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Newburg Cemetery
Historical Marker
31.7703510, -98.5207480
Photo Courtesy Heidi Minick |
Historical Marker:
From Comanche, take
Hwy16 S about 10 miles, then go about .4 miles E on FM 1476.
Newburg Cemetery
Pioneer settlers
of this area of Comanche
County arrived in the mid-1850s and established a town named for
the nearby South Leon River. P.W. Brewer set aside land for
a cemetery and church in 1872. Although earlier unmarked burials exist
here, the oldest documented grave is that of Rosie E. McCurdy, who
died in 1875. After the town name was changed to Newburg in
the 1880s, the cemetery also was renamed. Local pioneers and veterans
of conflicts dating back to the Mexican War are buried here. A cemetery
association maintains the historic graveyard.
(1994) |
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Newburg, Texas
Forum
Subject: Town
Newburg & Newburg Cemetery
I love your site! I just wanted to suggest an addition - Newburg Cemetery,
located in Comanche County. There was also a town of Newburg (it's
on one of your vintage maps, below
Energy, Texas). My Great
Great Grandparents, William and Rebecca Jeter, are buried there. I've
attached a picture. The GPS coordinates show to be GPS Coordinates:
31.7703510, -98.5207480. Thanks so much! Heidi Jeter Minick, San Antonio,
TX, February 1, 2020 |
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