A SELF-GUIDED TOUR OF HISTORIC Evergreen Cemetery HILLSIDE, NJ Tour curated and written by Jean-Ray Turner

vergreen Cemetery, its grave sites mausoleum, where cremated remains may and design, and the people laid to be interred. The Rankin Mausoleum (first on E rest here, all reflect the history of our the left) displays an Egyptian sunburst over entire region since 1853, when this cem- the door and heavy pillars, as seen on many etery was founded by clergymen and busi- early Egyptian buildings. nessmen from Elizabethtown and Newark. Set on expansive, picturesque, park-like The founders believed that a non-profit, grounds, Evergreen Cemetery is replete with non-denominational cemetery was needed, thousands of impressive funerary monu- because the small church graveyards in Eliz- ments. Many Doric and Ionic pillars support abethtown and Newark were crowded. Addi- the roofs of structures modeled after ancient tionally, at least two Elizabethtown churches, temples or palaces. Second Presbyterian Church and St. John’s Episcopal Church, planned to enlarge their Symbolism abounds on markers and buildings. monuments. Mourning is signified by col- umns or urns adorned with drapes. A trun- The 30-acre John Teas Farm on the cated, draped column signifies a life cut Upper Road in Union Township was selected. short. Urns symbolize the ashes of death. A By 1928, Evergreen Cemetery covered 115 grapevine vine represents the church, and acres of Hillside, Elizabeth and Newark. its branches are church members. A heart The administration building started out motif symbolizes the human soul. Flowers as a barn. Before its completed in 1912, the represent the life of man (or woman), beau- board of trustees of the cemetery decided ty, and the brevity of life. A crown represents that a new office was needed. Opposite the victorious soul, while trees represent the office is the original mausoleum row. both earthly and heavenly, life, and a willow Among these buildings is the cemetery’s signifies both joy and the loss of life.

EVERGREEN CEMETERY • 1137 NO. BROAD STREET, HILLSIDE NJ Monuments and markers in Evergreen small cross with a gable hood; simple or Crane moved to New York City in 1892, and 3 Buried at Dodge’s feet is WILLIAM range from the simple, upright sandstone “true” crosses; the Celtic cross, featuring a wrote “Maggie, A Girl of the Streets,” a book FAYAL CLARK. A friend of Mrs. Dodge’s sons, markers of the Colonial period to monoliths, circle and cross; and the Greek cross – with about a prostitute, followed by “George’s Clark worked at Saint Nicholas Magazine, footstones, ledger stones, elaborate sculp- two cross-bars. The Star of David appears Mother,” and “The Red Badge of Courage,” and later became its editor. He also wrote tures and garden-style granite memorials. on many stones. A few markers feature the his famed book of a youth who discovered short stories and poetry. A small number of monuments are made of Muslim crescent, and others display frater- the horrors of war and death during the Civil 4 Walk east, toward Newark, to the grave metal, slate, marble, brownstone, or even nal or patriotic symbols. War, published in 1895. He also served as of Chancellor WILLIAM JAY MAGIE, the son of boulders. a correspondent in New Mexico, and in con- This scenic walk takes approximately an Rev. Dr. David Magie, founder and first min- flicts in Cuba and Greece. “The Open Boat,” Lovely statues adorn some grave sites. hour. This booklet will guide you to the his- ister of the Second Presbyterian Church in a story about a shipwreck, was inspired by One gravestone, made in Italy, is for a Helen toric graves of writers, Congressional Medal Elizabeth, and a founder of this cemetery. Crane’s experiences off the Florida coast en Wagner who lived across the street from of Honor recipients, community leaders, and