Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery

Cemetery

A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...

 in Menomonie, Wisconsin

Menomonie, Wisconsin

Two other spellings of the name appear elsewhere, see Menomonee and Menominee. For the town, see Menomonie .Menomonie is a city in and the county seat of Dunn County in the western part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city's population was 16,264 as of the 2010 census...

 and the largest in Dunn County. It was founded as a private cemetery by Knapp Stout and Company, a local lumber house. There are over 1100 graves in the "single grave" section of the cemetery, however many lack headstone

Headstone

A headstone, tombstone, or gravestone is a marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. In most cases they have the deceased's name, date of birth, and date of death inscribed on them, along with a personal message, or prayer.- Use :...

s because the earliest families could not afford to purchase them on a mill

Sawmill

A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards.-Sawmill process:A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of hundreds of years ago; a log enters on one end and dimensional lumber exits on the other end....

 worker's salary. The cemetery is located on Lake Menomin

Lake Menomin

Lake Menomin is a reservoir on the Red Cedar River, in Dunn County, Wisconsin, USA.Along the lake's western and southern shores lies the city of Menomonie, the central business district of which is located at the far southern end of the lake, near the dam which forms it. Algae blooms regularly...

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Veterans of war

Evergreen Cemetery contains the graves of many United States war veterans. The cemetery is divided into sections for single graves, including those for the Spanish-American War

Spanish-American War

The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence...

 and World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. One of the more notable plots is the Tainter family plot, which is accompanied by a historic marker. The lot includes Dr. Stephen Tainter, a physician and Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...

 hero who enlisted at age 16 in 1776. Tainter's body was relocated by his grandson Captain Andrew Tainter, a "lumber baron

Business magnate

A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a capitalist, czar, mogul, tycoon, baron, oligarch, or industrialist, is an informal term used to refer to an entrepreneur who has reached prominence and derived a notable amount of wealth from a particular industry .-Etymology:The word magnate itself...

" and partner at Knapp Stout and Company, the organization that founded the cemetery.

External links

• Evergreen Cemetery plot map