Lincoln Memorial Park is a historic African-American cemetery in the Brownsville neighborhood of un-incorporated Miami-Dade , Florida .
5-453: Lincoln Memorial Park was first used as a graveyard in 1924 on land owned by a F.B. Miller (a white realtor). In 1929, the burial ground was purchased by Kelsey Pharr, who was a black funeral director. Mr. Pharr was a native of South Carolina, who had studied embalming in Boston and had moved to Miami in the early 1900s. He was a philanthropist and served as consul to Liberia. After his death in 1964,
10-594: Is a historic cemetery in Miami , Florida where many Bahamian settlers were buried. The historic Coconut Grove Cemetery is located at 3575 South Douglas Road in Coconut Grove . Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery was first used as a graveyard in the late 1850s. The land for the cemetery was purchased in 1913 for a total of $ 140.00 by five prominent families: the Burrows, Higgs, Reddick, Ross and E.W. F. Stirrup. The cemetery
15-869: The Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery in Coconut Grove. Some of Miami's most noted African-Americans are buried in Lincoln Memorial Park: Lincoln Memorial Park, Sections A and B, are owned by Jessie Wooden. He purchased the derelict cemetery 21 Dec 2020 from Jessica F Williams. Wooden is restoring Lincoln Memorial Park to its original glory and is now intering new souls. 25°43′30″N 80°15′10″W / 25.72500°N 80.25278°W / 25.72500; -80.25278 Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery formerly known as Coconut Grove Bahamian Cemetery ,
20-469: The cemetery passed on to his goddaughter Elyn Johnson, and then to Jessica Williams, the latter's niece. In 2017, Williams partnered with the Coral Gables Museum in an ongoing restorative effort. The layout of the cemetery is of the above the ground burial style which is very popular in locations at or below sea level and are prone to flooding, just like Evergreen Memorial Park a few blocks away and
25-513: Was renamed Charlotte Jane Memorial Park after the wife of E.W.F. Stirrup a prominent land owner and millionaire in the Grove. The layout of the cemetery is of the above the ground burial style which is very popular in locations at or below sea level and are prone to flooding. The Coconut Grove Cemetery is located at 3650 Charles Avenue in the Coconut Grove District of Miami, Florida. The cemetery
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