Houston Pioneer Cemetery

Houston Pioneer Cemetery

Front of Houston Pioneer Cemetery
Details
Established 1883[1]
Location Eau Gallie, Florida
Coordinates 28°07′41″N 80°37′33″W / 28.12796°N 80.62589°W / 28.12796; -80.62589Coordinates: 28°07′41″N 80°37′33″W / 28.12796°N 80.62589°W / 28.12796; -80.62589
Type private
Owned by Rossetter House Foundation, Inc.
Size About 75 feet wide X 40 feet deep
Number of graves About 12 headstones

The Houston Pioneer Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Eau Gallie, Florida. It is located within Rossetter Park off Highland Avenue between Oak Street and Shady Lane near the James Wadsworth Rossetter House. The cemetery includes graves of original settlers from Eau Gallie such as John Caroll Houston, III and his wife Mary Virginia Houston.[1] The Houston Memorial Park is also located here with a memorial from 1947 located adjacent to the cemetery. This memorial dates the first grave at 1865,[2] but no headstone contains that date.

Graves

Some of the graves include:

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Houston Pioneer Cemetery Historical marker located in Rossetter Park in front of the Houston Pioneer Cemetery, Eau Gallie, Florida.
  2. Eau Gallie Garden Club. Houston Memorial Park memorial dated 1947 located in Rossetter Park in front of the Houston Pioneer Cemetery, Eau Gallie, Florida.

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