Grenada in Grenada County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

J. Augustine Signaigo

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 18, 2015

1. J. Augustine Signaigo Marker

Inscription. J. Augustine Signaigo, born in 1835 in Italy, founded the Grenada Sentinel in 1854. A poet, he wrote the libretto of a hit Civil War operetta, "The Vivandiere." He served as president of the Mississippi Press Association in 1869. He died in 1876 and is buried beside his wife and child in Grenada's Yellow Fever Cemetery.

Erected 1992 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1835.

Location. 33° 47.084′ N, 89° 48.144′ W. Marker is in Grenada, Mississippi, in Grenada County. It is at the intersection of 1st Street and South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on 1st Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 84 South Main Street, Grenada MS 38901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Mississippi. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grenada Blues (within shouting distance of this marker); Grenada Depot (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named J. Augustine Signaigo (approx. 0.4 miles away); Belle Flower M.B. Church

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Edward C. Walthall (approx. 0.4 miles away); Magic Slim (approx. 0.6 miles away); Odd Fellows/Confederate Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Grenada (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grenada.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Grenada County Confederate Monument (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed).

Marker in Downtown Square image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 18, 2015

2. Marker in Downtown Square

Former location of courthouse.

Grave markers of Signaigo family in the Yellow Fever Cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 18, 2015

3. Grave markers of Signaigo family in the Yellow Fever Cemetery.

View west on 1st Street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 18, 2015

4. View west on 1st Street.

Marker view north on South Main Street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 18, 2015

5. Marker view north on South Main Street.

Yellow Fever Cemetery. Grave located behind bushes. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 18, 2015

6. Yellow Fever Cemetery. Grave located behind bushes.

Originally called the Tullahoma Cemetery.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 631 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 23, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.