Ivy and other plants grow in front of the mon- route to Cuba. Crane also wrote poetry. He the cemetery, and died in 1912. Depictions many others. Limited to the oldest area of ument. Under the 1776 Constitution, the suffered from tuberculosis, and died in 1900 include two reclining ladies, men pointing to the cemetery (Victorian era), this walking governor of New Jersey served as the top at age 29 in a sanatorium in Germany. Con- the bleeding heart, and sometimes Mary or tour features winding paths, circular graves, judge in the state. The Second Constitution, sidered an outstanding American writer of Christ. There is a replica of Rodin’s “Winged and centuries-old shade trees. adopted in 1844, established the position the 19th century, Crane is arguably the most Victory,” as well as a small nymph, a tiny lion, of chancellor for the top judge. William Jay famous individual buried in this cemetery. several lambs and angels. Magie was appointed as the second chan- A wide variety of crosses can be seen, 2 Writer MARY MAPES DODGE is buried cellor. Read his tombstone, which outlines including: Gothic and Wayside crosses on about twelve steps from the Crane plot to his legal career. the east (or your right). The monument is an ornate octagonal shaft supporting a 5 Look to the left. Do you see a large made of old red sandstone, now broken, and monument surrounded by a series of smaller adorned by a plaque. Dodge was the daugh- monuments with a circle around it? This is ter of James Mapes, who operated an exper- the largest and one of the oldest plots in the imental farm in Newark, and published a cemetery, belonging to the CHETWOOD FAM- 1 Begin at the gravesite where the author ferent student, but attended two private newspaper known as The Working Farmer. ILY. Among them are: WILLIAM CHETWOOD, and poet, STEPHEN CRANE is buried. His schools and Lafayette College before going She is the renowned author of the popular who served with the troops in Pennsylvania plot is located in the 5th row of stones in on to Syracuse University, where he flunked book, “Hans Brinker” (or “The Silver Skates”), in the Whiskey Rebellion; JOHN CHETWOOD, SECTION C, a short distance from the three out. His first profitable writing experience which she wrote for her sons, who loved ice- a Congressman from California; and FRAN- mausoleums, behind the Memorial Circle at was as a stringer for the New York Tribune. skating. The book is considered an excellent CIS B. CHETWOOD, who served as mayor of the entrance. Crane spent the summer of 1891 in Asbury description of Dutch life. Park, working in the news bureau for his old- Elizabeth for multiple terms. Stephen Crane was youngest son of Rev. Jon- Dodge was also the editor of Saint Nicholas est brother, Townley. SECTION C holds the graves of many 19th- athan Townley Crane, a native of the Townley Magazine for children. Her husband died century Elizabeth residents. Near the road are: section of Union Township, and Maria Helene After their mother died, Crane began to young, leaving her to support two young Peck Crane, a daughter of Rev. George D. write, sometimes living with his brothers, sons. She loved Sir Walter Scott’s novels, 6 The grave of WILLIAM BLOOMFIELD Peck, DD, the founder of Syracuse Univer- and using his small inheritance to support and named the area around Frelinghuysen SAYRE, who was buried in 1854 at age 16, sity. Crane was born in 1871 at a Methodist himself. Initially he wrote stories, and then Avenue and Meeker Avenue “Waverly” in his was the first in this cemetery. The words on parsonage in Newark. His father died shortly sketches of events, which became the “Sul- honor. The state fairgrounds located in the his marker have vanished due to acid rain. after he entered school. Crane was an indif- livan County Sketches.” vicinity were known as the Waverly Fair.

