Monico R. Mercado

Location: Sexmoan, Pampanga
Category: Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1966
Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)
Marker text:
MONICO R. MERCADO

POET, LAWYER, EDUCATOR AND LEGISLATOR. BORN IN SEXMOAN, PAMPANGA, MAY 4, 1875. CO-SPONSORED THE BILL INSTITUTING THE FIRST IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES. CO-FOUNDER OF KATIPUNAN MIPANAMPUN AND ACADEMIA PAMPANGUEÑA. VICE-PRESIDENT OF GUAGUA NATIONAL COLLEGES. AUTHOR OF THE NOVEL KETANG MILABAS. DIED IN MANILA, JANUARY 26, 1952.

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