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Eagle Cliff / Miles Cemetery
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Eagle Cliff Graveyard was established as a public graveyard on land donated by Truman Miles. The first person buried there was Rachel Bond, wife of Judge Shadrach Bond, Sr., on March 17, 1806. The vault was built for Stephen W. Miles in 1858 by Major Yrasillon for the sum of 25,000. The most recent burial was Charles Louer in 1978. The cemetery is restored and maintained by Eagle Cliff / Miles Cemetery, Inc., founded in 1994.
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