Old Tacoma, Washington Cemetery
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member adh73
N 47° 12.828 W 122° 29.006
10T E 539115 N 5229052
This is the original cemetery for Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.
Waymark Code: WM6GE3
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member Max Cacher
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This is a pleasant and well-maintained cemetery.The Old Tacoma Cemetery contains over 50,000 graves. It was established in 1875, and contains the graves of many of Tacoma's early leaders. One is General Mathew Morton McCarver, founder of Tacoma, who was buried in the year the cemetery was opened. Medal of Honor winner General John Wilson Sprague is also buried there. The cemetery also contains the graves of early-day Asian and Native American people, since the cemetery has always accepted everyone for burial.

The cemetery has records of all burials, and has plans to make them available online, but for now please contact them via their Web site, below.

Following are some links to more information about the cemetery:

Old Tacoma Cemetery History
Rootsweb Thread About Vandalism at the Cemetery
">Find A Grave Web Site

City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed

Approximate number of graves: Not listed

Cemetery Status: Active

Cemetery Website: Not listed
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