Behrens Family Cemetery

BEHRENS FAMILY CEMETERY       Sent by Reta Killingsworth
Located on the property of Kelsey Behrens, (known as Purdy Hill), approximately 3.5 miles north on RR 386, from the town of Mason, Texas.
This was the original homestead of Heinrich Conrad Behrens and his wife, Sophie Henriette Behrens Hasse nee Hauer. There are eight marked
graves and one unmarked site, all facing east. A beautiful iron fence surrounds the site inside of a chain-link fence. Red granite markers are on
the older graves with scalloped edging and an engraved letter “B” at the foot. The site is lovingly tended by the descendants.
Name
 Birth
 Death
 Notes
 Picture
Behrens, Henry Julius 12 DEC 1836 30 APR 1926 Marker: Ruhe in Frieden*  
Behrens, Katherine (nee Heinrich) 16 MAY 1844 06 MAY 1915 Marker: Du wurst so fromm, voll Liebe, treu, bescheiden, Mit Dir entflohen unsere Lebensfreuden**
Behrens, August F. 17 MAR 1867 01 JUL 1951 Double Marker with wife
Behrens, Emma R. (nee Thode) 04 FEB 1863 09 AUG 1941 Wife of August
Behrens, James Lewis Heinrich 08 OCT 1878 29 MAY 1959 Double Marker with 2nd wife
Behrens, Martha Ann (nee Leifeste) 17 AUG 1882 05 JAN 1954 2nd wife of James
Behrens, Minnie (nee Otte) 06 APR 1880 28 APR 1914 1st wife of James
Behrens, Son 23 Oct 1909 23 OCT 1909 Marker: Our Son

There is also another grave, apparently of a neighbor’s child or from a family passing through.
* “Rest in peace”
** “You were so devout, full of love, faithful, modest, escape with you -- our joy of life