Cemeteries

John W. Boehne, Sr., was mayor of Evansville from 1905-1908 and later served as U. S. Congressman; monument is in the Lutheran Cemetery; photo taken c. 1980

Monument of Willard Carpenter, founder of Willard Library (d. 1883), in Oak Hill Cemetery; photo dated October 10, 1996 (17PC 27)

Charles Denby was a Civil War Union Army officer, U. S. Minister to China, and was involved in the creation of Willard Library; buried at Oak Hill Cemetery after his death in 1904 (Marchand 26)

Photo taken in France by the New York Times on January 7, 1918, two months after Gresham's death; he is now buried in Locust Hill Cemetery (Knecht 535)

Memorial to Mead Johnson in Oak Hill Cemetery; photo dated October 10, 1996 (17PC 45)

New Salem Cemetery, Campground Rd.; photo dated October 6, 1996 (18PC 22)

Belfry; early 1900s (Riggs 14)

Construction of the Bosse family monument; photo dated 1915 (Knecht 1048)

Jewish cemetery on N. First Ave., south of Igleheart Park; photo dated 1985 (7 PC 153)

View of cemetery grounds; c. 1870s-1880s (Hammond 6)

Caretaker's residence on the cemetery's grounds; c. 1870s-1880s (Hammond 7)

Administration building; early 1900s (Knecht 3651)

Two girls gaze at pond in front of the Administration building; early 1900s (Marchand 23)

Civil War section; photo dated October 6, 1996 (17PC 31)

Headstones marking the graves of Civil War soldiers; photo dated October 6, 1996 (17PC 32)