ALLEGHENY CEMETERY

A PUBLICATION OF THE ALLEGHENY CEMETERY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION VOLUME XXIX 2020

020 marked two very important any doubt, the women of Pittsburg who historic centennials: the 100-year fought so long and hard for the right to 2anniversary of the 1920 founding help elect the men who rule their nation, of the Negro baseball leagues, and the state, county, and city, are jubilant over the passage of the 19th amendment, which victory they won yesterday … to ratify the granted women the right to vote. rights of women in the United States”. While differing greatly in the scope of their constructs, both of these events exemplified the efforts of those who had been marginalized strictly on the basis of their race or gender. For too long, their voices had been quieted, before growing to a roar and demanding change. Struggles to overcome these biases were a long-fought effort, perpetuated by and built upon the dedication of men and women like Josh Gibson and Gertrude Gordon - both buried within the historic grounds of Allegheny Cemetery. Josh Gibson (1911-1947) On February 13, 1920, baseball legend Rube Foster founded the Negro National Throughout his exceedingly influential League. Just a few years after its founding, career, his talent and tenacity rippled on July 31, 1930, catcher Josh Gibson throughout both the sports world and (Section 50, Lot C-232) debuted with the society. Gibson’s actions reinforced the Homestead Grays, and began a career that notion that race had no bearing on talent, would span over 15 years. He would also dedication, or the rights of all persons to Gertrude Gordon (1882-1955) later play for the Pittsburgh Crawfords. be recognized for their achievements, Gibson loomed large in both stature and regardless of the color of their skin. His Both Gibson and Gordon fought presence. He stood 6 foot, 1 inch, and accomplishments were made even greater through unfair pre-conceptualized weighed 210 pounds. His overall batting in consideration of the circumstances notions which relegated them to record reflected nearly 800 home runs over under which he achieved them, and he was subservient positions in society, when the span of his career, including a 580-foot inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame they were beyond worthy of being home run in Yankee Stadium in 1930 (as in 1972. He was only the second Negro seen as equals. Their achievements in the credited by The Sporting News in 1967). League player to do so - Satchel Paige decades leading up to reform had been having been inducted the year before. unjustly categorized, if they were even At the same time, an outspoken female recorded at all. With regard to Gibson’s reporter named Gertrude Gordon (Section feats, it is impossible even to this day Inside 31, Lot 612) was using her voice to support to get an accurate recording, as record- the efforts of numerous Pittsburgh women keeping was not deemed vital for Negro President’s Message 2 League players. Gertrude Gordon fought The Marshalls 3 who were attempting to gain the right to vote. For years, Gordon extolled the virtues against the prejudice levied towards female Honor & Memory Gifts 4 of the cause through articles she penned reporters, and was finally taken seriously Contributors Listings 5 for the Pittsburgh Press. She herself was a largely based on her words in support Remembering the Greatest Generation 6 rarity - a woman who dedicated herself to of suffragists of her day. A century on, increasing awareness of causes that many we recognize these pioneers not only The Ties That Bind: The Story of 7 for their contributions, but for their Mary Pattison Irwin preferred to keep silent. In August of 1920, Gordon wrote in her column, “...beyond bravery and for the lasting impressions A Half-Century of Service 8 they left behind. ALLEGHENY CEMETERY HERITAGE is a publication of the Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association. © 2020 Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association PRESIDENT’S

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Harmar D. Denny, IV President and Chairman of the Board MESSAGE Torrence M. Hunt, Jr. Vice President James M. Edwards Treasurer EAR FRIENDS, With the holiday season The Very Reverend George L.W. Werner upon us, we are given cause to pause and reflect on our many reasons for Director Dgratitude throughout this year. Although these past few months have presented a myriad EMERITUS of challenges, we have been fortunate to flourish through the generosity of our friends, James C. McGough neighbors, and the dedicated efforts of several local philanthropic organizations. The Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association’s Sylvan Fund is an endowment PAST DIRECTORS Charles C. Arensberg, Esq. specifically set aside for historic preservation, conservation of our landscape, repairs and J. Mabon Childs restoration to our historic buildings, grounds, monuments and architectural structures as Torrence M. Hunt, Sr. well as educational programming, archival preservation and public engagement initiatives. Raymond F. Moreland Donations to the Sylvan Fund are being matched through the kindness of an John C. Oliver, III anonymous charitable organization in the Pittsburgh area. We are currently at William A. Seifert, Jr. 75% of our fundraising goal for these matching contributions, with approximately six Rev. William S. Thomas months left remaining to fully raise the additional 25% of our funding efforts.

