Lafayette Cemetery No. 1
Established in 1833 by the City of Lafayette
The square was acquired from Cornelius Hurst and the cemetery laid out by Benjamin Buisson, city surveyor.
This was part of the Livaudais Plantation which had been subdivided into city squares in 1832
The cemetery contains many fine and historic tombs, among them those of Samuel Jarvis Peters, father of the New Orleans public school system, and General Harry T. Hays, distinguished confederate general.
Here are buried many persons of German and Irish origin who lived in the City of Lafayette.
The typical New Orleans burial vault adjoining Washington Avenue were restored and magnolia trees on the cross aisle replanted by the City of New Orleans.
Victor M. Schiro, mayor.
Marker is on Washington Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
