DeMontel Ranch, Castroville LOCATION: The De Montel home place is located 1 1/4 miles northwest of Castroville. To reach the family cemetery, take Mexico Street to CR 477 (River Road); north on CR 477 to CR 466. Left on CR 466 about 1/4 mile to gate on the left side. Follow west edge of field about 1/8 mile. Cemetery is on the right at the base of low hill. NOTE: The following tombstone inscriptions were copied word for word, line for line. Tombstones identifying more than one grave are identified by a hyphen (1-2). Underlined information is relative to all graves or burials sharing a common tombstone. FS signifies footstone. A slash (/) indicates the end of a line. Information in italics (italics ) represents comments or observations made by the transcriber or are from other sources as noted. Compiled by the Medina County Tombstone Inscription Project, Jim Menke, Coordinator, in cooperation with the Castro Colonies Heritage Association, Historical Research Committee. (2002) | No. | Name | Inscription/Remarks | | 1 | DE MONTEL, O | OSCAR DE MONTEL / SERGT. / TROOP H / U. S. V. CAV. / BORN AT CASTROVILLE, TEXAS / OCT. 7, 1862 / Died at Whipple Ariz. / SP. AM. WAR. NOV. 8, 1929
Son of Justine and Charles De Montel1 | | 2 | DE MONTEL, J | JUSTINE DE MONTEL / Nee Pingenot / Born / in Belfort France / DEC. 24, 1829 / DIED AUG. 27, 1901
Wife of Charles De Montel Sr.2 | | 3 | DE MONTEL, C | Our father / CHAS. DE MONTEL / BORN IN KOENIGSBERG, GERMANY / Oct. 24, 1812 / DIED / at Castroville, Medina Co. / Texas / AUG. 3, / 1882
FS - DM; Charles Scheidemantel, founder of the family in Texas3
Zion Lutheran Church burial records indicate the following: (No. 98) George Alex Charles de Montel (Lutheran) Age 69 yrs., 9 mos., 11 days. Died Castroville, Aug. 3, 1882. Buried: At home near Castroville, Aug. 4, 1882, Rev. Pfennig. (Born Oct. 24, 1812) Spouse: Louisa W. Scheidemantal nee Pingenot. Children: Charles, Olga, Edward, Pauline, Oscar, Robert and Mary. | | 4 | DE MONTEL, E | IN MEMORY / OF / INFANT / DAU. OF FANNY & ED DE MONTEL
Ethel, infant daughter of Fannie nee Hutzler and Ed De Montel4 | | 5 | _______, __
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Carved field stone; no writing observed | | There were other burials in the cemetery, slaves of Charles De Montel, but headstones have disappeared. Related to Connie Balmos by Ralph De Montel, March 18, 1979. | UNMARKED GRAVES | | In 1971 Lucy Davis conducted a survey of this cemetery and recorded the following additional graves. It is believed that they were either unmarked but known from family tradition (related by Mollie De Montel to Lucy and Ann Davis) or marked with wooden markers that have since disappeared. | | | DE MONTEL, L | Louise De Montel, daughter of Justin and Charles De Montel Sr. | | | TAYLOR, C | Charlie Hart Taylor, infant son of Pauline De Montel Taylor and H. B. Taylor Zion Lutheran Church burial records indicate the following: (No. 152) Charles Hart Taylor. Age 7 mos., 12 days (Died of paralysis) Died July 30, 1892. Buried - Montel Farm, July 31, 1892, Rev. Hummel. Parents: Harris Blanton Taylor and Pauline nee Montel. Born Castroville, Dec. 18, 1891. | | | DE MONTEL, __ | Infant son of Annie and Charles De Montel Jr. | | | SCHEIDEMANTEL, __ | Infant son of Laura and Louis Scheidemantel | | | DE MONTEL, J | Jack De Montel, son of Justine and Charles De Montel, Sr. | | | DE MONTEL, M | Infant child of Justine and Charles De Montel, Sr. Zion Lutheran Church burial records indicate the following: Monroe Montel, child, Lutheran, age 6 months, 5 days. Died father's farm Aug. 31, 1852. Buried father's farm Sept. 1, 1852. Parents - Charles and Justine Montel | | | SCHEIDEMANTEL, M | Mamie Scheidemantel, daughter of Josephine & Charles Scheidemantel | | | SCHEIDEMANTEL, J | Josephine Darnstien Scheidemantel, wife of Charlie Scheidemantel | | | SCHEIDEMANTEL, C | Charlie Scheidemantel, nephew of Charles De Montel, Sr. |
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1DEMONTEL FAMILY by H. E. Haass; J & D Menke Collection 2Ibid 3Ibid 4Ibid 
TXGenWeb, Medina County - DeMontel Family Cemetery (MCTIP) updated on 01/12/2012 |
