Fletcher Cemetery
Waco, McLennan County, Texas
Marker Inscription
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.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This burial ground began in 1868 with the grave of early settler Sample Carrigan and grew when Catherine Carrigan Fletcher set aside three acres as a public cemetery in 1873. It served the scattered farming communities of the McLennan and Falls County countryside, from Golinda to Satin. A number of Civil War veterans rest among its graves.
Why it matters
Rural cemeteries like this one are often the last physical trace of the small farm communities that once anchored Central Texas, and of the Civil War generation that settled them.
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Related people
- · Sample Carrigan
- · Catherine Carrigan Fletcher
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