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Fletcher Cemetery

Waco, McLennan County

Marker Text

This cemetery began with the 1868 burial of early settler Sample Carrigan, who is interred in an unmarked grave. the first marked burial site is that of Clinton A. Mahoney (1860-1868). The graveyard was used chiefly by the Carrigan, Needham, and Harris families until Catherine Carrigan Fletcher set aside three acres as a public cemetery in 1873. The burial Cemetery in 1873. The burial ground served residents of several McLennan and Falls County communities, including Golinda, Mooreville, Robinson, Rosenthal, and Satin. A number of Civil War veterans are buried here.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description From Waco take US 77 S 11 miles, marker is on R.O.W.
Marker # 1915
Dedicated 1985
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 31.308912, -97.125946

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