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Old Red Rock Cemetery
Red Rock, Texas


To reach the Old Red Rock Cemetery, turn west on FM 812 where
it intersects with State Highway 20 at Red Rock.  Continue on FM812
about 1 mile and watch for a sign to the cemetery, down a gravel road
about 1/4 mile.

  
Gabriel Moore Lentz
(son of Samuel & Barbara [Jackson] Lentz)
b. June 24, 1834, Limestone County, Alabama (a twin)
m. cousin Amanda Horton Lentz on August 30, 1864
d. January 6, 1909, Bastrop County, Texas
Gabriel served the Confederacy from Texas as a
member of the "Bastrop Rawhides",
Co. D, 12th Texas Cavalry


Ashley Rozelle Lentz and wife
Tobitha Shoemaker Lentz
(Gabriel's brother)
Ashley b. January 25, 1826, Alabama
d. December 18, 1906, Bastrop County, Texas
Tobitha b. May 27, 1831, Alabama
d. February 4, 1880, Bastrop County, Texas
Ashley served as postmaster in Red Rock.


Daniel Webster Lentz
(son of Ashley & Tobitha [Shoemaker] Lentz)
b. August 17, 1857
d. January 22, 1871
This tombstone is set at an angle to serve as a joint
marker for Daniel and an unnamed infant son
who was born and died November 22, 1867.  That
portion of the stone is indistinct and not pictured here.

 
Annette "Hettie" Lentz Harris and
husband Alonzo D. "Donie" Harris
(daughter of Ashley & Tobitha [Shoemaker] Lentz)
Annette b. May 9, 1855, d. December 30, 1937
Donie b. September 18, 1854, d. August 3, 1918


Osceola Bryan Lentz and
wife Anna Clara Pester Lentz
(Son of Thomas Hansen  & Eliza [Browning] Lentz and
grandson of Jacob G. & Saran [Emerson] Lentz)
Osceola b. September 11, 1872, Bastrop County, Texas
d. May 22, 1959, Bastrop County, Texas
Anna b. October 26, 1876, d. October 23, 1947


Eliza Wardick Browning Lentz
(wife of Thomas Hansen Lentz & mother of Osceola Bryan Lentz)
b. March 24, 1838, Ireland
d. November 1, 1921


Three markers for children of Osceola & Anna Clara Lentz.  These stones are
indistinct and difficult to read but appear to be for (left to right)
Herman Lentz, dates unclear
Mary Lentz, b. December 12, 1910, d. January 27, 1912
Nona Gay Lentz, b. January 7, 1920, d. October 2, 1920
(These dates may be incorrect as they are very difficult to read.)


William Norman "Duncan" Lentz
(son of Osceola & Anna [Pester] Lentz)
b. May 15, 1904, Bastrop County, Texas
d. May 13, 1990


Dennis Curry "Dick" Lentz
(son of Osceola & Anna [Pester] Lentz)
b. July 3, 1908, Bastrop County, Texas
d. October 28, 1992

Service marker for Dennis Curry Lentz


Wilma Juanita Lentz Bridgewater
(daughter of Osceola & Anna [Pester] Lentz)
b. September 16, 1915, d. October 5, 1993


Rosa Sydolia "Becky" Lentz
(daughter of Osceola & Anna [Pester] Lentz)
b. October 4, 1917, Bastrop County, Texas
d. January 27, 1983


Allen T. Frankum
(brother of James Jefferson Frankum)
b. December 17, 1850, Tennessee
d. March 5, 1906


George Lee Frankum
(son of James Jefferson & Sarah [Busby] Frankum)
b. December 4, 1874
d. January 3, 1898


Martha Ann Frankum
(daughter of James Jefferson & Sarah [Busby] Frankum)
b. May 6, 1886
d. October 7, 1886


Louis Delmar Frankum
(son of William Henry & Amanda [Lentz] Frankum)
b. January 14, 1912, Lake Victor, Texas
d. June 23, 1912, of brain fever