Old Brandon cemetery - Brandon,MS
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N 32° 16.545 W 089° 59.485
16S E 218238 N 3574931
Old Brandon Cemetery is located Two Blocks from the square in Brandon, MS. The marker was installed in 2006.
Waymark Code: WMCETW
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 08/30/2011
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Established in the 1830's, the Old Brandon Cemetery contains more than 1000 graves, including two Mississippi governors, Robert Lowry (1881-1889) and Anselm McLaurin (1896-1900). Also buried here is postmaster and surveyor Thomas Shaw, educator Miss Frank Johnson, and Susie Blue Buchanan, a pioneering female attorney.
Date Installed:: 2006/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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