Vereen Methodist Episcopal Church, School and Cemetery
Posted by: Markerman62
N 28° 21.629 W 082° 38.485
17R E 339139 N 3138230
Located on the brick entrance to the circa 1889 cemetery on Hudson Ave.
Waymark Code: WMHAQW
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2013
Views: 9
A church and cemetery were established here in the 1880s. Stephen P. Douglas, who died in 1889, is the earliest marked burial. In 1890, Abraham and Susanna Bellamy donated the land to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in memory of her parents-Joseph and Susanna Vereen. A building completed in 1891 served as the community's church, and for some years, as a public school, until it was destroyed by forest fire in 1920.
Marker Number: 0
Date: 1996
County: Pasco
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: The Pasco Board of County Commissioners and The Pasco County Historical Preservation Committee
Website: Not listed
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