GREENTREECEMETERY

COMPILED BYNANCY C. LONG

1988

GREEN TREE CEMETERY

Greentree Cemetery is located in Greentree Borough, a suburb ofPittsburgh, PA. It is situated on the western side ofGreentree Road (Route 121), 1.2 miles south of Exit 4, Route279 (Penn-Lincoln Parkway).

The property for the cemetery, approximately 1 1/3 acres, waspurchased July 1, 1873 by The German United EvangelicalCongregation in Temperanceville. (Reference: City CountyRecords - Volume 319, Page 351 - Map 37R, Lot 225.) A historyof the church by Oscar L. Jurkat states the cemetery was openedin 1872.

The original congregation of the church was organized in 1860and were German Protestants whose creed was largely Lutheranbut wished to remain independent of denominational dictations.The church was known for years as "Vierhellers" Church, becauseJohn Philip Vierheller, one of the most respected citizens inhis day, was the dominating factor in it. The original churchwas built in 1864 at the corner of Mill and Steuben Streets.The area at that time was identified as Temperanceville and isnow known as West End, Pittsburgh. The building was purchasedby the Jerusalem Baptist Church in 1945 and was designated aHistoric Landmark in 1982.

A new church was built in 1950 and the name has been changed tothe West End United Church of Christ. It is located at 1020Chartiers Avenue, Elliott, Pittsburgh, PA.

This listing is a compilation of a recording of inscriptionsfrom each tombstone in the cemetery and integrating that withinformation presently in the records of the cemetery caretakersas of March 1988. Every effort has been made to extractinformation in an accurate and complete manner .

.\ All references in parentheses ( ) are from information in thecaretakers' records. These records were originally in theGerman language and have been translated. There appears to besome duplication, possibly because of spelling variations. Inthese instances, each entry has been included.More thanrepeatingengravedextracted

one person named on a stone is indicated by notthe surname. "NE" indicates that no death date is

on the stone. Lot numbers and lot owners names arefrom the cemetery records.

There is a section of the cemetery referred to as "Over theHill". This area was not set out in lots and the old recordsare sketchy as to location of the graves. The few markerspresently in this area are in the section titled "Over TheHill". The exact location of these markers has not been notedon the cemetery map.The cemetery is maintained in excellent condition and the onlysigns of aging are the erosion of some stones. The cemetery isstill used for burials but the only burial plots available arethose family owned or those which have been returned by them tobe resold.

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Over The Hill SectionHarbuca

94

Froej Ich

78

Ullmer

"Froelich

76·

Fleet:

Yolk..,e!n

73:

Brsndau/Bayer

72

Gundel£lnaer

71

Un.sler

69

Yetter

Yetter

67

Jacobs Haas

Stilts

65

Un/Gunther

64

Huelhr

63

Hueller

KiUer

61

I1iller

60

tephenson Ldnenweber

Reingruber

58

loerbel Pohlmann

57

Schaller

56

Schaller

Fleischll'lann

Dl!ttl1na

53

7S

Conner. Utz

231 225

Rapp

74

's.•.70

68

66

62

59

55

54

Schmelz

93

Haviland

27

Strobel

Schafer

Leonhiser

Weifenbech

Su.aers

Neher Vogel

36 8

loecbel

38

Froehlich

39

Haenebrocken

Fritsch

White

42

Feldner

Beiber

44

freebing

45

Salth

46

Schadel

51

Letneeveber

28

Busse

29

30

31

32

33

DaUet

35

Bretch

37

40

41

43

Hotz

47

Young

48

loch

49

loch

50

52

Stuart

Close

92

Volkwein

26

Hauler25

Busse

24

Busse

23

Paul

22

21

Huen(eld

20

18

CarMhan

11

Recktenwald

16

Beder

15

HUler

"

Roeeet

Buchlll8n

Geisler

Bauer

Hotz

Dechert

Section 1

Huenefeld

Stechmann

Reis

"1111_r

13

::elser Hel Ier Costanz

lOA lOC lOB

Bessler

Geisler

forster

s .

Schull Forster

R<l\I 31

.011 30

ROIl 29

R<l\I 18

ROIl 17

R<l\I 16

R<l\I 15

R<l\I 14

lOW 13

R<l\II2

R<l\III

ROIl 9

R<l\I 8

ROIl 36

Over The Hill SectionR<l\I 35

R<l\I 34

Stahl

97

122

Hason

115

III

110

108

106

105

Dries

124

Smith128

130

131

133

134

136

139

140

144

149

Rush

176

175

hrash

174

Fraehr173

170

Haule

169

167

165

Fink

163

Flnk

162

159

156

155

154

ISO

Beyer

Graff Doscher Heyer Weber SchwartzSchorr R<l\I 6

203 204 2142231.. 221 222

Reid Bauer Volkhardt Hetzel Cra .••.fordDoscher R<l\I 5 A 202 • 205 213

2>4 223!

