Allegheny Cemetery Non-Profit Allegheny Organization U.S. POSTAGE Cemetery PAID A Publication of the Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association , PA 4734 Permit No. 3588 Pittsburgh, PA 15201-2951 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Established April 24, 1844 Gate Hours April 7:00 am - 7:00 pm May 7:00 am - 8:00 pm A Publication of the Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association Volume XXVI 2017 June - August 7:00 am - 7:00 pm September - March 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday Gates open at 10:00 am Office Hours Monday through Friday by James M. Edwards & Nancy Foley 8:15 am - 5:00 pm Saturday The cross on White’s monument, which 8:15 am - 4:00 pm N SECTION 11, (412) 682-1624 Lot 32 rests had been toppled by the 2002 Macroburst, FAX: (412) 622-0655 I was reset and the entire monument carefully www.alleghenycemetery.com Irish immigrant cleaned by our expert staff. In Section 25, the George R. White (1802-1877) and headstone of White’s brother, James, was family, with the central monument edged so as to be seen for the first time in bearing the family surname in nearly 100 years. The result? A monumental granite as well as those of the difference in appearance. related McCullough and Darlington families. White did well for his This is your financial support at work! day, partnering with the Orr family The Allegheny Cemetery Historical in the retail business. He was on Association welcomes the public to adopt Allegheny Cemetery Board of Corporators the founding vestry of Calvary a monument or lot of their own, be it for Church in Shadyside and personally Torrence M. Hunt, Jr., Chairman of the Board William Duff McCrady Vice-Chairman of the Board family, friends or strangers. Join us in bought the lot it occupies for $100 our mission to honor the memory of our as a donation so the church could Mrs. George B. Berger, Jr. James M. Edwards Lulu Orr William H. Simpson departed at rest– so that our heritage Kay Ebbert Bissell Lisa C. Fagan Martha Reed George T. Snyder be built. In his retirement, he gave

Charles Bosiljevac Henry C. Flood, Jr. Scott W. Reid J. Brandon Snyder liberally to the needy and was a is preserved! Dr. Ellsworth Bowser J. Pennock Graham Fred L. Rose William P. Snyder, V founder of the Pittsburgh Institution George E. Childs Henry Phipps Hoffstot, III Walter F. Rutkowski Ramsey C. Speer of the Improvement of the Poor. It George B. Davis Stuart Nye Hutchison, III Ellis L. Schmidlapp Mary M. Unkovic is only then fitting that a benevolent John H. Demmler Jay Knowles Thomas M. Schmidt Joseph C. Walton donor, 140 years after White’s death, The restored George R. White monument Harmar D. Denny, IV Lisa Childs Laskow Henry C. Scully H. Knox Watson, III took it upon himself to financially Roy G. Dorrance, III Richard B. Meyer Edward W. Seifert Joshua C. Whetzel, III “adopt” the White lot and see to its Genevieve M. Ebbert George B. Miller Harton S. Semple, Jr. restoration and special care. Emeritus Trustees James C. McGough Inside Board of Directors President’s Message 2 The Woman In Black 3 Dr. Ellsworth Bowser Stuart Nye Hutchison, III Ellis L. Schmidlapp George B. Davis Lisa Childs Laskow Thomas M. Schmidt Honor and Memory Gifts 4-5 Harmar D. Denny, IV William Duff McCrady Edward W. Seifert A Legacy Of Iron and Steel 6 Mary M. Unkovic James M. Edwards Lulu Orr A Royal Affair 7 Lisa C. Fagan Scott W. Reid Joseph C. Walton Board Listing 8 Torrence M. Hunt, Jr. Walter F. Rutkowski H. Knox Watson, III The monument’s toppled cross Careful resetting President’s Message

