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Brandon Family Cemetery

The earliest marked grave, dated 1857, was that of Susan Carson, mother of Martha Carson Brandon. Traveling by wagon train, John Brandon, his wife Martha (cousin of Kit Carson) and six sons left Mississippi and arrived at Fort Brooke (Tampa) ...

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County Hospital Cemetery

This publicly-owned cemetery contains the burials of 162 patients from the Manitowoc County Asylum for the Insane and the Manitowoc County Hospital who died between the years 1917 and 1974. The names of all, but two, are known.

The Manitowoc County ...

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Potter's Field Cemetery

The land was originally part of 80 acres owned by Jacob W. Conroe who built a sawmill at Manitowoc Rapids in 1856. In 1914 the farmland was purchased by Manitowoc County and the ground set aside as a free burial ...

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Warrenton Cemetery

Notable Confederate Resting Place

The gate to your right opens to Warrenton

Cemetery, the final resting place of 986 Confederate soldiers, of every Southern state, about

650 casualties of the Civil War. Many wounded

Confederates were evacuated to Warrenton and

vicinity after the First and ...

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Bowser Family Cemetery

This marker recognizes the final resting place of Spencer Bowser, the patriarch of a prominent African American family in North Carolina. Also buried here are several other members of the Bowser family, including J.P. Bowser, Lloyd B. Bowser, Q.B. Bowser, ...

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Earliest Cemetery

Site of the

earliest

cemetery

at Saratoga

(Schuylerville)

Removal

1840

Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street (U.S. 4) and Burgoyne Street (County Route 338), on the right when traveling south on Broad Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Humble Cemetery

This cemetery is believed to be the town of Humble's oldest. The earliest documented burial is that of Joseph Dunman (1867-1879). Also believed to be buried here in an unmarked grave is Jane Elizabeth Humble, wife of the community's founder, ...

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Jourdanton City Cemetery

T.H. Zanderson and city namesake Jourdan Campbell bought the 40,000-acre Toby Ranch in 1907 and laid out the town of Jourdanton. The original plat included two blocks designated for use as a cemetery. The Artesian Belt Railroad built through the ...

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Chilipitin Cemetery

Early settlers Dario and Manuelita Douglas Tober acquired land here in 1877 and later set aside this site for a family cemetery. The oldest marked grave, that of teenager Nieves Douglas Tober, dates to 1903. The Tober family deeded the ...

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Taylorsville Cemetery

This picturesque cemetery dates to the 1850s. Within it’s hallowed grounds sleep many pioneers of Plumas County and particularly Indian Valley, some of whom are:

Jobe Terrill Taylor, founder of Taylorsville; Abbie Fort, African-American beekeeper and land owner; Dennis & Jerome ...

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