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GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES FIREMEN'S
CEMETERY (CYPRESS GROVE), The Firemen's Cemetery, also known as Cypress Grove, was originated in 1840 by the Firemen's Charitable and Benevolent Association (FCBA) after the volunteer fire brigade in New Orleans was replaced by the city's first regular fire department. In 1841, the remains of firemen who had been buried elsewhere were exhumed and re-interred at Firemen's Cemetery. The ground, located on Metairie Ridge at 120 City Park Avenue, was a major site for Protestant burials. It was in Firemen's Cemetery that, on Sunday, 30 March 1851, William K. WILSON was interred, "under the clods," in Firemen's Cemetery (grave-number 46 west). About William K. WILSON, see From Tennessee to Texas: The Diary of Sarah Rebecca Lucas McClellan and the Letter of William Wilson Sloan: Texts and G0494A: William KELTON (Sr.), Note 36 in Antecedents and Descendants of Robert Kelton, Sr. (ABT 1724 - AFT 1791). Below are three nineteenth-century stereoscopic views of Firemen's Cemetery, two of which show the wall-vaults by which the cemetery is distinguished.
Theodore Lilienthal (1829 - 1894): Cypress
Grove or Fireman's Cemetery (9 x 18 cm.). © Louisiana State Museum, Accession #: 1979.120.073 [It will be noted that, in this view, the tree-trunks are whitewashed, a horticultural technique intended to deter borers.] ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
George François Mugnier (1855 - 1936):
Side Vaults, Firemen's Cemetery (10 x 18 cm.). © Louisiana State Museum, Accession #: 1979.120.205 [In this view, a house can be observed in the far background.] ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
S. T. Blessing: Cypress Grove
Cemetery, Side Vaults (9 x 18 cm.). © Louisiana State Museum, Accession #: 1979.120.144 [In this view, a funerary wreath adorns one of the vaults.] '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' It was Mr. John B. Windham who alerted the author of this web page concerning the existence of the records of the Firemen's Cemetery. RETURN: Antecedents and Descendants of Robert Kelton, Sr. (ABT 1724 - AFT 1791) GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES: TABLE OF CONTENTS GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES: HOME This web site is always under construction. For entries preceded by an asterisk (*), further information is forthcoming. Persons wishing to contribute information to this web site, or who wish to make inquiries, may do so by addressing their email to:
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