Tag: All Souls Catholic Cemetery

MILITARY MEMBERS IN ALL SOULS CATHOLIC CEMETERY All Souls Catholic Cemetery on 25th Street in Sanford, Florida, dates back to 1890, and the first military veteran interred there appears to be George Bailey who died December 22, 1891. George was born in 1 ... Read more

History of All Souls Catholic Cemetery The property is purchased The indenture for the purchase of the property on which All Souls Catholic Cemetery stands was signed by the Right Reverend John Moore, D.D., Catholic Bishop of St. Augustine and a represe ... Read more

Bishop John Moore purchased land for All Souls parish in 1881 in Sanford, Florida, however, that would not be the land upon which the first church was built. The property on which the first church was ultimately constructed was purchased on April 26, 1887 ... Read more