Stephenson Cemetery
Also known as West Lakeland Cemetery, Lake Beulah Cemetery
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
This private cemetery was established by Mills Washington Stephenson some time after he arrived to Polk County in 1882. He settled the area west of what would soon become Lakeland. He would later become the first person to be buried at his cemetery in 1884. The majority of burials at the cemetery probably took place before 1925.
The cemetery went into decline as families began moving burials to other cemeteries in Lakeland. The Moorehead Community of Lakeland grew to surround the cemetery. A Moorehead resident, Sidney Houston, was recorded as voluntarily caring for the cemetery.
When the Moorehead Community was demolished in the early 1970s, only a handful of gravestones remained. It is unclear if any human remains were still present. The remaining cluster of gravestones can be viewed near the Infinity sculpture near the R.P. Funding Center's parking lot.
Original records of burials at the cemetery have not survived.
This private cemetery was established by Mills Washington Stephenson some time after he arrived to Polk County in 1882. He settled the area west of what would soon become Lakeland. He would later become the first person to be buried at his cemetery in 1884. The majority of burials at the cemetery probably took place before 1925.
The cemetery went into decline as families began moving burials to other cemeteries in Lakeland. The Moorehead Community of Lakeland grew to surround the cemetery. A Moorehead resident, Sidney Houston, was recorded as voluntarily caring for the cemetery.
When the Moorehead Community was demolished in the early 1970s, only a handful of gravestones remained. It is unclear if any human remains were still present. The remaining cluster of gravestones can be viewed near the Infinity sculpture near the R.P. Funding Center's parking lot.
Original records of burials at the cemetery have not survived.
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 72660
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