Evergreen Cemetery (New Haven, Connecticut)

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It was founded by some of New Haven's most prominent citizens in 1848. Evergreen Cemetery is a non-sectarian, non-profit organization that is managed by the Association's board of trustees.
Notable burials
Hobart B. Bigelow, Governor of Connecticut (1881–1883)
Edward Bouchet, first PhD recipient of African descent in the United States
Wilbur L. Cross, Governor of Connecticut (1931–1939) and Professor of English at Yale University
Edwin S. Greeley, Civil War general
Bronisław Malinowski, social anthropologist - www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=malinows...
William Chester Minor - lexicographer and key contributor to the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Section: Path H, Plot: 13 Front, Grave: 1
John Addison Porter, chemistry professor at Yale University. Section: Lake Avenue, Plot: 135, Grave: 17
John Addison Porter, journalist, and first Secretary to the President. Section: Lake Avenue, Plot: 135, Grave: 20
Ilya Tolstoy, writer and son of Leo Tolstoy
Oliver Winchester - founder of the Winchester repeating rifle company. Section: Highland Avenue, Plot: 64, Grave: 16
Sarah Winchester - wife of William Wirt Winchester and builder of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California. Section: Highland Avenue, Plot: 52, Grave: 4
George Weiss - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Executive. Section: Catalpa Avenue, Plot: 39, Grave: 2
Teresa Wright - Wright won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for "Mrs. Miniver" (1942). Remains donated to Yale medical school, ultimately buried in a small mass grave located in section 14
One Commonwealth war burial, a Royal Flying Corps Cadet of World War I.