Printable Version - St. Michael`s Cemetery

Printable Version - St. Michael`s Cemetery

St. Michael ’s Cemetery Self-Guided Walking Tour
SELF-GUIDED
WALKING
TOUR:
1. Stephen R. Mallory, b. Trinidad 1812 — d. 9 November 1876, U.S.
Senator from Florida 1852-1861, Secretary of the Confederate Navy.
2. Phillip Keyes Yonge, b. 27 May 1850 — d. 9 August 1934, prominent local
educator, served as Chairman of Florida State Board of Regents.
3. Julia Washington Blount, b. North Carolina, 5 September 1824 — d. 30
December 1888, descendant of the family of George Washington.
4. John Hunt, b. Huntsville, North Carolina, 3 March 1801 — d. 3 February
1851, a prominent local brick maker, his monument was built in New
Orleans with a popular Greek Revival style of architecture.
5. Daniel F. Sullivan, b. Nenagh, Ireland 12 July 1833 — d. 14 June 1884,
most imposing marker in the cemetery built for a prominent lumber
baron.
6. Priests’ Mound, this elevated oval lot was consecrated by St. Michael’s
Roman Catholic Church for the burial of priests and nuns.
POINTS
OF
INTEREST
1891, served in the Spanish Louisiana Infantry Regiment before settling in
Pensacola as an apothecary.
13. Francis Commyns, b. Pensacola, 2 April 1800 — d. 13 June 1853, “box
tombs” inscription laments family members who perished with 253 others
during a Yellow Fever epidemic in 1853.
14. Captain William Sebree, b. Virginia, 1785 — d. 1827, a veteran of the War
of 1812.
15. Captain Christian Pharo, d. September 1867, cast iron monuments mark
the graves of two seamen from the Norwegian ship Gertrude.
16. Salvador T. Pons, b. 23 December 1835 — d. March 1890, served as Mayor
of Pensacola in 1874 and 1878.
17. Joseph Noreiga, Jr., b. Louisiana, 31 May 1788 — d. 10 July 1827, elected
the first Mayor of Spanish Pensacola in 1821.
7. John Sunday, b. 20 March 1838 — d. 7 January 1925, local builder,
served in the Florida House of Representatives during Reconstruction.
18. Dr. Eugenio Sierra, b. Castille, Spain, 1750 — d. 12 March 1849 at 99
years old. Served as a surgeon for the Spanish Army, arriving at Pensacola
in 1785.
8. Theresa, b. 7 December 1837 — d. 7 April 1909, former slave purchased
as a child in Mobile by the Moreno family in 1844.
19. Don Manuel Gonzalez, b. Santander, Spain, 1770(?) — d. 1838, patriarch
of a Pensacola pioneer family, raised wild cattle for the Spanish military.
9. Colonial Road, probably cleared as a short path into the community burial
ground in the mid 18th century, the road was extended later through the
burial ground and on to the east of the town. In the mid 19th century, to
control traffic in the cemetery, the road was closed.
10. Don Francisco Moreno, b. Pensacola, 25 November 1791 — d. 19
November 1882, former Vice Consul of Spain during Colonial Period. A
Pensacola patriarch who had twenty-seven children.
General Stephen A. Moreno, b. Pensacola 1839 — d. 1900, an army
officer for Confederate States of America.
11. Dorothy Walton, b. Georgia, 1759 — d. 12 September 1832 at 73 years
old. Wife of a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia,
son George, Jr. served as Florida’s first Territorial Secretary.
12. Desiderio Quina, Sr., b. Genoa, Italy, 5 February 1817 — d. 13 October
Jose Roig, b. Catalonia, Spain, 1727 — d. 18 July 1812 at 85 years old,
one of the oldest marked graves in the cemetery.
20. Dr. John Brosnaham, b. Catskill, New York, 1 April 1791 — d. 11 June
1871, stone tree markers, provided by the Woodsmen of the World
Insurance Company, can be found throughout the cemetery.
John Innerarity, b. Aberdeen, Scotland, 11 November 1783 — d. 28 July
1854, partner in the Panton-Leslie trading firm engaged in trade with the
Creek Indian Nation.
21. Captain Eben Dorr, b. Bath, Maine, — d. 4 September 1846 at 59 years
old. Served as Territorial Marshal for West Florida.
22. Margaret E. King, b. 22 May 1808 — d. 17 December 1897, daughter of
Colonel Wm. King, provisional U.S. Governor of West Florida in 1818,
heiress to large tracts of land surrounding Pensacola.