Cemetery of the Evergreens, Brooklyn
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The Cemetery of the Evergreens is a non-denominational cemetery in Brooklyn, New York and partly in Queens, colloquially called Evergreen Cemetery. It was incorporated in 1849, a Rural cemetery of a then new kind. For a time, it was the busiest cemetery in New York City: in 1929, there were 4,673 interments. Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn lies to its northwest.
[edit] Notable burials
- John Bunny (1863–1915), actor
- Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), censor (see Comstock Law)
- James E. Davis (1962–2003), New York City councilman (he was originally interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, but after it was realized that his assassin was also interred there, he was moved to the Cemetery of the Evergreens)
- Bill Dahlen (1870-1950), Major League Baseball player, one of the outstanding early 20th Century players. Lies in an unmarked grave.
- George Hall (1849–1923), Major League Baseball player, banned from baseball for life
- Martin Johnson Heade (1819–1904), artist
- Lucille Hegamin (1894–1970), singer, female pioneer of the Blues
- Walt Kelly (1913–1973), cartoonist
- Joseph Forsyth Johnson (1840-1906) landscape architect
- Winsor McCay (1872–1934), motion picture cartoon pioneer
- William Steinitz (1836–1900), world chess champion
- Antonio "Tony" Pastor (1837–1908), vaudevillian
- Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878–1949), tap dancer
- Amy Vanderbilt (1908–1974), journalist, etiquette authority
- Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins (1849–1908), musician
