The Houston Pioneer Cemetery is a historic
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
in
Eau Gallie,
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
. It is located within
Rossetter Park off Highland Avenue between Oak Street and Shady Lane near the
James Wadsworth Rossetter House
The James Wadsworth Rossetter House is a historic home in the U.S. located at 1320 Highland Avenue, Melbourne, Florida. The original address of the home was 1328 Houston Street. On July 27, 2005, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Histo ...
. The cemetery includes graves of original settlers from Eau Gallie such as John Caroll Houston, III and his wife Mary Virginia Houston.
[ The Houston Memorial Park is also located here with a memorial from 1947 located adjacent to the cemetery. This memorial dates the first grave at 1865,][Eau Gallie Garden Club. ''Houston Memorial Park'' memorial dated 1947 located in Rossetter Park in front of the Houston Pioneer Cemetery, Eau Gallie, Florida.] but no headstone contains that date. John Caroll Houston, IV was buried here.
See also
*Historic Rossetter House Museum
The Historic Rossetter House Museum is located at 1320 Highland Avenue, Melbourne, Florida in the historic section of Eau Gallie. The museum consists of the James Wadsworth Rossetter House and Gardens (1908), the William P. Roesch House (1901), ...
Footnotes
Gallery
Image:Houston Pioneer Cemetery 1.jpg, Inside front of cemetery
Image:Houston Pioneer Cemetery Gravestones 1.jpg, Gravestones in cemetery
Image:Houston Pioneer Cemetery Gravestones 2.jpg, Gravestones in cemetery
Image:Houston Pioneer Cemetery Historical Marker 1.jpg, Historical marker in front of cemetery
Image:Houston Memorial Park Memorial 1.jpg, Memorial in front of the cemetery
External links
Historic Rossetter House Museum
* {{Find a Grave cemetery
Cemeteries in Brevard County, Florida
Eau Gallie, Florida
1883 establishments in Florida
Cemeteries established in the 1880s