Evergreen Cemetery (New Haven, Connecticut)

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Established 1848 Country United States No. of graves 85,000 Founded 1848 Number of graves 85,000		Location New Haven, Connecticut Size 85 acres (34 ha) Website www.evergreencem.org Phone +1 203-624-5505
Address 769 Ella T Grasso Blvd, New Haven, CT 06519, USA Burials William Wirt Winchester, Helen Eugenia Hagan

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. 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

Wilbur L. Cross, Governor of Connecticut (1931–1939) and Professor of English at Yale University

Edwin S. Greeley, Civil War general

Bronisław Malinowski, social anthropologist

William Chester Minor - lexicographer and key contributor to the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Section: Path H, Plot: 13 Front, Grave: 1

John Addison Porter, chemistry professor at Yale University. Section: Lake Avenue, Plot: 135, Grave: 17

John Addison Porter, journalist, and first Secretary to the President. Section: Lake Avenue, Plot: 135, Grave: 20

Ilya Tolstoy, writer and son of Leo Tolstoy

Oliver Winchester - founder of the Winchester repeating rifle company. Section: Highland Avenue, Plot: 64, Grave: 16

Sarah Winchester - wife of William Wirt Winchester and builder of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California. Section: Highland Avenue, Plot: 52, Grave: 4

George Weiss - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Executive. Section: Catalpa Avenue, Plot: 39, Grave: 2

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.

References

Evergreen Cemetery (New Haven, Connecticut) Wikipedia

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