Evergreen_Cemetery,_Hillside

Evergreen Cemetery (Hillside, New Jersey)

Evergreen Cemetery (Hillside, New Jersey)

Cemetery in Union County, New Jersey, US


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.[2]

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The cemetery is listed on both the New Jersey Register[3] and the National Register of Historic Places,[4] since 1991.[5]

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.[6][7][8]

It is adjacent to Weequahic Golf Course.

King of the Gypsies was filmed there with Shelley Winters.[9]

Notable interments

See also


References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. See USGS Topo for county lines.
  3. ID #2681
  4. Reference #91000882
  5. New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Union County Archived April 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Historic Preservation Office, last updated August 6, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
  6. "Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place". The New York Times. March 28, 2004.
  7. "Barton Wood Currie Collection, 1918–1948: Finding Aid". Princeton University Library. 2009. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. "Gen. J. Madison Drake Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. November 29, 1913. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  9. Civil War index. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  10. "AOTW". Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  11. www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/NJ/11NJ.php. Retrieved May 30, 2011. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[title missing]
  12. "11th New Jersey". civilwarintheeast.com. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  13. "Ex-Army Officer's Funeral Tomorrow". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. April 13, 1930. p. IV-7 via Newspapers.com.
  14. "U.S. Department of War, Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925–1970, Entry for Homer W. Wheeler". Ancestry.com. Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com LLC. October 29, 1930. Retrieved September 6, 2021.

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