Houston Pioneer Cemetery

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. John Caroll Houston, IV was buried here.

Houston Pioneer Cemetery
Front of Houston Pioneer Cemetery
Details
Established1883[1]
Location
Eau Gallie, Florida
Coordinates28.12796°N 80.62589°W / 28.12796; -80.62589
Typeprivate
Owned byRossetter House Foundation, Inc.
SizeAbout 75 feet wide X 40 feet deep
No. of gravesAbout 12 headstones

See also

Footnotes

  1. 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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