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CHESTNUT STREET CEMETERY OF EARLY APALACHICOLA (OLD CITY GRAVEYARD)

Chestnut Street Cemetery of Early Apalachicola (Old City Graveyard) is a Florida historical marker in Apalachicola, Franklin County, dedicated 1970.

Franklin County · dedicated 1970 · U.S. 98 between 6th & 8th Sts., Apalachicola

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Chestnut Street Cemetery dates prior to 1831. Interred are some of Apalachicola's founders and molders of her colorful history. Also buried here are many soldiers of the Confederacy and victims of yellow fever and shipwrecks. Seven of the Confederate veterans served with Pickett at Gettysburg in the gallant Florida Brigade. World famed botanist, Dr. Alvin Wentworth Chapman, of Apalachicola died in 1899, and is interred here beside the grave of his wife.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

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