DESIGN AND PRODUCTION It is through the support of our friends like you that we were able to accomplish Nancy E. Foley several critical repairs, efforts, and improvements throughout the last year. Our David J. Michener vast grounds require a constant dedication to our infrastructure, tree canopy, roadways, Lisa Speranza signage, and storm drainage systems. Additionally, we are honored to be entrusted with Erica Wrhen the care of tangible links to our past in the form of historic monuments and several Co-Editors and Designers outstanding examples of late-19th to mid-20th century architecture. Within the last year, we were able to achieve the following goals, in addition to our ongoing care: CONTRIBUTORS James M. Edwards • removal of dying or diseased trees Nancy E. Foley • planting of new trees, in order to maintain the vitality of our tree canopy Gloria Forouzan Lisa Speranza • replacement of 730 feet of storm water drain line • installation of 6 updated storm water catch basins ALLEGHENY CEMETERY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION • resetting of 63 historic monuments The Association is based on a concept set forth by the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. • restoration of 3 chimneys at our Historic Butler Street Maintenance Complex Established March 17, 1980, the Association is a • repointing of 1500 linear feet of historic masonry non-profit educational and charitable organization which can accept foundation and other grants and It is vital now more than ever to consider The Allegheny Cemetery Historical provides tax exempt status for gifts and bequests from Association’s Sylvan Fund in your gifting efforts. In doing so, every single contribution organizations and individuals. will be matched dollar for dollar, offering an even greater contribution to our historic Through the PH&LF’s efforts, the entire Allegheny efforts. This serves not only to protect our grounds for the thousands of visitors in our Cemetery and its buildings were given Landmark status community, but has a lasting impact throughout generations. When you contribute to the and placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association and the Sylvan Fund, you enable us to Individuals or organizations wishing information on continue these crucial preservation efforts,“so that our heritage is preserved!” funding or supporting specific restoration projects are invited to contact the Office of the President at Allegheny Cemetery. Sincerely, A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania: 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

