Wintergreen Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Port Gibson, Mississippi. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 1979. It is located at East Greenwood Street.
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| Location | E. Greenwood St., Port Gibson, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates | 31°57′06″N 90°58′45″W / 31.95167°N 90.97917°W |
| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| MPS | Historic Cemeteries of Port Gibson TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003414[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 22, 1979 |
Notable burials
edit- Samuel Reading Bertron (1865–1938), banker
- Benjamin G. Humphreys (1808–1882), Civil War general
- James G. Spencer (1844–1926), US Representative
- Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), Civil War general[2]
- Peter Aaron Van Dorn (1773–1837) lawyer and plantation owner, father of Earl, above.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford Univ. Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3 p. 543
- ^ "Texas St. Historical Assn. biography of Van Dorn". tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
External links
edit- Wintergreen Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wintergreen Cemetery
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