Westmoreland County PA Archives Tombstone Photo.....St. John's Union Cemetery - (partial survey)
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General Views 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 photos contributed by Jacque Boyd

     DIRECTIONS TO CEMETERY:  From Mt. Pleasant, travel north on Rt 981 to the 
Middle Presbyterian Church.

     Taken from Westmoreland County Historical Society Cemetery Index:  "There were 
Lutheran and Reformed church members in Mt. PLeasant as early as the 1770's.  There 
being no church there, the majority of them probably attended services at St. Paul's 
churches near Trauger.  As communities in the area developed, a number of members began 
holding services in homes.  One site was the barn of Daniel Kindig.  A church was 
eventually erected thereby.  It was originally a Lutheran-Reformed Union congregation, 
and was commonly called "Kindig's Church".   Being located midway between Harrolds, 
Brush Creek and the Greensburg churches of the North and the Ligonier, Donegal and East 
Huntingdon churches to the south and east, the church, along with the nearby Presbyterian 
churches became known as the "middle churches".
     In [1791] the Reformed members formed a separate congregation under Rev. William Weinel.  
Two years later the Lutherans, led by Pastor Jonas Mechling, also formed their own 
congregation.  By 1861, both congregations were known as St. John's.  There is a burial grounds 
located at the site of the early church."

Tombstone Photo Transcriptions
Cemetery: St John's Union Cemetery - (partial survey)
          a.k.a. - St. John Lutheran and Reformed-Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
          a.k.a. Kintigh's Cemetery
          a.k.a. - Kindig's Cemetery
          Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, PA
          
          Beistel, David F., 22 Mar 1839 - 23 Mar 1904, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)
Beistel, Hannah, 12 Jun 1836 - 23 Jun 1902, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)
Beistel, Infant Sons, s/o D.F. & H., Our Babes, the angels called them, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)
Beistel, David Orvis, 1873 - 1956, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)
Beistel, Laura May, 1872 - 1950, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)
Beistel, Isaac, s/o J. & M., d. 18 Aug 1871, aged 28Y 7M 21D, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)

Hillis, Alice Gongaware, 1856 - 1945, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)
Hillis, Millard F., 1852 - 1919, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)
Hillis, Warren Grant, h/o Alvie Catharine, 1869 - 1952, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)
Hillis, Alvie Catharine, w/o Warren Grant, 1871 - 1934, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)
Hillis, Hannah Catharine, d/o Warren Grant, 1903 - 1919, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)
Hillis, William G., 1879 - 1957, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)
Hillis, Nettie B., 1878 - 1969, (contributed by Jacque Boyd)