Aaron and Sarah Witter - Mount Moriah Cemetery - Butte, Montana
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Mount Moriah Cemetery, located at 2415 S. Montana Street, has, in recent years, gained an admirable reputation as being a very haunted cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM18QCZ
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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MOUNT MORIAH CEMETERY Mount Moriah Cemetery is one of three cemeteries and is located on Montana Street in Butte, Silver Bow County.

Mount Moriah was established in 1877 by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic Lodge of Butte. The two organizations acquired 45 acres for $5.00 from the Northern Pacific Railroad.

The cemetery encompasses the Chinese cemetery as well. Approximately 58 acres in size, this historic cemetery is one of largest in Butte. It is very well maintained and has approximately 20,000 known interments, including two famous interments, those of U.S. Congressmen Albert James Campbell and US Senator Lee Theophilus Mantle.

The Mount Moriah Cemetery has towering pine trees throughout and along the roadways and front entrance. A graceful granite colonnade framing several modest gravestones greets visitors to the Mount Moriah Cemetery.

As you enter the cemetery, there are veteran white crosses with the name of the fallen hero inscribed. The crosses are on both sides of the roadway, and during Memorial Day activities flag poles are installed to fly the American Flag at each station. Towards the back of the cemetery is a Veteran memorial.
There are several obelisks headstones in the Mount Moriah Cemetery. One of which is for the Aaron and Sarah Witter. It is inscribed on two sides.

Aaron C. Witter
BIRTH: 13 Jun 1850
LOCATION: St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
DEATH: 31 Jan 1891 (aged 40)
LOCATION: Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA

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Erected By The
Butte Miners Union
In Memory Of
Aaron C. Witter
Died
Jan. 31, 1891
Aged
40 Years

Butte’s first union, the Butte Workingmen's Union, was established to further the goals of the strike on June 13, 1878. The union had 300 members by the end of June, and 28-year-old miner Aaron Witter was president.

Sarah Gaulter Witter
nee: Gauter
BIRTH: unknown
DEATH: January 28, 1891

Sarah
Wife of
A. C. Witter
Died
Jan. 28, 1891
Aged
30 Years
Date Created/Placed: 1891

Address:
2415 S. Montana Street
Butte, Montana

Height: 8 feet

Illuminated: no

Website: Not listed
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