Moore Catholic Cemetery

Most surnames on the stones here are Spanish, and Moore's schools show how that community was treated. Before 1881 children attended school at Tehuacana. In 1913 the first Mexican school opened in the Jesus Rodriguez Dance Hall, a separate school for Mexican children, and Moore's schools stayed local until the Pearsall system absorbed them in 1950. By 1914 the town had Baptist, Catholic and Methodist churches. In Frio County as a whole, 2,397 of the 8,895 people counted in 1910 were of Mexican descent.

What the plaque says

Moore Catholic Cemetery This site was deeded to the Moore Catholic Church in 1902 by Ben Duncan, who also gave land for the church structure. Burials occurred before the land was donated. The earliest known grave is that of Christine Tehas (1819-1894). Mostly Spanish names appear on the gravestones, but English and German ones are also seen. Graves here include those of pioneer settlers, and veterans of Indian battles and two World Wars, as well as a Virginia-born ex-slave. A cemetery board was organized in 1974. (1976)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Frio Pioneer Jail Museum — 13 mi
  Pearsall's 1884 county jail, the town's oldest building, used for 83 years and now a free museum with a sheriff's home downstairs and six cells above.
• Landmark Inn State Historic Site — 22 mi
  A store and stage stop at the Medina River ford in Henri Castro's Alsatian town, with a mill race under the ground and rooms you can still rent for the night.

More markers nearby

• Moore Cemetery — 0.7 mi
• Tehuacana Cemetery — 7.0 mi
• William Carvin Winters — 7.1 mi
• First Baptist Church of Devine — 8.3 mi