Compiled by and reprinted online with permission by Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives, Fayette Public Library, Kathy Carter, Director. Additional information notes about the individual tombstone inscriptions may be obtained by calling the Archives at (979)968-6418, or by e-mail.
According to Mrs. Eleanor Bruton (owner of the property on 1/5/1993), this site is 3/10 mile from FM 2503 & 1291 intersection. Going towards Fayetteville, the drive is on the left side of the road and the site is 1/2 mile inside entrance and is fenced.
The Joe Cole Cemetery Survey of June 1959 states that the site is 2 1/2 miles south of Fayetteville off FM 1291 on the Gresser Estate. The names and dates below are from Joe Cole's survey and from obituaries and death records.
NAME
FIRST NAME
BIRTH
DEATH
COMMENTS
Bruton Eleanor Hilda 20 Dec 1920 Feb 2007 Daughter of H. B. & Emma Gresser Bruton Jesse, Jr. 2 Jul 1921 23 Jul 2006 Married Eleanor Gresser 1 Aug 1942 Gresser
Arnold F.
19 Nov 1893
15 Mar 1959
COZ USNRF WW I
Gresser
Heinrich C.
16 Aug 1839
6 Nov 1915
Stone has H.C. or H. G.
Gresser
Johanna von Roeder
20 Mar 1853
26 Mar 1919
Mrs. Heinrich, stone has Mrs. H.
Gresser
Rudolf Carl
23 Aug 1879
26 Jan 1949
Gresser
Sylvester
Unmarked grave
Gresser
Walter
Unmarked grave
Von Roeder
S. O.
9 Mar 1848
17 Dec 1929
First name Sigmund
Von Roeder
Albertina
12 May 1871
19 Sep 1951
Mrs. S. O. von Roeder