Evergreen Cemetery (New Haven, Connecticut) Explained
| Evergreen Cemetery |
| Established: | 1848 |
| Closed: | --> |
| Location: | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Country: | United States |
| Size: | [1] |
| Graves: | 85,000 |
| Findagraveid: | 103328 |
Evergreen Cemetery is located in the West River neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded by some of New Haven's most prominent citizens in 1848.[2] Evergreen Cemetery is a non-sectarian, non-profit organization that is managed by the Association's board of trustees.
Notable burials
- Hobart B. Bigelow, Governor of Connecticut (1881–1883)
- Edward Bouchet, first PhD recipient of African descent in the United States[1]
- Chauncey B. Brewster, Episcopal clergyman (Bishop of Connecticut, 1899−1928)[3]
- Wilbur L. Cross, Governor of Connecticut (1931–1939) and Professor of English at Yale University
- Edwin S. Greeley, Civil War general[1]
- John Haberle (1856–1933), trompe-l'œil painter
- Bronisław Malinowski, social anthropologist[4]
- William Chester Minor – lexicographer and key contributor to the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary.[5]
- John Addison Porter, chemistry professor at Yale University.[5]
- John Addison Porter, journalist, and first Secretary to the President[5]
- Ilya Tolstoy, writer and son of Leo Tolstoy[5]
- Oliver Winchester – founder of the Winchester repeating rifle company[5]
- Sarah Winchester – wife of William Wirt Winchester and builder of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California[5]
- George Weiss – Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Executive.[5]
- Teresa Wright – Wright won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for "Mrs. Miniver" (1942). Remains donated to Yale medical school, ultimately buried in a small mass grave located in section 14
- One Commonwealth war burial, a Royal Flying Corps Cadet of World War I.[6]
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: McDonough . Cara . Lives and Times . The Daily Nutmeg . 24 January 2013 . 12 November 2015.
- Web site: Evergreen Cemetery & Crematory A Haven of Tranquility... A Tradition of Service . www.evergreencem.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111021040009/http://www.evergreencem.org/default.asp . 2011-10-21.
- Web site: Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Year 1940–1941 . Yale University . January 1, 1942 . December 15, 2022 . 7–8.
- Book: Wayne, H. . The Story of a Marriage: The Letters of Bronisław Malinowski and Elsie Masson . London . . 1995 . 241.
- Web site: Evergreen Cemetery: Search Burial Records. www.evergreencem.org . Evergreen Cemetery. 24 January 2015.
- http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/40103226/KEARNEY,%20KENNETH%20MACDONALD
