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Odd Fellows / Confederate Cemetery Established circa 1840. This is Grenada's oldest cemetery. Buried here are many prominent, early citizens, including Rev. Abraham Lucas, who performed the "marriage of Pittsburg and Tullahoma" on July 4, 1836, forming Grenada. Also buried here are victims of 1878 Yellow Fever epidemic and approx. 150 Confederate soldiers.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History 19??
south side of Woodlawn Cemetery, west of Highway 51 on Cemetery street Grenada County Mississippi
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