Evergreen Cemetery - Victoria, TX
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jhuoni
N 28° 48.682 W 097° 00.501
14R E 694359 N 3188715
This peaceful cemetery is located on North Vine Street. There are several cemeteries in this area so if you are in Victoria for the day plan on several hours to visit these cemeteries.
Waymark Code: WMWR4D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2017
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From Historic Victoria Texas:
Founded in the 1850s, Evergreen Cemetery is situated on a portion of twenty-seven acres of land that was granted to the city by the Republic of Texas. The cemetery came about gradually as a replacement for Victoria’s first community cemetery, now known as Memorial Square. Many citizens originally buried there were re-interred at Evergreen as well as those re-interred when Old St. Mary’s Catholic Church was razed in 1868. Evergreen Cemetery now spans 30 acres and has more than 9,000 graves. Within the grounds of the cemetery you will find many historic gravesites including those of Victoria’s founder Don Martin de Leon and his wife, Doña Patricia de la Garza de Leon.
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The Texas Historical Marker placed here in 1976 adds:
The first community cemetery in Victoria, located at present day Memorial Square, was unpopular with local citizens. They preferred home burial despite an 1846 city ordinance prohibiting the practice. In 1849 John McCrabb bought 27 acres of a tract granted to the city by the Republic of Texas. The property already contained the gravesite of Dr. Walter Fosgate, who died in 1848. During the 1850s, part of McCrabb's land became the new public cemetery.
Following the Civil War (1861-65), many graves were moved here from the original city cemetery. Other reinterments occurred when old St. Mary's Catholic Church was razed in 1868. Because of city neglect, local women organized the Victoria Ladies' Cemetery Association in 1876 and took over care of the plot. The name "Evergreen Cemetery" was chosen in 1883 because of abundant trees in the area. The Evergreen Cemetery Endowment Association was established in 1912 to manage investment of maintenance funds.
Over the years, further land acquisition has enlarged the site to 30 acres. Among the 9,000 graves here are those of Martin de Leon (1765-1833), early empresario and founder of Victoria; and veterans of the Texas Revolution, Mexican War, and Civil War. (1976)
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