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2 By James Marshall Edwards

or some years I had walked by he concentrated on the Marshall- The Poignance taking no notice, thinking about Kennedy Milling Company, which other families and places in the became the largest of its kind in Old There was eminence and competence cemetery. I recently, however, became Allegheny City over the decades. In the with these Marshalls, but their burial interestedF in the Marshalls, thinking 1880s, his business was considered one site also bears witness to grave tragedy. the Marshall in my name might reflect of the largest flour milling concerns In the foreground to the right are three their own. Might I be related to these in the United States. It afforded him, as little children, Lillie, Sadie, and Anna, 3, Marshalls, at Rest in Section 14, Lot 61, they quaintly said then, a “handsome 5, and 9, who all died the same week just there above the western goose pond competence”. He was generous with of March, 1864 due to Scarlet Fever. and winding path? Suddenly, the family his church and numerous charities, How the family of the banker, James became surprising and heroic, but not and served as an elder of the First and Matilda, survived that tragedy is unique for 19th-century Pittsburgh Presbyterian Church of Allegheny. He a wonder. These little girls are buried history. Rarely does one encounter, built a large house on a prominent lot at under the Bible verse 2 Samuel 1:23. though, a family who amasses so much Ridge and Irwin Avenues, neighboring “Lovely and pleasant in their lives, and intellectual, social, and financial capital. the Western Seminary and the Orphan’s in death they were not divided”. Two The Marshalls were a wonder! Asylum. Archibald married Mary Bell, older sisters, Harriet and Julia survived, living full lives. In December, 1822, James Marshall and whose father and brothers were private bankers. Her brother Thompson Bell Archibald and Mary had a large brood of his wife Jane gathered their 11 children 5 children, 1 boy and 4 girls. From 1852 (ranging in age from 22 down to 3!) and raised one of the anchoring spires in Allegheny Cemetery’s Section 12, not far to 1864, three of their children (Walter, arrived from Londonderry, Northern 4, Jennie, 9, and Allie, 7) succumbed to Ireland. A year passed, and they settled from the Marshall’s own lot. Archibald and Mary begat seven children. disease. They are memorialized by the on a farm just outside of Butler, straddling graceful granite sculpture to the left. Two what today is Route 8 a few miles south girls survived - Emma who was 17 when of town. After a few years three sons, A Barrister the third sibling died, and Elizabeth, James, Archibald, and Thomas made The youngest of these brothers, Thomas who was 10. Elizabeth grew up to their ways to Pittsburgh, took to its rapid Mercer Marshall, studied law under become Mrs. Harmar Denny Denny. She growth and opportunity, and became Charles Shaler and sat for the bar in lived to 96 and breathed her last in 1950. high-impact Pittsburghers. 1846. He practiced with Stephen Geyer, The greatest burden of all was perhaps A.M. Brown, and later his son, Thomas borne by her surviving sister, Emma A Banker M. Marshall, Jr.. Thomas was a powerful, Marshall, who suffered the loss of nieces, nephews, and her own siblings. She also The eldest James tried his hand at dry logical, and forceful speaker. He was well-liked, and highly skilled, with lost her husband in 1874, and survived goods and groceries, did well, and in for two more decades. In 1896, at the a few years sold the business. He later natural political abilities. He argued principally for the defense, usually for age of 50, terrified that her teenage son tried his hand at iron, which also did might be dying of tuberculosis, she shot well. In 1832, James took the lead in a murderers, and of 200 cases only lost 5 of them. When repeatedly begged to herself with a revolver in the Marshall bank he and others had founded, called mansion at Irwin and Ridge Avenues. the Farmer’s Deposit National Bank run for office, he demurred. He lived of Pittsburgh. He was President for 10 like a duke with his second wife Mary This memorial to two family’s precious years until the combination of stomach Patterson (the sister of a law partner) losses, and particularly the poignance of and heart trouble took his life at 67 in on 20 acres on the upper portion of the little children succumbing to disease, 1869. He’d outlived two wives who’d Marshall Avenue, towards what is now is a reminder of how these solemn died young, leaving him with two girls. Observatory Hill. He and Mary had stories can still be read on the pages Three more girls would be borne of his 4 boys and 1 girl. He died at 79 still of the family plots here at Allegheny young third wife, Matilda Kehler. practicing, near the end of the century, Cemetery. after having been a widower for 18 years. Law was a family legacy, however, A Miller and even until 1960 there was a Thomas Archibald, the second youngest son, Mercer Marshall III, his grandson, sitting showed ability in Pittsburgh from the on the Court of Common Pleas of start. Drygoods was his entry, but quickly Allegheny County.

3 ALLEGHENY CEMETERY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION HONOR AND MEMORY GIFTS OCTOBER 2019 CAMPAIGN TO SEPTEMBER 2020 IN MEMORY OF...

