August Mumme

September 9, 1851 - March 19, 1879

August Mumme was born September 9, 1851. August is rumored to have fallen in with the wrong type of friends and became involved in cattle rustling. Some say he was murdered by three of his associates after a dispute. He was 27 years old at the time.

August was buried in the Quhi, Texas cemetery in a grave which faced South rather than the customary East. His tombstone was inscribed in German and it listed the initials of the three people who were reported to be the ones who killed him.

German & the English Translation
of August Mumme's Tombstone

Bekannter Hand

J.M. M.G. G.W.

Bin ich todt? O nein, ihr

Lieben. Oben stromt

das Leben frei. Aller

Todt ist drunten blieben,

Alles Starben ist vorbei!

Wollt ihr wissen wie es

geht? Kommet hoher,

Kommt und seht.

Murdered by

the hand of someone I knew

J.M. M.G. G.W.

Am I dead? Oh no, you

dear ones. Here above life

goes on. All

Death remained there below,

All dying is over!

Would you like to know how it

is? Come up higher,

Come and see."

Some interesting details and photos are displayed in the Quihi Cemetary web site.

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