Cavasos Cemetery
aka Sabino
near Santa Monica, Texas
GPS Coords: 26.37092, -97.531284
From Lyford, go east on FM 498 for 11 1/2 miles and turn right (south) onto FM 1420 for 3 1/2 miles. Turn left onto Levee Rd 1/Sabino Rd for another 3 1/2 miles and the cemetery driveway is on the left. You probably can't see the cemetery from the road.
There is a second survey below the table.
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes/Inscriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abel C Cavazos | 26 Feb 1905 | 26 Feb 1938 | Q.E.P.D. |
| Anastacio Cavazos | 27 Jan 1887 | 23 Jul 1958 | Q.E.P.D. |
| Andrea C Cavazos | 10 Nov 1879 | 26 Feb 1947 | A remembrancrance from her husband, sons and daughters. E.P.D. |
| Bernice H Handy Cavazos | 4 Mar 1928 | 20 Mar 2008 | |
| Chauncey G Cavazos | 28 May 1971 | 15 Oct 2004 | |
| Doroteo Cavazos | 15 Jan 1905 | 20 Apr 1905 | |
| Doroteo Cavazos Sr. | 29 Jan 1918 | 6 Nov 1994 | |
| Ester G Cavazos | 18 Jul 1914 | 1 Sep 1993 | |
| Eugenio C Cavazos | 23 Jan 1909 | 30 Mar 1988 | |
| Francisco C Cavazos | 18 Feb 1905 | 5 May 1905 | |
| George Cavazos Jr. | 9 Mar 1942 | 18 Nov 1990 | |
| Gumecindo C. Cavazos | 15 Aug 1915 | 19 Mar 1984 | |
| Jorge Cavazos | 31 Mar 1905 | 14 Jul 1976 | |
| Juan Cavazos Jr. | 7 Jul 1900 | 24 Jul 1978 | |
| Juan C Cavazos | 25 Nov 1870 | 24 Aug 1950 | |
| Leonel Verbier Cavazos | 4 Dec 1931 | 18 Dec 2003 | |
| Lydia V Cavazos | 29 Sep 1918 | 2 Feb 2012 | |
| Maria de Jesus Cavazos | 21 Dec 1962 | 1 Feb 1963 | |
| Matias C. Cavazos | 15 Aug 1872 | 9 Nov 1941 | |
| Ninfa H Cavazos | 19 Apr 1921 | 28 Jul 2001 | |
| Noel C Cavazos | 9 Dec 1914 | 15 Aug 1998 | |
| Petra R. Cavazos | 10 May 1910 | 20 May 1981 | |
| Rafaela Cavazos | 16 Jan 1905 | 4 Apr 1905 | |
| Roberto Cavazos | 18 Aug 1922 | 4 Oct 1976 | |
| Rosa V Cavazos | 10 Nov 1902 | 21 Aug 1998 | |
| Elisa E Fernandez | 27 Dec 1906 | 23 Feb 1999 | |
| Jorje Galvan | 24 Sep 1938 | 30 Sep 1938 |
Surveyed by John and Maria Montalvo Graham.
From Raymondville, Texas take US 77 South through Lyford and before reaching Sebastian turn right (east) on FM 1018 . Continue on the paved FM 1018 until it ends at a _T_ intersection with another paved FM road (number not noted). Continue straight ahead (east) in a gravel road which will shortly begin to run along side the north levee of the International Boundary Commission's floodway. The next intersection is Old Alice Stage Road where you have a choice of turning left on the Old Stage Road, turning right up on or over the levee, or going straight ahead on a dirt track along the base of the levee. This track, if followed alongside the levee, will lead you to the Sabino Cemetery. However, it is largely unimproved and would probably be difficult going in wet weather. Instead, turn right up the levee slope and left on the single lane gravel road atop the levee. Follow this road a few hundred yards until you see the cemetery on the left, below the levee. A gravel road leads down the levee side toward the old Rancho Sabino. A dirt track at the bottom of the levee leads into a field to the Cavazos Family Cemetery.
The cemetery is fenced and, when we transcribed it (May 10, 2002), was neat and clean. It is the burial place for a couple of generations of the Cavazos family, descendants of Jose Narsico Cavazos, impresario and Grantee of the San Juan de Carrisitos Land Grant in the late 1700s. Our transcription is listed in the order we encountered the monuments. We did not attempt to copy various inscriptions on the stones. Dates were mostly in Spanish, but have been translated here into English. Where the monuments were double stones, or were otherwise known by Maria to be associated, we listed them together or noted the relationship.
Jorge Galvan Notes: b. Sep 24, 1938 Stone set apart from d. Sep 30, 1958 family. b. Sep 24, 1938 Ninfa H. Cavazos Doroteo Cavazos, Jr. Husband & Wife b. Apr 19,1921 b. Jun 29, 1918 d. Jul 28, 2001 d. Nov 6, 1944 Gumecindo C. Cavazos b. Aug 15, 1915 d. Mar 19, 1984 Anastacio Cavazos Ysabel Cavazos Husband & Wife b. Jan 4, 1879 b. 1884 d. Jul 23, 1950 d. Feb 26, 1938 Gustavo Cavazos Filberto Cavazos b. 1937 b. Jan 16, 1935 d. 1937 d. Nov 15, 1937 Doreteo Cavazos Rafaela Cabazos Husband & Wife b. 1842 b. 1843 d. Sep 19, 1922 d. Nov 16, 1921 Matias C. Cavazos Francisco C. Cavazos Bachelor Brothers b. 15 Aug 1872 b. 1876 d. 9 Nov 1941 d. 1952 Jesusa G. Cavazos George Cavazos, Jr. Husband & Wife b. Jun 11,1944 b. Mar 9, 1942 d. d. Nov 18, 1990 Petra R. Cavazos Jorge Cavazos Husband & Wife b. May 10, 1910 b. Mar 31, 1905 d. May 20, 1981 d. Jul 14, 1976 Andrea C. Cavazos Juan C. Cavazos Husband & Wife b. Nov 10, 1879 b. Nov 25, 1870 d. Feb 26, 1947 d. Aug 24, 1950 Roberto Cavazos Elisa C. Fernandez Brother & Sister b. Aug 18, 1922 b. Dec 27, 1906 d. Oct 4, 1976 d. Feb 22, 1999 Eugenio C. Cavazos Ester G. Cavazos Husband & Wife b. Jan 23, 1909 b. Jul 18, 1914 d. Mar 30, 1988 d. Sep 1, 1993 Juan Cavazos Rosa V. Cavazos Husband & Wife b. Jul 7, 1900 b. Nov 10, 1902 d. Jul 24, 1978 d. Aug 21, 1993 Noel C. Cavazos Lydia Vitonet Cavazos Husband & Wife b. Dec 10, 1914 b. Sep 29, 1918 d. Aug 15, 1998 d.