Brooks Mausoleum - 1912 - Mount Calvary Cemetery - Lewistown, Montana
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N 47° 04.530 W 109° 25.469
12T E 619609 N 5214758
Mount Calvary Cemetery is on N. Elm Street about .5 mile NW from Hwy. 200.
Waymark Code: WM18E2M
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ScroogieII
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Mount Calvary Cemetery is also known as Calvary Cemetery and is in Fergus County, Montana. Lewistown is the county seat with a population of approximately 6,000 residents. First established around the 1880 gold rush. What is most interesting is Lewistown is the geographic center of Montana.

Mount Calvary Cemetery was established in 1895 as dated on the sign, however was unable to located any interments dating prior to 1905 as the earlier graves maybe unmarked.

Mount Calvary Cemetery is approximately 4.5 acres in size and well maintained. The cemetery is divided more or less in three sections with the newest toward the back of the cemetery with room for expansion. Surrounded by farmland there are trees along the roadways.

There are currently 2,825 known interments with some very old headstones, however the newer burials are a more traditional granite grave markers. There are a few family mausoleums in the older section. Overall an interesting cemetery to visit.

One of the mausoleums is the Brooks tomb dated 1912. This is a fairly average sized possibly for four to six interments. The individuals are not named on the mausoleum other than the family name. There is a cross on the top inscribed IHS. (The Christogram IHS is a monogram symbolizing Jesus Christ)

Brooks
1912

Looking through Find a Grave I was able to locate the following information:

Henry Peter Brooks
BIRTH 3 Apr 1836
Birresborn, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
DEATH 22 Feb 1909 (aged 72)
Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana, USA

John Brooks
BIRTH 24 Jul 1840
Birresborn, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany DEATH 4 Jul 1915 (aged 74)
Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana, USA
From Mount Calvary Cemetery
Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 1912

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Website (if available): Not listed

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