BILA HORA, LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS
The Bock Cemetery is near the Bila Hora community. There are only eleven markers, but there is evidence of many more. Names at the cemetery include Bock, Dreyer, Laas, Mertz, and Weller. The obituary for Mrs. Austin Higgins Baker indicates that she was also buried here.
See an obituary for Charles Bock, a Texas State Ranger, who was buried here in 1913.
Weller, Anna | March 8, 1835 | July 4, 1881 | maiden name Schumacher |
Weller, August | February 1, 1829 | December 9, 1888 | wife Anna, born Salzuffeln Lippe Detmold |
Weller, John Clark | March 21, 1889 | July 8, 1889 | |
Mertz, Henry | March 16, 1872 | August 19, 1888 | Heinrich Kasper Mertz son of Richard and Annie, 1880 census and Zion Lutheran Church Death Records |
Mertz, Dietrich | June 24, 1842 | September 10, 1885 | |
Buck, Chas., Sr. | January 11, 1832 | February 2, 1913 | wife Catherine, name should be Bock; born in Verncen Braunschweig; came to US in 1843 |
Buck, Catherine | August 5, 1838 | September 16, 1905 | nee Pelzer |
Dreyer, Amelia | June 22, 1865 | October 26, 1871 | |
Weller, Louise S. | April 22, 1860 | January 12, 1876 | daughter or August Weller, information from 1860 census Lavaca County, Texas |
Dreyer, A.H. | March 10, 1811 | January 20, 1880 | listed in Death Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Anton Heinrich Dreyer |
Laas, Henrietta | February 9, 1812 | September 14, 1878 | born Gurau, Schleisien |
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