Evergreen the first 100 years

Name/Title

Evergreen the first 100 years

Entry/Object ID

Library.520

Description

12 p. : ill. (part.col.) ; 28 cm. Evergreen the first 100 years by Evergreen Cemetery Association. Cover title. This is an introduction to Evergreen Cemetery, one of the South's most beautiful cemeteries. It was organized in 1880. With the addition of the community mausoleum and crematory, Evergreen rests on a much broader base than it did in 1880. ...Preface. Selected contents: 1880/1900: Burials include: Isaiah D. Hart, founder of Jacksonville -- Sarah Hogan, first white child born in Jacksonville -- Cora Crane -- Nathan Bryan -- William Bryan -- James Taliaferro -- Duncan U. Fletcher -- Napoleon Broward -- William Sherman Jennings -- Ossian I. Hart -- John W. Martin -- First burial was Mrs. Margaret Jamison on April 8th, 1881. Selected contents: 1900/1950: December 7, 1910 became a non-profit organization with formation of Evergreen Cemetery Association -- Mr. Arthur Cummer became Association's first president -- In 1911 purchased 22 acres of Woodlawn Cemetery from Arthur Cummer. Selected contents: 1950/1980: In 1956 first unit of family mausoleum was begun and was completed in 1978 -- Evergreen office built in 1969 -- Last purchase of land in 1976 when St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery was acquired -- Guided by a 12 member Board of Trustees of local citizens who serve without remuneration.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Evergreen Cemetery -- Jacksonville, Fla., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Cemeteries., Cummer, Arthur Gerrish, 1873-1943.

Publication Details

Author

Evergreen Cemetery (Jacksonville, Fla.).

Publisher

Publisher not identified

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Jacksonville, FL

Call No.

F 319 .JI E98