{"id":9006,"date":"2019-01-23T14:49:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T19:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/?page_id=9006"},"modified":"2019-02-19T10:21:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T15:21:22","slug":"historical-genealogical-places-of-interest-north-park-allegheny-county-pa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/?page_id=9006","title":{"rendered":"Historical & Genealogical Places of Interest, North Park, Allegheny County, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"

by
\nLarry Pearce
\n(See links below for contextual information*)\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

(Click to enlarge\/Back arrow to return)<\/p>\n

1. Old Salem Church site<\/a><\/b>, corner Rt. 910 & Pearce Mill Road – This, the Pearce family Methodist church, was relocated west to Wexford, closer to rail transportation, in 1924.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Cross Roads Cemetery<\/a>,<\/b> Rt. 910 north and east of the park – five generations of the Pearce, Austen, Moon and other of our families are buried here. The Presbyterian church, established in 1826, was relocated east in 1974.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Marshall Island<\/a><\/b>, old mill pond – both Ralph Pearce (1917-2002) and son Larry proposed to their wives on the narrow bridge leading to this nature preserve.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Pearce Family homestead & mill (1820-1917) <\/a><\/b>– birthplace of three generations of Pearces, including Ralph, now Administration Building for the park.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Pearce Grove<\/a><\/b> – on original Pearce farm property, just below the Administration Building.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. School House Grove<\/a><\/b> – on the foundation of one-room Walters School where many of the Pearces attended elementary school.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Flagstaff Hill <\/a><\/b>– at the base of which sits Walters School site & beyond which is Guyton Cemetery, where Henry and Sarah are believed to be buried.<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Moon Grove<\/a><\/b> – site of Moon family homestead & farm.<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Henry Moon Tavern & Inn<\/a><\/b>, Babcock Blvd. – foundation of what is believed to be an original area settlement established by our patriarch. <\/span><\/p>\n

10. Allegheny County Memorial Park<\/a><\/strong>, Duncan Ave. – Established in 1929, this bucolic 100-acre site contains the final resting places of Pearces<\/a>, Hills<\/a>, and others.<\/p>\n

11. Joseph & Alice Moon Hill Homestead<\/a><\/b>, Babcock Blvd. – One of four farms believed to have been provided by Capt. John Dixon Hill to his sons after the Civil War.<\/span><\/p>\n

* This tour, whether real or virtual, is designed to begin at the corner of Rt. 910 & Pearce Mill Road<\/strong> and travel EITHER<\/strong> east then south on Babcock to the Park OR<\/strong>\u00a0south along Pearce Mill Road, stopping at the various sites before completing the circle. For additional information and photos, see the “Table of Contents” for each Pearce-associated family at E-gen.info<\/a>\u00a0and\/or the “Friends of North Park”<\/a> Facebook<\/em> page. Various maps of the park are available at the Administration Building or by Googling “North Park Allegheny Co PA map.”<\/a> If you take our tour, we’d like to get your impressions in the inquiries box below or by e-mail, and we will share them with our readers.<\/p>\n

Last revised 2\/19\/19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Larry Pearce (See links below for contextual information*) (Click to enlarge\/Back arrow to return) 1. Old Salem Church site, corner Rt. 910 & Pearce Mill Road – This, the Pearce family Methodist church, was relocated west to Wexford, closer … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":777,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9006","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9006"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9143,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9006\/revisions\/9143"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}