Madisonville Cemetery
Madisonville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Marker Inscription
Madisonville Cemetery, 1800 to present. Resting place of pre-Louisiana Purchase colonial settlers, veterans of the War of 1812 and the Civil War, and many men and women of great importance to local and national history. Presented by the National Society Daughters of the American Colonists, Thomas Noble Chapter, March 2015.
Erected by Daughters Of The American Colonists
The Story
In use from 1800 to the present, Madisonville Cemetery holds pre-Louisiana Purchase colonial settlers alongside veterans of the War of 1812 and the Civil War, and many others of local and national note. Its graves span the transformation of the Gulf Coast from French and Spanish colonial ground into an American community. The Daughters of the American Colonists placed the marker in 2015.
Why it matters
A single burial ground here spans more than two centuries of American history, from colonial settlement through the nation's early wars.
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