Violet Cemetery

Violet Cemetery
Violet Cemetery
Violet Cemetery is located in Arkansas
Violet Cemetery
Location in Arkansas
Violet Cemetery is located in the United States
Violet Cemetery
Location in United States
LocationArea bounded by W. Johnson Ave., Semmes Ave., Pecan St., Osceola, Arkansas
Coordinates35°42′16″N 89°58′00″W / 35.7044°N 89.9667°W / 35.7044; -89.9667
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1831 (1831)
NRHP reference No.04001108[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 6, 2004

Violet Cemetery, also known as the Osceola Grave Yard, is a cemetery in Osceola, Arkansas. It is the city's oldest cemetery, with its oldest dated grave marked 1831. Many of the area's early settlers are buried here, and it is the earliest known surviving element of the early days of the area's settlement. It is located near the county courthouse, in an area bounded by West Johnson Avenue, Semmes Avenue, and Pecan Street. It is a flat, square site, flanked by trees.

At the beginning of the twentieth century a group of ladies formed a Cemetery Association to reclaim the burial ground which had become neglected. They fenced it, reset memorials and paths, and planted violets on the graves from which the ground got its current name. It is now managed by the City of Osceola.[2]

Its burials include early settlers, 42 veterans of the Civil War, a congressman (William Joshua Driver (1873–1948)), early citizens and developers of Osceola, which was incorporated some 44 years after the earliest marked grave.

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Violet Cemetery" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
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