Greenwood Cemetery is a burial ground located in St. Albans (city), Vermont. The entrance is on South Main Street (U.S. Route 7), between St. Albans State Highway and Upper Gilman Street. The facility has been active since 1802, was formally established in 1803, and contains more than 5,000 graves. It is owned and operated by the St. Albans Cemetery Association.
History Greenwood Cemetery's oldest graves date from 1802. Burials include an individual who took part in the Boston Tea Party, veterans of the American Revolutionary War and American Civil War, and many individuals prominent in government and politics, business, and literature.
Description Greenwood Cemetery is long and narrow, with graves generally arranged in a linear fashion. It measures approximately 2200 feet long and about 450 feet wide.
Notable burials Asa Aldis, chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Asa O. Aldis, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and diplomat Bradley Barlow, U.S. congressman Herman R. Beardsley, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Jeptha Bradley, Vermont Auditor of Accounts Lawrence Brainerd, U.S. senator Alexander Burgess, Episcopal bishop Stephen S. Cushing, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Frank L. Greene, U.S. senator Walter F. Scott, Vermont State Treasurer Ann Eliza Smith, author Edward Curtis Smith, governor of Vermont John Smith, U.S. congressman J. Gregory Smith, governor of Vermont Worthington Curtis Smith, U.S. congressman Orlando Stevens, state legislator in Vermont and Minnesota Farrand Stewart Stranahan, lieutenant governor of Vermont Benjamin Swift, U.S. senator Bates Turner, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Augustus Young, U.S. congressman
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