Campacuas Memorial Cemetery
Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
In 1890, Cano donated 200 square feet for a school and Catholic chapel. A few hundred yards north, he had land cleared for a cemetery. An extensive landowner, Cano expanded the ranch and held other properties in Llano Grande and Las Mestenas Land Grants, where he raised cattle and horses. He married Mauricia Fernandez of Reynosa in 1830. They had five children.
When Antonio died in 1877, his widow continued to increase her lands. About 1903, 89-year old Doña Mauricia sold Rancho Campacuas (3040 acres) and all of Share 3 of Llano Grande Land Grant (over 26,000 acres) to the American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Company of Mercedes, which was constructing what was then the largest surface irrigation system in the world. Hidalgo County changed from an area of isolated ranch communities into urban developments, and Campacuas became part of western Mercedes, one of the first cities in Hidalgo County.
Campacuas Cemetery is maintained by the Campacuas Memorial [cemetery association]. Historic Texas Cemetery 2003. Texas Historical Marker 2004 .
In 1890, Cano donated 200 square feet for a school and Catholic chapel. A few hundred yards north, he had land cleared for a cemetery. An extensive landowner, Cano expanded the ranch and held other properties in Llano Grande and Las Mestenas Land Grants, where he raised cattle and horses. He married Mauricia Fernandez of Reynosa in 1830. They had five children.
When Antonio died in 1877, his widow continued to increase her lands. About 1903, 89-year old Doña Mauricia sold Rancho Campacuas (3040 acres) and all of Share 3 of Llano Grande Land Grant (over 26,000 acres) to the American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Company of Mercedes, which was constructing what was then the largest surface irrigation system in the world. Hidalgo County changed from an area of isolated ranch communities into urban developments, and Campacuas became part of western Mercedes, one of the first cities in Hidalgo County.
Campacuas Cemetery is maintained by the Campacuas Memorial [cemetery association]. Historic Texas Cemetery 2003. Texas Historical Marker 2004 .
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2725
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