St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Biographical Sketch and Cemetery Listing

St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Biographical Sketch and Cemetery Listing
Author: Brian J. Ensley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Catholics
ISBN: 9781558563452

"St. Joseph's Catholic Church had it's beginnings in the small Conemaugh Borough, later to become Johnstown's 9th Ward. ... The cemetery was started in 1855 when land was purchased from Jacob Horner and adjoined the Sandyvale Cemetery in the City's Hornerstown Section. ... Plagued by repeat flooding, the cemetery was relocatd to a tract of land in Geistown Borough around 1887" -- P. i.