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Fairview Cemetery
A warranty deed dated Nov. 22, 1924, transferred one half acre of land from Fred
F Yauck and his wife Katie to St Paul's Lutheran Church of Lipscomb County to be used
as a cemetery for the benefit of the same St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Trustees of the
church were George Born, Jacob Borth and Fred F. Yauck. The deed description states
the square form is on the south side of Sec 1045 Block 3, which is 100 yards east of
southwest comer of said sec. 1045.
Fred Yauck was one of the descendants of the colony of Germans who were lured
to Russia by Catherine the Great to settle the area around the Volga River. Catherine the
Great was a German born Princess who knew that the Germans would make good settlers
in that region. The Germans were promised many favors, but Czar Alexander I 11 removed
these privileges and many of the Germans fled the country to immigrate to America.
Deeply committed to agriculture, many of them settled in the Dakotas, Kansas, and
Colorado. Eventually, these Germans migrated to Lipscomb County where there was
good farmland that could be purchased as a low price. They also had friends and relatives
living here who spoke their language and were Lutherans from the German- Russian
colonies in Russia. Mr. and Mrs. Yauck later deeded a segment of their homestead to
serve as a cemetery for members of the St. Paul Lutheran Church.
The first burial in Fairview was Martha Borth who was killed in a buggy accident
when her horse ran out of control. Martha was buried in 1925 in the newly formed
cemetery. Her infant son William survived the accident. Shortly after Martha's death,
infant twin sons were born to Katie File. The twins were buried in Fairview in July and
Mrs. File nursed the survivor, William Borth, until grandparents arrived to take over the
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Kraft, LaVaun. Lipscomb County Cemeteries, book, April 2006; Lipscomb, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36168/m1/91/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wolf Creek Heritage Museum.