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Church Street Graveyard is a historic city cemetery
Cemetery

A cemetery is a place in which death body and cremation are burial. The term cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground....
 located in Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
. The cemetery is situated on and is surrounded by a brick wall that dates to 1830. At the time that the cemetery was established it lay about a half mile away from most development, but it is now considered to be in downtown.

ch Street Graveyard was begun in 1819, replacing the Campo Santo that was located at the site of the present Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile

The Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is the seat of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile. The cathedral is named for Mary, mother of Jesus, under her title, Immaculate Conception....
 as the city's main place of burial.






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Church Street Graveyard is a historic city cemetery
Cemetery

A cemetery is a place in which death body and cremation are burial. The term cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground....
 located in Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
. The cemetery is situated on and is surrounded by a brick wall that dates to 1830. At the time that the cemetery was established it lay about a half mile away from most development, but it is now considered to be in downtown.

History

Church Street Graveyard was begun in 1819, replacing the Campo Santo that was located at the site of the present Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile

The Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is the seat of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile. The cathedral is named for Mary, mother of Jesus, under her title, Immaculate Conception....
 as the city's main place of burial. The new cemetery was not officially acquired from local landowner William E. Kennedy by the city of Mobile until a year later, in 1820. Mobile's city officials divided the cemetery into three sections. The northeastern third was designated for Catholic
Catholic

Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
s, the southeastern third for Protestants, and the remaining western portion a "graveyard for strangers". Masons
Freemasonry

Freemasonry is a fraternal and service organizations that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around 5 million ....
, Odd Fellows
Independent Order of Odd Fellows

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is an altruistic fraternal and service organizations derived from the similar England Oddfellows service organizations which came into being during the 1700s, at a time when altruistic and Charity acts were far less common....
, veterans, and the indigent incidentally came to be interred in this western section. The cemetery was closed to burial in 1898, though a few modern burials have taken place by special city resolution.

Notable monuments and interments

Many of the gravestones at Church Street Graveyard are significant examples of stone carving work done in New England
New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
 and the Gulf Coast in the early 1800s. The cemetery also contains early examples of wrought and cast iron work.

The more notable interments include:
  • Joe Cain
    Joe Cain

    'Joseph Stillwell Cain', Jr. is largely credited with the rebirth of Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile, Alabama.In 1866, following the American Civil War and while Mobile was still under Union occupation, Joe Cain paraded through the streets of Mobile, dressed in improvised costume depicting a fictional Chickasaw chief named Slacabamo...
    , important figure in the history of Mardi Gras
    Mardi Gras

    The terms "Mardi Gras" and "Mardi Gras season", in English language, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, ending on the day before Ash Wednesday....
     in the city.
  • Colonel Jean-Jerome Cluis, a Napoleonic refugee and member of the ill-fated Vine and Olive Colony
    Vine and Olive Colony

    The Vine and Olive Colony was an ill-fated effort by a group of France Bonapartists who, fearing for their lives after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Bourbon Restoration, attempted to establish an agricultural settlement growing wine grapes and olive trees in the Alabama wilderness....
    .
  • Dominique Louis Dolive, an early French
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
     settler.
  • Don Miguel Eslava, an early Spanish
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
     official.
  • Gen. Edmund Pendleton Gaines, a hero of the War of 1812
    War of 1812

    The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire , was fought from 1812 to 1815.There were several immediate stated causes for the U.S....
    .
  • Mary Josephine Hollinger, a native of British
    Great Britain

    Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
     colonial Mobile.
  • James Roper, builder of Oakleigh
    Oakleigh Historic Complex (Mobile, Alabama)

    Oakleigh is a historic house museum in Mobile, Alabama, Alabama, United States. It is the centerpiece of the Oakleigh Historic Complex, a grouping of buildings that contain a working-class raised cottage, a former slave quarters, and a modern archives building....
    .
  • Eugene Walter
    Eugene Walter

    Eugene Walter was an American screenwriter, poet, short-story author, actor, puppeteer, gourmet chef, cryptographer, translator, editor, costume designer and well-known raconteur....
    , actor and author.


Gallery

Image:Church Street Cemetery 01.JPG|A tomb in Church Street Graveyard. Image:Joe Cain Gravemarker.jpg|Grave of Joe Cain
Joe Cain

'Joseph Stillwell Cain', Jr. is largely credited with the rebirth of Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile, Alabama.In 1866, following the American Civil War and while Mobile was still under Union occupation, Joe Cain paraded through the streets of Mobile, dressed in improvised costume depicting a fictional Chickasaw chief named Slacabamo...
, founder of modern Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras

The terms "Mardi Gras" and "Mardi Gras season", in English language, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, ending on the day before Ash Wednesday....
. Image:Church Street Graveyard 04.JPG|An example of iron work in Church Street Graveyard. Image:Church Street Graveyard 05.JPG|A sculptural tombstone in Church Street Graveyard.


See also

  • Ahavas Chesed Cemetery
    Ahavas Chesed Cemetery

    Ahavas Chesed Cemetery, is a historic Jewish cemetery located in Mobile, Alabama. It was established by the Ahavas Chesed congregation in 1898....
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    Magnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama)

    Magnolia Cemetery is a city cemetery located in Mobile, Alabama, Alabama, United States. The cemetery is situated on 120 acres and was established in 1836....
  • Old Catholic Cemetery
    Old Catholic Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama)

    Catholic Cemetery, formerly known as the Stone Street Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located in Mobile, Alabama, Alabama, United States....
  • Sha'arai Shomayim Cemetery