John Henry Revolutionary War Hero |
ST. CLAIR CEMETERY |
Dormont, Pennsylvania |
ST. CLAIR CEMETERY In this forgotten stretch of hallowed ground lies the remains of war heroes & pioneers, consorts & relicts of gilded-age industrialists and visionaries that claimed civilization from wilderness and staked their claims with their good names. A walk through the cemetery turns up many familiar names such as McNeilly, McCully, Beadling, Carnahan, Espy and Beltzhoover. These were early residents whose names have been immortalized as streets and neighborhoods. It also turns up a sad fact of life for early settlers of our area - infant mortality: 30 to 40 percent of those buried here are children. However, it is the array of war veterans that distinguishes this cemetery from others alike. Veterans from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean Conflict, all share ground in this spit of land that has fallen victim to time, lost memories and sadly, vandalism. |
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CLARISSA SYLVESTER departed this life Nov. 1st A.D. 1835 Aged 17 years Her rest is sweet in earth cold She mingles dust with dust On Jesus breast, she leans her head In firm, unshaken trust Quickly she'll burst the bolted tomb,And rise in full, unfadeing bloom. |
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HANNAH PLUMMER Relict of NATHANANIEL PLUMMER Born in Essex County Massachusetts A.D. 1745 Died in St. Clair township Allegheny County Pennsylvania A.D 1827. Favour is deceitful and beauty is vain But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be blessed. |
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF NATHANIEL PLUMMER Born in Essex County Massachusetts A.D. 1745 Died in St. Clair township Allegheny County Pennsylvania A.D 1821. Lord I have loved the habitation of thine house and the place where thine honour dwelleth. |
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MARY CONSORT OF WILLIAM SARNAHAN DIED SEPT. 20, 1854 AGED 58 YEARS |
CIVIL WAR HERO |
Saint Clair Cemetery is located: On the South border of Dormont. Going south on West Liberty Avenue/Route 19 towards Mt. Lebanon make a left onto Scott Road. The Cemetery is on your left, across from St. Bernard's rear parking lot, directly behind the Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church and behind the houses of Piedmont Avenue. |
Former Teenager Drinking Hideout |
JAMES GLENN Civil War Veteran |
Glenn Sisters Age 2 & Age 6 |
Revolutionary War Hero |
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF RUGGLES SYLVESTER M.D. Born in Massachusetts A.D. 1776 Died in St. Clair township Allegheny County Pennsylvania A.D 1834. Weed his grave clean men of geniusfor he was your brother. Traid lightly over his ashes men of feeling for he was your kinsman. |