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Black plaque № 27510

Weslaco, TX, United States

Weslaco City Cemetery. THE CITY OF WESLACO, NAMED FOR THE W. E. STEWART LAND COMPANY, WAS FOUNDED IN DECEMBER 1919. IN 1921, THE CITY ESTABLISHED A CEMETERY HERE, OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL TOWNSITE. THE FIRST GRAVE IS THAT OF REUBEN W. WARREN (d. 1921). ALSO BURIED HERE ARE WESLACO CITY FOUNDERS EDMOND C

OOPER COUCH (1876-1944) AND ROBERT LEE REEVES (1871-1938). H.E. BENNETT PLATTED THE BURIAL GROUND IN 1922, AND HE PLATTED AN ADDITION IN 1926. THROUGHOUT THE CEMETERY, GRAVE MARKERS INDICATE MILITARY

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