San Mateo Cemetery
Rachal, Texas
GPS Coords: 26.88950303, -98.1963516
San Mateo is located about 4½ miles west of Rachal, Texas, on FM 755, next to the picnic area on the highway. It's located on private land belonging to the heirs of Mateo Longoria and Sabina Soliz. The cemetery is still available to their descendants.
The cemetery is located on private land and you must have permission before visiting.
San Mateo Cemetery was established on March 23, 1964. The family decided to start their own cemetery in Mateo Longoria Ranch 'La Escuadra' when he died. Mateo Longoria was the third and youngest son of Ponciano Longoria and Maria Rita Villarreal. The tomb of Mateo Longoria and his wife Sabina Soliz was the first tomb in the cemetery. Sabina S. Longoria's sister Juanita S. Villarreal and her husband Daniel Villarreal are also buried in San Mateo Cemetery. They are the only ones who aren't immediate family. Sabina and her sister Juanita were married in a double wedding on July 21, 1915 in La Grulla, Texas.
Many thanks to Irma Longoria Cavazos for her generosity in sharing this file and photo with the TXGenWeb Project and to Elva Longoria Hyde for corrections and additions.
Shirley Cullum Brooks, County Coordinator, 2003
| Name | Birth | Death | Info/Inscriptions | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future Site | A-1 | |||
| Future Site | A-2 | |||
| Rene Vera | B-1 | |||
| Future Site | B-2 | |||
| Mateo Longoria | 9-21-1894 | 3-22-1964 | B-3 | |
| Sabina S. Longoria | 2-19-1896 | 3-22-1982 | B-4 | |
| Maria Luisa Longoria | 2-2-1940 | 4-14-1987 | B-5 | |
| Elva Longoria Hyde | - | - | Future Site | B-6 |
| Maria Rita L. Longoria | 4-22-1920 | 2-23-1999 | B-7 | |
| Rene Romeo Vera | 8-7-1946 | 4-30-2002 | C-1 | |
| Alma Rosa Vera | 8-12-1939 | 3-20-2003 | C-2 | |
| Homer Longoria | C-3 | |||
| Erasmo Longoria | 1-24-1924 | 10-5-1983 | D-1 | |
| Future Site | D-2 | |||
| Future Site | D-3 | |||
| Mateo Longoria, Jr. | 10-1-1933 | 10-20-1988 | D-4 | |
| Future Site | E-1 | |||
| Future Site | E-2 | |||
| Future Site | E-3 | |||
| Future Site | E-4 | |||
| Future Site | E-5 | |||
| Enrique Guiterrez | 1-12-1925 | 9-6-2009 | h/o Sulema Guiterrez | E-6 |
| Sulema L. Guitterez | 1-16-1922 | 5-23-1990 | w/o Enrique Guiterrez | E-7 |
| Daniel Villarreal | F-1 | |||
| Juanita S. Villarreal | F-2 |