Kothmann Family Cemetery
The Kothmann Family Cemetery is located  just south off  Hwy. 87, near the intersection with Lower Willow Creek Rd.
in Art, Mason Co., Texas (across the highway from the old Art store).  An historical marker was placed for this
cemetery in 1996 (between the highway and the cemetery).  Carol Martin   --  August, 2005
6 x 8 color photo of the walled in Kothmann Family Cem. at Art, Mason Co., TX.

Close-up color photo of the historical marker placed near the Kothmann Family Cem.

 Below is a transcription of the text on this historical marker. 
                                                                      
  KOTHMANN HOMESITE AND CEMETERY
  HEINRICH CONRAD KOTHMANN (1798 - 1881) AND HIS WIFE ISLE KATHERINE PAHLMANN (1810 - 1905) AND THEIR FAMILY SAILED FROM GERMANY TO INDIANOLA, TEXAS IN 1845. AMONG THE FIRST FAMILIES TO SETTLE IN FREDERICKSBURG, THE KOTHMANNS WERE ISSUED A 640-ACRE LAND GRANT IN MASON COUNTY IN 1848. IN 1856 THEY MOVED TO ART AND WERE AMONG THE FIRST IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IN THIS AREA. A TRAINED CABINETMAKER AND MUSICIAN, KOTHMANN BEGAN RANCHING AND ACQUIRED ANOTHER 640-ACRE TRACT OF LAND.
  LOCATED ON THEIR FORMER HOMESTEAD, THE KOTHMANN CEMETERY IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE ORIGINAL RANCH SITE. CONTAINING ONLY FIVE GRAVES, ALL OF KOTHMANN FAMILY MEMBERS, THE GRAVEYARD BEGAN WITH THE BURIAL OF HEINRICH CONRAD KOTHMANN IN 1881. HIS WIFE ISLE IS BURIED BESIDE HIM. THEIR SON KARL, THE FIRST OF THEIR FAMILY BORN IN TEXAS, IS BURIED HERE ALONG WITH HIS WIFE KATHERINE (HOERSTER) KOTHMANN. A FIFTH UNMARKED GRAVE IS THOUGHT TO BE THAT OF A GRANDCHILD.
  THOUGH MOST OF THE LAND WAS SOLD AFTER ISLE'S DEATH IN 1905, THE FAMILY RETAINED ONE ACRE INCLUDING THE CEMETERY PROPERTY. THE CONCRETE WALL AND SLAB WERE CONSTRUCTED AFTER 1937 TO PROVIDE PROTECTION AND EASE IN MAINTENANCE FOR THE FIVE GRAVES. THE FAMILY MAINTAINS THE CEMETERY.
                                                                                               (1996)

Below are photos of the marker for Heinrich Conrad Kothmann, Born February 6, 1798 and Died August 27, 1881.
Dates are from other sources and those differ on his birth date, another birth date given is January 31, 1798.
Two color photos of the grave marker for Heinrich Conrad Kothmann, one a close-up and the other includes entrance to the cem.

Below is photo of the grave marker for Karl Kothmann - Born March 24, 1846 and Died October 24, 1870, and his wife
Katherine (Hoerster) Kothmann - Born April 11, 1848 and Died February 16, 1937.
Close-up, color photo of grave marker for Karl and wife Katherine (Hoerster) Kothmann.

Photos by Carol Martin
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