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This city cemetery was established in 1836 and served as Mobile's primary burial site during the remainder of the 19th century. It contains more than 80,000 burials and features many elaborate monuments. 56: Maysville Historic District: Maysville Historic District
This list of cemeteries in Alabama includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives; In office 1907-1911: Personal details; Born September 25, 1883 River Ridge, Alabama: Died: November 1, 1950 (aged 67) Mobile, Alabama: Resting place: Pine Crest Cemetery Mobile, Alabama: Political party: Democratic: Education: Auburn University University of Alabama
Millbrook: Robinson Springs Camp Confederate Monument (1913) by UCV Camp No. 396, Elmore County, Alabama [49] Mobile: Statue of Admiral Raphael Semmes, on Government Street near the Bankhead Tunnel (1900) by SCV, Raphael Semmes Camp 11 [50] Removed June 5, 2020. Confederate Fortification Monument (1940), Mobile National Cemetery [51] Montgomery:
Magnolia Cemetery is a historic city cemetery located in Mobile, Alabama. Filled with many elaborate Victorian-era monuments, it spans more than 100 acres (40 ha). [3] It served as Mobile's primary, and almost exclusive, burial place during the 19th century. [3] It is the final resting place for many of Mobile's 19th- and early 20th-century ...
Mobile National Cemetery was established in 1865, when Union troops occupied the city of Mobile after the Battle of Mobile Bay, during the Civil War. [4] Initially, casualties of the battle were interred in a section of the city owned Magnolia Cemetery, but they quickly had a need for more space and a plot of 3 acres (1.2 ha) was granted to the Army by the city in 1866. [4]
Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr. was born on October 10, 1832, along Dauphin Street in Mobile, Alabama. [1] He married Elizabeth Alabama Rabby. He helped to organize the T.D.S. (Tea Drinker's Society), [2] one of Mobile's mystic societies, in 1846; however, their banquets were part of Mobile's New Year's Eve celebrations, rather than being held on Mardi Gras day. [1]
Eaton opened the first funeral home on dedicated cemetery grounds after a battle with established funeral directors, who saw the "combination" operation as a threat. He remained as general manager until his death in 1966, when he was succeeded by his nephew, Frederick Llewellyn. [1]