The de Zavala Family Cemetery and Plaza, La Porte, Texas

THE DE ZAVALA FAMILY CEMETERY AND PLAZA

The image is a Texas Historical marker located at the entrance to the de Zavala Cemetery located on the grounds of the San Jacinto Battleground and Park, La Porte, Texas. Pictures courtesy of Douglas E. Anderson © 2007.

TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE

PERSONS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN BURIED IN
DE ZAVALA CEMETERY
VICE PRESIDENT LORENZO DE ZAVALA	1789-1836
EMILY WEST DE ZAVALA
RICARDO DE ZAVALA	1835-1906
MINNA WADZICK DE ZAVALA
EMILY SMITH DE ZAVALA	1847-1883
DARWIN DE ZAVALA	1872-1881
EDWIN THEODORE DE ZAVALA	1863-1882
KATHERINE E. DE ZAVALA	1911-1914
LEROY DE ZAVALA	1905-1954
LORENZO DE ZAVALA III
SIDNEY DE ZAVALA	1870-1906
GENERAL MANUEL FERNANDEZ CASTRILLON	-1836
FREDERICK DULITZ	1873-1876
PETER JEFFERSON DUNCAN	1799-1836
DOCTOR DUNLAP
WILLA FOLK	1850-1871
AMY INEZ HIGGINBOTHAM	1904-1907
JESSE HIGGINBOTHAM	1878-1915
LILLIAN MARIE HIGGINBOTHAM	1901-1903
EMILY DE ZAVALA JENKINS
THOMAS JENKINS
ETHYL K. JOYNER	1909-1917
KATHERINE S. JOYNER	1887-1911
FREDERICK NITSCHE	1794-1863
WILLIAM NITSCHE
EMMA DE ZAVALA SINGLETON	1870-1938
JAMES SINGLETON	1881-1912
DAVID THOMAS	1801-1836
EMILY C. DE ZAVAA WEAVER	1861-1892
ETHEL GERTRUDE WEAVER
CHARLES D. WILCOX	1873-1909

TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE

DE ZAVALA PLAZA

NAME HONORS LORENZO DE ZAVALA, VICE PRESIDENT OF

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS (AD INTERIM, MARCH 17-OCT 17, 1836).

BORN IN YUCATAN AND EDUCATED IN THE SEMINARY OF

ILDEFONSO, DE ZAVALA WAS AN ARDENT LIBERAL WHO WAS

JAILED 1814-1817 FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. IN PRISON

HE LEARNED ENGLISH AND BECAME A MEDICAL DOCTOR. IN

1821 HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CORTES IN MADRID, SPAIN,

AND LATER WAS GOVERNOR OF A PROVINCE OF MEXICO.

AFTER MEXICO WON INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN, HE KEPT

WORKING FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORMATION. LOYAL TO THE 1824

CONSTITUTION OF MEXICO, HE CROSSED DICTATOR SANTA

ANNA AND MOVED TO TEXAS TO SEEK FREEDOM. ON MARCH 2,

1836, HE SIGNED TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

LATER HE SIGNED THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS CONSTITUTION.

MARRIED TWICE, HE HAD SIX CHILDREN. THE FAMILY

HONORED HIS MEMORY BY KEEPING ALIVE HIS IDEALS

AFTER HIS EARLY DEATH. THE LEGISLATURE OF TEXAS IN

1858 NAMED ZAVALA COUNTY IN HIS HONOR.

LORENZO DE ZAVALA, MANY OF HIS DESCENDENTS, AND

SOME OF THEIR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS WERE INTERRED

IN THE DE ZAVALA FAMILY CEMETERY, ON THE PLANTATION

ACROSS BUFFALO BAYOU FROM THIS SITE. THE PLAZA IS

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF VICE PRESIDENT DE ZAVALA,

HIS FAMILY, AND OTHERS BURIED IN THE DE ZAVALA CEMETERY.

(SEE CEMETERY MARKER)

ACTUAL MARKER INSCRIPTIONS, ENGRAVINGS, AND IMAGES OF THE DE ZAVALA FAMILY CEMETERY

NAME

BIRTH - DEATH

INSCRIPTIONS / ENGRAVINGS

COMMENTS

DE ZAVALA, Emma

1870-1938

"Mother" and a Christian Cross.

image 1 Wife of Sidney de Zavala.

DE ZAVALA, Lorenzo

Oct 3, 1789-Nov 15, 1836

Front: Header emblem of Lone Star with Crossed Texas Flags; "Died at De Zavala's Point, Harrisburg County..."; "First Vice President of the Republic of Texas"; "Erected by the State of Texas." Sons of the Republic of Texas (SRT) Marker. Back: Header emblem of a Lone Star with Crossed Texas Flags; "Member of the Consultation and Convention"; "Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence"; "Author, Learned Publicist, Historian, Philosopher, Economist, and Statesman"

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DE ZAVALA, Louis Buckner

May 21, 1915-Jun 21, 1980

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DE ZAVALA, Louis Victor II

Dec 5, 1945-May 2, 1975

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DE ZAVALA, Sidney

1870-1906

"Father" and a Christian Cross.

image 1 Husband of Emma de Zavala.

DE ZAVALLA, Ricardo

May 26, 1835-Mar 3, 1906

"Born in New York..."; "Died..."; "Our Father has gone... rest, to the glorious land ... blest."; Sons of the Republic of Texas (SRT) Marker.

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DULITZ, Frederick

Sep 1873-Feb 10, 1876

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DUNCAN, Peter Jefferson

1799-1870

Header emblem is a bronze Seal of the State of Texas; "Participated in the Capture of San Antonio in 1835 and Served in the Army in 1836."; Born in New York in 1799"; Died in Harris County Texas in 1870"; "Erected by the State of Texas 1936".

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DUNLAP, Dr.

no dates

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HIGGINBOTHAM, Amy Inez

Dec 20, 1904-Mar 20, 1907

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HIGGINBOTHAM, Jesse

Jan 28, 1878-Aug 16, 1915

Header and monument is "Woodmen of the World Memorial"; "Asleep in Jesus".

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NITSCHE, Frederick

1794-Nov 11, 1863

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NITSCHE, William

no dates

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THOMAS, David

1801-Apr 30, 1836

Front: Header emblem of Lone Star with Crossed Texas Flags; "Born in Tennessee in 1801. Died from an Accidental Wound April 30, 1836 at the Home of Lorenzo de Zavala." "Erected by the State of Texas." Back: Header emblem of a Lone Star with Crossed Texas Flags; "Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, First Attorney General of the Republic of Texas, Acting Secretary of War."

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WILCOX, Chas (Charles) D.

Feb 16, 1873-Nov 20, 1909

Header and monument is "Woodmen of the World Memorial".

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