Harlingen Cemetery
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PeterNoG
N 26° 10.759 W 097° 42.089
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This Texas Historical Marker is 200 feet east of South F Street on the main road into the Harlingen Cemetery in Harlingen, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMK96P
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Marker Title: Harlingen Cemetery
Address: 1501 South F Street
City: Harlingen
County: Cameron
Subject Codes: graveyards
Year Marker Erected: 1997
Designations: na
Marker Location: 1501 South "F" Harlingen
Marker Size: 27" x 42"
Marker Number: 2381

Marker Text:
The Harlingen Cemetery came into legal existence in 1912. In that year, Lon C. Hill (1862-1935), founder of the city of Harlingen and president of the Harlingen Land and Water Company, sold 7.6 acres of land at this site for one dollar to trustees of the Harlingen Cemetery. Burials, however, had taken place here since the death of Robert Keen Weems (1893-1909), a teenager who had come to this area in a freight car from Houston. Although Weems was the first to be buried at the graveyard, others who had died earlier, such as George Dorough (1868-1904), were reinterred here. This cemetery originally was divided into sections for babies, blacks, Anglos and Hispanics. These divisions have not been utilized since the cemetery was deeded to the city of Harlingen in 1947, but tombstone designs and grave decorations still reflect diverse cultural influences. Leaders of the community that have been buried here include James Lockhart (d. 1912), the town's first postmaster; Horace Johnson (d. 1928), a Cameron County deputy sheriff; and David L. Hinojosa (d. 1932), a Texas Ranger. The cemetery serves as a reminder of the surrounding community's rich heritage. (1984, 1997)


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