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 – 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.[6]
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