2 3 7 A short distance away from Sayre, in a 12 North of the MAGIE monument stands beth was named. Egenolf was an officer at 21 DAVID NAAR was the first Jewish mayor pathway, is the grave of 18-year-old Private the colonial-style marker of ELIAS DARBY, the Prudential Insurance Company in New- of Elizabeth, the first Jewish member of the ROBERT D. TALLEY, U.S. Army, who was killed the last mayor of Elizabethtown Borough and ark. He and his wife had no children, and Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, in 1991 in the Persian Gulf War. This is a first mayor of Elizabeth City. bequeathed their estate to the Elizabeth Day and state treasurer. He subsequently served United States Government Marker, placed Nursery. as consul to the Island of St. Thomas, and 13 A small green plaque on a nearby stone flush with the ground. was the editor and publisher of The True just northeast of the CHETWOOD plot is for 17 Walk about 50 feet along the road, and American, a Trenton newspaper that Look across the road. You will see a fenced DANIEL H. SAYRE, Union Township Clerk and look for a broken white monument. Behind opposed the Civil War. plot. During the 1800s, iron fences surround- a member of the Board of Health. it, you will see the government marker for ed many of the plots. Most such fences were General J. MADISON DRAKE, a veteran of 22 Just beyond the NAAR grave are two 14 Walk back along the road. You will see removed to facilitate lawn-mowing, but two the Civil War, author of at least two books, large plots. The WARD FAMILY plot contains an American flag, two canon and rows of of the gates to these plots remain. and owner of several newspapers in Eliza- the grave of Dr. ISAAC MOREAU WARD, a stones. These, too, are government issue. beth. Drake is one of three Medal of Honor medical doctor who had a farm on the site of 8 Look to your right for the CLARK monu- This is the CIVIL WAR VETERANS’ SECTION. recipients in the cemetery. As a founder and present-day Weequahic Park, opposite Lyons ment. Behind it are four small, matching When the Civil War broke out, the trustees of member of the Veteran Zouvaves, he partici- Avenue, Newark. WILLIAM WARD, his son, markers for the CHIDSEY FAMILY. The mark- the cemetery allotted land for free burials of pated in many patriotic events throughout was an agriculturist and founder of the New er at the right contains the names of four veterans. Study the stones, and you will dis- the nation. Jersey Agricultural Society. His grandson, Dr. members of the Donald Barr Chidsey family. cover that members of the Colored Troops, WILLIAM R. WARD SR., was the horse and DONALD BARR CHIDSEY grew up in Eliza- as African-American soldiers were then 18 Evergreen cemetery holds the graves buggy doctor in Lyons Farms (Newark and beth, attended Pingry School and Princeton called, are buried among whites. The last of several members of the House of Repre- Hillside), and a president of both the New University, and was one of the writers for Civil War veteran here was buried in 1945. sentatives. AMOS CLARK JR., an attorney, Jersey Sons of the American Revolution and Edward Stratemeyer. He wrote nonfiction Can you find his marker? The canon are from lies a short distance from Drake. Clark was the New Jersey Historical Society. historical books for youth. the Spanish-American War. This cemetery also a member of the City Council and the also set aside land for the ELIZABETH State Senate. He was a party in one of Eliza- 23 In the KELLOGG plot lies EDWARD KEL- 9 About five rows to the east of the CHET- ORPHANAGE and the HOME FOR AGED beth’s most famous law suits. When the LOGG, who purchased many farms in Eliza- WOOD monument are two tall monuments. WOMEN in Section B. grade crossing and the Union Railroad Sta- beth and subdivided them as the industrial The first is for Rev. Dr. DAVID MAGIE, men- tion were eliminated and the Arch was built, city of Elizabeth. Kellogg Park in Elizabeth is tioned above (#4). His monument was donat- 15 At the end of SECTION C, opposite the it left the front door to Clark’s property eight named for the family. JAMES KELLOGG, ed by his congregation, and the name of the VETERANS’ SECTION is a mound. This is one feet in the air. chairman of the New York and New Jersey monument works company appears on this of the first mausoleums. Unlike the others, it Port Authority, is one of the family members marker. Very few monument manufacturers extends eight feet below ground! It was built 19 WILLLAM CORBIN, another attorney, buried here. The graves are shaded by cen- signed their work. for Dr. JOHN WASHINGTON, who practiced who represented the Central Railroad in the turies-old beech and white oak trees. medicine in New York City. He objected to suit, is buried opposite Clark. He also served 10 The adjacent monument is for JOSEPH paying taxes, so he erected a building in Eliz- as an Assemblyman and a member of the 24 Opposite the NAAR grave and near the CROSS, MD, an area doctor for many years. abethport and called it a church. The city, Elizabeth Board of Education. He is the AMOS CLARK JR. monument are the areas Cross Avenue in Elizabeth is named for him. however, thought otherwise, and he was author of “Corbin’s Forms.” sold to the MENDELSOHN BENEVOLENT 11 A rectangular-shaped, box-like struc- forced to pay taxes. SOCIETY in 1854 and CONGREGATION B’NAI 20 Rev. Dr. JONATHAN MAGIE MEEKER, a ture nearby is for SAMUEL WILDER, for whom JESHURUN a short time later. (There are two 16 Walk past the mound. Near the corner, clergyman as well as an educator, was the nearby Wilder Street, on the Elizabeth-Hill- markers for the society. Can you find them?) on the right, is the grave of PETER EGENOLF, first president of Centenary College, when it side line is named. B’nai Jeshurun purchased additional land in for whom the Egenolf Day Nursery in Eliza- was a technical school.

