Historical Markers StoppingPoints.com Historical Markers, Sightseeing & Points of Interest Scenic Roads & Points of Interest
About Us | Photo Gallery | Free Widgets | Featured States | Search Site
Register or Edit LoginRegister
Home Texas Harris County Houston Evergreen Cemetery
     

Evergreen Cemetery

  Texas Historical Markers
500 Altic St., Houston, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 44' 33.382428", -95° 19' 1.052652"
 
    Texas State
Historical Marker
     The Evergreen Cemetery Association organized in 1894 and purchased 25 acres at this site to establish a cemetery. The first recorded burial was that of the infant Nellie Storkes on October 4, 1894. Charles Hooper replaced first sexton Joseph Grenedig in 1898 and served until 1924. He was succeeded by his son, James, during whose tenure (1924-1936) of the original 25 acres were sold. Hooper family members cared for all or part of the cemetery until 1984. Three distinctive ethnic burial arrangements exist here. Southern folk burial sites are often subdivided by families and enclosed by a fence with an arched gate. German families are buried together and their grave stones decorated by fine craftsmanship. Rows of evergreens and crepe myrtles often separate the German sections. Hispanic grave sites tend to be individually situated and decorated with floral arrangements. Among those buried in the cemetery are veterans of conflicts ranging from the Civil War to World War II, city and county officials, and local labor group and fraternal organizational members including the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and Woodmen of the World. The cemetery is maintained by an association comprised of descendants of people buried here.

This page last updated: 4/14/2010 14:18:30

Image Gallery

Evergreen Cemetery Historical Marker Location Map, Houston, Texas

 
   
Related Themes: Texas C.S.A., Texas Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Texas Cemetery Markers, Cemeteries, Texan Graveyards,
Burial Grounds and Graves

 
Explore other historical .
 View other
 

See other Harris County Cemeteries:
Alief Cemetery
Gravesite of John Kirby Allen
Bear Creek Methodist Church and Cemetery
Crown Hill Cemetery
Glendale Cemetery
Humble Cemetery
Morgan's Point Cemetery
Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
Washington Cemetery
White Cemetery
Roberts Cemetery
Harrisburg-Jackson Cemetery
McDougle Cemetery
Spring Cemetery
Pillot Cemetery
St. John Lutheran Cemetery
College Memorial Park Cemetery
Magnolia Cemetery
Perry Cemetery
Strack Cemetery