Inscription:

 

MATHIAS
SIMON,
GEBOREN IN (Born in)
HEIDELBORN,
NASSAU
DEUTSCHLAND,
AM 24TEN FEBR.
1815,
GESTORBEN AM (Died On)

24TEN JUNI 1867,
ALTER (Old)
52 JAHRE, (52 Years)
VORAUSGEGANGEN (Preceded)

ABER (But)

NICHT VERGESSEN (Not Forgotten)

UNSER VATER (Our Father)

 
 


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Marker missing from cemetery as of December 2005.

Inscription from "Cemeteries of Indianola,
Texas", by Leonard J. McCown.

The Simon monument has four sides and is made of
pewter. This is side no. 2 which faces west.
Side no. 4 has no inscription. - McCown