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First Known Religious Services in Mason County |
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Mason vicinity,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 42' 33.86139999984",
-98° 58' 1.49674000008"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Early settlers in this area were German immigrants who arrived about 1850. Their first worship services were held about twenty feet north of this site, under a large oak tree on the property of August H. Leifeste, Sr. (1812-1884). During the early 1850s, Conrad Pluenneke (1819-1897), a local preacher, held Methodist services. In 1852, the Rev. Charles A. Grote (1819-1887), a Methodist, and the Rev. Philip F. Zizelmann (1824-1902), a Lutheran, traveled from Fredericksburg to hold services once a month. Although the oak tree no longer stands, the site remains important to the religious heritage of Mason County. (1985)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
First Known Religious Services Historical Marker Location Map, Mason County Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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