HISTORY
OF
EVERGREEN CEMETERY

SINCLAIRVILLE. CHAUT. CO.. N. Y.

AND OTHER BURIAL GROUNDS IN ITS VICINITY
WITH ITS
LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS, NAMES OF LOT 
OWNERS, AND MAP.

Prepared by Obed Edson, under the direction of the Trustees of
Evergreen Cemetery Association.

SINCLAIRVILLE, N. Y.
PRESS OF THE COMMERCIAL.
1890

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1890,
By OBED EDSON,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

INDEX

Map facing Title Page	Page
Officers and Trustees for 1890	3
Trustees and Officers	4
History	5
The Pickett Burying Ground	8
The Sinclairville Burying Ground	9
The Damon Brothers - Note	12
Greenwood	15
Charlotte Center Burying Ground.	15
Burying Ground in District No. 2, Gerry	17
The Richmond Burying Ground	18
The Luce Family Burying Ground	18
Evergreen Cemetery	19
Organization	20
Purchase of Grounds	20
Early Difficulties and Final Success	21
Addition to Grounds	21
Laying Out and Improving the Grounds	22
Burial Lots	23
Superintendents of the Ground	23
Improvements	24
Soldiers' Monument	24
Conclusion of the History	25
Laws, Rules, and Regulations	28
Respecting Burial Lots and Improvements	30
Respecting Interments	32
Respecting Visitors	32
Section 647 of the Penal Code	34
List of Lot Owners	35
Errata	42

 

 

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