ALLEGHENY CEMETERY HERITAGE is a publication of the Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association. President’s Message © 2017 Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association By Lisa Speranza & Nancy Foley BOARD OF DIRECTORS Harmar D. Denny, IV EAR FRIENDS, I am pleased to announce that the t is impossible to tell As Europe in the late twenties was bus- 1936, Edward, VIII scandalously chose President and Chairman of the Board tling with the thrill of the upper echelon, to stand next to the still-married Wallis, Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association initiated a Capital Campaign the full story of Benjamin Torrence M. Hunt, Jr. I and Consuelo Morgan Thaw Mr. & Mrs. Thaw often fraternized with and their forbidden romance would lead Vice President in 2017, with the goal of raising two million dollars in funding toward within the boundaries of this page and the few a Mr. & Mrs. . The Simp- to Edward’s of the throne later James M. Edwards D Treasurer conservation and restoration of this treasured landmark. Our Building and Grounds shared words left lingering between them on sons had been newly married in 1928 with that year in order to be with her. The The Very Reverend George L.W. Werner Committee has compiled a five-year plan which identifies maintenance and restoration their understated headstones make no mention Mr. Simpson in international shipping and crown would pass to his brother George Director projects, and can be summarized by its three main areas of focus: of the fullness of their lives or the events they Mrs. Simpson a recently divorced Ameri- VI, and later his daughter, Elizabeth II, can who knew “Benny” Thaw when he the reigning Monarch. Wallis and “Da- EMERITUS set in motion nearly 100 years ago. Structures: Examples include the 1848 and 1870 Butler Street Complex, 1889 Penn James C. McGough In the late 1920s, Benjamin Thaw was the was in the Navy with her first husband. vid,” as he was known to friends, would Avenue Complex and belfry, 1895 Maintenance Complex, 1937 Soldiers Memorial, First Secretary of the American Embassy in Unlike the Thaws, the Simpsons orbited settle in America as the estranged Duke PAST DIRECTORS the outer edge of high society and Mrs. and Duchess of Windsor. Charles C. Arensberg, Esq. 1873 Victorian Fountain, 1895 Gardeners Cottage and the mid-century Greenhouse. London. Along with his wife, Consuelo, they danced and dined among the finest circles, be- Simpson desperately wished to be accepted J. Mabon Childs Monuments and Public Art: Allegheny’s countless examples of memorial statuary, into its inner circle. Torrence M. Hunt, Sr. ing warmly received by the elite of internation- Raymond F. Moreland architecturally significant mausoleums and custom works in stained glass require pains- al society. Both were of prominent families. With that in mind, Consuelo Thaw asked John C. Oliver, III taking cleaning, delicate structural repairs, weatherproofing measures and resetting when Benjamin, of the Pittsburgh Thaw’s, counted a favor of her friend, Wallis Simpson, William A. Seifert, Jr. industrialists, early aviators, war heroes, and which would become a significant moment Rev. William S. Thomas toppled due to age or the elements. The Temple of Memories Mausoleum (c.1961) is in tycoons in his bloodline. Consuelo Morgan, in history. (25 Apr need of a new heating/cooling system for both the comfort of guests, as well as preservation DESIGN AND PRODUCTION thirteen years younger than Thaw, was the 1986) notes that: “One day in November 1930 Nancy E. Foley of the many works of fine art displayed in its galleries. daughter of American diplomat, Harry Hays Mrs. Thaw asked Mrs. Simpson if she and her Chris Letzelter Grounds & Infrastructure: The A.C.H.A. also provides for care of Allegheny’s his- Morgan, and a former Countess. Her two twin husband would go up to Burrough Court, a David J. Michener sisters shared equal fame. Thelma Morgan country house at Melton Mowbray, and substi- Co-Editors and Designers toric landscape as Pittsburgh’s oldest park, which encompasses 300 acres and features was Lady Furness (married to the Viscount). tute for her as chaperons at a weekend house CONTRIBUTORS over 3,000 trees. Aside from the obvious aesthetic appeal as an urban green-space, is Gloria Morgan is perhaps better known by her party that was to include the Prince.” James M. Edwards the added air quality/stored CO2 and water retention benefits it offers. There are fifteen married name- Vanderbilt. Consuelo Morgan Nancy E. Foley Thaw was both the Aunt of fashion mogul Lisa Speranza miles of roadways in Allegheny to be repaired and maintained; however, the integrity of Gloria Vanderbilt, and the Great-Aunt of jour- Wm. N. Crawford, III these roads relies in proper groundwater retention and storm drainage systems, which are nalist Anderson Cooper. ALLEGHENY CEMETERY in need of maintenance and updating as well. