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 (1881âÂÂ1883)
- Edward Bouchet, first PhD recipient of African descent in the United States
- Chauncey B. Brewster, Episcopal clergyman (Bishop of Connecticut, 1899âÂÂ1928)
- Wilbur L. Cross, governor of Connecticut (1931âÂÂ1939) and professor of English at Yale University
- Edwin S. Greeley, Civil War general
- John Haberle (1856âÂÂ1933), trompe-l'Ã
Âil painter
- BronisÃ
Âaw Malinowski, social anthropologist
- William Chester Minor, lexicographer and key contributor to the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary
- John Addison Porter, chemistry professor at Yale University.
- John Addison Porter, journalist, and first Secretary to the President
- Ed Somerville, baseball player
- Ilya Tolstoy, writer and son of Leo Tolstoy
- Oliver Winchester, founder of the Winchester repeating rifle company
- Sarah Winchester, wife of William Wirt Winchester and builder of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California
- George Weiss, Hall of Fame Major League Baseball executive
- 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.
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