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Fletcher Cemetery

McLennan County

US 77
11 miles S of Waco

Waco TX, McLennan County - Fletcher Cemetery Gate
Fletcher Cemetery Gate
TE photo, February 2005

Historical marker (US 77, 11 miles S of Waco):

FLETCHER CEMETERY

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.
1985


Waco TX, McLennan County - Fletcher Cemetery historical marker
Fletcher Cemetery Historical Marker
TE photo, February 2005

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