Stemler GruenbuTg OttoR<l\I 4

206 212201--- Hufnagel Steinberg Sch~itz.er

REENT~R<l\I 3

211200 207

R<l\I 2 Harper Stein

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R<l\I 7

kunz

ROIl JJ Werllle),er

121

R<l\I 32Wixford

120

Rost119

Busse118

Schiefer117

R<l\I 28Gebhardt

116

Raw 21

R<l\I 26Schindehette

114

R<l\I25Westfall

113

R<l\I 24Bernhard

112

IldnhausR<l\I 23

R<l\I 22Wi151111ln

R<l\I 21Wood1

A 109

loerbelR<l\I 20

R<l\I 19Spath Paul

, A' 107

Penner

Panner

KcHanus R8Ul:11

104

Schiller

103

Slitth

102

Doehla

101

Herget100

Schindehette

99

Iluelbarth

98

\lagner bury

96 8

lunz! SchneiderSchultz

A 123

Braessler

WOlfC811P

125

Schlenker Vol bersA 126

~Chneider eles127

HofflDl!lnn

129

Buchler

Buecheler

Teutsch

132

Schuchmann

Freelols1d

Tekearayer

135

Bauer

Hofmeister

137

Teutsc.h

. 138

Rauer

Ebbert Deuschle

Brocker Sch1ndehette

141

Gleich Viet_Ie

142

Metzger

143

Mathes

Bassler

Schindehette

146

Zeller

147

Bassler

148

Werner

Section 2

Bassler

lIt>jnleln172

Kuhn LavenderA 171 8

Larson

Handlck

168

Sundermann

Fleckenstein

166

Cerlem.ann

Page 1GREENTREE CEMETERY

SECTION 1Stones have been read from right to left, starting at center aisle

Lot owners names appear after each lot number

ROW #51ot_!ZZ~_lLZ_~gm~B-E~_~Anna R~idREID, Anna (d. 8 June 1970) -no marker-REID, James (d. 1968) -no marker-

ROW #610T #2~Ha1:1:LDosch~1:DOSCHER, Elizabeth, 1882-1963, "Mother"DOSCHER, Henry C., 1881-1961, "Father"

Lot #221 John GraffGRAFF, Anna, 1875-1970, "Sister"GRAFF, William, 1886-1937, "Brother"GRAFF, John (d. 1925) -no marker-BLAKELY, Minnie C., 1878-1922, "Wife"BLAKELY, Wm. J., 1878-1920, "Husband"

Lot #223A George SchorrSCHORR, George L., 1859-1946Margaretha, 1872-1955SCHORR, Fred C., 1894-1978 (3 Feb. 1977)

Lot_!ZZQ_Hg1:1:2~~t~UTZ, Lizetta, 1895-1952 (Ladies Aux VFW flagholder)UTZ, Harry A., 1895-1972 (20 Apr 1972)UTZ, Albert W., 1916-1964 (WW II Vet flagholder) (Albert Wm.)

LotJZ~1-Irene ConnerBCONNORS, Irene, May 23, 1902-Dec 12, 1984, "Beloved Mother"

ROW #81otJ1-Dgniel_~echert i~eck~1:1DECKER, Marie K., 1899-1911DECKER, Henry, 1864-1934

Ida, 1864-1932DACHER, Anna Marie, Born Nov 6, 1833, Died July 23, 1885DECKER, Dan (d. 1882, 15 May 1882) -no marker-DECKER, Paul (d. 1903) -no marker-DECKER (Babies P.H.H./L.A.H./H.H.) -no marker-

Lot #52 HenrL1~inenweberLElNENWEBERI (Large marker/masonic emblem, Spanish War Vetflagholder)

Harry, 1863-1915, "Father"Louisa, 1861-1931, "Mother"

ROW #9

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LEINENWEBER, Bertha (d. 1932) -no marker-LEINENWEBER, Gustave (d. 1936) -no marker-

Lot #53 Frau Abt DettlingROSS, Albert, 1899-1918 (Welcome Council OUAM 184 flagholder)DETTLING, Albert (d. 1895) -no marker-DETTLING, Maria (d. 1918) -no marker-KREIMANDAHL, Katherine (d. 1930) -no marker-

