Evergreen Cemetery (Rutland, Vermont)

Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
	Main gate of Evergreen Cemetery in Rutland, Vermont
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Established	October 16, 1861
Location	465 West Street, Rutland, Vermont, US

Evergreen Cemetery is a burial ground located in Rutland City, Vermont, United States.^[1] It is managed by the Rutland Evergreen Cemetery Association.^[2] Evergreen was founded as Pine Hill Cemetery in 1861, and the name was subsequently changed.^[1]

History

Pine Hill Cemetery was dedicated on 16 October 1861, with William A. Burnett as the first superintendent.^[1] The site took its name from the location where it was constructed, Rutland's Pine Hill, and was later changed to Evergreen Cemetery.^[3] Initial construction included walkways, a vault, a front wall, and a gateway of marble.^[1] In addition, early construction included seven fountains, one of which (in Section C) is still working.^[1]^[4]

Description

Evergreen Cemetery was constructed on a 45 acre site, and has been expanded by purchase and donation.^[5] 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.^[2] designed in the rural cemetery tradition, the location was originally a pine forest and retains many aspects of a wood or grove.^[3] 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.^[3] Winding paths and roads traverse the location as they climb a series of knolls.^[3]

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^[6]

James Barrett, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[7]

Horace Henry Baxter, businessman and adjutant general of the Vermont Militia^[8]^[9]

Hilda Belcher, painter^[10]

Asa S. Bloomer, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate^[11]

John H. Bloomer, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate^[12]

Robert A. Bloomer, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate^[13]

Fred M. Butler, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[14]

Frank H. Chapman, U.S. Marshal for the District of Vermont^[15]

Percival W. Clement, governor of Vermont^[7]

John J. Daley, Lieutenant governor of Vermont^[16]

Julia C. R. Dorr, poet^[7]

Seneca M. Dorr, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate^[17]

Edith Kellogg Dunton, novelist^[18]

Walter C. Dunton, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[19]

Fred A. Field, United States Marshal for the District of Vermont^[20]

Solomon Foot, U.S. Senator^[7]

John A. M. Hinsman, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate^[21]

George T. Hodges, U.S. Congressman^[7]

Silas H. Hodges, commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office^[22]

Frederic Williams Hopkins, adjutant general of the Vermont Militia^[23]

Lawrence C. Jones, Vermont Attorney General^[24]

Charles Herbert Joyce, U.S. Congressman^[7]

Harvey R. Kingsley, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate^[25]

John A. Mead, governor of Vermont^[7]

William T. Nichols, Union Army officer and businessman^[7]

John B. Page, governor of Vermont^[7]

Robert Pierpoint, Lieutenant governor of Vermont^[26]

John Prout, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[27]

Edward H. Ripley, Union Army officer^[7]

William Y. W. Ripley, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient^[28]

Charles Manley Smith, governor of Vermont^[7]

Ellen M. Cyr Smith, author and educator^[29]

Milford K. Smith, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[30]

Bert L. Stafford, mayor of Rutland^[31]

Robert Stafford, governor of Vermont and U.S. Senator^[7]

Charles A. Thompson, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient^[32]

Charles K. Williams. governor of Vermont^[7]

Leonard F. Wing, U.S. Army major general^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Interment Records, Evergreen Cemetery, 1861–1904". Cemetery Books by Margaret R. Jenks. Fair Haven, VT: Sleeper Books. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Rutland Evergreen Cemetery Association in Rutland, Vermont". CountyOffice.org. County Office. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Federal Writers' Project (1937). Vermont: A Guide to the Green Mountain State. Washington, DC: Works Progress Administration. p. 132. ISBN 978-1603540445 – via Google Books.
^ "Evergreen Cemetery". VOCA58.com. Burlington: Vermont Old Cemetery Association. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ Child, Hamilton (1881). Gazetteer and Business Directory of Rutland County, Vt., for 1881–82. Syracuse, NY: The Journal Office. p. 209 – via Google Books.
^ "Biography, Benjamin Alvord". Vermont in the Civil War. Tom Ledoux and Associates. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland". VOCA58.org. Burlington: Vermont Old Cemetery Association. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ Louise McCoy, Rutland Historical Society Quarterly, Horace Henry Baxter 1818-1884, 1993, pages 37 to 59
^ Baxter Memorial Library, A Catalogue of the Books in the H. H. Baxter Memorial Library, 1892, page v
^ Klacsmann, Karen Towers (May 26, 2015) [April 11, 2008]. New Georgia Encyclopedia: Hilda Belcher, 1881-1963. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.
^ "More than 500 at Funeral for Sen. Asa S. Bloomer". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. February 25, 1963. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Obituary, John H. Bloomer". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. January 12, 1995. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Vermont Death Index, 1981-2001, entry for Robert Asa Bloomer, accessed June 23, 2012
^ "Judge Butler Buried". Springfield Republican. Springfield, MA. Associated Press. December 29, 1932. p. 2 – via GenealogyBank.com.
^ "Mr. Chapman's Funeral Private". Vermont Standard. Woodstock, VT. July 5, 1923. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rutland Herald Obituaries 06/2000". wordpress.com. 6 March 2007.
^ "Judge Dorr's Funeral". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. December 6, 1884. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Women's History: Taking A Closer Look At A Few Of The Women In Rutland's History. Rutland, VT: Rutland Historical Society. 2021. p. 22 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Funeral of Judge Dunton". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. April 26, 1890. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Funeral Held for Fred A. Field, Sr". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. April 22, 1935. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, entry for John A. M. Hinsman, accessed July 4, 2012
^ Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography, edited and compiled by Thomas William Herringshaw, Volume 3, 1914, page 180
^ "Our Regular Rutland Letter: William F. Hopkins". The Poultney Journal. Poultney, VT. June 17, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "L. C. Jones, Longtime State Prosecutor, Dies". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. July 11, 1972. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Harvey R. Kingsley, Probate Judge, Dies". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. January 3, 1936. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ The Vermont Historical Gazetteer, edited by Abby Maria Hemenway, Volume 3, 1877, pages 1110 to 1112
^ Prout, Dale Ellison (2002). Ancestry and Descendants of Captain Timothy Prout of Boston. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press. p. 130.
^ "Biography, William Young Warren Ripley". Vermont in the Civil War. Tom Ledoux and Associates. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ "Mrs. Ellen Cyr Smith is Buried in Rutland". Rutland News. 29 July 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. November 17, 1984. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Stafford Rites To Be Held Here This Afternoon". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. July 31, 1941. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Biography, Charles Augustus Thompson". Vermont in the Civil War. Tom Ledoux and Associates. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ Newspaper article, Obituary, General Leonard F. Wing, Hartford Courant, December 20, 1945
^ Newspaper article, High Ranking Officers Die, Berkeley (California) Daily Gazette, December 21, 1945
^ Newspaper article, Body of Gen. Wing to Lie In State In Rutland, Vt., Hartford Courant, December 21, 1945
^ Magazine article, Milestones, Time magazine, December 31, 1945