John E. Wise, Jr. Marjorie Flood Walter & Frieda Dudt Rutkowski and PFC 116th Infantry, US Army by Ms. Suzanne Flood the Dudt-Rutkowski-Clark Family *Killed in Action on D-Day, June 6, 1944* Cathy Galbraith Benton by Mr. Walter F. Rutkowski by Anonymous by Mr. Roger Galbraith Arthur M. Scully, Jr. The Hoffstots Clyde A. Garland by Mr. Henry C. Scully by Anonymous by Ms. Joan M. Garland Mary Anderson Sheehan Kay Ebbert Childs Bissell Mary Janusz by Mr. Thomas E. Sheehan by Allegheny Cemetery by Mr. Gerald Janusz Ruth Keally Simpson Kay Ebbert Childs Bissell Arthur Kirk and Marian Kirk by Mr. William H. Simpson by G. William Bissell by Mr. & Mrs. Arthur & Linda Jenne Loved Ones Robert F. Benson Wilson & Kenney Family by Mrs. Myrna L. Sumpter by Mr. Bruce Benson by Mr. & Mrs. Charles & Audine Kenney Robert J. & Margaret C. Thomas Daphne Berry Albert Pack Knowles by Mr. Robert J. Thomas, Jr. by Mr. Aaron Berry by Mr. Joseph H. Knowles William D. Walsh Family Anna R. & Robert K. Brown; Will Gebauer by Mr. Jeff Walsh Florence & Harry Jacob by Mr. Richard W. Krug Alice Thaw by Ms. Susan Brown Ellen Limbach and Diane Mohil by Mr. William T. Whitney Hazel Crouse Brown by Ms. Elsa Limbach Nesbit, Knox, & McClure Families by Mr. Joseph C. Brown The Magee Family by Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Karen Wilks Stephen Foster by Miwako M. Magee John H. Wilson Family by Ms. Bernice Carfagna William Thaw Family by Mr. John H. Wilson, III Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Arnold by Ms. Jane Whitney Marshall Mary L. McMurdy and Mr. & Mrs. Karl Arnold by Mr. & Mrs. Glenne E. McMurdy by Ms. Karlene Darby The McGrew Family by Mr. & Mrs. Verne & Margaret McGrew & Patricia A. Wilson Horace & Cora Bikle Cynthia Wudarczyk by Ms. Janet H. Davis Virginia Kerr by Mr. Arthur Kerr by Mr. James Wudarczyk Anice D. Ridall Charles S. Bell & Myra Lindsay Boyd Bell Charles W. & Amelia Callen & Edmund W. Ridall, Jr. by Ms. Cynthia Zaber by Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny, IV by Nonnye Fanelli Meier G. Gray Garland, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. W. McCook Miller & Margaret G. Garland and McCook, Jr. IN HONOR OF... by Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny, IV by Mrs. George B. Miller Roger Galbraith Joseph H. Michener Norman & Martha McSwigan by Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny, IV by Ms. Martha J. Miller by Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny, IV Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny, Jr. Joseph Greenough Mr. & Mrs. William H. Simpson by Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny, IV by Mr. William Mitchell by Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny, IV Jeraldine Kaufman Dering Harris Our Beloved Ancestors Barbara Held by Mr. Robert E. Dering by Mr. & Mrs. Henry by Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny, IV & Stella Newland Emma O. Sharp, H. Parker Sharp Debby Craigo and Emily E. Dorrance Maxwell & Alice Noyes by Ms. Judy L. Eiben by Mr. & Mrs. Roy & Susan Dorrance by Ms. Nancy Noyes Lisa Speranza Richard E. & Gyorgyi N. Easler Nick Pappaterra by Mrs. Rose Hoover by Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Roseanne Easler by Mrs. Patricia Pappaterra Harmar D. Denny, IV Esther & Hamilton Gordon and Family John T. Vollmer by Ms. Judy L. Eiben by Ms. Rosemary Questiaux by Mr. William H. Simpson Emma Felbinger, Anna Felbinger, Charles & Florence Wessel Herman Felbinger, and William Felbinger by Ms. Marilyn Rixner by Mr. & Mrs. Lee J. & Suzanne R. Felbinger

4 ALLEGHENY CEMETERY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION CONTRIBUTORS INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES & FOUNDATIONS OCTOBER 2019 CAMPAIGN TO SEPTEMBER 2020

Allegheny Foundation Richard King Mellon Foundation Ampco-Pittsburgh Charitable Foundation Roy A. Hunt Foundation Chubb Charitable Foundation The Walden Trust Simpson Family Foundation

Mr. G. William Bissell Mr. & Mrs. Torrence M. Hunt, Jr. Mr. Joseph C. Brown Mr. & Mrs. William Duff McCrady Mr. & Mrs. George & Meg Cheever Mr. Richard B. Meyer Mr. George Childs Mr. Walter F. Rutkowski Mr. & Mrs. Roy & Susan Dorrance Mr. & Mrs. Ellis & Christina Schmidlapp Mr. & Mrs. James M. Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. & Anita A. Seifert Mr. & Mrs. Henry P. Hoffstot III Mr. Harton S. Semple, Jr. Mrs. Rose Hoover Mr. & Mrs. John Clark & Mary M. Unkovic

Mr. David S. Ahl Mr. & Mrs. F.W. & Barbara Henninger Mr. & Mrs. John & Marirose Radelet Mr. & Mrs. Charles C.M. Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Nye Hutchison, III Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. & Anne G. Reid & Joanna Arensberg Mr. David Igims Ms. Elizabeth Rosky Alwilda J. Becker Mr. Ronald Jennings The Reverend Jim & Judy Russell Mr. Robert K. Black Mr. Mark Klingensmith Ms. Margaret C. Satell Mr. Craig W. Damon Mr. & Mrs. Mario & Susan Lanna Mr. Curtis S. Scaife Mr. George B. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Lisa Childs Laskow Mr. John Seville Ms. Carol A. Ehlinger Mr. J. Scott Laughlin Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ms. Bernadette A. Elisco Mr. & Mrs. James Cooke McGough & Ruth M. Timberlake, III Ms. Barbara A. Ezdebski Mr. John McHugh & Mrs. Janet Self Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Nancy Trocchio Mr. Thomas Fisher Mr. David J. Michener Mr. Rich Venezia Mr. Robert K. Flack Mr. Michael L. Nieland, MD Ms. Anna Volpe Ms. Gertrude C. Gebhardt Mr. & Mrs. Prentiss & Mary Louise Orr Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Clelia Walters Ms. Mary Hartley Mr. Daniel R. Pagath Mr. H. Knox Watson, III

