Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown
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Grandview Cemetery is a cemetery located at 801 Millcreek Road in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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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
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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 acre (0.9510121 km²), and is one of the largest in Pennsylvania.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...
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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
Cambria Iron Company
Cambria Iron Company is a National Historic Landmark located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1852 and made many important contributions to the iron and steel industry...
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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
Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood occurred on May 31, 1889. It was the result of the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam situated upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, made worse by several days of extremely heavy rainfall...
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 acre (0.9510121 km²), and is one of the largest in Pennsylvania.
Notable burials
- Warren Worth BaileyWarren Worth BaileyWarren Worth Bailey was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:...
- Jacob Miller CampbellJacob Miller CampbellJacob Miller Campbell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He also served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
- Elmer Ellsworth Cleveland
- John G. McCrory
- Daniel Johnson MorrellDaniel Johnson MorrellDaniel Johnson Morrell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Daniel J.Morrell was born in North Berwick, Maine. He moved to Philadelphia in 1836 and entered a counting room as clerk and afterward engaged in mercantile pursuits...
- George W. ReedGeorge W. ReedGeorge W. Reed was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Globe Tavern....
- John Marshall RoseJohn Marshall RoseJohn Marshall Rose was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Marshall Rose was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a son of Wesley J. Rose and Martha Given. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1880. He taught...
- John Phillips Saylor
- Howard William StullHoward William StullHoward William Stull was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:...
- Boyd WagnerBoyd WagnerLt. Col. Boyd David "Buzz" Wagner was an American aviator and the first USAAF fighter ace of World War II....
- Anderson Howell WaltersAnderson Howell WaltersAnderson Howell Walters was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Johnstown activities:...
- George M. WertzGeorge M. WertzGeorge M. Wertz was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George M. Wertz was born near Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, Ebensburg Academy, and the National Normal School in Lebanon, Ohio. He taught school from 1876 to 1884, and was a...
- John Irving Whalley
- John MurthaJohn MurthaJohn Patrick "Jack" Murtha, Jr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010....