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| The town of Elizabeth, in early times called New Store, has contained 2 cemeteries. One called the "Old Graveyard" and the other "The Elizabeth Cemetery". The earliest one is thought to hold the remains of Elizabeth Bayard, for whom the town was named. This corner lot which held many of the earliest settlers was supposed to have been recorded for posterity, but unfortunately, they have not been found to date. Only the names of a few burials are known and can be seen today. Known burials in the Old Elizabeth Cemetery are for the surnames of Gibener, Musgrave and Speer. |
The corner lot of the Old Elizabeth Cemetery |
The Walker Family graves shaded
by the trees.
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There is a section of the Old Elizabeth Cemetery that contains the Walker Family graves. These graves are among the trees in the upper end of the lot. This old cemetery is located just above the town's business area. A drawn plan of lots can be seen at the Elizabeth Township Historical Society. In the Walker Family Cemetery section are know burials for the surnames of Adair, Laughlin, Martin, Mathers, Mitchell, Penniman, Robison, Taylor, Van Horn, Van Kirk and Walker.
In the September 27, 1889 issue of the Elizabeth Herald Newspaper the following news. "The removal of the few remaining bones of the first Samuel Walker and his wife, Elizabeth Springer Walker, were removed last week, by direction of Mrs. A. G. Walker, from their long resting place in the Old Graveyard to the Walker burial ground adjoining. This Samuel Walker was the original one of the Walker stock hereabouts. He came from Delaware in 1786, crossing the mountains in the same wagon train which brought the press on which the first issue of the Pittsburg Gazzette was printed. Little was left of the remains, though the skull of Mrs. Walker was in a good state of preservation. They both died in the early part of the present century. This couple were the grand-parents of Samuel Walker of Van Kirk & Co. Their children to the fifth generation are living here now."
It was also noted in the October 4, 1889 issue that "the number of bodies removed from the Old Graveyard in recent years is much larger than most people have any idea of. Most people, however, are aware of the fact that it is a disgrace to Elizabeth." |
| The second Elizabeth Cemetery, which is well taken care of, can be reached from the McKeesport/Elizabeth Road. Just outside the Elizabeth business area, going toward McKeesport, turn at the red light at Cemetery Road. Head up this road until you see the cemetery. Copies of the only existing records of the cemetery can be seen at the historical society. |
At the entrance to the current
Elizabeth Cemetery.
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The Elizabeth Bridge where Route 51
crosses the Monongahela River can be
seen from the Elizabeth Cemetery.
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In 1977 and 1978 Della R. and Frank C. Fischer copied what headstones they could read. THe cemetery was heavily overgrown at the time and difficult to decipher. Since then volunteers have cleaned it out, cleaned and reset the stones, and it is being maintained in a proper manner.
A list was made of all readable stones at that time. The two readings are the only two known of in existence at this time. Keep in mind that there may be many burials that have no stones. The only way of knowing who might be buried there is from the funeral director records and newspaper accounts.
Listed below are the surnames taken from the lists of those interred. Veterans of wars buried there include at least 82 Civil War, 2 Spanish American War, 5 Cuban War, 36 World War I and 10 World War II. |
Aber
Abraham
Adams
Adamson
Aiken
Aitken
Altman
Alton
Anderson
Apfelthaler
Archibald
Arters
Aston
Ausborn
Ausbring
Ausburn
Barclay
Baldridge
Balsinger
Barker
Barnhart
Barlow
Barna
Barnette
Barron
Batch
Baum
Beam
Bedell
Bedsworth
Beers
Bennett
Bendel
Benjamin
Bentley
Berry
Beynon
Bickerton
Biddle
Billingsley
Binkney
Blackburn
Blair
Bohlander
Bolden
Bolder
Bonner
Bonno
Bosmier
Bower
Boyd
Bradley
Bradshaw
Brauff
Brooks
Brown
Bruckmiller
Bryan
Bryans
Burke |
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DiDrgio
DiBagno
Dias
Dies
Diess
Dieter?
