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Marcelina Cemetery |
| The original Marcelina Cemetery was the
private burial plot for the family of Samuel H. Foster. The first person buried in
the cemetery was Martin Donaho who died in 1882. When Mr. Foster sold the farm where
the burial plot was located, he kept the one and one half acre cemetery. On May 18,
1901 Isaac and Melinda Sims sold six and one half acres to the Marcelina Baptist Church
for use as church yard and cemetery. The new cemetery was fenced. This land
was joined to the Foster family cemetery. In the next few years, the fence between
the two cemeteries disappeared and the two cemeteries became one.
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