Gresser Family Cemetery

2 1/2 miles south of Fayetteville
FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS

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


Archive files scanned by Carin Bentley.