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.






 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
Text by: Robbie Boggs
Images by: Findagrave, and rootsweb.ancesrty.com

2014 #CaDiM posts
May 24: Fort Christmas, May 25: St. Luke's Episcopal, May 26: Crabgrass Cemetery, May 27, May 28, May 29: Fort Drum


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