de Cordova's Grave

ID: 2309 ~ Source: "Jacob Raphael de Cordova," Texas State Historical Association, https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fde03
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de Cordova's Grave

Being moved to the state cemetery is a great honor, and the moving of Rebecca and Jacob’s graves recognized his contributions to Waco and Texas.

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By Anabel Burke
Settlers of the Texas Frontier were undeniably an eclectic bunch, and the founders of Waco were no exception. One of the main organizers of the new city was a Jewish, Jamaican-born Spaniard named Jacob de Cordova. De Cordova was not only…