4 5 1. Crane 25. Jouet / Grant / Hughes N 2. Dodge 26. Collingwood OHEB SHOLEM CEMETERY 3. Clarke 27. Baptist Home / W E 4. Magie Crittenden Home 39 B - 3 37 38 5. Chetwood 28. Keat B - 3 36 LAWN PLOT 1 S 6. Sayre 29. Faulks WEEQUAHIC 7. Talley 30. Diehl LAWN LAWN PLOT 2 PARK 30 LAWN 8. Chidsey 31. King PLOT 1 PLOT 32 33 9. Magie 32. Allen B - 3 29 31 C - 3 40 3 10. Cross 33. March T Single 34 34. Rupp Grave 11. Wilder A - 3 W 12. Darby 35. Children’s Section REEE Plots E 13. Sayre 36. Wiegand 28 N 35 27 PARK VIEW 3 37. Home for Aged Women

D ST 41 M 35 38. Elizabeth Ophanage OA 26 PARK VIEW 2 42 Elm 39. Tomlinson 43 27 Av e. 25 40. Kean 44 O A F 41. Stratemeyer 42. Jones NORTH BR 45, 46 U Single PARK VIEW 1 24 43. Cotton / Smith / Alward Grave PARK 47 . 44. Brandt Cypr Ave Plots VIEW 4 PARK 48 ess 23 S V 65 VIEW 45. Rankin 12 5 22 63 64 5 46. Martin 3 13 21 P LA 47. Sulzer 2 4 60 WN LAWN 1 19, 20 18 R 58 CRES 48. Dimock C T LA CREST 6 GATE 54 L WN 62 49. Wagner G 1 CRES LA Chapel 6 9 55 59 T WN 61 50. Stevens 7, 8 51 2 CRES LAWN B 10 Q 56 T CRES 51. Van Buskirk / Jaques 17 52 57 3 T 11 5 14. Civil War 52. Richards / Mack My Veterans 53. White Oak Tree rtle H Av 15. Washington 54. Williamson e. 15 16 52 I D LAWN CREST 4 16. Egenolf 55. Brisbin 14 Single K 17. Drake 56. Ryder 53 Grave ENUE 14 LAWN 18. Clark 57. Chinese Pilots Office Plots CREST ON AV 19. Corbin 58. Masons 8 YT DA 20. Meeker 59. Dmytriv LAWN LAWN 49 B'NAI JESHURUN 21. Naar 60. Franklin St. Methodist CREST CREST CEMETERY WN CREST 7 22. Ware 61. Gypsies A B LA 23. Kellogg 62. Chapel 50 24. Mendelsohn 63. Myshuha Benevolent 64. Mary LAWN CREST C Society / 65. Lee B’Nai Jeshurun 1906, and has a cemetery adjacent to Ever- until 1909, when he retired and subse- 30 Take the path to the left just beyond facing the road, between SECTION W and green, to the east. Congregation Oheb Sha- quently died. Baxter is noted for demanding the FAULKS plot. Look for the DIEHL monu- the CHILDREN’S SECTION. His marker is two lom also purchased land to the west of the excellence from his pupils. Many became ment on the right. PHILIP DIEHL was an rows from the WHITE monument, on the cemetery in 1900 for a cemetery. professionals, including his daughter — who inventor who initially worked for the Singer opposite side from March (#33), and second became a teacher. Manufacturing Company and later estab- row from the road. The Evergreen board of trustees subse- lished his own company, manufacturing quently stopped selling land to private 26 From the intersection of SECTIONS G, 35 The CHILDREN’S SECTION is composed electrical parts. Through innovation, he groups, however it agreed to make some F, and O, walk between F and O. Just before of small single graves. Children’s deaths invented the ceiling fan. areas available. When St. John’s Ukrainian the next road, look for the BONNETT lot. In were common before inoculations became Church in Newark sought a site, the trustees the front row is the grave of FRANCIS COL- 31 Walk down the central path in Lawn mandatory. Can you find two similar white agreed to make land available in Park View LINGWOOD, JR., a civil engineer, who assist- Plot 3 to the grave on the right of RUFUS crosses? The crosses are for twins who died 4, near Dayton Street. ed Washington Roebling in the building of KING, a career United States Army veteran several months apart. Several markers have the Brooklyn Bridge. Mayor PETER BONNETT who was awarded the Congressional Medal small lambs or angels atop the monuments. 