About Wintergreen Cemetery
Wintergreen Cemetery is a cemetery near Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi. It lies about 0.7 mi northwest of Port Gibson. The grounds sit at about 121 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Earl Van Dorn, Benjamin Grubb Humphreys and James Grafton Spencer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 679792. The nearest other listed cemetery is Port Gibson Catholic Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Thompson Funeral Home in Port Gibson, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 45 cemeteries we list in Claiborne County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Port Gibson. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Wintergreen Cemetery
Among them: 2 Civil War veterans, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 governor, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 US representative.
- Earl Van Dorn1820-1863Confederate States Army general
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys1808-1882United States Confederate Army general
- James Grafton Spencer1844-1926American politician
- Peter Aaron Van Dorn1773-1837American lawyer
- F. S. Wolcott1882-1967
- Dorothy Eleanor Louise Mengis Grant1911-2004American artist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Wintergreen Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Wintergreen Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Port Gibson Catholic CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCatholic cemetery0.3 mi
- Jewish CemeteryPort Gibson, MSJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- Scott CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCemetery0.8 mi
- Humphreys CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCemetery3.6 mi
- Wilson CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCemetery3.9 mi
- Spring Hill CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCemetery4.0 mi
- Douglass CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCemetery5.0 mi
- Holly Hill CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCemetery5.6 mi
- Turnipseed CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCemetery5.8 mi
- Grindstone Ford CemeteryPort Gibson, MSCemetery6.1 mi
Funeral homes near Wintergreen Cemetery
- Thompson Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Port Gibson · (601) 437-5951
- Glenwood Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Port Gibson · (601) 437-4261
- Barnes Funeral Chapel and Mortuary Service2.7 miMortuary · Port Gibson · (601) 437-3675
- Oakland Memorial Chapel11 miFuneral chapel · Lorman
- West Gate Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Fayette · (601) 786-0326
- Westhaven Memorial Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · Utica · (601) 885-9551
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