Evergreen Cemetery is a burial ground located in Rutland City, Vermont, United States. It is managed by the Rutland Evergreen Cemetery Association. Evergreen was founded as Pine Hill Cemetery in 1861, and the name was subsequently changed.
History Pine Hill Cemetery was dedicated on 16 October 1861, with William A. Burnett as the first superintendent. The site took its name from the location where it was constructed, Rutland's Pine Hill, and was later changed to Evergreen Cemetery. Initial construction included walkways, a vault, a front wall, and a gateway of marble. In addition, early construction included seven fountains, one of which (in Section C) is still working.
Description Evergreen Cemetery was constructed on a 45-acre site, and has been expanded by purchase and donation. Its entrance is located at 465 West Street in Rutland City, near the border with Rutland town and across the street from the Rutland Town Hall. designed in the rural cemetery tradition, the location was originally a pine forest and retains many aspects of a wood or grove. It is enclosed by walls of varying heights, many of which are made of local marble, and numerous vines and flowering shrubs enhance the cemetery's appearance. Winding paths and roads traverse the location as they climb a series of knolls.
Notable burials Several individuals prominent in business, politics, the arts, and other fields are buried at Evergreen Cemetery. These include:
Benjamin Alvord, Union Army Brigadier General James Barrett, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Horace Henry Baxter, businessman and adjutant general of the Vermont MilitiaLouise McCoy, Rutland Historical Society Quarterly, Horace Henry Baxter 1818-1884, 1993, pages 37 to 59Baxter Memorial Library, A Catalogue of the Books in the H. H. Baxter Memorial Library, 1892, page v Hilda Belcher, painter Asa S. Bloomer, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate John H. Bloomer, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate Robert A. Bloomer, president pro tempore of the Vermont SenateVermont Death Index, 1981-2001, entry for Robert Asa Bloomer, accessed June 23, 2012 Fred M. Butler, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Frank H. Chapman, U.S. Marshal for the District of Vermont Percival W. Clement, governor of Vermont John J. Daley, Lieutenant governor of Vermont Julia C. R. Dorr, poet Seneca M. Dorr, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate Edith Kellogg Dunton, novelist Walter C. Dunton, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Fred A. Field, United States Marshal for the District of Vermont Solomon Foot, U.S. Senator John A. M. Hinsman, president pro tempore of the Vermont SenateVermont Death Records, 1909-2008, entry for John A. M. Hinsman, accessed July 4, 2012 George T. Hodges, U.S. Congressman Silas H. Hodges, commissioner of the U.S. Patent OfficeHerringshaw's National Library of American Biography, edited and compiled by Thomas William Herringshaw, Volume 3, 1914, page 180 Frederic Williams Hopkins, adjutant general of the Vermont Militia Lawrence C. Jones, Vermont Attorney General Charles Herbert Joyce, U.S. Congressman Harvey R. Kingsley, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate John A. Mead, governor of Vermont William T. Nichols, Union Army officer and businessman John B. Page, governor of Vermont Robert Pierpoint, Lieutenant governor of VermontThe Vermont Historical Gazetteer, edited by Abby Maria Hemenway, Volume 3, 1877, pages 1110 to 1112 John Prout, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Edward H. Ripley, Union Army officer William Y. W. Ripley, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Charles Manley Smith, governor of Vermont Ellen M. Cyr Smith, author and educator Milford K. Smith, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Bert L. Stafford, mayor of Rutland Robert Stafford, governor of Vermont and U.S. Senator Charles A. Thompson, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Charles K. Williams. governor of Vermont Leonard F. Wing, U.S. Army major generalNewspaper article, Obituary, General Leonard F. Wing, Hartford Courant, December 20, 1945Newspaper article, High Ranking Officers Die, Berkeley (California) Daily Gazette, December 21, 1945Newspaper article, Body of Gen. Wing to Lie In State In Rutland, Vt., Hartford Courant, December 21, 1945Magazine article, Milestones, Time magazine, December 31, 1945
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