25 Perhaps you have noticed that the plots of Elizabeth, later the city comptroller, also is of Honor. He resided on North Avenue, now vary in shape and form, and the paths and There are single graves for adults at the bot- in the plot. part of the Kean University campus. King roadways are curved. These features are tom of the hill in SECTION L, to the right and has a government grave marker. typical of Victorian design during the 19th 27 SECTION N contains a plot owned by across the road in Park View 1 and Lawn century. The 20th-century plots are rectan- the BAPTIST HOME, while SECTION M has a 32 Continue along the pathway. Beyond a Crest 1. gular in shape. At the intersection of SEC- plot for the FLORENCE CRITTENDON HOME small circle is the grave of Rev. Dr. LYMAN 36 Walk toward B-3 between SECTION W TIONS G, F, and O, you can see a replica of FOR UNWED MOTHERS, both in Newark. WHITNEY ALLEN, pastor of the defunct Sec- and Lawn Plot 3. The Weequahic Park Golf the “Winged Victory,” missing one wing. Neither is marked. ond Presbyterian Church in Newark, and Course and Oheb Shalom Cemetery are author of patriotic poems. Near the roadway are two monuments for 28 Continue along the hill to SECTION E. A ahead of you. You are at the boundary line the JOUET family. Their ancestor, Cavalier short way down the street, note the KEAT 33 If you continue toward the hill, you will between Essex and Union Counties. Turn to Jouet, was a Tory who fled to England dur- grave on the right. This is a plot provided for reach SECTION W, where two drowning vic- the left. On the right, watch for the monu- ing the Revolutionary War. The Jouets bur- the Second Presbyterian Church and St. tims are buried. The first is JOHN STARR ment of GEORGE WIEGAND, a composer and ied here were born in Canada and moved to John’s Episcopal Church, both in Elizabeth, MARCH, one of five postmen on the HMS musician who played with the New York Roselle as adults. when graves were moved from the church Titanic, whose body was the 225th to be Philharmonic. graveyards to this cemetery to make room pulled out of the Atlantic Ocean. He has the There also is a stone for ORVIL GRANT, a 37 On reaching Lawn Plot 2, watch for a for building. Few of the churchyard markers family monument and a stone marker like brother of President General Ulysses S. group of tiny stones placed together. This is were moved here. those of Titanic victims’ graves in cemeter- Grant, who reportedly came by ferry with a the plot for the HOME FOR AGED WOMEN. ies in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where many of team of horses for a graveside service. (This 29 Return to the corner, and walk between the unclaimed bodies were buried. (His mon- 38 A short distance away, also on the right, monument faces the “Winged Victory,” and SECTIONS N and E to the next roadway. Turn ument is two rows away from the leaning is the ELIZABETH ORPHANAGE plot. All the one side may be covered by foliage.) right, then left. You should be between Lawn statue along the road for the WHITE FAMILY, graves here are for boys. Plots 2 and 3. Notice the FAULKS footstones. SECTI0N O also contains the grave of JAMES and the third plot in from the road.) Look for the marker for THEODOSIA GARRI- 39 Continue to B-3. Watch for the TOMLI- BAXTER, the first African-American principal SON FAULKS, a poet whose work appeared 34 WILLIAM C. RUPP was a Westinghouse SON plot. The first small stone at the left is of the “colored” school in Newark. The city’s in women’s magazines between 1900 and employee on the excursion boat, Eastman, for Rev. EVERETT TOMLISON, pastor of the board of education invited him to come 1940. when it capsized at Chicago during a com- Central Baptist Church in Elizabeth, who left to Newark after the Civil War, to open the pany outing in 1915. He is in a single grave the ministry to devote his time to writing school. He came, and operated the school books for boys. 8 9 40 Turn around and take the road between second female lawyer and long-time secre- longer walk or a driving tour will the canon in the cemetery. He served the Lawn Plots 1 and 2. At the end of the road, tary of the Union County Historical Society. lead you into the Elizabeth and Elizabethport area, where he was