Birdsong

Birdsong

Memorial for those known to be in unmarked graves--names obtained from obituaries, death certificates, and family records
Leesburg Cemetery Association

Historic Texas Cemetery marker
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Leesburg Cemetery Historical Marker
Dwight Hays Townsend (1834-1906)donated land for the cemetery about 1870... The oldest marked grave is Tapley Wylie (1836-1870)...

Leesburg Cemetery Dwight Hays Townsend 1834-1906 donated land for this cemetery about 1870. The graves of two children which were related here from the Leesburg Schoolyard are thought to be the earliest burials on the site. The oldest marked grave is that of Tapley Wylie 1836-1870. This cemetery is the primary burial ground for the rural community of Leesburg. Those interred here include pioneer settlers community leaders a large number of infants and children and veterans of the Civil War World Wars I and II Korea and Vietnam. 1992