Ahavath Chesed and B'nai Israel Cemeteries, Gate 5 Evergreen Cemetery

Because the Jewish section at the Old City Cemetery was running out of space in 1890, the synagogue acquired three acres adjoining Evergreen Cemetery for Jewish burial. A makeshift fence was placed around the cemetery to set it apart from ...

B'nai Israel Section, Evergreen Cemetery

Established in 1926, the Jewish cemetery section is marked by a white archway bearing the words B'nai Israel (Children of Israel). Members of the Fort Lauderdale Hebrew Congregation dedicated it in 1935 and later renamed it Temple Emanu-El. Many of ...

Evergreen Park Cemetery

With nearly 3,300 burial plots, this is one of the oldest black cemeteries in Dade County. Most remains are placed in above-ground vaults, a tradition in the area's black community.

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Historic Evergreen Cemetery

This historic cemetery is located on 12 acres of land on the western edge of Bartow. One of the area's oldest black cemeteries, it includes the headstone of Andy and Tamer Moore from 1891. The Moores were brought to Bartow ...

Evergreen Cemetery

This cemetery contains the remains of over 250 Civil War veterans, both Confederate and Union. Among the notable Floridians are Captain John J. Dickison of the 2nd Florida Cavalry, who was known as the Swamp Fox of the Confederacy for ...

Inna Evergreen Cemetery

This cemetery contains the remains of at least 65 Confederate veterans and at least three Union veterans. Confederate graves include those of Robert W. Davis, who was a veteran of the 5th Georgia Infantry, a U.S. Congressman from Florida and ...

Evergreen Cemetery Pioneers Memorial

This monument erected in memory of those unsung pioneers who helped build the Pikes Peak Region, the infants born to pioneer families of this area, and those later residents, both known and unknown, who came to this final resting place: ...

Evergreen Cemetery

Established 1910

Many Civil War veterans are buried at Evergreen Cemetery in addition to the founding families of Fort Lauderdale including the Stranahans (who built Stranahan house on SE 6th Avenue), Bryans, Kings, Cromarties (the maiden name of Ivy Julia Stranahan ...

Evergreen Cemetery / Earliest Evergreen Burials

Evergreen Cemetery

In 1873, local lumber company Knapp, Stout & Company, Co. provided fifty-two acres to establish a proper burial site. They hired landscape architects, William Merchant Richardson French and Horace Shaler Cleveland, to design the cemetery. French's plan reflects ...

Evergreen Cemetery

In 1891, Evergreen Cemetery was established as a preeminent resting place for many of Virginia's most influential African-American residents. These include Maggie L. Walker, president and founder of the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, and John Mitchell, Jr., champion of ...