loved by turn left. The KEAN plot, with flat Tiffany Newark sections of the cemetery. residents. A statue for Mack was placed on 44 The BRANT monument displays the A stones, is there. United States Senator JOHN Such a walk may take up to three hours. Elizabeth Avenue, at the port, facing the name on both sides. A government marker KEAN, a great-uncle of former New Jersey The drive by car takes 15 minutes or more, Arthur Kill. for WILLIAM BRANT is on the roadside. He Governor Thomas Kean, and six other mem- depending upon the number of stops made: earned the Congressional Medal of Honor in 53 Continue back to the road along B’nai bers of the Kean family, are buried here. the Civil War, served on the Elizabeth Police Jeshurun Cemetery. Near the corner with 41 Leaving the KEAN plot, walk directly Department, and was a volunteer fireman. 49 Walk or drive along the road nearest SECTION K stands a 400-year-old WHITE over SECTION E, toward F. When you reach OAK TREE. 45 Walk along the road to the RANKIN North Broad Street, toward Lower Road, Eliz- the roadway between SECTIONS F, A, and E, monument. In front of it is a footstone for abeth. Pause to look at the beautiful Italian 54 Turn Ieft at the tree, and go to SECTION turn right. The monument with carvings of JAMES ALEXANDER, JR., an executive for the statue for HELEN WAGNER on the left. Q. Proceed along the northern edge (Ieft books and bookends at the top is the old Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. side). A low sandstone marker with the name STRATEMEYER stone. EDWARD STRATE- 50 The “SINGING SAM” STEVENS monu- “WILLIAMSON” honors BENJAMIN WILLIAM- MEYER, 1862-1930, introduced several 46 Behind the Rankin lot is a monument ment is at the corner. This black marble SON, whose father was an early New Jersey continuing series of books for boys and girls, for Captain LUTHER MARTIN, Company D, monument, with gold letters and an illustra- governor and whose daughter-in-law, Emily, in which the same characters appeared in 11th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, who tion of the Romani (“Gypsy”) musician, is was a reformer. multiple books. The books were written was killed at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. He one of the largest and most elaborate in the according to a formula he gave to each writ- operated a newspaper in Plainfield before cemetery. It is one of several along the 55 A concrete wall surrounds the plot of er. Donald Barr Chidsey was one of them. joining the Union Army. perimeter of the cemetery, or on tiny islands JOHN BRISBIN, a Representative to Con- of land created by the intersection of several gress and president of the Delaware, Lack- These popular series included “Nancy Drew,” 47 The SULZER monument contains roadways. “Gypsy” graves also may be found awanna and Western Railroad. “The Rover Boys,” “Tom Swift,” “The Hardy names of four sons in this Roselle family. in Park View 4, near Dayton Street. Boys,” “The Bobbsey Twins,” and others. WILLIAM SULZER was impeached as gover- 56 SETH RYDER, the only man to serve as 42 Continue down the road between the nor of New York State. After leaving office, it 51 Continue along the road that parallels both sheriff and mayor of Elizabeth, is bur- SECTIONS A and E. Note the grave of Repre- was determined that he was innocent. His Lower Road. Take the second left beyond ied a short distance away. brother, CHARLES SULZER, was a member the CIVIL WAR VETERANS’ SECTION. Observe sentative PHINEAS JONES on the right, in a 57 Around the corner is a huge monolith of Congress from the territory of Alaska. The the mausoleum built into the hillside for SYL- raised plot surrounded by a small concrete for the defunct Third Presbyterian Church, other two brothers, LT. THOMAS E. SULZER VESTER VAN BUSKIRK and JAMES JAQUES, wall. Jones manufactured circus wagon which once stood on Broad Street in New- (United States Army) and Captain RAYMOND erected in 1854. Like the RANKIN mausole- wheels. His company was located at various ark. In front of it are graves of CHINESE SULZER, United States Volunteers, died in um, it displays an Egyptian motif above the times in Newark, Elizabeth, and finally Hill- PILOTS in the American service, who died in the Philippines during the war with Spain. door. side. It went out of business when circuses World War II. started moving in trucks. 