Brucks Family Cemetery

LOCATION: The fenced cemetery is located in a field on the old Brucks homeplace, adjacent to and northwest of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

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 sharing a common tombstone. FS signified footstone. A slash (/) indicates the end of a line. Information in parentheses ( ) are comments or observations made by the transcriber.

Compiled by the Medina County Tombstone Inscription Project, Jim Menke, Coordinator, in cooperation with the Castro Colonies Heritage Association, Historical Research Committee. Published in Branches and Acorns Volume XXIII - No. 3 - March 2008

No.	Name	Inscription/Remarks
1	HARTUNG, J	Hier ruht / JULIUS HARTUNG / Geboren / der 5 May 1824 / Fester ___________ d____ Mai 1872 (Stone damaged and lettering missing)
2-3	BRUCKS, M BRUCKS, A	Maria H. / BRUCKS / Okt. 22, 1876 / GEST. / Dec. 12, 1876 AUGUST L. / GEB / Aug. 3, 1878 / GEST / Nov, 10, 1885 / Kinder von H. & K. Brucks / In Zark Kindheir rie sie schoni / Der Hein zim Dienst on seinem thran
4	BRUCKS, E	EMIL J. J. / BRUCKS / GEB. / Nov. 16, 1880 / GEST. / Juli 20, 1890 / BORN IN EIBACH, HESSEA
5	BRUCKS, B	BARBARA / CATHARINA / BRUCKS / Geb nee Losberg / Geb. In EIBACH Curhessen / Nov. 30, 1835 / Gest. / Mai 19, 1908 (FS - C. B.; base inscription not legible. Her first husband was Julius Hartung.)
6	BRUCKS, H	HENRY / BRUCKS / FEB. 16, 1836 / APR. 22, 1921 / Not lost but / gone before (FS. Husband of Barbara Catharina Brucks. Married Nov. 1, 1873)