Evergreen Cemetery (Morristown, New Jersey)
cemetery in Morristown, New Jersey
Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery located in Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
Notable interments
Frank D. Abell (1878–1964), banker and politician
Karl Behr (1885-1949), professional tennis player, banker, and RMS Titanic survivor.
Joseph Bushnell Ames (1878–1928), writer
George T. Cobb (1813–1870), represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1863, and Mayor of Morristown from 1865 to 1869.
Philip H. Cooper (1844–1912), United States Navy rear admiral, Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from 1894 to 1898 and Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet from March to July 1904
Augustus William Cutler (1827–1897), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey from 1875 to 1879.
George Goelet Kip, lawyer
Emile Henry Lacombe (1846–1924), judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
James H. McGraw (1860–1948), co-founder of what is now The McGraw-Hill Companies.
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), poet, author of The White Cliffs (1940)
Mahlon Pitney (1858–1924), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Theodore Fitz Randolph (1826–1883), United States Senator.
George Theodore Werts (1846–1910), Governor of New Jersey from 1893 to 1896.
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