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Dampier Cemetery
Location: Four tenths of a mile south of Inverness on Highway 41 South.
Statement of Historic Significance: The settling of the frontier throughout Florida closely paralleled Civil War reconstruction. Families descended into this area from Georgia and the Carolinas. Many of the families seeking land for homesteading became the historic pioneer settlers of the frontier town called Tompkinsville (renamed Inverness).
The Dampier, Tompkins, Boswell, and Hampton families settled the area by the late 1860's and are buried in the small, oak-shaded Dampier Cemetery.
The following persons represent some of the most significant contributors of county heritage during the last half of the 1800's. This cemetery is of particular interest because the lives of the person's buried there reveal so much of our county's history.
William T. Dampier 1847 - 1925 Oldest member of the family who is buried there.
Confederate Florida Army Veteran Charter Mason Citrus Grower Elder Cumberland Presbyterian Church Francis Marion Dampier, Sr. 1859-1949
Owned first saw mill and hotel in Tompkinsville Co-owner of the Florida Orange Canal & Transit Company (which deeded the one acre land for Courthouse Square) First chain store operator in area/Owned "Dampier's" Department Store Credited for laying out the town of Tompkinsville, along with "Alf" Tompkins W. H. Boswell 1872 - 1956
Loaned Citrus County interest free money to build the bridge across the Withalacoochee River between Citrus & Marion County on Highway 41. In 1916, he was Vice president of Citrus County Bank. He also was a successful Chevrolet dealer and one of the first automobile owners in Citrus County. James A. "Gus" Hampton 1849 - 1924
Charter member of Mason Husband of Mary Duval, who was daughter of first settler Floral City (John Paul Formy-Duval) Located just south of the city limits of Inverness, this small cemetery is last resting place of a number of families who have been significant in the development of Citrus County. The Dampier's helped develop Inverness. The Hampton family is also buried here, including Mary Duval Hampton, daughter of John Paul Forma-Duval, one of the earliest settlers in the area.
Survey completed 1996
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Last Name |
First Name |
Birth - Death Date |
Notes |
ALFORD | Litus E | 1882 - 1961 | |
ANDERSON | Appie Alene | 1972 - 1972 | Porter |
ANDERSON | Harley L | 10 May 1917 - 24 Nov 1946 | |
ANDERSON | Jimmie R | 10 Nov 1893 - 12 Sep 1954 | Fla. PVT 1 Construction CO AS WW 1 |
ANDERSON | Ray Bill | 16 Feb 1926 - 9 Jan 1956 | Fla. TEC 5 CO B 48 ARMD MED BN |
ANDERSON | R. L. | 1888- no date | |
ANDERSON | Thomas E | 193- - 1959 | (FHM) |
ARNOLD | Irene Florence | 18 Apr 1897 - 29 Oct 1973 | |
ARNOLD | Oliver W | 10 Apr 1900 - 10 Jun 1969 | Georgia PVT Medical Dept WW 1 |
BINNEY | Harry D | 1879 - 1958 | |
BLACK | Charley | 22 Aug 1864 - 16 Dec 1892 | |
BLACK | Green | 17 Sep 1826 - 14 Jul 1904 | Civil War |
BOSWELL | G. J. Mrs. | No Dates | |
BOSWELL | W. H. | 1872 - 1956 | Mason |
BRIALMONT | Nettie Hampton | 14 Nov 1876 - 10 Aug 1958 | |
BROGDON | 1875 - 1955 | Masters | |
BUIE | Jacob M Lt. | 2 Apr 1922 - 12 May 1944 | |
BUTLER | Mattie C | 10 Aug 1855 - 6 May 1936 | |
CAMARA | Ethel J | 1 Mar 1909 - 29 Mar 1974 | |
CAMARA | Frank H | 29 Jun 1907 - 14 May 1989 | |
CAMARA | Juanita Jane | 15 Aug 1934 - 9 Oct 1959 | |
CAMPBELL | Mary L | 1891 - 1985 | Strickland |
CAMPBELL | Walter | 1868 - 1956 | |
CRENSHAW | Jonnie P | 8 Mar 1890 - 12 Jun 1978 | |
CRENSHAW | William Boyd | 3 Mar 1902 - 21 Feb 1969 | |
DAMPIER | Annie L | 16 Jan 1887 - 11 Jun 1947 | |
DAMPIER | Casandra | 5 Jan 1860 - 7 Jul 1919 | |
DAMPIER | Claudia J | 19 Jul 1890 - 14 Oct 1919 | |
DAMPIER | Earl G | 1886 - 1967 | |
DAMPIER | Earl G | 17 Feb 1927 - 2 Jul 1932 | |
DAMPIER | Elizabeth | 6 Jul 1815 - 16 Mar 1901 | |
DAMPIER | Frances E | 24 Jul 1914 - 4 Jun 1925 | |
DAMPIER | Francis Marion | 10 May 1859 - 8 Aug 1949 | |
DAMPIER | Frank M Jr | 20 Sep 1889 - 17 Aug 1959 | |
DAMPIER | Gladys Louise | 30 Aug 1914 - 12 Jan 1920 | |
DAMPIER | Henrietta | 13 Apr 1855 - 30 Jul 1881 | W/O W.T. |
DAMPIER | Horace Stephen | 21 Mar 1897 - 15 Jan 1956 | |
DAMPIER | Ida | 10 May 1862 - 19 May 1917 | W/O F.M. Stone reads Dampier with no dates |
DAMPIER | James W | 13 Mar 1888 - 24 Jul 1961 | |
DAMPIER | Janie I | 1870 - 1940 | |
DAMPIER | John | Died 1993 | |
DAMPIER | John F | 11 Feb 1850 - 13 Dec 1937 | |
DAMPIER | John Henry | 18 Jan 1879 - 11 Nov 1881 | S/O John F. Cassandra |
DAMPIER | Mildred Campbell | 23 Mar 1905 - 21 Aug 1905 | |
DAMPIER | Oscar | 28 Mar 1887 - 13 Jul 1897 | S/O J. F. Cassie |
DAMPIER | Paul A | 1882 - 1944 | |
DAMPIER | Sarah B | 1893 - 1989 | |
DAMPIER | Susie H | 22 Nov 1886 - 5 Sep 1977 | |
DAMPIER | William T | 1847 - 1925 | (Civil War) Mason |
DEAS | Betty | 16 Sep 1865 - 11 May 1937 | |
DEWEY | Martha Elizabeth | - | Stone Dedicated 16 Jan 1988 "In Loving Memory Of" |
DEWEY | Marvin Zenus | - | Stone Dedicated 16 Jan 1988 "In Loving Memory Of" |
DUNAWAY | Dorothy Faye | 1926 - 1932 | |
DUNAWAY | Eugene F | 1922 - 1939 | |
FRANZOT | Henry B | 15 Aug 1862 - 15 Sep 1930 | |
FREEMAN | Alford D | 1 Oct 1915 - 16 Jun 1916 | S/O Susie Charles L. |
FREEMAN | Susie | 30 Sep 1881 - 7 Jun 1918 | |
GARDNER | Emma Elizabeth | Died 15 May 1920 | |
GARDNER | |||
GARDNER | Della | 22 Jun 1874 - 7 Nov 1892 | W/O M.W. |
GARRETT | Eliza E | 12 Feb 1840 - 17 Feb 1908 | |
GARRETT | Henry C. | 10 Jan 1830 - Jan 1909 | |
GASTON | Amanda F | 14 Apr 1852 - 4 May 1932 | |
GRAHAM | Clara Nell | 28 Apr 1917 - 12 May 1965 |