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION The Association is based on a concept set forth by We hope you will agree that every effort toward the fruition of these goals is well worth the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. our time and financial support, and we look forward to reporting on our progress in the Established March 17, 1980, the Association is a non-profit educational and charitable organization New Year. If you are able to give financially to the A.C.H.A., there has never been a which can accept foundation and other grants and more opportune moment. It is with these large-scale projects in mind that we ask you to provides tax exempt status for gifts and bequests Benjamin Thaw death announcement, 1937 from organizations and individuals. remember us in your charitable giving, and for your support and friendship, we offer our Through the PH&LF’s efforts, the entire Allegheny Conseulo remained married to Benjamin heartfelt thanks! Cemetery and its buildings were given Landmark until his death in 1937. She would mar- status and placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sincerely, ry again and live the rest of her life in Individuals or organizations wishing information France, though a cenotaph honoring her on funding or supporting specific restoration memory was placed alongside Benjamin projects are invited to contact the Office of the where it lies today. President at Allegheny Cemetery. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Harmar D. Denny, IV Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania: 1-800-732-0999. September 2017 David and Wallis, Duke and Duchess Registration does not imply endorsement. The events to follow would be a scandal Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association that would rock the monarchy of Eng- 412-682-1624 land to its very core and alter the course Fax: 412-622-0655 of British history. The www.alleghenycemetery.com and future King of England fell deeply Consuelo Morgan Thaw in love with the American girl he danced with that evening. At his Coronation in Mrs. Benjamin Thaw; Section 20, Lot 55 2 7 A Legacy of Iron and Steel THE WOMAN IN BLACK by Lisa Speranza by William N. Crawford, III & Nancy Foley her - she was 5’3”, with blue eyes and N SECTION 22, These industrious pioneers would go on to N SECTION 23, brown hair. Lot 28 of Allegheny establish Pittsburgh as the “ of Appala- Lot 38, situated on a quiet I The trip was long, but uneventful, and I hilltop, lies a solitary stone Cemetery, lies the Crawford chia” and a “nursery of vast fortunes.” One as they drew within an hour of landing, family lot. With 25 burials, represent- such concern is the Shoenberger Iron Firm, inscribed with these twenty-eight the crew lauded a journey well-traveled. ing six generations of family members, it which at the turn of the century became a sub- short words: Just as those congratulations were taking is a prime example of the Victorian Age sidiary of Andrew Carnegie’s IN MEMORY OF place, tragedy reached her hand from the tradition of securing large family estates Steel. John H. Shoenberger was a founder ELLA H. PUSEY cold dark sea to indiscriminately pluck scarcely replicated today. Though there is of Allegheny Cemetery and well known for BORN DEC 5, 1841 the lives of those on board. no grand mausoleum or towering central his philanthropy. He rests in Section 4, Lot 1, LOST WITH THE STEAMER monument to relay the family history, it alongside his wife, Margaret, who John me- CAMBRIA WHEN FOUNDERED Out of the 105 passengers and 75 crew, is truly one of iron and steel, of a pioneer morialized by establishing St. Margaret Hos- OFF THE COAST OF IRELAND only one man survived to tell the tale. spirit and service to country: in short, a pital after her death. OCTOBER 19, 1870 John M’Gartland’s testimony notes that THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP ITS DEAD the ship was nearing port when it struck story of Pittsburgh through the ages. It was at Shoenberger’s that Captain Wil- a large rock called Inistrahull. With The earliest settlers in this region were of liam Crawford Jr. (1818-1890) became the barely any time to launch lifeboats, he that hardy breed that sailed to the new world first of four generations to contribute to the was soon adrift and knocked unconscious and expanded its scope beyond the natural massive success of this iconic Pittsburgh in- as his boat overturned. Upon waking, border of the great Allegheny Mountains. dustry. William served as Harbormaster for he found himself clinging to the righted the City and did well enough vessel, and pulled himself aboard. as a Manager at Shoenberger’s However, M’Gartland soon realized that he was able to provide for he was not alone. Historical accounts his wife, Jane Dickey, and her Wm. N. Crawford, III note that resting against the floorboards, entire immediate family as tucked beneath the seats, lay the body well as four children of their liam’s son, David LeFevre Crawford (1841-1898), Handbill advertising the steamer service between of a young woman dressed in a black own. In honor of their benev- worked at Shoenberger’s as a clerk between peri- New York and Glasgow silk gown. M’Gartland was rescued by olent employer, they named ods of service in the Civil War with the 13th and the Steamer Enterprise the following their youngest son John Shoe- 139th PA Volunteers. Here, Lieutenant Crawford morning, shaken but alive, though what nberger Crawford. is pictured with his wife, Martha Haslett, near became of the girl remains lost to history. In 1860, after completion of Harper’s Ferry in the fall of 1864. David mustered The ship’s manifest tells us less than out as 1st Lieutenant in 1865 after being wounded half of those on-board were women and John and Margaret Shoenberger his education at Central High (now Central Catholic) Wil- at Petersburg. even fewer of those women were young, William Neely Crawford, Sr. was born in 1862 traveling alone, or in mourning. Perhaps the most significant historical clue to between his father David’s enlistments. He be- Ella Pusey’s cenotaph, Section 23, Lot 38 gan his career with Shoenberger’s and eventu- the identity of the girl in the boat is the ally became a Superintendent at the Homestead most striking in accounts of the ship’s Ella Holmes Pusey was one of several Carnegie Steel Works. His son, W.N. Crawford, foundering: “The Woman in Black.” children born to parents of prominent Jr. (1885-1872) also worked in Homestead from an As they had done only months before, families, and in July 1870, tragedy befell early age and was credited with over fifty years the Pusey family once again gathered them when Ella’s brother William died of of service with Carnegie Illinois/U.S. Steel Cor- at Allegheny Cemetery, this time to “brain fever” at age 27. On a hot July day, poration. place a cenotaph in remembrance of he was the first to be buried in the Pusey Ella. Without a male heir, the once W.N. “Bill” Crawford, III would have been the family plot. fifth generation in Iron and Steel had his par- familiar family name has since been lost Three months later, while Ella was still ents not insisted on a formal education. Bill was to Pittsburgh history. In the margins in mourning, per the Victorian tradition commissioned 2nd Lieutenant as a Bombardier/ of Allegheny Cemetery’s records, Ella of a six month period after the loss of a Navigator at the end of WWII and, thanks to Holmes Pusey is simply noted as “lost sibling, she made plans to accompany the G.I. Bill, graduated from Pitt with a degree at sea,” though in reading this, she is the Binghams (family friends), as they in Petroleum Engineering in 1948. He married his no longer lost, but found by those of us journeyed across the sea to Ireland, most sweetheart, Jeannette Satterfield, and they lived whose honor it is to remember. likely to visit Holmes family relations. In for a time on all six continents pursuing drilling early October 1870, Ella obtained