Evergreen Cemetery (Southgate, Kentucky) is the largest cemetery in

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. The Cemetery was begun in the 1840s, to replace the Newport, Cemetery. The cemetery was located a few miles south of Newport, in a rural area, which is now the City of

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. A defensive earthwork named Shaler Battery, built as part of the

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, remains preserved within the cemetery and is located adjacent to the cemetery bandstand. It was one of the 28

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that were built on northern Kentucky hilltops from 1861 to 1863. A residence for the sexton of the cemetery was constructed in 1872. Seven years later, in 1879, the name of the cemetery was officially acknowledged as Evergreen. By 1902, a

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had been constructed on the cemetery grounds and was used for funeral services and layouts. The cemetery was used as the cemetery in the 1988 film ''

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''. Today, the cemetery contains and accepts burials from throughout the region.

Notable burials

* James Taylor Jr. - General considered the founder of Newport *

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- Democratic Congressman * Thomas M. Doherty - Spanish–American War Medal of Honor recipient * William H. Horsfall - American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient

References

External links

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Evergreen Cemetery History

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Chapel Evergreen Cemetery
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