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This list of cemeteries in Texas includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Lake View Cemetery is a privately owned, nonprofit garden cemetery located in the cities of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, and East Cleveland in the U.S. state of Ohio. Founded in 1869, the cemetery was favored by wealthy families during the Gilded Age , and today the cemetery is known for its numerous lavish funerary monuments and mausoleums .
Oakwood Cemetery (Jefferson, Texas) Oakwood Cemetery (Waco, Texas) Old Georgetown Cemetery; Old Independence Cemetery; R. Rose Hill Cemetery (Texarkana, Texas)
1. Gen. George Custer. West Point, New York The Civil War general most famous for his "last stand" at the Battle of Little Big Horn can be found in the West Point Cemetery alongside many other ...
While the cemetery has many historical sites within its grounds, in June 2010, Gulf Prairie Cemetery was, itself, awarded an historical marker by the Texas Historical Society. The commemorative ceremony included a keynote speech by Marie Beth Jones, author of the book, "Peach Point Plantation: the First 150 Years" (1982).
The Texas State Cemetery (TSC) is a cemetery located on about 22 acres (8.9 ha) just east of downtown Austin, the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Originally the burial place of Edward Burleson, Texas Revolutionary general and vice-president of the Republic of Texas, it was expanded into a Confederate cemetery during the Civil War.
According to WFAA, it costs an average of $8,000 to be buried in a regular cemetery, but only $300 to be in a pet cemetery-- though, you'd have to be cremated first. With those kinds of savings ...
There were 81 burials that day. The total number of interments that month was 985. [9] The cemetery contains the Commonwealth war graves of two World War I soldiers of the Canadian Army. [21] Calvary Cemetery is the largest Catholic cemetery in Cleveland, [22] and operated by the Catholic Cemeteries Association. [20]