Evergreen Cemetery (Hillside, New Jersey)

Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory is a cemetery and crematorium located at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey. Parts of it are in Hillside, Elizabeth, and Newark.See USGS Topo for county lines.

The cemetery is listed on both the New Jersey RegisterID #2681. and the National Register of Historic Places,Reference #91000882. since 1991.New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Union County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Historic Preservation Office, last updated August 6, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2007.

Notable graves include authors Stephen Crane, Mary Mapes Dodge and Edward Stratemeyer. Six former U.S. Congressmen (including one who became Senator) and one non-voting delegate (from Alaska) are buried there as well.

The cemetery also is known for having a section of plots devoted to Romani "gypsy" families.

It is adjacent to Weequahic Golf Course.

King of the Gypsies was filmed there with Shelley Winters.

Notable interments

James Vote Bomford (1811–1892), Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General William Brant Jr. (1842–1898), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient John Brisbin (1818–1880), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, 1851John Brisbin, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007. William Chetwood (1771–1857), U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1836–37William Chetwood, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007. Adoniram Judson Clark (1838–1913), Civil War Union Army officer Amos Clark Jr. (1828–1912), U.S. Representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 1873–75Amos Clark, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007. Stephen Crane (1871–1900), author; known for his war novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895) Barton Wood Currie (1877–1962), American journalist and author Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905), author; known for her novel Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1865) James M. Drake (1837–1913), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient George F. Houston (1896–1944), Broadway and Hollywood actor Adolphus J. Johnson (1815–1893), Civil War Union Army officerCivil War index. Retrieved May 29, 2011. Phineas Jones (1819–1884), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 1881–83Phineas Jones, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007. Abraham Kaiser (1852–1912), businessman and politician John Kean (1852–1914), U.S. Representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 1883–85, 1887–89; United States Senator from New Jersey Rufus King Jr. (1838–1900), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient William J. Magie (1832–1917), Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1880–1900, serving as Chief Justice from 1897 to 1900 Luther Martin (1827–1863), Civil War Union Army officer Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930), author and creator of The Hardy Boys (1927) and Nancy Drew (1930) book series Charles August Sulzer (1879–1919), delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1917–19Charles August Sulzer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007. William Sulzer (1863–1941), Governor of New York in 1913 who was impeached and removed from office later that yearWilliam Sulzer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007. Homer W. Wheeler (1848–1930), U.S. army officer and author

Evergreen Cemetery (Hillside, New Jersey)

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