Cemetery of the Evergreens
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The Cemetery of the Evergreens, is a non-denominational cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. It was incorporated in 1849.
For a time it was the busiest cemetery in New York City: in 1929 there were 4,673 interments.
Notable burials
- John Bunny (1863-1915), actor
- Anthony Comstock (1844-1915), censor (see Comstock Law)
- James E. Davis (1962-2003), New York City councilman (he was originally interred in Greenwood Cemetery, but after it was realized that his assassin was also interred there, he was moved to the Cemetery of the Evergreens)
- George William Hall (1849-1923), Major League Baseball player, banned from baseball for life
- Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904), artist
- Lucille Hegamin (1894-1970), singer, female pioneer of the "Blues"
- Walt Kelly (1913-1973), cartoonist
- Winsor McCay (1872-1934), motion picture cartoon pioneer
- William Steinitz (1836-1900), world chess champion
- Antonio "Tony" Pastor (1837-1908), vaudevillian
- Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878-1949), tap dancer
- Amy Vanderbilt (1908-1974), journalist, etiquette authority
- Thomas 'Blind Tom' Wiggins (1849-1908), musician
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