A Community of the Past

In 2014 my wife and I wrote a book for Acadia Press entitled Images of America: San Antonio Cemeteries Historic District. On the east side of San Antonio are thirty-one cemeteries comprising approximately 103 acres. The area was first surveyed in 1853 and lots sold to the Alamo Masonic Lodge.Thousands of individuals have been buried there since that time, and although most burials are pre-1949, most of the cemeteries remain active today.

The book mentioned above was limited in scope because of editorial considerations. The present site is designed to (1) include additional information on people mentioned in the book, (2) inform the reader about some of those not included in the book, and (3) at times discuss individuals in cemeteries other than those in the Eastside Complex.

A view of San Antonio National Cemetery showing the graves of Major Hardie Voilland, his wife Aurora, and their son Raoul in the center. The couple's only child, Raoul was only twelve when he passed.