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toppled in the tornado. Two other early graves are those of Sarah Emily
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According to the cemetery website, historical accounts differ on when interments began at the cemetery. Many older grave markers were destroyed in a tornado on May 1, 1933. The first grave, the re-interment of a Mrs. Mary A. Smith on April 22, 1840, is unmarked, having been among the monuments
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were buried in unmarked graves in the cemetery. In 1936, an obelisk was placed at the site of the graves. Individual markers were placed near the obelisk in 2008 to honor the soldiers.
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