Sarasota in Sarasota County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Rosemary Cemetery
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, February 26, 2020
1. Rosemary Cemetery Marker
Rosemary Cemetery is burial place for many early Sarasota citizens, civic leaders, and entrepreneurs including Scotsman John Hamilton Gillespie, first mayor and local manager for Florida Mortgage & Investment Co., British land developers of the municipality. The cemetery was set aside in plat, “Town of Sarasota”, filed on July 27, 1886 by the promoters of the ill-fated “Ormiston Colony” and was deeded to the incorporated city seventeen years later. Early families with members interred here include Abbe, Browning, Burns, Grantham, Cunliff, Halton, Higel, Pelot and Whitaker, among others. Owen Burns purchased the founding corporation holdings in 1910. His influence has been credited with guiding the “true flowering” of the city laid out by the Scots.
Erected by Sarasota County Historical Commission.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 27° 20.604′ N, 82° 32.553′ W. Marker is in Sarasota, Florida, in Sarasota County. It is at the intersection
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Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Rosemary Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); A Resting Place of Pioneer Families and Hidden Histories (a few steps from this marker); First Black Community (approx. 0.2 miles away); Municipal Auditorium Recreation Center and Hazzard Fountain (approx. 0.3 miles away); Sarasota Garden Club (approx. 0.3 miles away); Bidwell-Wood House (approx.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, February 26, 2020
2. Rosemary Cemetery Marker
Other markers no longer nearby. Judah Philip Benjamin (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been permanently removed); Judah P. Benjamin Monument (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, February 26, 2020
3. Rosemary Cemetery sign
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, February 26, 2020
4. The Rosemary District
Credits. This page was last revised on April 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 473 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 12, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
