Old St. Joseph Cemetery
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N 29° 47.615 W 085° 17.267
16R E 665492 N 3297141
Old City Cemetery
Waymark Code: WM6QZG
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2009
Views: 33
Interred are some of Apalachicola's founders and molders of her colorful history. Also buried here are many soldiers of the Confederacy and victims of yellow fever and shipwrecks. Seven of the Confederate veterans served with Pickett at Gettysburg in the gallant Florida Brigade. World famed botanist, Dr. Alvin Wentworth Chapman, of Apalachicola died in 1899, and is interred here beside the grave of his wife.
Marker Number: None
Date: 1982
County: Franklin
Marker Type: City
Sponsored or placed by: Apalachicola Historical Society In Cooperation With Department of State, Bureau of Historic Preservation
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