Evergreen Cemetery (New Haven, Connecticut)

Evergreen Cemetery
Interactive map of Evergreen Cemetery
Details
Established	1848
Location	New Haven, Connecticut
Country	United States
Size	85 acres (34 ha) [1]
No. of graves	85,000 [1]
Website	www.evergreencem.org
Find a Grave	Evergreen Cemetery

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]
• Ed Somerville, baseball player ^[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, Academy Award-winning actress; remains donated to Yale School of Medicine, buried in a small mass grave in Section 14
• One Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial, a Royal Flying Corps cadet of World War I. ^[6]

References

1. McDonough, Cara (24 January 2013). "Lives and Times". The Daily Nutmeg. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
2. "Evergreen Cemetery & Crematory | A Haven of Tranquility... A Tradition of Service". www.evergreencem.org. Archived from the original on 2011-10-21.
3. "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Year 1940–1941" (PDF). Yale University. 1942-01-01. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
4. Wayne, H. (1995). The Story of a Marriage: The Letters of Bronisław Malinowski and Elsie Masson. London: Routledge. p. 241.
5. "Evergreen Cemetery: Search Burial Records". Evergreen Cemetery. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
6. CWGC casualty record.

External links

• Official website

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