie (Janicek) Balusek Balusek, Emil Edwin; born: Aug 15, 1927; died: Apr 6, 2008; Son of Emil Bates and Lena Emmagene (Brownson) Balusek Balusek, Lena Emogene; born: Feb 27, 1900; died: Nov 16, 1997 Daughter of Almond Bates amd Lee Estelle (Chambless Brownson, married Emil Balusek Balusek, Virginia Lea; born: Feb 7, 1928; died: Jul 4, 2009; Daughter of John and Ida (Starustka) Krhovjak, married Emil Edwin Balusek, Apr 16, 1949 Beckman, Johnie; born: Oct 22, 1890; died: Nov 2, 1890; Beckmann, Amanda Pauline; born: Apr 28, 1843; died: Mar 30, 1912; Née Cross, married Julius Beckmann Beckmann, Henry; born: Oct 12, 1886; died: Jul 8, 1920; Beckmann, Julius; born: Mar 27, 1836; died: Jul 4, 1902; Beckmann, Lizzie; born: Jun 2, 1882; died: Sep 11, 1884; Bell, Eula; born: May 28, 1884; died: Aug 14, 1889; Daughter of Nathan Edward and Sarah Catherine (Green) Bell Bell, Nathan Edward; born: Dec 29, 1836; died: Aug 29, 1899; Confederate veteran Brownson, Almond Bates; born: Mar 12, 1871; died: Mar 20, 1939; Son of Lewis and Sidney Ann (Harris) Brownson Brownson, Charles Idella; born: May 25, 1880; died: Feb 15, 1901; Daughter of Lewis and Sidney Ann (Harris) Brownson Brownson, Cynthia Ethola; born: Sep 28, 1895; died: Feb 1896; Child of Almond Bates and Lee Estella (Chambles) Brownson Brownson, Lee Estella; born: Sep 23, 1872; died: May 4, 1958; Daughter of James Madison and Amanda Eliza (Barrow) Chambless, married Almond Bates Brownson Brownson, Lewis; born: May 3, 1840; died: May 31, 1931; Son of Almon Town and Sarah Jane (Love) Brownson Brownson, Lewis Edwin; born: Oct 24, 1884; died: Feb 9, 1913; Son of Lewis and Sidney Ann (Harris) Brownson, accidentally shot Brownson, Sarah Elizabeth; born: Jun 3, 1882; died: Dec 18, 1889; Daughter of Lewis and Sidney Ann (Harris) Brownson Brownson, Sidney Ann; born: Apr 15, 1849; died: Jan 19, 1918; Daughter of John D. and Melissa Harris, married Lewis Brownson, Feb 28, 1869 Brownson, Richard Brune; born:Aug 1, 1958; died: Aug 2, 1958; Child of Richard Brownson Craig, unknown; born: unknown; died: unknown; Davis, Beulah Ethel; born: Jun 28, 1898; died: Jun 27, 1993; Daughter of Almond Bates and Lee Estelle (Chambless) Brownson, married Frank Gaaitenbien Jun 25, 1933, married Hulon D. Davis Jun 23, 1943 Rollie, Catherine; born: unknown; died: unknown; Lived 83 years, 10 months, 10 days Selcer, Hulda; born: May 16, 1879; died: Oct 24, 1915; Daughter of William and Ottilla (Wilke) Wornat Stribling, Daisy; born: unknown; died: unknown; Died as an infant Stribling, E.S.; born: unknown; died: unknown; Townsend, Canzada; born: unknown; died: unknown; Née Kolb, married Hamilton L. Townsend Townsend, F.; born: unknown; died: unknown; Townsend, Hamilton L.; born: unknown; died: Oct 24, 1897; Son of Asa and Rebecca (Harper) Townsend Townsend, J.; born: unknown; died: unknown; Townsend, J.E.; born: unknown; died: unknown; Townsend, L.; born: unknown; died: unknown; Townsend, M.; born: unknown; died: unknown;

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