Find A Grave - The Evergreens Cemetery

Allen, Edward G. b. December 4, 1859 d. April 16, 1917
Boxer Rebellion Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the China Relief Expedition during the Boxer Rebellion as a Boatswain's Mate First Class in the United States Navy. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery on June 13, 20, 21, and 22, 1900. His citation reads "Fighting with the relief expedition of the Allied forces, Allen distinguished himself by meritorious conduct". His Medal was awarded to him on July 19, 1901. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Nazareth Section, Lot 1251
Anthony, William b. October 27, 1853 d. November 24, 1899
United States Marine. Known was the "The Nation's Hero - Sergeant Major William Anthony". While serving as a Private in the United States Marine Corps on board the "USS Maine" it was reported that he said to Captain Charles Sigsbee (who he was serving as his orderly) when it blew up "Excuse me sir - I have to report that the ship has been blown up and is sinking". The explosion, of course, was obvious to everybody, especially Captain Sigsbee, but the effort to come into the fast sinking ship to...[Read More] (Bio by: Joe Fodor)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Seamen's Ground
Baker, Robert b. April, 1862 d. June 15, 1943
US Congressman. British-born Democrat who was elected to represent New York in the United States House of Representative, serving a single term from March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1905. He was an ardent reformer known as 'No-Pass Bob' during his single term in Congress, because of his opposition to free train rides for legislators. A firm believer in progressive thinker Henry George's "Single Tax" theory, in April 1893 he hosted the first meeting of the Citizen's Union at his home at 89 St. Marks...[Read More] (Bio by: Joe Fodor)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Nazareth Section, Lot 936
Bennett, Charles Goodwin b. December 11, 1863 d. May 25, 1914
US Congressman. A Brooklyn Republican who served in Congress from 1895 to 1899, he was also President of The Evergreens, until his death in 1914. He was also Secretary to the Senate from 1900 to 1912 (a non-elected administrative post he occupied while the Republicans controlled that body). (Bio by: Joe Fodor)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Greenwood Shade Section, Lot 173
Bunny, John b. September 21, 1863 d. April 26, 1915
Actor. He was the ninth generation in a long family line of English sea captains, but the first of those generations who did not choose to follow that career path. He first began working as a grocery store clerk before turning to the career path that would make him famous. His first turn in the entertainment industry came when he took part in a small touring minstrel show; after this he started acting in the theatre, primarily in musical comedies. He also served as a stage manager to a number...[Read More] (Bio by: Carrie-Anne)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Lake Side Section, Lot 407
Carle, James John b. September 8, 1835 d. April 26, 1892
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Enlisted as a private, and rose through the ranks to Brevet Brigadier General in 38 months. Served as a Captain in the 6th Pennsylvania Reserves, as Provost Marshal on the staff of Brigadier General Samuel Crawford, and as Colonel and commander of the 191st Pennsylvani Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded at Antietam, and Petersburg, and spent seven months as a POW at Libby Prison in Richmond, Belle Isle, Salisbury, and Danville. He received battlefield...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Carle)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Mount Hermon, Lot 2701
Comstock, Anthony b. March 7, 1844 d. September 21, 1915
Social Reformer. He was the founder of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and was the father of the Comstock laws (1873) enacted in order to exclude obscene matter from the mails. In his various campaigns, he caused the arrest of more than 3,000 persons and destroyed 15 tons of books, 284,000 pounds of steretyped plates for printing objectionable books, and nearly 4,000,000 pictures. In 1905, after Comstock had alerted the New York police to the content of George Bernard Shaw's play Mrs...[Read More] (Bio by: Joe Fodor)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Sumachs Section, Lot 95
Dahlen, William Frederick 'Bad Bill' b. January 5, 1870 d. December 5, 1950
Major League Baseball Player. He was one of the greatest shortstops ever to play the game, and he ranks in the top three shortstops in both putouts and assists, while also committing a record 975 errors - the most for any player. He started with a New York State League team in 1890, and in 1891 joined the Chicago White Stockings. In 1894 he safely hit in 42 consecutive games - a record broken in 1897 by Baltimore's Wee Willie Keeler, who logged hits in 44 consecutive games. (Keeler's record was...[Read More] (Bio by: Joe Fodor)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Redemption Section, Lot 1875 [unmarked]
Dodge, Stephen Augustus b. September 24, 1822 d. May 6, 1917
Civil War Union Army Officer. He was commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 87th New York Volunteer Infantry on November 19, 1861. He led his command during the Spring 1962 Penninsular Campaign, and was wounded and captuted at the May 31, 1863 Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines), Virginia (it was erroneously reported he was killed, and New York City newspapers ran obituaries for him in June 1862). He was imprisoned in Richmond's infamous Libby Prison until he was paroled on July 17, 1862...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Mount Lebanon Section, Lots 41-42
Dunwell, Charles Tappan b. February 13, 1852 d. June 12, 1908
US Congressman. Elected as a Republican to represent New York's 3rd District in the Fifty-eighth and two succeeding Congresses, he served from 1903 to his death in office. An 1874 graduate of Columbia College's Law School, Tappan was admitted to the bar that same year and set up law practice in New York City. He worked primarily in corporate law and was general agent for the New York Life Insurance Co. in 1889. Prior to his election to Congress he was a member of the New York Republican State...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Eggleston, George Cary b. 1839 d. 1911
Author, Historian. An editor and writer, he is known for providing the inspiration for his brother Edward's 1874 best-seller "The Hoosier Schoolmaster". He served as an officer in the Confederate army during the Civil War, and witnessed the surrender at Appomattox. He wrote the works "A Rebel's Recollection" in 1875, one of the best-known memoirs from the Southern perspective on the War Between the States. (Bio by: Joe Fodor)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Orient Hill Section, Lot 151
Guy, Francis b. 1760 d. 1820
Artist. Guy was one of America's first landscape painters. His most famous work is the Brooklyn Snow Scene, 1820, completed shortly before his death. In it, all of Guy's neighbors (the founding fathers of Brooklyn) are featured, giving Brooklyn a uniquely accurate historical record.
