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  • Key West Key West Cemetery

    Key West Cemetery
    Passover Lane
    Key West, Monroe County, Florida
    Founded 1847
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Jefferson Beale Browne (b. 1857) — also known as Jefferson B. Browne — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., June 6, 1857. Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Key West, Fla., 1879; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1888; member of Florida state senate, 1891-95; U.S. Collector of Customs at Key West, Fla., Florida, 1893-97; receiver, Key West Electric Light and Street Car Co., 1898; member of Democratic National Committee from Florida, 1904-08; Democratic Presidential Elector for Florida, 1913; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1917-25; chief justice of Florida state supreme court, 1917-23; circuit judge in Florida, 1925. Congregationalist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks. Interment at Key West Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Joseph Beverly Browne and Mary Nieves (Ximenez) Browne; married, June 19, 1889, to Frances Williams Atkinson; grandnephew of Fielding A. Browne.
      Political family: Browne family of Key West, Florida.
      Livingstone Wellesley Bethel (1845-1914) — also known as Livingstone W. Bethel — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Nassau, Bahamas, October 26, 1845. Lawyer; mayor of Key West, Fla., 1876-80; Lieutenant Governor of Florida, 1881-85; delegate to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1886-90; judge of criminal court in Florida, 1895-1911; circuit judge in Florida, 1911-14. Episcopalian. Died in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., October 21, 1914 (age 68 years, 360 days). Interment at Key West Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Winer Bethel.
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Alexander Patterson (1791-1870) — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Stonington, New London County, Conn., 1791. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant; auctioneer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1830; mayor of Key West, Fla., 1841-42, 1849-52, 1856-57, 1861-64, 1865-66, 1867-68. Died in 1870 (age about 79 years). Interment at Key West Cemetery.
      Robert Jasper Perry (d. 1907) — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenn. Physician; surgeon; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1870; mayor of Key West, Fla., 1880-81, 1891-95. Member, Freemasons. Died in New York, 1907. Interment at Key West Cemetery.
      William Smith Allen (1823-1891) — also known as William S. Allen — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Enfield, Hartford County, Conn., February 16, 1823. Merchant; mayor of Key West, Fla., 1868, 1873-74. Died in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., October 10, 1891 (age 68 years, 236 days). Interment at Key West Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of George Allen and Fanny (Smith) Allen; married 1845 to Roxalenah Abbey; married, February 9, 1853, to Mary Jane Sprague.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Willard Martin Albury (1885-1973) — also known as Willard M. Albury — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla. Born in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., March 6, 1885. Mayor of Key West, Fla., 1937-45; resigned 1945; superintendent of schools. Member, Rotary. Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla., September 22, 1973 (age 88 years, 200 days). Entombed at Key West Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Louisa Mina (Thompson) Albury and John James Albury; married 1906 to Macy Edith Sawyer.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      William C. Greene (1819-1860) — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Rhode Island, 1819. Mayor of Key West, Fla., 1839-40. Died October 28, 1860 (age about 41 years). Interment at Key West Cemetery.
      Aurelius Maitland Adams (1896-1979) — also known as A. Maitland Adams — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., November 3, 1896. Mayor of Key West, Fla., 1947-49. Died in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., April 13, 1979 (age 82 years, 161 days). Interment at Key West Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married 1918 to Yvonette Velasco; married 1932 to Lettie Isobel Solomon.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      D. W. Whitehurst (b. 1807) — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Norfolk, Va., 1807. Lawyer; physician; delegate to Florida state constitutional convention, 1865; mayor of Key West, Fla., 1868-69. Died in Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Interment at Key West Cemetery.
      William John Hamilton Taylor (1853-1929) — also known as William J. H. Taylor — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Turks and Caicos Islands, December 12, 1853. Naturalized U.S. citizen; commission merchant; Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Key West, Fla., 1884-1904; Vice-Consul for Great Britain in Key West, Fla., 1887-1904. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Elks. Died in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., May 5, 1929 (age 75 years, 144 days). Interment at Key West Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, September 22, 1880, to Sarah Ella Albury.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      John Jay Philbrick (1840-1897) — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., March 6, 1840. Steamship agent; commission merchant; Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Key West, Fla., 1871-77; Vice-Consul for Germany in Key West, Fla., 1871-77. Member, Freemasons. Died September 14, 1897 (age 57 years, 192 days). Interment at Key West Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: John Jay
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      John James Albury (1859-1936) — also known as John J. Albury — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., May 14, 1859. Democrat. Chair of Monroe County Democratic Party, 1935. Died in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., April 27, 1936 (age 76 years, 349 days). Interment at Key West Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of Willard Martin Albury.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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