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The gravestone of Oliver Fellows Bowen before placement at Wulfert. Bowen was a Mississippi river boat pilot, one that Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) looked up to as he was growing up. In later years he moved to Sanibel with his Trinidadian wife Mary, and was buried per his request in a well on his property. Bowen experimented with growing agave, which he transported from Trinidad, and conferred with Thomas Edison in the growing of experimental plants.

This volume has two sections. The first section, Greenwood Cemetery, is alpha tabbed, with the pages having a column for the names of plot owners/deceased, and a column showing payments or remarks. The date range of this section is 1889-1944. Following the tabbed section there are drawings of the following: American Legion Lot, G.A.R. Plot, John M. Cheney plot, Church Home Hospital Lot, and Mahlon Gore plot. The second section, Palm Cemetery in Winter Park, Florida, shows drawings of plots of the cemetery identified by number with letters designating owners/deceased. There is a separate drawing for the American Legion section. The drawings are followed by an alphabetized list of owners/ those buried in plots. The Palm cemetery section is undated.