Wintergreen Cemetery Explained

Wintergreen Cemetery
Location:	E. Greenwood St., Port Gibson, Mississippi
Coordinates:	31.9517°N -90.9792°W
Added:	July 22, 1979
Refnum:	79003414

Wintergreen Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Port Gibson, Mississippi. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 1979. It is located at East Greenwood Street.

Notable burials

• Samuel Reading Bertron (1865–1938), banker
• Benjamin G. Humphreys (1808–1882), Civil War general
• James G. Spencer (1844–1926), US Representative
• Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), Civil War general^[1]
• Peter Aaron Van Dorn (1773–1837) lawyer and plantation owner, father of Earl, above.^[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Claiborne County, Mississippi

Notes and References

1. Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford Univ. Press, 2001, p. 543
2. Web site: Texas St. Historical Assn. biography of Van Dorn. tshaonline.org. 2009-10-13.