The following listing is from a Tombstone
Recording and my attempt to find it.
I have no other information other
than what is presented here.
(Click
above image to enlarge)
History:
A reference in the WPGS 2003 Cemetery Directory indicates this gravesite as "Not located". A notation from the 1935 Veterans' Grave Registration Survey lists the Sexton as Mrs. Anna W. Guyton.
In my attempt to find this
location, I requested information from
Allegheny County Department of Parks,
which allowed me to track down this family burial ground within North
Park, Allegheny County, PA. It is shown on a older, undated "plot
map" (not shown) as belonging to A. M. Guyton - Area 181.944 Acres --
and is in a seldom-travelled area of the park, nearby the (public
restricted) "Leaf Compost Area" shown on the map above.
Directions:
(for the adventurous only!)
Within North Park, take Lake Shore Drive to a right turn toward
Superior Grove. Continue on road to FRAZER Grove. Park. Go into the
Frazer Grove shelter building and out the back entrance (you'll see
concrete steps there). Looking up the steep hillside directly
ahead, start climbing the hill angling very slightly to your left. Keep
working your way upward until you come to a walking/riding trail with
trees marked by a green square and a white dot inside. Follow that
trail "upward". You'll cross over a 2nd trail marked by green squares
only. Stay on the original
trail, green square/white dot. As you reach the crest of the
hill, the climb becomes easier, and you'll see the Leaf Compost Area.
Continue on the trail and on your right you will find the monument for
the Guyton family burials as shown in the photo above. The plot is
surrounded by a decaying wire fence about a foot high. Immediately to
the left are remnants of a previously existing building, a likely spot
for an exciting archeological dig.
Posted: July 24,
2009 Last Update: July 25, 2009
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Surname, First Name, Birthdate, Deathdate, Other (Links/Photos)
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GUYTON, Abraham, (no dates), (photo)
GUYTON, Nancy, (no dates), (photo)
GUYTON, Unknown Relatives, (no dates), (photo)
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