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Machpelah Cemetery

Memorials : 72
Location : Lexington, Lafayette County, USA
Coordinate : 39.1787400, -93.8751300
Description : Machpelah Cemetery was originally known as the Waddell Family Cemetery. The first burial there was in 1839. In 1849, William Bradford Waddell donated his family’s cemetery, along with other nearby land, to form Machpelah. During the Civil War, many soldiers from both sides of the Battle of Lexington were buried at Machpelah. There is also a special memorial to the victims of the Saluda steamboat explosion of April 9, 1952. The Saluda carried Mormon immigrants from England and Wales who were travelling to Utah. Some of the bodies from that disaster are buried in a mass grave at the cemetery. Among... Read More

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  • Where is Machpelah Cemetery?

    Machpelah Cemetery is located at Lexington, Lafayette County ,Missouri ,USA.

  • Machpelah Cemetery cemetery's updated grave count on graveviews.com?

    56 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the Machpelah Cemetery?

    Latitude: 39.1787400
    Longitude: -93.8751300

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