Alfred J. Peterson - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 17.707 W 081° 45.979
17R E 426309 N 3351736
Alfred J. Peterson, one of the Woodmen of the World, is buried in Gravely Hill Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida.
Waymark Code: WMQWAE
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2016
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Alfred J. Peterson shares his headstone with his wife Elizabeth Warren Peterson
(visit link). According to his headstone and the
Find A Grave website, he was born on November 4, 1862, in Jacksonville (Duval County), Florida, USA, and died on May 7, 1936, in Jacksonville (Duval County), Florida, USA.
His headstone inscription reads:
Father
Alfred J.
Peterson
Nov. 4, 1862
May 7, 1936
ABOUT THE CEMETERY:
The Gravely Hill Cemetery is located within the boundaries of the Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery, which was opened in 1931, and is located at 7242 Normandy Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida; however, it is not affiliated with this cemetery. It is maintained by the Gravely Hill Friends, Inc.
"The Old Gravely Hill Cemetery was begun as the private family burying ground of the MILES PRICE family and located on the Miles Price homestead. Miles Price was a Confederate veteran who gave the burial plot to the family of any other Confederate veteran which desired it. Twenty-three Confederate veterans, one Civil War veteran with Union Forces, five World War I veterans, and two Spanish-American War veterans are buried here. The earliest marker is that of J.D. Carmichel, who died December 15, 1862."
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