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Melbourne Cemetery

Historic cemetery in Brevard County, Florida

Melbourne Cemetery

Historic cemetery in Brevard County, Florida

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nameMelbourne Cemetery
imageMelbourne Cemetery (Melbourne, Florida) entrance 001.jpg
imagesize300px
captionEntrance to Melbourne Cemetery
countryUnited States
locationMelbourne, Florida
coordinates
ownerCity of Melbourne
website
findagrave
political

The Melbourne Cemetery or City of Melbourne Cemetery is a cemetery in Melbourne, Florida, United States. It is located on Hibiscus Boulevard at the intersection with Lake Street. The cemetery includes graves of original settlers of Melbourne, to include Cornthwaite John Hector who founded the city. Although formally organized as a cemetery in 1891, native Americans purportedly used the site as a burial grounds for many years before.

Graves

Grave marker of C. J. Hector

Some of the graves include:

  • Beaujean family
  • Ellis family
  • Fee family
  • Goode family
  • Porcher family
  • Rhodes family
  • Rowland family

Notes

References

  1. Melbourne Chamber of Commerce. ''Melbourne: A Century of Memories'' (Melbourne, FL: National Printing, Inc., 1980), p. 11.
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