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Roscoe Cemetery

Roscoe, Nolan County

Marker Text

One of first settlers in Roscoe (when it was called Vista) was rancher-wheat grower W. J. Turner, who purchased cemetery site for burial of his brother-in-law, Joe Clecker, about 1887. Next interments: infants Frank E. Spires, 1892; Ethel Lena Turner, 1894. Other early graves are unidentified. (1972)

Marker Details

Address
Location Description
Marker # 14832
Dedicated 1972
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery, ranching
Latitude, Longitude Exact Lat/Lon Unknown

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