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Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi

This survey of Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi, was completed in 1956 by Mr. Gordon M. Wells and published by Joyce Bridges the same year. It contains the cemetery readings Mr. Wells was able to obtain at that date. It is highly likely that not all of the gravestones had survived up to that point, and it is even more likely that a large portion of interred individuals never had a gravestone.

Biographical Sketch of Rear-Admiral George A. Converse

Born on May 13, 1844, in Norwich, George A. Converse was the son of Dr. Shubael and Louvia Merrill. He attended Norwich University and graduated with top honors from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1864. Converse served in the European squadron and held various positions, including instructor at the torpedo station and commander of the U.S.S. Montgomery during the Spanish-American War. He ultimately became chief of the Bureau of Navigation and was married to Laura Shelby Blood, with whom he had several daughters.