Cemetery Reading Project
The club has read all known cemeteries in Cranberry Township and published a book, Cemetery Survey of Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, containing the information. The book includes the following:
- A description of each cemetery
- An every name index - a list of the surnames is available
- A physical description of each tombstone, complete with all symbols
- A description of any flag holders on each plot
One additional small burial site was located in the woods in the autumn of 2009. There were numerous stone fragments scattered in the area, but only a few stones with readable markings. They are as follows (the slashes indicate a new line):
HOFFMAN JOHN HOFFMAN/ DIED/ MAY (possibly 11), 1868/ IN HIS 36 YEAR
Footstone: J H
GRAHAM MATILDA/ DAUGHTER OF/ J & M GRAHAM/ DIED/ DEC. 21, 1810/ AGED 1Y 6M 7D
Footstone: MG
??? AGED 56 YRS/ & 21 DS.
??? _____ THOU MUST WITHOUT/ TO SMILE AS THE SUMMER _____/ PLEASANT IS THE AIR OF _____/ PROUD BE THY SILENT SLUMBER/ PEACEFUL IN THE GRAVE SO LOW/ THOSE
NOW WILL JOIN OUR NUMBERS/ THOUGH MORE OUR SOULS SHALL LIVE/ BROTHER
THOU HAST _____/ NOW THY LOSS WE DEEPLY FEEL/ BUT IS GOD THAT HATH BORNE
US/ WHEN STILL OUR SORROWS HEAL./ AGAIN GO HOME TO MEET THEE/ THEN IN
HEAVEN WITH JOY TO MEET/ WHEN THE DAY OF LIFE IS FLED/ WHERE NO FAREWELL IS
HEARD
Orders for the book are now being accepted. There are several ways to obtain an order form: download, email us, or send a self-address stamped envelope to Cranberry Genealogy Club, PO Box 2491, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066.
Last updated 5 February 2010.