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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: October 4, 2009
Caption: Magnolia Cemetery Marker
Additional Description: Magnolia Cemetery, one of the Nation's outstanding examples of nineteenth century cemetery planning, was founded in 1850 0n the site of Magnolia Umbra Rice Plantation. After the death of the owner, Colonial William Cunnington, the plantation was aquired by Edward Sebring & others who deeded it to the Magnolia Cemetery Company in 1849.
In 1954, the Magnolia Cemetery trust, a governing tax exempt board was formed to care for the cemetery. Magnolia Cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The preservation of Magnolia Cemetery is of vital importance to our community in this day of searching for family ties Plus, the visual example offered by Magnolia Cemetery plays an important part in accomplishing this task. Very few communities are able to boast of the excellent examples of 19th Century Victorian cemetery art as displayed here. The building & landscape architectural work of Edward C. Jones is in itself, one of Magnolia's greatest historical treasures.
Submitted: October 14, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p80445
File Size: 0.268 Megabytes

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