1ot_!2_~~Qg~tigll-HQt£HOTZ, Sebastian, Geb 27 Sept. 1832, Gest 11 Juni 1880, "FriedeSeiher Asche", "Vater"

Anna Maria, Geb 16 Marz, 1831, Gest 17 Dez. 1893,"Friede Ihrer Asche", "Mutter"VIERHELLER, Anna Christina, Geb. 1 Nov 1829, Gest. 14 Nov 1902"Tante"HOTZ, Heinrich, Sohn von, Sebastian u. Maria Hotz, Geb d. 23

Januar. 1867, Gest. d. 12 Oktober 18??(records show 1887)

Louis August, Sohn von, Sebastian u. Marian Hotz ?? ??18?? (records show d. 1883)

George Philipp, Sohn von, Sebastian u. Maria Hotz, Geb d.14 Decemb. 18??, Gest d. ??il 18??HOTZ, A. Christian (d. 1889) -no marker-HOTZ, Christina (d. 1889) -no marker-

1ot_!Ql_H~_~~hadelSCHADEL, Elmer Alfred, Beloved son of Wm. & Cath. Schadel, neeIttel, Died Feb 7, 1900, Age 18 yrs. 10 mo. 23 days. "At Rest"(Masonic emblem on stone)SCHADEL, Anna Ittel (22 Nov. 1918) -no marker- (removed 9 Apr1940)SCHADEL, Wm. (d. 1898) -no marker-SCHADEL, Louise (d. 1898) -no marker-SCHADEL, Alfred (d. 1900) -no marker-SCHADEL, Wm. (d. 1908) -no marker-SCHADEL, M. M. (d. 1890 baby) -no marker-SCHADEL, Jacob (d. 1891 baby) -no marker-

1ot_#54_Albe~t_[lei~~hmgnnFLEISCHMANN, John George, 1875-1939FLEISCHMAN, M. (d. 1899) -no marker-FLEISCHMAN, Frau George (d. 1901) -no marker-FLEISCHMANN, Albert (d. 1894) -no marker-FLEISCHMANN, Henry (d. 1898) -no marker-FLEISCHMAN, Mary (d. 1933) -no marker-FLEISCHMAN, Thomas (d. 1902) -no marker-

ROW #10

ROW #11

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LQt_#91_Ag~_~g~ghs~gtBERNHARDT, Frau A. (d. 1900) -no marker-BERNHARDT, Andrew (d. 1913) -no marker-BERNHARDT, Joseph (d. 1914 child) -no marker-BERNHARDT, Anna (d. 1914 child) -no marker-BERNHART, Martin (d. 1916) -no marker-HAUSE, Harry, Jr., (d. 1917) -no marker-HAUSE, Harry (d. 1916) -no marker-HAUSE, George (d. 1918) -no marker-

Lot !3B Agam_~_ElYs_EQ~Bte~FORSTER, Adam C., 1903-1978, "Brother"

Elva M., 1908-1986, "Sister"FORSTER, Carl (d. 1912) -no marker-Lot #3A Andreas SchullSCHUL, Margaret, Nov 23, 1829-Apr 4, 1901

Andreas, Sept 26, 1819-Nov 28, 1900SCHUL, Wilhelm H., Aug 12, 1862-Aug 8, 1877(One stone - corroded)

Lot-!~Q_John_KQQhKOCH, John (d. 1904) -no marker-KOCH, Regina (d. 1916) -no marker-KOCH, George (d. 1933) -no marker-KOCH, Alvin (no date, baby) -no marker-KOCH, C. (d. 1886) -no marker-KOCH, John (d. 1891 baby) -no marker-KOCH, Conrad (d. 1887 baby) -no marker-KOCH, George (d. 1896 baby) -no marker-WEISING, John (d. 1897 baby) -no marker-

Lot #55-.Erau ~~orge SchallerSHELLER-BARKER (marker/no names)SCHALLER, Jacob (d. 1891 baby) -no marker-SCHALLER, Elmira (d. 1937) -no marker-SCHALLER, Mary (d. 1896) -no marker-SCHALLER, John J. (d. 1942) -no marker-BARKER, T.H. (d. 1947) -no marker-

1ot_!~_Hermag_~sue~BAUER, Hermann, May 24, 1816-May 3, 1898, "Father"

Margaret, June 20, 1831-July 25, 1901, "Mother"BAUER, Johanna E.K., Geb d. 18 Feb 1863, Gest d. 23 Jan 1887BAUER, Maria Magdalena, Geb d. 28 Nov 1867, Gest d. 10 (?) Dez1880 (Record shows Margaret)

