Evergreen Cemetery (Rutland, Vermont)

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Evergreen Cemetery
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Main gate of Evergreen Cemetery in Rutland, Vermont
Evergreen Cemetery (Rutland, Vermont)
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EstablishedOctober 16, 1861 (1861-10-16)
Location
465 West Street, Rutland, Vermont, US

Evergreen Cemetery is a burial ground located in Rutland City, Vermont, United States. [1] It is managed by the Rutland Evergreen Cemetery Association. [2] Evergreen was founded as Pine Hill Cemetery in 1861, and the name was subsequently changed. [1]

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History

Pine Hill Cemetery was dedicated on 16 October 1861, with William A. Burnett as the first superintendent. [1] The site took its name from the location where it was constructed, Rutland's Pine Hill, and was later changed to Evergreen Cemetery. [3] Initial construction included walkways, a vault, a front wall, and a gateway of marble. [1] In addition, early construction included seven fountains, one of which (in Section C) is still working. [1] [4]

Description

Evergreen Cemetery was constructed on a 45 acre site, and has been expanded by purchase and donation. [5] Its entrance is located at 465 West Street in Rutland City, near the border with Rutland town and across the street from the Rutland Town Hall. [2] designed in the rural cemetery tradition, the location was originally a pine forest and retains many aspects of a wood or grove. [3] It is enclosed by walls of varying heights, many of which are made of local marble, and numerous vines and flowering shrubs enhance the cemetery's appearance. [3] Winding paths and roads traverse the location as they climb a series of knolls. [3]

Notable burials

Several individuals prominent in business, politics, the arts, and other fields are buried at Evergreen Cemetery. These include:

Benjamin Alvord, Union Army Brigadier General [6]
James Barrett, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court [7]
Horace Henry Baxter, businessman and adjutant general of the Vermont Militia [8] [9]
Hilda Belcher, painter [10]
Asa S. Bloomer, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate [11]
John H. Bloomer, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate [12]
Robert A. Bloomer, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate [13]
Fred M. Butler, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court [14]
Frank H. Chapman, U.S. Marshal for the District of Vermont [15]
Percival W. Clement, governor of Vermont [7]
John J. Daley, Lieutenant governor of Vermont [16]
Julia C. R. Dorr, poet [7]
Seneca M. Dorr, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate [17]
Edith Kellogg Dunton, novelist [18]
Walter C. Dunton, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court [19]
Fred A. Field, United States Marshal for the District of Vermont [20]
Solomon Foot, U.S. Senator [7]
John A. M. Hinsman, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate [21]
George T. Hodges, U.S. Congressman [7]
Silas H. Hodges, commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office [22]
Frederic Williams Hopkins, adjutant general of the Vermont Militia [23]
Lawrence C. Jones, Vermont Attorney General [24]
Charles Herbert Joyce, U.S. Congressman [7]
Harvey R. Kingsley, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate [25]
John A. Mead, governor of Vermont [7]
William T. Nichols, Union Army officer and businessman [7]
John B. Page, governor of Vermont [7]
Robert Pierpoint, Lieutenant governor of Vermont [26]
John Prout, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court [27]
Edward H. Ripley, Union Army officer [7]
William Y. W. Ripley, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient [28]
Charles Manley Smith, governor of Vermont [7]
Ellen M. Cyr Smith, author and educator [29]
Milford K. Smith, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court [30]
Bert L. Stafford, mayor of Rutland [31]
Robert Stafford, governor of Vermont and U.S. Senator [7]
Charles A. Thompson, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient [32]
Charles K. Williams. governor of Vermont [7]
Leonard F. Wing, U.S. Army major general [33] [34] [35] [36]

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