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Daniel Hoerster

Daniel Hoerster

Birth
Germany
Death
29 Sep 1875 (aged 32)
Mason County, Texas, USA
Burial
Mason County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.7463303, Longitude: -99.1115799
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The Daniel Hoerster Cemetery contains only two graves, that of Daniel Hoerster and that of his infant daughter, Henrietta Emma Hoerster, born seven months after his death.

Daniel Hoerster, a government cattle brand inspector, was murdered by cattle rustlers during the Mason County War. His grave is accompanied by a Texas State Historical Survey Committee Marker. The marker, shown in photo at right, reads:

DANIEL HOERSTER, CATTLE BRANDS INSPECTOR. KILLED 1875 BY CATTLE RUSTLERS IN MASON COUNTY WAR – A FEUD BETWEEN THE LAW AND THE LAWLESS. Recorded 1967

You can read much more detail about Daniel Hoerster in The Handbook of Texas Online.
The Daniel Hoerster Cemetery contains only two graves, that of Daniel Hoerster and that of his infant daughter, Henrietta Emma Hoerster, born seven months after his death.

Daniel Hoerster, a government cattle brand inspector, was murdered by cattle rustlers during the Mason County War. His grave is accompanied by a Texas State Historical Survey Committee Marker. The marker, shown in photo at right, reads:

DANIEL HOERSTER, CATTLE BRANDS INSPECTOR. KILLED 1875 BY CATTLE RUSTLERS IN MASON COUNTY WAR – A FEUD BETWEEN THE LAW AND THE LAWLESS. Recorded 1967

You can read much more detail about Daniel Hoerster in The Handbook of Texas Online.


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