ROW #12

Page 4

~Q1_#4~~eonh~~4-~QchKOCH, Mary, wife of Leonhard Koch, 1859-1927KOCH, Leonhard, 1845-1909, "Vater"KOCH, Elisabeth, wife of Leonhard Koch, 1841-1884KOCH, Johanna J., Geb 12 Jun 1878, Gest 6 Sept 1879Heinrich W., Geb 18 Oct 1879, Gest 16 Aug 1881KOCH, L. (d. 17 Aug 1881 baby) -no marker-KOCH, Mary (d. 1898 baby) -no marker-KOCH, Fred (d. 1899 baby) -no marker-

Lot_!QQ_~rau_~~Q~g~_~chgll~rSCHALLER, George (d. 1891) -no marker-SCHALLER, Frau (d. 1891) -no marker-SCHALLER, Hildreth (d. 1918) -no marker-BARKER, John (d. 1915 child) -no marker-BARKER, Elmira (d. 1978) -no marker-

Lo1-#9Q-Erau_~grl_FrQ~11ghL~~Qrg~-El~~1FROELICH, Charles (d. 1900, removed 1919) -no marker-FROELICH, W.P. (d. 1916, removed 1919) -no marker-FLEET, Christena E., 1890-1966, "Mother"George C., 1887-1952, "Father"

1Q1_!Q_Jacob_~~lslerGEISLER, Ernest, 1886-1931Julia, 1874-1931 (Inscription on top of stone-

"Firemen's Memorial" - also World War I flagholder) (note inrecords -" ashes buried together")GEISLER, Katherina, Born 1848, Died 1911, "Mother"GEISLER, Jacob, Born 1844, Died 1908, "Father"GEISLER, Frank A., Born 1882, Died 1903, "Brother"GEISLER, William, May 16, 1879-Feb 1, 1933, "Husband"GEISLER, Caroline (d. 1911) -no marker-SCHNORR, Mary (d. 1915) -no marker-

Lot #48_Philip_XoungYOUNG, Elizabeth (d. 2 May 1882) -no marker-YOUNG, Catherine (d. 1913) -no marker-YOUNG, Philip (d. 1919) -no marker-REICH, John (d. 1946) -no marker-

Lot #57B George PohlmannPOEHLMANN, John G., 1823-1900Selina, 1825-1888George, 1851-1908Elizabeth, 1848-1928Henry G., 1885-1887

ROW #13

ROW #14

Page 5

~Q~~~~_Al_H£§§l~~HASSLER, Albert (d. 1888 child) -no marker-HASSLER, Albert (d. 1935) -no marker-HASSLER, Louis (d. 1944) -no markerHASSLER, Marie (d. 1949) -no marker-HASSLER, Rudolph (d. 1959) -no marker-HASSLER, Elsie (d. 5 Jan 1981) -no marker-

10t !QA_Max_~gchm£nBUCHMAN, Mary (d. 1884) -no marker-BUCHMAN, Maximillian (d. 1887) -no marker-BUCHMAN, Max (d. 1897) -no marker-BUCHMAN, William. (d. 1931) -no marker-

Lot !Q~-R~H~~orsterFORSTER, Roy H., Sr., 1911-ne "Husband"

Margaret B., 1911-1986, "Wife" (3 Feb 1986)(Masonic symbol on stone)

1Qt_!~1~£~1-HQt~HOTZ, Albert G., 1860-1930, "Father"HOTZ, Emma M., 1870-1920, "Mother"HOTZ, Hilda (d. 1905) -no marker-

Lot #58 Adam Reingruber (WarnerlWARNER, Charles A., 1856-1934

Mary E., 1856-1939WERNER, Nelle E., 1902-1924REINGRUBER, Adam (d. 1901) -no marker-REINGRUBER, Mary (d. 1903) -no marker-

Lot~1-~~org~_~~isle~GEISLER (Large stone - no names)GEISLER, Frau Geo. (d. 1895) -no marker-GEISLER, George (d. 1907) -no marker-GEISLER, P. (d. 1884) -no marker-GLOGGER, John (d. 1928) -no marker-GLOGGER, Mary (d. 1940) -no marker-

~Qt_~i~_Ow~n_QmithSMITH, Myrtle E., 1889-1977 (15 Dec 1977)SMITH, Owen, 1851-1928, "Father"

Bertha C., 1861-1947, "Mother"SMITH, B.S. (d. 1882 baby) -no marker-

Lot #59B F. W. LeinenweberLEINENWEBER, Frederick William, Sr., 1886-1957, "Father"LEINEWEBER, Bertha, 1885-1935, "Mother"

