STARRATT CEMETERY, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

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Directions:  Going north Main St (US 17), turn right on New Berlin Rd, 
left on Starratt Rd (stay on Starratt as it crosses Yellow Bluff Rd), 
left on Cape Drive E., and left on Capstan Drive, to the end of the 
cul-de-sac.  The cemetery is located on the property line between the 
two houses at 14858 & 14877 Capstan Dr.  

Notes:  Harrison and Monimia West Staratt had four girls. Aurora Florine 
born 1868, was the oldest. She fell in love with a young man named Emmett 
Middleton. I think he worked on the old homeplace with or for her father. 
They becaue engaged and before they were married, he died of a fever and 
was buried on the property. No lasting marker was placed at the grave but 
a fence enclosed it as a reminder of where he was buried. According to the 
story, Aurora would place flowers on his grave regularly. She never married 
and lived out her life living the life of a nun. She wore a similar habit 
and we all called her 'Sister.' My husband, Jack, ran errands for her as a 
youngster. Says when Sister sent him to the store for ice cream, she always 
shared it with him. She always said that she wanted to be buried next to 
Emmett inside the fence but, when she died in 1957, the funeral home personnel 
were afraid to remove the fence, not knowing exactly the location of the grave, 
so they buried her outside the fence. Jack's mother never reconciled herself to 
the fact that they failed to honor her request. The site became the Starratt 
Cemetery.  A monument bearing the inscription "Betrothed" now marks the resting 
place of Aurora and Emmett.  We're just sorry that Jack's mother died before it
was placed there.

MIDDLETON Emmett F., b. 1866 d. 1888, d/s "Betrothed" is between the two names
STARRATT Aurora F., b. 1868 d. 1957, d/s "Betrothed" is between the two names

OGILVIE, Edwin R., b. Nov 5 1876 d. Dec 17 1928 
OGILVIE, Lula B., b. 1872 d. 1857 
OGILVIE, Clyde, b. Feb 14 1903 d. Mar 22 1945, (Grave is unmarked)

PELOT, Agnes, b. Jul 18 1905 d. Jun 3 1909 
PELOT, Eulalia Monimia, b. Sep 1 1874 d. Feb 18 1952 

SIMMONS, Edith E., b. Dec 4 1926 d. May 6 1996 
STARRATT, Basil H., b. Sep 8 1878 d. Jun 22 1942 
STARRATT, Byron W., b. 1870 d. 1936 
STARRATT, Constant L., b. Oct 5 1881 d. Feb 28 1936 
STARRATT, Fannie O., b. 1885 d. 1953 
STARRATT, Harrison, b. Feb 13 1843 d. Nov 27 1930 
STARRATT, Harry P., b. Jan 21 1909 d. Jan 16 1946, "United States Merchant Marines"
STARRATT, Hilda, May 19 1910 (only date) 
STARRATT, Infant, d. Jun 26 1924, Infant son of B. H. and Margaret R. Starratt
STARRATT, Leon, b. Jan 12 1911 d. Apr 15 1911, s/o B. H. and Mary L. Starratt
STARRATT, Lorena Adelaide, b. Oct 21 1876 d. Nov 15 1898, d/o Harrison & Monimia West Starratt
STARRATT, Mary Lola, b. Jan 15 1888 d. Jun 7 1919, w/o B. H. Starratt
STARRATT, Monimia West, b. Feb 2 1842 d. Oct 17 1903, w/o Harrison Starratt