Wintergreen Cemetery

For the Wintergreen Cemetery in Harborcreek Township, Pennsylvania, see Erie Cemetery.

Wintergreen Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	E. Greenwood St., Port Gibson, Mississippi
Coordinates	31°57′06″N90°58′45″W / 31.95167°N 90.97917°W / 31.95167; -90.97917
Area	8 acres (3.2 ha)
MPS	Historic Cemeteries of Port Gibson TR
NRHP reference No.	79003414 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 22, 1979

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 ^[2]
• Peter Aaron Van Dorn (1773–1837) lawyer and plantation owner, father of Earl, above. ^[3]

See also

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

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford Univ. Press, 2001, ISBN   0-8047-3641-3 p. 543
3. "Texas St. Historical Assn. biography of Van Dorn". tshaonline.org. Retrieved October 13, 2009.

External links

• Wintergreen Cemetery at Find a Grave
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wintergreen Cemetery