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Terlingua Cemetery Photographs

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Nina Donaciana Aguirre  1922-1933
Daughter of Nesario Aguirre and Santos Escovedo
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Matilde H. Alarcon  28 Mar 1928-3 Jun 1946
Daughter of Manuel Hinojos and Leandra Ramirez
Murdered in Lajitas
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Carolina Aranda
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Alberto Baeza  2 Jul 1886-2 Jul 1945
Son of Luis Baeza and Pomposa Dominguez
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Salome Ballesteros  29 Oct 1840-18 Jul 1915
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Joee May Barnes  11 Aug 1980-14 Sep 1996
Hiking accident near Terlingua
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Arthur Joe Barnett  18 Aug 1931-28 Apr 1989
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Kathleen Grace Barnett  8 Mar 1983-16 Feb 1999
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Miguel Betancourt  29 Feb 1883-4 Jan 1939
Son of Cornelio Betancourt and Mariana Martinez
Porter, gas station attendant and handy man at Chisos Mining Co. Store
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Petra Betancourt  1894-10 Nov 1932
Daughter of Hilario Pichardo and Pascuala Gutierrez
Wife of Vicente Betancourt
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Steve Brennecke  1957-2002
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Anastacio Carrillo  29 Apr 1880-30 Jan 1936
Miner, Chisos Mining Co.
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Manuel Delgadillo  24 Jun 1924 - 11 Nov 1940
(date of death on marker is incorrect)
Son of Pedro Delgadillo and Ramona Martinez
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Nina Cruz Delgadillo  18 May 1927 - 22 Feb 1934
(birth date from death record)
Daughter of Pedro Delgadillo and Ramona Ma
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Carla Jolyn Drinkard  1 May 1986 - 5 Apr 2000



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Joe F. Ellis  3 Feb 1901 - 20 Jan 1991
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Brijido Flores  9 Oct 1882 - 24 Aug 1938
Son of Evaristo Flores and Mariana Hernandez
Quicksilver miner for 35 years
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Jose Flores  22 Jun 1910 - 2 Jul 1947
Son of Juan and Josefa Flores
Ranch hand
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Antonio Franco  13 Jun 1881 - 26 Feb 1945
Son of Francisco Franco and Juana Molinar, husband of Valentina Chavarria
Local rancher, farmer and freighter
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Thomas A. Frost  15 Jul 1952 - 11 Jul 2007
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Jose G. Galvan  1896 - 29 Aug 1935
Son of Victoriano Galvan and Feliciana Martinez
Miner, Chisos Mining Co.
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Bacilio J. Garcia  Died Oct 1928
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Filberto Gonzales, Jr.  21 Apr 1913 - 25 Jun 1934
Son of Filberto Gonzales, Sr. and Benigna Molinar
Miner, Tarrent Mining Co.
Killed by accidental explosion of dynamite
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Hugh L. Holderman  16 Sep 1928 - 11 Apr 1997
Sgt, U.S. Marine Corps, served in Korea, earned Purple Heart


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Pedro V. Huerta  25 May 1937 - 13 Feb 1940
Son of Pedro Huerta and Teodora Vislar
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Nicasia Nino Huerta  1858 - 8 May 1938
Daughter of Matias Nino and Catarina Ramirez
Wife of Serapio Huerta
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Kenneth "Zero" Kempf  27 Aug 1932 - 25 Nov 1993
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Mark J. "Gonzo" Lemke  1 May 1956 - 14 May 2007
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Adelaida Macias  5 Nov 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Daughter of Manuel Macias and Juana Hernandez
Buried by her father


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Juan Macias  1855 - 1927

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Judy Magers  25 Sep 1941 - 26 Jan 2007
The Burro Lady
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Francisco Martinez  2 Apr 1846 - 24 Aug 1936
Son of Jose Angel and Maria Martinez




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Mauricia Martinez  1865 - 28 Sep 1933
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Alberto Milan  15 Nov 1941 - 29 Dec 1942
Son of Martin Milan and Nicanora Lopez
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Antonia Milan  13 Jan 1927 - 15 Sep 1931
Daughter of Martin Milan and Nicanora Lopez
The year of death is incorrect on the grave stone and the name should be Antonia
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Librado Milan  Died 8 Dec 1918
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Nicanora Milan  10 Jan 1912 - 7 Jan 1943
Daughter of Francisco Ortiz Lopez and Filomena Mani
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Petra Milan  Died 21 Jun 1921
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Juanita Miranda  27 Jan 1914 - 4 Jun 1920
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Agripina Molinar  22 Jun 1909 - 31 Mar 1942
Daughter of Paz Molinar and Maria Burgess
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Paz Molinar  1882- 20 Jan 1942
Son of Victoriano Molinar and Jesus Baeza
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Victoriano Molinar  19 Jan 1907 - 20 Mar 1938
Son of Juan Molinar and Zenaida Gonzales
Died of a gunshot wound in Alpine
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Juanita Morales  Born and Died in July 1929




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Jonetta Thomas Murphy
13 Mar 1928 - 4 Nov 2003
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Graciana Ortiz
Aug 1860 - 9 Jun 1925


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Jennifer Lynne Pattillo
27 Feb 1977 - 19 Apr 2010
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Bacilia H. Perez
1871 - 1933
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Silverio Quistiano
20 Jun 1871 - 12 Mar 1931 (dates from death record)
Son of Aniceto Quistiano and Victoria Hernandez
Local farmer, from San Luis Potosi, Coahuila
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Edward Harlan Perrenot 
18 May 1946 - 11 Mar 2002


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Donna Rae Rasmussen
15 Jan 1940 - 15 Apr 1991






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Pam Reynolds
1951 - 1997
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Manuel Rios, Jr.
1913 - 3 Jan 1943
Son of Manuel Rios and Maria Ramos
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Eduardo Huerta Robles
14 Dec 1931 - 17 Jun 1932
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Ismael Santiago
22 Jul 1945 - 5 Dec 1945
Son of Raul Santiago and Josefa Canas
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Donald M. Schumaker
Cpl U.S. Marine Corps
3 Oct 1935 - 16 Jul 2004
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Amety Pattillo-Smith
7 Jan 205
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Don Smith
1940 - 1986
Held in the arms of my desert, I asuredly rest in peace
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Flavio Urquieta
5 Oct 1937 - 6 Oct 1937
Son of Juan Urquieta and Mauricia Martinez
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John M Southard, A.K.A. Thomas Southard White
47th Kentucky Artillery (Civil War)
7 October 1844 - 9 Feb 1910
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Jesus Gonzalez Valenzuela
8 Aug 1909 - 28 Mar 1941
Wife of Jorge Valenzuela
Daughter of Filberto Gonzalez and Benigna Molinar
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Alfonso Vasquez
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Jesus R. Vega
19 Dec 1927 - 18 Jan 1945
Son of Isabel Vega and Julia Rivas
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Federico Villalba
1858-1933
Son of Ramon Villalba and Antonia Rios
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Jacobo Villalba
7 Aug 1903 - 19 Nov 1931
Son of Federico Villalba and Maria Cortez
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Arturo M. White, Jr.
18 Jun 1944 - 16 May 1946
Son of Arturo White and Carolina Molinar



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Karan H. Woodward
14 Jul 1959 - 15 Sep 2000
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Martin Zamarron
9 Nov 1882 - 13 Apr 1937
Son of Hermenegildo Zamarron and Hipolita Espino
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Petra Zamarron
Aug 1925 - 15 Sep 1925
Daughter of Martin Zamarron and Dolores Huerta
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