ROW #15

ROW #16

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~Q1_!~~A_~Qhn_Q1§Eh~n§QnSTEPHENSON, Hannah (d. 1897) -no marker-STEPHENSON, John (d. 1913) -no marker-

1Qt_#88_Wm._MillerMILLER, William H., 1832-1913 (Sheraden Council Jr. OUAM 146

flagholder)Mary nee Swinesberg, Born July 19, 1834, Died Aug 19,1899

MILLER, Wm. (d. 1899 child) -no marker-MILLER, William H., Jr. (d. 1934) -no marker-THOMAS, Mary (d. 1941) -no marker-

Lot #8 George GeislerLMrs. Gertrude RoemerGEISLER, Gertrude (d. 1914) -no marker-GEISLER, John (d. 1921) -no marker-GLESENCAMP, Katherine (d. 1913) -no marker-ROEMER, Henry (d. 1949) -no marker-KERR, George (d. 1978) -no marker-

Lo~_!i5 JQhn ~~~ebingFREEBING, Edward G., 1870-1913

Elizabeth, 1873-1930FREEBING, Augusta E., 1839-1896

Johannes, 1833-1897

Lot #60 Heinrich MillerMILLER, Albert (d. 1891 baby) -no marker-MILLER, Anna Elizabeth (d. 1891) -no marker-MILLER, Emma (d. 1891) -no marker-MILLER, Mary (d. 1908) -no marker-MILLER, Henry (d. 1929) -no marker-

Lot #9 C.G. BasslerBASSLER, Charles G., Died July 25, 1975

Anna M. C., Died June 23, 1982 (record shows 1983)BASSLER, Charles G. U S Navy World War II, 1906-1975(World War II flagholder)BAESLER, Harry (d. 1908) -no marker-BASSLER, Jessie (d. 1919) -no marker-BASSLER, Charles (d. 1919) -no marker-BAESLER, John (d. 30 April 1881) -no marker-

Lot #44 Nic. BeiberBEIBER, Nicholas, Co A 5th PA H A (GAR flagholder)BEIBER, Nic, 1829-1888, "Our Father"

L.F., 1840-1908, "Mother" (Louisa)On same stone:FELDNER, George H., Born July 17, 1869, Died July 9, 1893,"Here Rest In God Our Dear & Only Son"

ROW #17

ROW #18

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FELDNER, Philipp, 1846-1908Annie M., 1851-1933FELDNER, Maggie, Born Aug 14, 1883, Died Jan 2, 1885

"Hear Rest in God Our Dear Dau." (Anna Mary in records)BEIBER, George P., Sept 5, 1871-Dec 4, 1906, "Husband"BE IBER, George (d. 1900) -no marker-BE IBER, Tuff (d. 1900) -no marker-

Lot #61 KasB~~_Mille~MILLER, Kasper, 1852-1932, "Father"MILLER, Mary, 1862-1918, "MotherLAPPE, Lorena Miller, wife of Walter H. Lappe, Nov. 16, 1889-Jan. 11, 1971LAPPE, Walter Harbison, Pvt 17th Bn. 153rd D B, Enlisted May27, 1918, Discharged Jan 9, 1919, Born Aug 22, 1889, Died Jan7, 1964 (WW II flagholder)MILLER, Sophia (d. 1890 baby) -no marker-MILLER, George (d. 1891 baby) -no marker-Lo.t--1!87--R....--.!L..1~bingFREEBING, Flora E., wife of Earl E. Freebing, 1909-1933FREEBING, W. J., 1868-1944STEWART, Lizzie (d. 1900) -no marker-LONG, Sarah S. Freebing, 1873-1969 "Nannie"

Lot #10B Virginia CostanzaRHODES, Elnora (no dates or marker)

Lot #10A J. F. GeiserGEISER, Frederich (d. 1884) -no marker-GEISER, Elizabeth (d. 1873) -no marker-

Lot #43 PhiliB FeldnerCASE, Olga (d. 1909) -no marker-

Lot #62/63 John MuellerMUELLER, Caroline, 1920-1937, "Daughter"Anna R., 1888-1964, "Mother"John F., 1875-1954, "Father"

LQ.t_~11_gnd_12 __ Ch~ist_Boehm~~CRIDGE, Charlotte, 1876-1939, "Mother"Harry, 1873-1945, "Father"BOEHMER, Louis, son of Christian & Lucy Boehmer, Born May 28,

1871, Died March 11, 1892BOEHMER, Fred W., 1861-1935BOEHMER, Lizzie, daughter of C. & L. Boehmer, Born April6, 1854, Died May 12, 1881CRIDGE, Harriett (d. 1893) -marker corroded-