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This is another example of a small
cemetery that has become lost to time.
Nothing is known of these tombstones, or possible cemetery, other
than a short recollection submitted to the FLORIDA GENEALOGIST JOURNAL
for the Spring 1996 issue. (Volume
XIX, Number 2, Spring 1996 [whole number 73]) [The The Cemetery Task Force members are
aware of this information, but when they were out in the field, 1998-2003
looking for lost cemeteries, they were not able to find these graves. Your correspondent was only guessing
when she titled this ‘TAYLOR FAMILY’.
The dates suggest they could be siblings, but Catherine could also
have been a young bride. A check of
census records for this time frame yielded no information. As to approximate location, the Opal
Lilly Vineyard is approximately 3 miles north of Florahome on Coral Farms
Road. It was one of the oldest and
best-known vineyards in the area, though there definitely could have been
others. Sadly, both Miss Opal and Mrs. Osborne passed on in
May of this year, taking with them any possible clues—no matter how
seemingly irrelevant--to the location of these graves. At least thanks to Mrs. Osborne’s
foresight in 1968 to record the information, and again in 1996 to publish
it, we have this much knowledge. |
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LAST NAME |
FIRST NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
COMMENTS(sic) |
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A BARNETT |
1/29/1909 |
10/15/1936 |
THEY WHO KNEW HIM BEST WILL BLESS HIS NAME AND KEEP HIS MEMORY
DEAR WHILE LIFE SHALL LAST. |
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CATHERINE E |
8/1/1914 |
7/4/1930 |
ONE PRECIOUS TO OUR HEARTS HAS GONE A VOICE WE LOVE IS STILL THE
PLACE MADE VACANT IN OUR HOME CAN NEVER MORE BE FILLED. |
Last updated: 4/26/2012