Emilio Pons, a pioneer cigar manufacturer, was the head of a distinguished Spanish family in Tampa.  The earliest Tampa Latin's (the name given to Spaniards, Italians and Cubans) were buried at Oaklawn, but after the 1886 founding of Ybor City immigrant, mutual aid societies created ethnic cemeteries.  The majority of the immigrant populace’s dead are found in those.

Please note: This plot is in the St. Louis Cemetery, which is operated by the Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg and adjoins Oaklawn Cemetery.    

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