Evergreen Cemetery (Hillside, New Jersey) Explained

Evergreen Cemetery
Location:	Elizabeth, Hillside and Newark, New Jersey, United States
Coordinates:	40.6922°N -74.2108°W
Architect:	Multiple
Architecture:	Mid-19th-century revival, late-19th- and 20th-century revivals, late Victorian
Area:	115acres
Refnum:	91000882

Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory is a cemetery and crematorium located at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey. Parts of it are in Hillside, Elizabeth, and Newark.^[1]

The cemetery is listed on both the New Jersey Register^[2] and the National Register of Historic Places,^[3] since 1991.^[4]

Notable graves include authors Stephen Crane, Mary Mapes Dodge and Edward Stratemeyer. Six former U.S. Congressmen (including one who became Senator) and one non-voting delegate (from Alaska) are buried there as well.

The cemetery also is known for having a section of plots devoted to Romani "gypsy" families.^{[5] [6] [7]}

It is adjacent to Weequahic Golf Course.

King of the Gypsies was filmed there with Shelley Winters.^[8]

Notable interments

• James Vote Bomford (1811–1892), Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General
• William Brant Jr. (1842–1898), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• John Brisbin (1818–1880), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, 1851^[9]
• William Chetwood (1771–1857), U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1836–37^[10]
• Adoniram Judson Clark (1838–1913), Civil War Union Army officer
• Amos Clark Jr. (1828–1912), U.S. Representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 1873–75^[11]
• Stephen Crane (1871–1900), author; known for his war novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895)^[12]
• Barton Wood Currie (1877–1962), American journalist and author^[13]
• Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905), author; known for her novel Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1865)^[12]
• James M. Drake (1837–1913), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient^[14]
• George F. Houston (1896–1944), Broadway and Hollywood actor
• Adolphus J. Johnson (1815–1893), Civil War Union Army officer^[15]
• Phineas Jones (1819–1884), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 1881–83^[16]
• Abraham Kaiser (1852–1912), businessman and politician
• John Kean (1852–1914), U.S. Representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 1883–85, 1887–89; United States Senator from New Jersey^[17]
• Rufus King Jr. (1838–1900), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient^[18]
• William J. Magie (1832–1917), Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1880–1900, serving as Chief Justice from 1897 to 1900
• Luther Martin (1827–1863), Civil War Union Army officer^{[19] [20]}
• Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930), author and creator of The Hardy Boys (1927) and Nancy Drew (1930) book series^[12]
• Charles August Sulzer (1879–1919), delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1917–19^[21]
• William Sulzer (1863–1941), Governor of New York in 1913 who was impeached and removed from office later that year^[22]
• Homer W. Wheeler (1848–1930), U.S. army officer and author^{[23] [24]}

See also

• List of cemeteries in New Jersey
• List of people from New Jersey

External links

• Evergreen Cemetery (Hillside, New Jersey) Website
  • Interment information at the Political Graveyard

Notes and References

1. See USGS Topo for county lines.
2. ID #2681.
3. Reference #91000882.
4. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/union.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Union County
5. Web site: Kings? Queens? Palm readers? Meet the City's Hidden Gypsies. Charles Cummings.
6. News: Friends Mourn Falls Church Gypsy Known as Musician, Peacemaker . 1984-08-18 . Anndee Hochman . . Washington, D.C. . 0190-8286 . 1330888409.
7. Web site: Strolling the Serpentine Paths at Evergreen Cemetery.
8. Web site: Glimpse of History: When Hollywood came to Hillside. www.nj.com. May 2015.
9. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000841 John Brisbin
10. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000349 William Chetwood
11. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000421 Amos Clark, Jr.
12. News: Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place . . March 28, 2004 .
13. Web site: Barton Wood Currie Collection, 1918–1948: Finding Aid. https://web.archive.org/web/20100619124034/http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?eadid=C1321&kw=. June 19, 2010. 2009. Princeton University Library.
14. News: Gen. J. Madison Drake Dies. The New York Times. November 29, 1913. May 29, 2011.
15. http://www.civilwarindex.com/armynj/1st_nj_militia.html Civil War index
16. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000247 Phineas Jones
17. Web site: John Kean . . August 13, 2007.
18. Web site: Lieutenant Rufus King, Jr. . Antietam on the Web . May 30, 2011.
19. Web site: 11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment . 2011-05-30. www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090418052235/http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/NJ/11NJ.php . 2009-04-18.
20. Web site: 11th New Jersey . civilwarintheeast.com . May 30, 2011.
21. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001064 Charles August Sulzer
22. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001065 William Sulzer
23. News: April 13, 1930 . Ex-Army Officer's Funeral Tomorrow . . Los Angeles, CA . IV-7 . Newspapers.com.
24. Web site: U.S. Department of War, Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925–1970, Entry for Homer W. Wheeler . October 29, 1930 . Ancestry.com . Ancestry.com LLC . Lehi, UT . September 6, 2021 . subscription.