a passport operations and raising a family of five. Ella’s passport application, Oct. 4, 1870 Lt. David L. and Martha H. Crawford, 1864 that notes the only description we have of (courtesy of Ronn Palm Museum, Gettysburg & Arthur B. Fox) 6 3 Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association Contributors Honor and Memory Gifts Individuals, Companies and Foundations October 2016 Campaign to September 2017 October 2016 Campaign to September 2017 In Memory Of... The Damon-Sherry Family Fund Fair Oaks Foundation The Henry Lyman Greer Fund Willis McCook Miller, Jr. Jackson & Scott Families Loved Ones by Allegheny Cemetery by Ellen D. Jackson by Myrna L. Sumpter Roy A. Hunt Foundation The Pittsburgh Foundation The Remmel Foundation

Charles & Florence Wessel Mr. & Mrs. H.P. Hoffstot, Sr. & Jr. Louis & Caroline Miller The Walden Trust by Marilyn J. Archuleta by Ms. Lora H. Jenkins by Elizabeth Verterano Col. Jacob Bowman Sweitzer Robert Kemmerling Mayor John Morrison & Charles Bosiljevac Harmar D. Denny, IV James M. Edwards by Phyllis L. Ard by Linda Kemmerling Hannah Davis Morrison by Morrison Webb Henry P. Hoffstot, III Mr. & Mrs. Torrence M. Hunt, Jr. William Duff McCrady Harry & Margaret Erfley Becker Wilson Kenney Families by Alwilda Erfley Becker by Charles C. Kenney Cyndy Wudarczyk Harton S. Semple, Jr. by James Wudarczyk Robert F. Benson Charles A. Kline by Bruce B. Benson by Angeline A. Kline Charles & Amelia Callen by Cynthia Zaber Charles Shaw Arensberg F.W. Henninger Virginia W. Schatz John Bosiljevac Columba Musico by Charles Bosiljevac by Josephine Maiorino Amanda Costa George D. Baker C.C. Hornstein Ellis L. Schmidlapp by Laverne Zemon Robert K. & Anna R. Brown; William & Mary Copley Thaw Patricia A. Brown Stuart N. Hutchison, III Samuel D. & Celinda C. Scott Harry & Florence Jacob by Jane Whitney Marshall by Susan R. Brown Helen A. Coyner John McHugh and Janet Self Edward W. Seifert Charles S. & Myra Lindsay Boyd Bell Roland R. Creps John Kepler John C. Seville Charles W. & Amelia Callen by Nonnye F. Meier by Charlotte N. Callen In Honor of… Karlene A. Darby Arthur John Kerr, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William H. Simpson Mr. & Mrs. W. McCook Miller Abbett & Gordon Families Stephen C. Foster by George B. Miller by Taylor Abbett George B. Davis Mark C. Klingensmith Lisa Speranza by Bernice I. Carfagna Amodio Musico Allegheny Cemetery Employees John P. Davis, Jr. Joseph H. Knowles Thomas J. & Adrienne P. Staresinic Mary Wilson Damon by Columba Musico by Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny, IV by Craig W. Damon Robert K. Flack Mark & Lisa Childs Laskow Robert V. Taylor John & Loveday Petty Roger A. Galbraith Jean H. McCullough John & Ruth Timberlake, III Mr. & Mrs. by Donna L. Newcomer Custom Manufacturing & Industrial Svcs. by Harmar D. Denny, IV by Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny, IV Eleanor H. Gard James C. McGough Richard & Nancy Trocchio Maxwell E. & Alice H. Noyes Joan M. Garland Verne M. McGrew John Clark & Mary M. Unkovic Jacob Goehring by Nancy Noyes James M. Edwards by Jan & Bonnie Devereaux by Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny, IV John & Marirose Radelet Lynne Glover David J. Michener Robert J. Vishneski Robert K. & Anna R. Brown by John T. Radelet Donald G. Goldstrom Daniel J. Olesinski James R. Wardrop by Jean B. Dinwiddie Deborah Craigo & Barbara Held Walter F. & Frieda Dudt Rutkowski by Nancy E. Foley George E. Grimshaw Caroline O’Nan H. Knox Watson, III Lt. George L. Walter, Jr. by Walter F. Rutkowski by Charles A. Fagan, III Lisa Speranza Steve Grossarth Lulu Orr James Wudarczyk by Rose Hoover Arthur M. Scully, Jr. Henry E. Haller, III William Probert Jude A. Wudarczyk The Tiso Family by Henry C. Scully The Magee Family by Nancy E. Foley by Miwako M. Magee Raymond Halyak Scott W. Reid Mary Anderson Sheehan The Friend Family by Thomas E. Sheehan Robert J. & Margaret C. Thomas , IV Margaret C. Satell by K.E. Friend by Robert Thomas Dorothy D. & William L. Taggart, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Mertens by Marion T. Silliman by Caroline Hass 4 5