- Source: Greenwood Cemetery (St. Albans, Vermont)
Greenwood Cemetery is a burial ground located in St. Albans (city), Vermont. The entrance is on South Main Street (U.S. Route 7), between St. Albans State Highway and Upper Gilman Street. The facility has been active since 1802, was formally established in 1803, and contains more than 5,000 graves. It is owned and operated by the St. Albans Cemetery Association.
History
Greenwood Cemetery's oldest graves date from 1802. Burials include an individual who took part in the Boston Tea Party, veterans of the American Revolutionary War and American Civil War, and many individuals prominent in government and politics, business, and literature.
Description
Greenwood Cemetery is long and narrow, with graves generally arranged in a linear fashion. It measures approximately 2200 feet long and about 450 feet wide.
Notable burials
Asa Aldis, chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
Asa O. Aldis, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and diplomat
Bradley Barlow, U.S. congressman
Herman R. Beardsley, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
Jeptha Bradley, Vermont Auditor of Accounts
Lawrence Brainerd, U.S. senator
Alexander Burgess, Episcopal bishop
Stephen S. Cushing, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
Frank L. Greene, U.S. senator
Walter F. Scott, Vermont State Treasurer
Ann Eliza Smith, author
Edward Curtis Smith, governor of Vermont
John Smith, U.S. congressman
J. Gregory Smith, governor of Vermont
Worthington Curtis Smith, U.S. congressman
Orlando Stevens, state legislator in Vermont and Minnesota
Farrand Stewart Stranahan, lieutenant governor of Vermont
Benjamin Swift, U.S. senator
Bates Turner, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
Augustus Young, U.S. congressman
References
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- Greenwood Cemetery (St. Albans, Vermont)
- Frank L. Greene
- Lawrence Brainerd
- Ann Eliza Smith
- Edward Curtis Smith
- John Smith (Vermont politician)
- Jeptha Bradley
- Herman R. Beardsley
- Orlando Stevens
- Stephen S. Cushing
