Buried in Monongahela Cemetery of North Braddock (Division 10, Row 8, Grave 46) is native Pittsburgher Ernest Gooden (b. 1900/02/04; d. 1934/10/19). He played in Negro League Baseball as an infielder during the 1920s (1921-1923). Until July 2023, his grave had remained unmarked since his burial in 1934. The Negro League Memorial Markers project (an …
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Newspaper Story on New Cemeteries, 1885 THE LOCAL NEWS (Homestead, PA), Saturday, January 3, 1885 NEW CEMETERIES MONONGAHELA, ST. JOSEPH, AND ST. THOMAS Located at Copeland Station, P.R.R., West Braddock, are most convenient and beautifully laid out grounds; all accommodation trains stop; board walk from station to cemetery; so near that …
“They Held Lincoln’s Life in Their Hands” — Article from the online historical journal, Emerging Civil War, regarding Jacob J. Soles, Private in the Union Army. He helped carry President Abraham Lincoln from Ford’s Theater to the Petersen House in Washington DC, moments after the President had been mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth on …
Article from Pittsburgh History magazine, March 1, 1990, pp. 32-40 by Eugene Levy titled “The First Generation.” — This article contains several historic photographs (black & white) from the early years of the Monongahela Cemetery of North Braddock. Photographs from other cemeteries favored by Eastern European immigrants, such as St. Nicholas in the hills above …
Article from the online historical journal Clio about various minor historical connections to Monongahela Cemetery of North Braddock, including the novel Out of This Furnace, which traces the lives of three generations of Slovak immigrants who lived in Braddock, PA. A recurring religious symbol in this cemetery is the triple cross of the Eastern-rite churches. …