Heinrich Konrad Karl Leverkuhn
(July 22, 1842 -- November 11, 1915) German-born Heinrich Leverkuhn cane to Texas in 1857 and was a foragemaster for the Confederate army during the Civil War. He ran a store in Hockley after the war. In 1878 he became a farmer-rancher in "Foresouth Prairie", now Macedonia Community. He had a cotton gin, syrup mill, and blacksmith shop. Leverkuhn helped found Macedonia Methodist Church and McPherson School. He married Selma Kuhn (d. 1876) and Martha Rebecca Davis (1855-1906) and had fourteen children. Recorded - 1979
30.1181° N, 95.8337° W
Where to Find It
Leverkuhn Family Cemetery, Hegar community, between Hegar and Macedonia School roads, north of Magnolia Road
Nearby Markers
- 0.4 mi NE Springer-Macedonia Cemetery
- 0.6 mi SE Macedonia Methodist Church Waller
- 3.7 mi SE Samuel McCarley Homesite Houston
- 4.9 mi SE Roberts Cemetery Hockley
- 5.1 mi SE Site of New Kentucky Tomball
- 5.1 mi SE Abraham Roberts Homesite Tomball