Enscoe Long Insurance Group Poillucci Plumbing, Inc. T.J.’s Truck & Auto Service, Inc. General Meade Society Simpson & McCrady Zalewski Funeral Home

5 Remembering The Greatest Generation World War II – 75th Anniversary By Nancy E. Foley

n September 2, 1945 Allied He was 26 years old. PFC Wise was one in Belgium on December 17, 1944 during Commanders witnessed the of 800 men in his unit who died leading the infamous Battle of the Bulge. He surrender of Japan, effectively the assault on Omaha Beach in the had been overseas only four months. Obringing an end to World War II. largest amphibious invasion in history. Corporal Ryan led a life devoted to civil Cities like Pittsburgh erupted in Their sacrifice would pave the way for service both in this City and in defense of celebrations that spilled out into the successful Allied liberation of Nazi- our Nation during our time of need. He streets as the world embraced the Occupied Europe, saving countless rests in Section 38, Lot 102. promise of peace after six long years millions of lives. The 116th Infantry was of suffering. Yet, for those who lost awarded France’s Croix de Guerre with loved ones to the cause of freedom, “VJ Palm for their tremendous sacrifice and A Miracle at Malmedy Day” was a sobering reminder that are remembered as national heroes to Corporal Charles F. Appman survived our hard-earned victory came at a cost this day. Pvt. John E. Wise is buried with the D-Day landing at Normandy and had of over 400,000 American lives. On the his parents, John S. and Helen, in Section already seen hard combat when he was 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, 31, Lot 561. The family plot includes a captured on December 17, 1944 with we pause to reflect and remember cenotaph in memory of Seaman Robert the 285th Field Artillery Observation the sacrifices made by the soldiers of Wise. Battalion in Malmedy, Belgium, by the 1st The Greatest Generation. They fought SS Panzer Division. Around 1:00pm, the in the air, came by sea and stormed SS unexpectedly rounded up the 120 men foreign shores, moving hedgerow to PFC John A. Micknowski in Appman’s Battalion and opened fire, hedgerow, town to town to liberate Private First Class John A. Micknowski ruthlessly murdering 84 prisoners of war. strangers from the grip of tyranny. worked for Heppenstall Co. before The Malmedy Massacre is documented as They were the very best of us. May entering the Army in 1942. Micknowski a war crime, with only 36 men surviving their memory be a torch ever burning. was a paratrooper in Co. H, 507th Inf. to bear witness. Charles Appman was with the 82nd “All American” Airborne one of them, and would later testify that Division, which participated in D-Day he was buried beneath the bodies of his The Wise Brothers and the inland Battle of Normandy. He fellow soldiers and played dead, even PFC John E. Wise, Jr. enlisted in the Army was 26 years old when he died during the as the SS continued to shoot those who in May 1942 and in June, his younger brutal fight for St. Mere Eglise on June 22, made any movement. Upon rescue hours brother Robert enlisted in the Navy. 1944. The village maintains an Airborne later, Appman discovered that a bullet had Seaman First Class Robert Wise served as Museum dedicated to the American torn through his coat and his sweater, but a Torpedoman on the U.S.S. Chevalier, a paratroopers who sustained devastating miraculously missed piercing his body. destroyer. The Chevalier was active in 10 losses liberating it - their motto is Corporal Appman survived the war to major engagements in the Pacific Theater, “freedom from the sky.” PFC Micknowski raise a family back home in Pittsburgh. receiving three battle stars for her service is at rest in Section 47, Lot 262. He rests in Section 9, Lot 820. as well as a Presidential Citation for a daring rescue mission. Seaman Wise was lost when the Chevalier was sunk in an Cpl. John G. Ryan attack on Japanese destroyers October 6, 32 year old Corporal John G. Ryan was 1943; he was 20 years old. Eight months a Pittsburgh Police Officer who enlisted later to the day, Private John E. Wise fell in the Army on August 3, 1943. He was at dawn in the first hour of D-Day with in Battery A of the 776th Field Artillery the 116th Infantry, 29th Division. when he died in service to his country