External links

Evergreen Cemetery at Find a Grave

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[Jenks-1] "Interment Records, Evergreen Cemetery, 1861–1904". Cemetery Books by Margaret R. Jenks. Fair Haven, VT: Sleeper Books. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

[CountyOffice-2] "Rutland Evergreen Cemetery Association in Rutland, Vermont". CountyOffice.org. County Office. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

[WPA-3] Federal Writers' Project (1937). Vermont: A Guide to the Green Mountain State. Washington, DC: Works Progress Administration. p. 132. ISBN 978-1603540445 – via Google Books.

[4] "Evergreen Cemetery". VOCA58.com. Burlington: Vermont Old Cemetery Association. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

[Child-5] Child, Hamilton (1881). Gazetteer and Business Directory of Rutland County, Vt., for 1881–82. Syracuse, NY: The Journal Office. p. 209 – via Google Books.

[6] "Biography, Benjamin Alvord". Vermont in the Civil War. Tom Ledoux and Associates. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

[VOCA-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland". VOCA58.org. Burlington: Vermont Old Cemetery Association. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

[8] Louise McCoy, Rutland Historical Society Quarterly, Horace Henry Baxter 1818-1884, 1993, pages 37 to 59

[9] Baxter Memorial Library, A Catalogue of the Books in the H. H. Baxter Memorial Library, 1892, page v

[10] Klacsmann, Karen Towers (May 26, 2015) [April 11, 2008]. New Georgia Encyclopedia: Hilda Belcher, 1881-1963. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.

[11] "More than 500 at Funeral for Sen. Asa S. Bloomer". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. February 25, 1963. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.

[12] "Obituary, John H. Bloomer". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. January 12, 1995. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.

[13] Vermont Death Index, 1981-2001, entry for Robert Asa Bloomer, accessed June 23, 2012

[14] "Judge Butler Buried". Springfield Republican. Springfield, MA. Associated Press. December 29, 1932. p. 2 – via GenealogyBank.com.

[15] "Mr. Chapman's Funeral Private". Vermont Standard. Woodstock, VT. July 5, 1923. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.

[16] "Rutland Herald Obituaries 06/2000". wordpress.com. 6 March 2007.

[17] "Judge Dorr's Funeral". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. December 6, 1884. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.

[18] Women's History: Taking A Closer Look At A Few Of The Women In Rutland's History. Rutland, VT: Rutland Historical Society. 2021. p. 22 – via Internet Archive.

[19] "Funeral of Judge Dunton". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. April 26, 1890. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.

[20] "Funeral Held for Fred A. Field, Sr". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. April 22, 1935. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

[21] Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, entry for John A. M. Hinsman, accessed July 4, 2012

[22] Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography, edited and compiled by Thomas William Herringshaw, Volume 3, 1914, page 180

[23] "Our Regular Rutland Letter: William F. Hopkins". The Poultney Journal. Poultney, VT. June 17, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.

[24] "L. C. Jones, Longtime State Prosecutor, Dies". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. July 11, 1972. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

[25] "Harvey R. Kingsley, Probate Judge, Dies". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. January 3, 1936. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.

[26] The Vermont Historical Gazetteer, edited by Abby Maria Hemenway, Volume 3, 1877, pages 1110 to 1112

[27] Prout, Dale Ellison (2002). Ancestry and Descendants of Captain Timothy Prout of Boston. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press. p. 130.

[28] "Biography, William Young Warren Ripley". Vermont in the Civil War. Tom Ledoux and Associates. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

[:18-29] "Mrs. Ellen Cyr Smith is Buried in Rutland". Rutland News. 29 July 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[30] "Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. November 17, 1984. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.

[31] "Stafford Rites To Be Held Here This Afternoon". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. July 31, 1941. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.

[32] "Biography, Charles Augustus Thompson". Vermont in the Civil War. Tom Ledoux and Associates. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

[33] Newspaper article, Obituary, General Leonard F. Wing, Hartford Courant, December 20, 1945

[34] Newspaper article, High Ranking Officers Die, Berkeley (California) Daily Gazette, December 21, 1945

[35] Newspaper article, Body of Gen. Wing to Lie In State In Rutland, Vt., Hartford Courant, December 21, 1945

[36] Magazine article, Milestones, Time magazine, December 31, 1945

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