Cementerio San Antonio de Padua
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N 27° 56.214 W 097° 07.335
14R E 684751 N 3091631
Quick Description: A small cemetary along Business State Highway 35 located in Aransas County between Aransas Pass and Rockport
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 6/30/2008 6:05:12 PM
Waymark Code: WM437N
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Long Description:
Marker Title: Cementerio San Antonio de Padua
Index Entry: Cementerio San Antonio de Padua
Address:
City: Aransas Pass
County: Aransas
UTM Zone: 14
UTM Easting: 684751
UTM Northing: 3091631
Subject Codes: graveyards; Mexican immigrants/immigration
Year Marker Erected: 1998
Designations: na
Marker Location: 0.9 mi. N of Aransas Pass on Bus. SH 35
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 11686
Marker Text:
According to local lore, George Lewis (1859-1895) donated one-half acre of land at this site to the Hispanic citizens of the area for use as a cemetery, provided that he be buried in the center of the land. Handmade stones indicate burials dating from the 19th century; the first recorded deed was signed in 1933. Years of wind and rain have rendered many stones illegible. A number of children who died in an influenza epidemic in 1940 and many veterans of U.S. and international conflicts are interred here. A statue of San Antonio holding a child, crafted in Mexico, was brought across the border by the local priest for placement in an open chapel on the cemetery grounds. It is revered by the families of those interred here. (1998)
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