Shorter Cemetery Explained

Shorter Cemetery
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Location:	Eufaula, Alabama

The Shorter Cemetery is an American Civil War-era cemetery in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, United States. The cemetery is located on in the middle of downtown Eufaula, on a bluff overlooking Lake Eufaula near the Shorter home, which burned in 1885. It is where Governor John Gill Shorter, his family (including his father, the General Reuben Clark Shorter), and his family's slaves are buried.^{[1] [2]}

In 2010, the cemetery was listed as one of Alabama's most endangered sites by the Alabama Historical Commission and Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation due to vandalism and natural deterioration of the tombstones, statues, walls, and fencing.^[3]

See also

• Shorter Mansion
• List of Civil War Discovery Trail sites
• Places in Peril (Alabama)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historic Shorter Cemetery. Sweet Home Alabama. 2014-04-01.
2. Web site: Attractions. Eufaula Barbour Chamber of Commerce. 2014-04-01.
3. Web site: Shorter Cemetery in Eufaula named as a Place in Peril. Alabama Historical Commission. 2014-04-01.