Dietrich
Dixon
Dobbs
Dobrich
Dodd
Donaldson
Douglass
Dugin
Duke
Dukech
Dutch
Dyer
Easton
Edmundson
Eakhardt
Ekhardt
Elferd
Elliot
Elkin
Elkins
Evans
Farrow
Feick
Fennell
Fenton
Fergus
Ferree
Ferry
Filson
Fine
Finely
Finney
Firden
Fleming
Fletcher
Fly
Ford
Forrester
Forsythe
Fraser
Frewald
Frye
Fuller
Garfield
Galloway
Gallatin
Garner
Garver
Gaster
Geauf
Gedekoh
Geddes
Gessler
Gelland |
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Howell
Huemme
Hugo
Humme
Hurry
Huston
Hutchinson
Hutchison
Inglefield
Irwin
Jeanynh
Jenkins
Johnson
Johnston
Jolliffe
Jones
Kadar
Kaler
Kambers
Keanan
Keenist
Kelley
Kelly
Kerbey
Kenest
Kennedy
Kerr
Kibe
Kidney
Kinkaid
Kipp
Kirby
Kirk
Knight
Kohyap
Koller
Kress
Kuzniar
Landomich
Landsfield
Lasomich
Lasich
Latta
Lauderbaugh
Lavich
Law
Leech
Leeper
Leether
Leonard
Lewis
Liebler
Liggett
Lindquist
Lipp
Lips
Lloyd
Loomis
Lonkosky
Lorig |
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Mitchell
Moffett
Moffitt
Molitor
Morgan
Morella
Motella
Morris
Morrison
Mosena
Motter
Murray
Murphy
Musisko
Negley
Newton
Nickel
Nicholson
Nolder
Norelli
Norfolk
Norman
O'Dell
Offer
Opfar
Opfer
O'Neil
Opfelthaler
Opper
Owens
Painter
Palin
Pancoast
Pangburn
Paquet
Parsons
Pastre
Patterson
Patton
Paul
Pavich
Payne
Peairs
Pearsol
Peebles
Penn
Percival
Pearsol
Perzo
Peterson
Pettes
Pettis
Peyronet
Peyrouse
Phillips
Pitts
Polander
Pollock
Price
Pugh |
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Spahr
Spears
Speer
Spidall
Sprague
Sprentz
Stacey
Stckles
Steele
Steinigeweg
Steiniweg
Stephens
Stevens
Stevenson
Stiller
Stiveson
Stocker
Stockdill
Stone
Storer
Strober
Strong
Sulfolk
Sullivan
Sutter
Sutton
Swalcheck
Tackis
Teegarden
Thomas
Thompson
Todd
Trump
Trumpt
Trumpie
Tuttle
Tweedy
Tyron
Uebely
Ulbrich
Utt
Uveges
Vacheresse
Van Fossen
Van Gesso
Van Horn
Van Kirk
Varcheresse
Ventress
Ventris
Verble
Vines
Virden
Virdin
Visnouski
Visnovski
Voelker
Wagner
Wall
Wallace |
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Looking up the left side of
Elizabeth Cemetery.
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Looking up the right side of
Elizabeth Cemetery.
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Buttenfield
Byers
Cadman
Cadwallader
Caldwell
Caley
Calhoun
Campbell
Campea
Cameron
Carpenter
Castor
Cauley
Caulkett
Caulkertt
Chacko
Challener
Chambers
Chaussinared
Chassand
Cheek
Chintos
Christian
Christy
Cline
Clinton
Cochrane
Coley
Cogswell
Colley
Collins
Condell
Connell
Corcas
Cornish
Cooley
Corrigan
Couchenour
Cowan
Craighead
Crawford
Criswell
Crumpi
Cruthers
Cullingford
Cunningham
Curry
Dabbs
Daft
Daugherty
Davidson
Davis
Dean
Dearing
Decker
DeHappart
Delafield
Devines
DeWar
DiCiorgio |
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Gibson
Gilliland
Gilmer
Glascoe
Goldstrohm
Goldstrom
Golloway
Gosney
Gould
Gracek
Graham
Grauff
Greenewald
Greenwald
Griffith
Griffiths
Grimes
Gross
Gruber
Guard
Gumbert
Gunter
Hackett
Haddox
Halkwell
Hall
Hallas
Hallet
Halliwell
Hamilton
Harper
Harrison
Hart
Hartt
Hartman
Harvey
Hayden
Hayes
Heath
Hebner
Helms
Hendershot
Hendrickson
Hensley
Herbert
Herbst
Herget
Hill
Hobaugh
Hocking
Hofmeister
Hollens
Holmes
Horn
Horner
House
Household
Householder
Howden
Howder
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Love
Lucas
Lynch
Lytle
MacFarlane
Mahney
Malone
Mansfield
Marks
Marshall
Martin
Masters
Mathers
Mathias
Marvin
McBain
McBryar
McCain
McCall
McCaughan
McClain
McClay
McCleery
McClees
McClure
McCorkel
McCorkle
McCracken
McCune
McDowell
McElhaney
McElravey
McFadden
McFarlane
McFerren
McGanett
McGuaghan
McGlain
McGinley
McGowan
McGown
McGrew
McIntosh
McIntyre
McKee
McKinney
McKnight
McKnown?
McLay
McLaughlin
McLees
McManus
McQueen
McWharter
Meadville
Means
Meyers
Mickey
Millen
Miller |
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Radcliff
Raeburn
Ralph
Ramford
Randolph
Ray
Redonic
Reed
Rennie
Reynolds
Rhey
Rhodes
Richards
Richter
Rigby
Rike
Rimmel
Riner
Roberts
Robison
Rogerson
Rohman
Roller
Ross
Roth
Rothey
Rowe
Rush
Russell
Sabatier
Sadler
Salmon
Sands
Sarnett
Savage
Scott
Scurfield
Sealchick
Seether
Shaffer
Shank
Shanklin
Sharpnack
Shelton
Shenkle
Shepler
Sherriff
Sherrlin
Sickles
Siler
Simmons
Simpson
Skillen
Slacker
Smith
Smurthwaite
Snee
Snowden
Solmon
South |
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Walker
Walmsley
Ward
Warner
Warren
Watson
Weaver
Weddell
Weddle
Wehrle
Weichel
Weigle
Welch
Werner
West
Westbay
Westby
Wheeler
Weigel
Wiggins
Wiley
Williams
Wilmot
Wilson
Winterburn
Witheron?
Witherow
Witherspoon
Withers
Woodward
Worcester
Wray
Wright
Wylie
Wycoff
Youden
Young |
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The Marker at the Old Elizabeth Cemetery.
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Looking across the Old Elizabeth Cemetery
at the Walker Family graves under the trees.
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