Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania

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Get directions 1001 Freedom Road
Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania 16006 United States

Coordinates: 40.68108, -80.14852
724-776-4733
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The land for this cemetery and church was donated by Daniel and his wife, Catherine (Emerick) Otto, from part of their farm known as "Peace and Plenty" in 1835. This cemetery was known as "Otto's Cemetery" for many years. The first known burial is George Otto, father of Daniel, who died in 1813.

A 1953 newspaper article with a photo shows a large evergreen tree once grew in the middle of the cemetery. According to a lady who lived in the area the tree uprooted several gravestones and was taken down. The stones were stacked along a fence and then disappeared.

The book, Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Vol V. The Southern Townships, by the Butler County Historical Society, lists several gravestones that no longer are found in the cemetery. The Society started the inventory of Butler county cemeteries in 1978, although it is not known when the inventory of St. Johns was completed.