BGuthrie Photos: PA -- Johnstown -- Grandview Cemetery

PA -- Johnstown -- Grandview Cemetery:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. GVCEM_050601_013.JPG: The unmarked graves for all of the unidentified who died in the flood
2. GVCEM_050601_039.JPG: This is the Kirlin family section. They were picked somewhat randomly. You'll notice eight individual family member stones and then you'll see Thomas, Annie, Frank, and William all died on May 31, 1889.
3. GVCEM_050601_074.JPG: The obligatory Union soldier marker
4. GVCEM_050601_083.JPG: Another family plot. Notice all of the people who died in 1889.
5. GVCEM_050601_119.JPG: Three markers for four people -- Father, Mother, and Sisters -- all of whom died in the flood. Unlike other family plots, this one has no survivors at all. The entire family line got wiped out in the flood.
6. GVCEM_050601_175.JPG: George Wagoner was one was the religious leaders killed in the flood. He and most of his family were wiped out in the flood. The sign says "They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress." On the side is another quote: The floods are risen O Lord. The floods have lift up their voice. The floods lift up their waves. The waves of the sea are mighty and race horribly but yet the Lord who dwelleth on high, is mightier. He is my refuge and my god is the strength of my confidence." Be that as it may, it must have been a horrible way to go.
7. GVCEM_050601_203.JPG: Fire fighter graves were marked with these flags and holders
Wikipedia Description: Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown
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Grandview Cemetery is a cemetery in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

The cemetery association that operates Grandview was founded in 1885 to accommodate Johnstown's rapidly growing population. The first interment was that of Lucretia Hammond of Kernville (now a part of Johnstown), who was buried on April 30, 1887.

The land for the cemetery, west of the city on Yoder Hill, was purchased from the Cambria Iron Company.

In the late 1880s, a steep and winding mile-long road named Millcreek Road was constructed to the original entrance of the cemetery, but in 1904 it was found necessary to create a new entrance to the cemetery at Bucknell Avenue.

The cemetery is best known because of the aftermath of the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Many of the flood's 2,209 victims are buried there. A section of the cemetery called the "Unknown Plot" contains the bodies of 777 flood victims who could not be identified. A monument to the flood victims was purchased by the state of Pennsylvania and dedicated on May 31, 1892 before a crowd estimated at 10,000 that included the governor of Pennsylvania.

As of March 31, 1992, the total number of interments at Grandview was 57,006. The cemetery contains 47 burial sections and more than 235 acres, and is one of the largest in Pennsylvania.

Notable burials:

* Warren Worth Bailey
* Jacob Miller Campbell
* Elmer Ellsworth Cleveland
* John G. McCrory
* Daniel Johnson Morrell
* John Murtha
* George W. Reed
* John Marshall Rose
* John Phillips Saylor
* Howard William Stull
* Boyd Wagner
* Anderson Howell Walters
* George M. Wertz
* John Irving Whalley
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