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
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