6 By Gloria Forouzan

arch 17, 1784 – the night of the first We may never know the extent of Mary’s role in our St. Patrick’s Day Ball at Dublin Castle. history. For example, when Meriwether Lewis came The ballroom shimmered under the to town to outfit his expedition, Mary was the only chandeliers, aglow by candlelight. For Mary Pattison, rope maker listed in Pittsburgh’s business directory. Mnewly arrived from the village of Cookstown, it must Unfortunately, the expedition’s purchase records no have appeared like a mirage. longer exist, but it is likely that Mary made rope for While there is no official account of their meeting the iconic journey. that evening, we can surmise that Mary’s gaze fell on In 1811 Mary Irwin & Son made the rope for Major John Irwin, a seasoned veteran of the American the steamboat New Orleans, the first such Revolution. He was surrounded by admirers, all vessel to travel down to the Mississippi. The clamoring for more tales of his service with George steamboat’s success spurred thousands of Washington. people to take advantage of this new mode of The two met that night and 30-year-old Mary, already this transportation. More boats, more rope. engaged to a doctor, decided that John held the By the following year, Mary wanted to retire and promise of a future she desired. Soon after the ball, turn the ropewalk over to her eldest son John; Mary took a remarkable leap of faith and married however, Commodore Oliver Perry, and American John, a virtual stranger. Soon after that, they sailed to naval officer in the War of 1812 convinced Mary America. to stay on just a bit longer to make the rope for In 1787 they arrived in Pittsburgh and Mary first saw his upcoming battle on Lake Erie. She agreed, and the three rivers. She knew the rivers would bring personally oversaw its manufacture, after which boats and boats needed rope. A lot of rope. She she retired. astutely predicted that rope making would lead to prosperity. John registered the business as John Irwin Mary Pattison Irwin is buried alongside her husband, & Wife. Listing a woman on an official document was Major John Irwin, in Section 11, Lot 40 of Allegheny unusual in that era. Cemetery. Her remarkable legacy merits our recognition. Their business prospered and so did their family, eventually growing to four children. John never recovered from his war wounds and eventually he was unable to work. Mary pressed on, expanding the ropewalk to ever larger sites made necessary by the growing demand of her product. When John Irwin died in 1808, Mary immediately re-registered the business as Mary Irwin & Son. She managed its workforce of 50 men, bought the raw materials, made, marketed and sold their product. Mary Irwin is one of Pittsburgh’s first industrialists, and she did it all while caring for her four young children. The 1811 Steamboat, New Orleans

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While ensuring that memorials were appropriately set, proper repairs were carried out, and a myriad of other efforts, every burial A Half-Century and cremation was performed with dignity. Roger also provided A Half-Century guided tours for thousands of visitors and student field trips. Groups have come from near and far to visit our historic grounds and take Roger’s tours, and each experience was both educational of Service and entertaining. By Lisa Speranza This tour image, taken in 2012 during a visit by the Ingomar Church, perfectly captures the vivid spirit and lively retellings of individuals such as Lillian Russell (whose mausoleum can be seen in the background), along with pioneers of industry, soldiers who fought bravely during numerous conflicts, and many other storied lifetimes with which Roger so often warmly regaled visitors and guests throughout his half-century of service to Allegheny Cemetery. In addition to numerous other roles, Roger has also been integral in his service on Lawrenceville’s Memorial Day Parade Committee. He also holds a B.A. in Economics, and is a C.A.N.A. Certified Crematory Operator. Roger retired this year after fifty years of dedicated In 1970, Allegheny Cemetery was 126 years old. The efforts which have ensured architecturally notable Butler Street Gatehouse was not only remembrances of turning 100 years old. There were just over 100,000 the cemetery itself, but of burials within our grounds, and a young employee his own legacy within it. He named Roger Galbraith began his first day of service will be long-remembered for on June 12, 1970. the stories he shared, the Throughout the ensuing years, Roger served as a full kindness he bestowed, the time Union employee, Maintenance Supervisor, and labors he undertook, and for a eventually as Superintendent of Allegheny Cemetery, personable nature that brought beginning in 2012. The title came with dignity, honor, the past into present, while and the responsibility of caring for 300 acres of wooded sharing lifetimes’ worth of tales landscape rich with history, legacies, and stories. And with those who passed herein. oh - were there stories to tell.