Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida

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Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Florida Cemeteries Project

Contents 1 About 2 Links to Other Online Resources 3 Tasks Completed 4 Table of Interments 5 Sources

About

This free space page for Evergreen Cemetery is part of WikiTree's Florida Cemeteries Project, and was created to document the life and times of our ancestors that are interred there. The Florida Cemeteries Project is a subproject of the larger U.S. Cemeteries Project.

Evergreen Cemetery is situated at 4535 Main St N, Jacksonville, FL. Evergreen Cemetery is the oldest, fully operating cemetery in the city. It was founded in 1880 and hosted its first burial in 1881. Evergreen has numerous sections for various fraternal, military and religious groups — especially a large Catholic section and two large sections set aside for the Hebrew Cemeteries. Evergreen also includes the old Woodlawn Cemetery and Mount Olive, an African American section.

Evergreen Cemetery is also an official arboretum, a tree sanctuary, used for educational purposes. Every tree on the property has a numbered marker, a common name, scientific name and brief description.

In the early 20th century, Evergreen became a non-profit association. Several important land transactions took place in the early decades of the century. First Board President Arthur G. Cummer helped the board acquire 22 additional acres from Woodlawn Cemetery to the west. Property near present-day Winona Drive was transferred to the City of Jacksonville for a public park. In return, the city ceded back its pauper cemetery on the north side of Evergreen. B’Nai Israel Congregation established a dedicated Jewish Cemetery within the Evergreen campus.

In the 1950s, under the guidance of Vice President and General Manager Fred B. Möhle, construction began on Evergreen’s community mausoleum. This garden cloister features a 96-foot bell tower. Built of limestone, marble, concrete and steel, the mausoleum complex is linked by wide walkways. An on-site business office, built in 1969, is situated just inside the Main Street entrance gate. From 1976 to 2012 operation of the cemetery was entrusted to the experienced hands of General Manager Richard L. Mueller, CCE, a fourth-generation cemetery manager. The current General Manager, Michael D. Ondina took over the position in 2012.

In April 2014, the Flame of Freedom, donated by the American Legion in 1969 to the City of Jacksonville that gives tribute to Veterans, was moved to Evergreen Cemetery from the Duval County Court House (closed in 2012). The flame is now at the entrance of Evergreen at North Main Street.

Prominent people buried at Evergreen are Isaiah Hart, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, Cora Crane, Sara Hogans, Bion Barnett, Arthur Cummer, Waldo Cummer, Ninah Holden Cummer, James Eugene Merrill, Helen Pearly Merrill, Arthur R. Merrill, Henry J. Klutho, three survivors of the Titanic, Helen Hunt West, Captain James Floyd, St. Elmo W. “Chic” Acosta, Sr., Mary Nolan, the United States Colored Troops (USTC), Rocco Morabito, T. Frederick Davis, John Elie Matthews, John T. Alsop, Jr.

This page is a work in progress, and will remain so until the Table of Interments is completed. The Table of Interments is a sortable listing of persons interred at this cemetery, some or all of whom are linked to existing WikiTree profiles. Although all grave markers in this cemetery will photographed, the photos will only be displayed for persons with existing WikiTree profiles. If you know of a person interred at this cemetery that should be linked to an existing WikiTree profile, or needs to have a profile created for them, please contact Karen Hodges for assistance.

Florida Cemeteries Project

Address and Phone
4535 Main St.
Jacksonville, FL 32206
(904) 353-3649

GPS Coordinates
30.3663° N, 81.6523° W [1]

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Links to Other Online Resources

Churches and Cemeteries page
Find A Grave page
Billion Graves page

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Tasks Completed

Photography

• In progress
• Approximately 2% of grave markers photographed
• Section J completed

Data Transcriptions

• In progress
• 4 transcriptions completed
• Section J-In progress

To Do

Project members are needed to:

• Assist with data collection and grave marker transcriptions

Additional photography and GPS data collection is needed, and previously collected data can be sent by email to other members willing to assist with transcriptions.

