Loyal Valley Cemetery, Mason County, Texas submitted by Vanessa Burzynski (burzynsk@swbell.net) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Gloria B. Mayfield, LadyTexian@tcainternet.com TX Tombstone Project Manager The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ Loyal Valley Cemetery, Mason County, Texas submitted by Vanessa Burzynski (burzynsk@swbell.net) Name Born Died Buchmeyer, Father b. Sep 25 1820 d. Dec 18 1891 Buchmeyer, Mother b. Feb 27 1833 d. Apr 15 1911 Lehmann, Bertha b. Sep 28 1860 d. Nov 1 1885 Lehmann, Herman b. Jun 5, 1859 d. Feb 2 1932 Lehmann, William F. b. Oct 30 1861 d. Sep 11 1951 Lehmann, Mrs. William F. b. Dec 11 1882 d. Sep 12 1961 Lehmann, Sophia b. Nov 2 1878 d. Mar 15 1907 Lehmann, Emma b. Jun 7 1885 d. Oct 4 1885 Lehmann, Guss A. b. Apr 2 1906 d. Jan 30 1980 Lehmann, G. A. b. May 20 1855 d. Mar 29 1940 Light, John b. Dec 25 1847 d. Jan 11 1926 **Texas Historical Marker at the Cemetery** "Herman and Willie Lehmann" "German Immigrants Moritz and Auguste Lehmann settled along Squaw Creek (4 mi W) in the 1850's. After Moritz's death, Auguste married Philip Buchmeier, on May 16, 1870. Two of the Lehmann children, Herman (age 10) and Willie (age 8) were captured by Apache Indians. Willie was released after five days and returned home, but Herman remained with the Apache and Comanche Indians for eight years. He was returned to his family by U.S. Soldiers in 1878 but maintained his ties to Quanah Parker's Comanche family, into which he had been adopted, for the remainder of this life" (1991) There have been several books written about Herman Lehmann The Last Captive by A.C. Greene Copyright 1972 The Encino Press, Austin Nine Years Among the Indians 1870-1879 by Herman Lehmann Copyright 1993 University of New Mexico Press (first published by Von Boeckmann-Jones Co. 1927)ISBN 0-8263-1417-1 For more information on this family please see my webpage at http://www.my-ged.com/burzynsk/ or email me at the address above.