Leakey Cemetery Leakey Texas. (original) (raw)
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The Brice family is well represented with several tombstones - one a Civil War veteran and another with the unusual first name of Jap. TE photo |
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Leakey Cemetery
FM 337 as you enter Leakey from the East
The Leakey Cemetery is a little more interesting than most - not as interesting as some others. It contains the graves of the town founders - always a nice touch for a small town cemetery.
It is perhaps a little ironic that the first interments in the cemetery were the last to be killed by Indians (in Real County). These were victims of Lipan Apaches and their story is explained by the marker near their graves. They are on the right hand side of the cemetery (west) toward the SW corner.
Headstone of Catherine McLauren, victim of Lipan Apaches
Photo courtesy Linda Kirkpatrick
