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The '''Pine Street Colored Cemetery ''' was a cemetery for the African-American residents of Gallipolis, Ohio. African Americans in Gallipolis were prohibited from using the other cemeteries in the town.
John Gee, a black resident of Gallipolis, established the Pine Street Colored Cemetery in 1860. Gee was a local carpenter and an extensive landowner in Gallipolis. He built a number of structures in the town, including the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. He also was of the founding members of the John Gee African Methodist Episcopal Church.