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“Water Street Cemetery” at Library
On Tuesday June 11th at 6:00 the Greenville Public Library will host
local historian Richard Halley who will present “The Water Street
Cemetery Is Not a Park.” Richard has evidence that shows the
Water Street Cemetery has always remained a cemetery, that is, it was
never retired as a cemetery and changed to park status.
He will use primary documents to trace its history from the early
1800’s to the present. These records and deeds reveal a detailed
story about legal ownership, early Greenville citizens buried in the
cemetery, and proposed improvements that were never completed.
Those with relatives buried at Water Street will not want to miss this
information. Richard has a special interest in the cemetery as he
and his uncle Richard Westerman built the commemorative walls that hold
fragments of some of the early tombstones.
He will recount the story of how the tombstones were removed and
scattered and how the late Florence Magoto and Bea Campbell retrieved a
number of remnants. In the fall 1998 the two Richards began
designing and constructing the walls (see photo). The walls were
dedicated Memorial Day 1999.
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