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These citations were gathered from Cemetery histories by Linda Warfield, Carl Engel, and Ruth Rhinehart, and the collection at Morley Library and the Lake County Historical Society.
The city of Painesville has had several public burial grounds. Various articles have been in the newspaper, The Painesville Telegraph (or similar names). Microfilm is available at Morley Library. The first public cemetery was on Liberty Street opened in 1811. This was followed by Washington Street in about 1822, which closed in the 1870s. A new plot was purchased, but not used west of Painesville. Evergreen opened in 1860. Charter Oak Park became the new resting place of Edward Paine in 1900.
| 1851 19 Mar p 3 | The burying ground |
| 1851 19 Mar p 3 | Meeting re burying grounds |
| 1851 26 Mar p 3 | Meeting re burying grounds beautification |
| 1852 21 July p 3 | 7 acres purchased west of city for burial ground |
| 1852 24 Nov p 3 | 7 acres unsuitable, gravelly |
| 1852 22 Dec p 3 | Lots |
| 1853 26 Jan p 3 | Lots |
| 1853 2 Feb p 3 | Ground purchased east of town |
| 1853 13 Apr p 3 | 7 acres on Mentor Road for sale |
| 1855 13 June p 3 | New cemetery needed soon |
| 1859 17 Mar p 3 | New cemetery lot |
| 1859 24 Mar p 3 | request purchase bank below Geauga Furnace |
| 1860 23 Feb p 3 | History of first grave yard- burial of Capt. Pepoon 1811. |
| 1860 12 Apr p 3 | Draft layout by CC Smith, Esq. |
| 1861 2 Jan p 3* | Mortality and grave movings |
| 1861 17 Jan * | Burying ground on W bank of Grand River near S. Marshall property |
| 1862 22 May p 3 | Beautiful new cemetery |
| 1863 8 Jan p 3 | Sexton's annual report |
| 1863 25 June | Unbecoming conduct of visitors at Evergreen |
| 1865 13 Apr p 3 | Attractive area with reburials |
| 1867 26 Sept p 3 | Washington |
| 1869 10 Sept p 3 | Improvements to Evergreen |
| 1876 26 Sept p 3 | Washington Cem. in ruins |
| 1876 9 Dec p 3 | Plat of Washington |
| 1877 29 Mar p 3* | Infirmary Cemetery |
| 1877 1 Nov p 3 | Washington removals |
| 1877 1 Nov p 3 | More on Washington removals |
| 1878 10 Jan p 3 | Vaults |
| 1878 24 Jan p 2 | Vault rules |
| 1881 24 Nov p 3 | Law suit over Washington dead |
| 1885 25 June p 3 | Cemetery addition |
| 1888 6 Sept p 3 | Fence for Washington |
| 1896 9 Dec p 3 | Washington- lot given 1835 by Wm. Kerr, purchase of lots from heirs for high school |
| 1897 5 Jan p 1 | Washington |
| 1897 13 Jan p 1 | Washington |
| 1897 27 Jan p 1* | Pioneer Cemetery history by S.C. Hickok-lots 20 and 21 abandoned as burying ground in 1821-1825. |
| 1897 3 Feb p 1 | Taxpayers idea on Washington St. |
| 1897 10 Feb p 3 | Washington |
| 1900 29 Aug p 3 | Paine monument gets inscription in new location |
| 1907 3 July p 1 | Elks veteran memorial |
| 1909 8 Oct p 1 | Big Noble monument |
| 1911 17 Oct p 1 | More land |
| 1912 16 Apr p 1 | Considers Mausoleum-Committee on Public Grounds |
| 1919 4 June | Elks WW I Memorial at Evergreen |
| 1951 14 May | Photo spread of interesting monuments, vault, sculptures at Evergreen |
| 1960 11 Mar | Cemetery marks 100th birthday--pictorial |
| 1976 18 July | Bob Warren, Landscaper, manual grave digger at St. Mary's Cemetery, photo |
| 1977 12 Sept pp 1,2 | Indigent burials in Evergreen--"the Infirmary Section" |
| Northern Ohio Journal | |
| 1878 26 Oct | Re: demise of Washington St. Cem, clearing of the land, and plans for school. |
| News-Herald | |
| 1998 11 Nov | Howell Burr Treat Civil War Medal of Honor commemorated |
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