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Evergreen Cemetery Hillyard, Spokane County, Washington 10015 N Market Street, Hillyard WA 99218 Lat: 47° 45' 02"N, Lon: 117° 21' 38"W Sec 15, T26N R43E Contact: P. Manly 509-467-5564 Transcribed and compiled by Maggie Rail © 1998, last edited Feb 01, 2016 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 430. Evergreen Cemetery is on 14 acres of land, located on the west side of Market Street, 2.4 miles north of Francis Avenue in Spokane WA. This is about a block south of the corner of Market Street & Hawthorne Road. The first meeting recorded in the minutes for the Hillyard Masonic Cemetery Association was on Aug 26, 1909 to have the land surveyed, to lay out and develop the Evergreen Cemetery. This cemetery was owned by the Masonic Lodge at that time and was managed and maintained by the Hillyard Masonic Cemetery Association to Apr 26, 1930. Originally this was in the town of Hillyard, but in recent years the area has been annexed to the city of Spokane WA. In March of 1930 the cemetery was sold for $240.00 to a Mr Knight of the New England Undertaking Co, after which the Hillyard Masonic Cemetery Association disbanded. I am told it was owned by a Mr Dodd at one time, but I have no more information on all of the owners. This cemetery has been in the midst of much controversy during the past many years. I was finally able to see and copy from the Sexton records, which were held by a member of the Masonic Lodge, to be placed in their library when it is completed, in Spokane. The first burial recorded was Rachel Prehm in Nov 1909, however there are earlier burials recorded. Either this land was used as a burial site previous to it becoming Evergreen Cemetery, or there were previous burials removed and reburied in this cemetery from farms etc. I went through these records and added names which I did not find a headstone for, or added location to existing readings I had. I have walked the cemetery and read all the readable stones previous to finding these records. There were several owners up until 2012, when it was taken over by the Hillyard Evergreen Cemetery Association. The first meeting was Apr 18, 2012. Board: Pres: David Meister, V Pres: Maggie Rail, Sec-treas: Paul Manly, Dir-Sexton: P Manly. On Oct 26, 2013 we had our first burial since the new Association took over. Some of the burials were in the Poor Farm Section, others were burials of those who died at the Poor Farm, but not necessarily buried in the Poor Farm section. Some entries in the ledger did not have the location listed. It has become a real challenge to identify all burials. If anyone knows of a person buried here which is not listed, please contact either Paul or me. There is a fenced in area on a small hill on the northwest end. You will find a memorial dedicated to Veterans of all wars. This section was purchased by the GAR. Some of those named on the monument are not buried in this cemetery. Our Association has just received 50 new replacement stones to place over unmarked graves on Apr 14, 2014. This is very exciting. We have many others to do, but some need more research to be sure we have the correct information. First transcribed on Oct 10, 1998 from readings of all existing and legible headstones and markers, when I walked the cemetery. There may be many other burials in this cemetery, for those buried here after it was sold. I was able to compare from the first sexton files, Feb 26, 2005 and added any information to my work which I did not have. I also reread the cemetery on Apr 27, 2005, using my digital camera, so I have a photo of all existing and legible stones or markers. - Maggie Rail Legend: s/w = stone with Sec. = Section d/o = daughter of Gr = Grave s/o = son of w/o = wife of h/o = husband o |
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