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Who’s Who in the Blanco Historic Cemetery
Part 16 in a series
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 • Posted July 28, 2011

Section 2B: Chas T. Rawson and Mary Elizabeth Rawson share a tombstone. One grave seems to face northeast and the other southwest. It is a beautiful tombstone. Mary’s is engraved with her age—44 years, 4 months, 8 days.

Unknown; Chas T. Rawson (3/20/1871-1/20/1891); Mary Elizabeth Rawson (8/26/1848-1/3/1892); Lula M. McDonald (5/24/1914-6/2/1984); S. O. “Sam” Hartman (11/9/1933-7/29/1995).

Victor Smith (1914-1987) (We have a written record of this grave but there is no marker or other evidence of a burial at this site); J.H. (Jim) Jones (5/20/1921-4/16/1998); Mary H. Jones (10/13/1928-11/7/2009).

Herbert Hays Cowsert LCDR USN Ret. (1915-2009); Marsial B. Jnes, Lousiana, Farrier 4 Cavalry (11/8/1935); Jessie Price Page, Texas, SN US Navy WWII (1/29/1928-12/28/1973); George Monroe Hobbs (2/27/1939-2/29/39); Sterling Price Givens (1862-1938); Luannie Givens (1870-1955).

Herman W. Schmidt (1/26/1859-12/30/1931); Rosina M. Schmidt (3/17/1865-2/22/1947); Leonard L. Smith (11/1/1899-3/9/1989); Ruby Lee Smith, nee Yett (9/7/1907-9/27/1991); Marsial Jones, Sgt US Marine Corps WWII, (5/16/1923-11/16/1996); Michael L. Page (5/8/1953-6/30/1995); William Uncas Page, US Navy WWII (2/9/1925-11/29/1994); Myrtle Givens (1891-1973).

Section 1B: There are 20-30 unmarked graves in this section.

Ernest Fred Hensley (7/24/1932-1/10/2006); Connie Lee Hensley (8/29/1969, infant).

Imogene E. Walker (1918-2003)(funeral marker); W. Lee Smith (birth date not readable-2006)(funeral marker); Jesse W. Smith (5/26/1915-1/21/1982); Margaret L. Smith (9/30/1914-12/19/1992).

Ben F. Smith (1/31/1875-5/9/1958); Mary A. Brown (1901-1988); G. Ross Brown (1886-1953).

Ralph R. Leeds (3/29/1882-2/23/1909); Patricia Robinson Chandler (1/21/1927-6/15/2005).

If you have stories or family connections that you would like to place in a public file, please send them to: Gail Moore McClellan, President, Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 640, Blanco, TX 78606 or gail_mcclellan@yahoo.com.

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