48 Look for the DIMOCK FAMILY plot. The 52 Turn right. At the next bend in the road 58 A circular island of land between SEC- Dimocks once occupied the mansion that (SECTION H), look for the RICHARDS plot, a 43 Walk between SECTIONS E and A, to TIONS Q and L is a plot for members of the became Battin High School. ANTHONY plain upright stone, for one of the first free the next road. Shortly after the turn are the FRATERNAL ORDER OF MASONS. Three DIMOCK wrote “How to Become a Millionaire African-American families in Elizabethtown. COTTON and BRANT plots. A cluster of three lodges, now defunct, owned the plot. rows of monuments set sideways to the road by Twenty-One.” He subsequently authored Continue along SECTION H to the road adja- is the family plot of ELIAS DARBY SMITH, books for boys, and worked as a stockbro- cent to the Lower Road. The grave on the 59 Rev. Father NESTOR DMYTRIV, who in nephew of Elizabeth’s first city mayor, and ker, a photographer and a naturalist. corner is for Dr. WILLIAM A. MACK, who was 1897 organized the first Ukrainian Catholic Smith’s niece, MARY ALWARD, the state’s the mayor who arranged the placement of Church in Manitoba, Canada, is buried in 10 11 SECTION J, opposite SECTION L, near the 64 One of the prettiest monuments in MASONIC SECTION. Father Dmytriv served Evergreen cemetery is located in the next as editor of Svoboda. On discovering that plot. It is for “Our Mary,” a young girl struck Dmytriv’s gravesite had no marker, a woman and killed by a vehicle in St. Louis in 1950. raised funds for a black marble monument. 65 Beyond her stand three monuments 60 SECTION L is on a hillside. Graves for members of the LEE family. The farthest moved from the FRANKLIN STREET METH- monument displays the epitaph, “King of the ODIST CHURCH Cemetery in Newark are Lee Family.” Among the Romani (“Gypsies”), located at the top of the hill, while single every man is considered a king, and every graves are along the bottom. woman a queen. Another group of “Gypsy” monuments is located at the curve in the 61 Turn right at the next road, between road, near Dayton Street and Weequahic Park View 4 and Lawn Crest 1, 2, and 3. Park Golf Course. Lawn Crest SECTION 5 has a large number of grave sites of Romani (“Gypsies”), includ- Follow the road back to North Broad Street. ing five members of a single family, who died There are many other interesting stones in in a storefront fire in Brooklyn. the cemetery. If you have time, park, and walk around each gravesite. One interesting 62 The ENGLISH TUDOR CHAPEL may be marker features a poem, another displays a used for funeral services. The grave of archi- bas relief depicting a man and his cat. Some tect C. GODFREY POGGI, who designed the markers honor a loved one lost at sea. In chapel in 1932, is nearby in Park View 4. some cases, a grave marker may be the 63 Opposite the chapel is the grave of sole indicator that the individual buried here LLUKA MYSHUHA (1887-1955), a former once Iived. editor of Svoboda, the largest Ukrainian lan- guage newspaper in the United States. A bust of him done by Alexander Archipenko, a Ukrainian sculptor, was stolen.

Evergreen Cemetery is listed on both the National and State Registers of Historic Places.

Historical research and tour by Jean-Rae Turner. Map by Barbara A. Moss. © 1999 by Jean-Rae Turner & Barbara A. Moss

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