Chestnut Street Cemetery of Early Apalachicola (Old City Graveyard)
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Markerman62
N 29° 43.510 W 084° 59.259
16R E 694639 N 3290027
Old cemetery in Apalachicola
Waymark Code: WMDFY9
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2012
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Chestnut Street Cemetery dates prior to 1831. 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 famous botanist, Dr. Alvin Wentworth Chapman of Apalachicola died in 1899, and is interred here beside the grave of his wife.
Marker Number: F-179
Date: 1970
County: Franklin
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: The Apalachicola Historical Society in cooperation with Department of State, Bureau of Historic Preservation
Website: Not listed
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