Cemetery a Day in May: Pine Rest Cemetery (Martin County)
Cemetery Log Date: May 30, 2014
Pine Rest Cemetery is located in Port Salerno, FL (which is why it is also known as "Port Salerno Cemetery.). This fishing town was created as a small settlement in the southern shores of St. Lucie river inlet. It was named "Salerno" because the main settlers were emigrants from the Italian city of Salerno.
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The first burial was Donald Homes, a child, with several other first settlers following him. The cemetery is approximately 3 acres and is quite open with just a few old, large pine trees remaining in the old section. The oldest part of the cemetery consists of stones oriented north/south, the newer section east/west.
WHO: Pine Rest Association
WHAT: Cemetery in Port Salerno, FL
WHEN: Dawn til Dusk
WHERE: Port Salerno -On North side of SE Cove Road at SE 45th Avenue
WHY:
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2013 #CaDiM posts
Intro, May 1: National, May 2: Oakdale, May 3: Murphy's Creek, May 4: Mt. Olive, May 5: Bosque Bello, May 6: Old City, May 7: Espanola, May 8: Tolomato, May 9: Pacetti, May 10: West View, May 11: Magnolia Springs, May 12: St. Peter's, May 13: Gravely Hill, May 14: Pilgrim's Rest, May 15: God's Little Acre, May 16: Dummet's Grave, May 17: No Name, May 18: St. Monica, May 19: St. Joseph's, May 20: Old St. Joseph's (Duval), May 21: Sampson, May 22: Fernandez Reserve, May 23: St. Ambrose, May 24: Sons of Israel, May 25: Sanksville, May 26: Huguenot, May 27: Nombre de Dios, May 28: Beresford, May 29: Jones, May 30: San Sebastian/Pinehurst, May 31: Oaklynn
Pine Rest Cemetery is located in Port Salerno, FL (which is why it is also known as "Port Salerno Cemetery.). This fishing town was created as a small settlement in the southern shores of St. Lucie river inlet. It was named "Salerno" because the main settlers were emigrants from the Italian city of Salerno.
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The first burial was Donald Homes, a child, with several other first settlers following him. The cemetery is approximately 3 acres and is quite open with just a few old, large pine trees remaining in the old section. The oldest part of the cemetery consists of stones oriented north/south, the newer section east/west.
WHO: Pine Rest Association
WHAT: Cemetery in Port Salerno, FL
WHEN: Dawn til Dusk
WHERE: Port Salerno -On North side of SE Cove Road at SE 45th Avenue
WHY:
- Resting place for some of Port Salerno's first residents
- 227 marked graves with dates ranging from 1916 - 1996
- Markers are a combination of Marble, Granite, and Cement
Images by: Findagrave, and rootsweb.ancesrty.com
2014 #CaDiM posts
Intro, May 1: Hilliard Community, May 2: Kingsley slave era cemetery, May 3: San Lorenzo , May 4: St. Mary's, May 5: Hibernia Cemetery, May 6: Oaklynn Update, May 7: Norwalk, May 8: Houston Pioneer, May 9: Greenwood, May 10: Geneva ,May 11: Rose Hill, May 12:Garden of Heavenly Rest, May 13: Port Mayaca, May 14: Key West, May 15: Felsmere Brookside May 16: Albritton May 17: May 18: Flagler Family May 19: Masonic May 20: Gethsemane; May 21: Magnolia Springs. May 22: African Refugee, May 23: Pinecrest
May 24: Fort Christmas, May 25: St. Luke's Episcopal, May 26: Crabgrass Cemetery, May 27, May 28, May 29: Fort Drum2013 #CaDiM posts
Intro, May 1: National, May 2: Oakdale, May 3: Murphy's Creek, May 4: Mt. Olive, May 5: Bosque Bello, May 6: Old City, May 7: Espanola, May 8: Tolomato, May 9: Pacetti, May 10: West View, May 11: Magnolia Springs, May 12: St. Peter's, May 13: Gravely Hill, May 14: Pilgrim's Rest, May 15: God's Little Acre, May 16: Dummet's Grave, May 17: No Name, May 18: St. Monica, May 19: St. Joseph's, May 20: Old St. Joseph's (Duval), May 21: Sampson, May 22: Fernandez Reserve, May 23: St. Ambrose, May 24: Sons of Israel, May 25: Sanksville, May 26: Huguenot, May 27: Nombre de Dios, May 28: Beresford, May 29: Jones, May 30: San Sebastian/Pinehurst, May 31: Oaklynn