Inscription:

(None. Referred to as the Captain's Mausoleum)

James Mainland was a captain for the Morgan Steamship Line.
His body was reinterred in Hillside Cemetery, Cuero, Texas
Description of monument in Hillside by Leonard McCown
(4 sided monument)

 

In Memory
of
Capt. James Mainland,
Born
February 21st, 1820
Died
January 16th 1873

 Back:
An Honest Man
A Brave and Fearless Sailor
and
A True Christian

 

Left:
Captain Jim
Always Ready
and
Always Right

 Right:
Erected By
Charles Morgan Esq.
of New York
In Greatful Remembrance
of
An Old and Faithful
Employee

 
     
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