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    1. Re: [PA-LAC] Dunmore Catholic Cemetery
    2. Rosemary asked about 1904 Dunmore Catholic Cemetery. I have copied some pages of "Jubilee History: Commemorative of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Creation of Lackawanna County Pennsylvania, etc." by Thomas Murphy, Volume One, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka-Indianapolis, 1928. Chapter 22, Dunmore, The Largest Borough, pp. 452-53: Dunmore cemetery, on North Blakely Street, was first used in 1828 when Levi Depuy set aside an acre of land for a burial ground. Gabriel Dunning, who died in 1828, is said to have been the first person buried there. The cemetery now covers 35 acres. St. Mary's cemetery dates back to about the time St. Mary's Church was built. Mt. Carmel, another Catholic burial place, was blessed by Bishop O"Hara in 1892. Forest Hill cemetery is in Dunmore. p. 455 The church was dedicated in 1856 and was called St. Simon the Apostle....Rev. Gerald McMurray...remained as pastor until his death March 28, 1896. He built a new church....The name of the Dunmore church and parish was changed to St. Mary's of Mt. Carmel in the nineties. Comment: I don't know which church building is around the date of the cemetery, 1856 or the later "new church." I do not own this book. They turned the lights out on me as I was xeroxing at the Duke University Library, so I have just a few pages. I would think that the Scranton Library and/or State Library might have it if the title interests you as it did me. Anne

    07/03/2001 04:01:58