Cemetery Tourist: Salem Cemetery in Winston-Salem, NC
11/22/2016
Salem Cemetery was incorporated in 1856-1857 by E.A. Vogler, C.S. Bonner, A.H. Shepherd, H.A. Lemly, Thomas J. Wilson, Robert Gray, William Barrow, E.S. Patterson, E. Belo, H.W. Fries, Joshua Boner, E. Fries, and Jesse A. Waugh as the "Salem Cemetery Company."
An early depiction of Salem from 1881 shows Salem Cemetery south of Cemetery Road and west of Park Avenue.
Salem Cemetery is adjacent to the Moravian cemetery of God's Acre, established in 1771, and just south of downtown Winston-Salem. Photos below are from a visit on November 19, 2016.
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