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Sands Street Grounds - no marker survives
Hall, Adelaide Louisa b. October 20, 1901 d. November 7, 1993
Entertainer. International Star of Cabaret who began her Broadway career as a dancer in "Shuffle Along," a 1921 Sissle and Blake production. She was a member of an elite chorus line which also included Florence Mills, Fredi Washington, Maude Russell and Josephine Baker. In 1923, she also starred in another Noble Sissle-Eubie Blake revue entitled "Runnin Wild" and taught actor Rudolph Vallentino the "charleston" dance step. She brought attention to her vocal skills when she sang a wordless...[Read More] (Bio by: JC)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Terrace Hill Section, Grave 1252
Hall, George William b. March 29, 1849 d. June 11, 1923
Major League Baseball Player. A centerfielder and celebrated home run hitter, he began his career in 1871 with the Washington Olympics, moving to the Baltimore Canaries in 1872, the Boston Red Stockings in 1874, the Philadelphia Athletics in 1875, and the Philadelphia team of the National League in 1876. That year he hit five home runs, becoming the first person to hold the home run record (lifetime and season), and the first person to hit two home runs in one game. But scandal cut his career...[Read More] (Bio by: Joe Fodor)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Orient Hill Section, Lot 105
Hampden, Walter b. June 30, 1880 d. June 11, 1955
Walter Hampden died of a stroke and was cremated in 1955. He is best known for his performance as the stages' Cyrano de Bergerac. He was president of the Players Club from 1928 until 1954.He starred in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and"All This and Heaven Too". He was survived by his actress wife, Mable Moore. (Bio by: David Zipperer)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Hawkins, Yusuf b. 1973 d. August 23, 1989
Murder Vicitim. Shot by white youths in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, in late August, 1989, while searching for a used car he'd seen in the paper was advertised for sale. Hawkins's death was an important factor in the election of David Dinkins as the first African-American mayor of New York City in 1989. (Bio by: Joe Fodor)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Ascension Section, Lot 16A
Heade, Martin Johnson b. August 11, 1819 d. September 4, 1904
Artist. Acclaimed American painter best known for his paintings of tropical birds, flowers, and sunsets, combining romanticism and realism.
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Heath, Thomas K. b. August 11, 1853 d. August 19, 1938
Entertainer. With James McIntyre, he was part of the vaudeville team McIntyre and Heath, formed in 1874. The two white comedians, who always played in blackface, were the best-known, and highest paid, minstral performers of all time, and introduced the "buck and wing" tapdance routine as well as the song "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," which was adopted by Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Battle of San Juan Hill. (Bio by: Joe Fodor)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Hickory Knoll Section, Lot 95
Hegamin, Lucille b. November 29, 1894 d. March 1, 1970
Blues Musician. Born Lucille Nelson, she was one of the earliest female blues singers ever to be recorded. Her career began while she was a teenager touring the south as part of a traveling tent show. In 1920, Lucille, who had moved to New York City, made her first recordings on the Victor Record label. She later appeared in numerous Broadway musicals including a production known as "Creole Follies." Like many of the "classic blues" singers, her career began to fade in the early 1930's. She...[Read More]
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Hickey, William b. September 19, 1927 d. June 29, 1997
Actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he had a long, distinguished career in film, television and the stage. He began his career as a child actor in variety stage shows and made his Broadway debut in "Saint Joan" (1951). By the mid 1950s, he was a fixture on television appearing on "Studio One", "Philco Playhouse", "Ryan's Hope", "L.A. Law" and "The Outer Limits". For feature films, he was nominated for an Academy Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Don Corrado Prizzi in "...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Gibron Section, Lot 67N

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