• Link existing profiles or create new profiles for persons listed in the Table of Interments

When complete, everyone listed in the Table of Interments will be linked to their own WikiTree profile, and to a photo of that person's corresponding grave marker. The created profiles can include other genealogical and biographical information as well as a listing of sources for documentation.

• Validate links and transcription information

Profile and photo links and transcribed information needs to be cross-checked to ensure accuracy.

• Create an audio/video tour of the cemetery

Record a virtual tour of the cemetery that can be viewed as downloadable media on computers, tablets or other device. Such a tour would take the viewer around the cemetery to explore the history of the people buried here. Background information can be supplied. Those with mobile internet access can access online links to more information.

Table of Interments

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Sources

• Source: S1
  Title:The Jacksonville Historical Society
  Subject: Evergreen Cemetery
  Source Type: Digital document (webpage)
  Website: Jacksonville Historical Society
  Access Date: April 6, 2017
  
• Source: S2
  Source Type: Digital document (Webpage)
  Website: Evergreen Cemetery
  Access Date: April 6, 2017

Sortable table

Last Name	First/Middle Names/Initials	Born	Died	Age	Notes	Photo (click for larger)
Atkins	Jesse Page	1898-12-1	1950-11-25	51	Inscription: In Loving Memory
Atkins	Genia Willard	1905-9-19	1996-12-2	91	Inscription: No current headstone	100px
Smith	George Washington	15 Mar 1875	14 Dec 1963	88	Inscription:Daddy, Mama Shared headstone with Smith-62478
Smith	Leila Viola	30 Aug 1885	13 Jul 1979	93	Inscription:Daddy, Mama Shared headstone with Smith-62481
Clarkson	Edward Harvey	4 Jan 1882	Oct 1968	86	Inscription:none
Clarkson	Frank	1858	1916	58	Inscription:none
Clarkson	Jennie	Apr 1860	1947	87	Inscription:none
Clarkson	Edward Smith	1916	Jun 1966	50	Inscription:none
Koehler	Tiffanie Ann-Marie	16 Dec 2014	3 July 2015	6 months	Inscription:In God's Loving Arms with Teddy Bear
Petreit	Charles	22 Jan 1891	17 Jan 1976	84	Inscription:none
Petreit	Effie Clara	2 Sep 1894	31 Aug 1971	76	Inscription:Wife of Charles
Weigand	Joseph J	13 Jun 1887	18 Jun 1949	62	Inscription:In Loving Memory
Walker	Richard E	5 Sep 1956	2 Jul 1987	30	Inscription:none
Lawson	William G	16 Dec 1901	7 Jun 1949	47	Inscription:In Loving Memory
Christian	Carleton C	20 Apr 1880	Dec 1968	88	Inscription:Together Forever-Double headstone with spouse Tison-132
Christian	B Magdalene	9 Sep 1882	13 Aug 1977	94	Inscription:Together Forever-Double headstone with spouse Christian-2515
Ricketson	W Horace	14 Nov 1903	9 Feb 1970	66	Inscription:none-Double headstone with spouse, Johnson-55863
Ricketson	Grace R	25 Sep 1905	30 Jul 1953	47	Inscription:none-Double headstone with spouse, Ricketson-122
Thompson	Nona Gwendolene	30 Nov 1914	27 Feb 1962	47	Inscription:In Loving Memory
Burrell	Edith G	19 Aug 1888	11 Mar 1972	83	Inscription:Resting with those she loved
Gardner	Arnold C	14 Dec 1869	Jan 1966	96	Inscription:none-Double headstone with spouse, Holmes-8771
Gardner	Marie H	1890	Mar 1965	75	Inscription:none-Double headstone with spouse, Gardner-8258
Williams	Claude R	10 Jul 1914	27 Apr 1945	31	Inscription:Florida PFC 124 INF World War II