Fayette County Genealogy Project

St. Mary's Nativity Orthodox Cemetery - German Twp.

Directions: From the intersection of Main Street (Rt 166) and Church Street in Masontown, go west on Church Street 0.3 miles and bear left on W. Church Avenue. Go 0.9 miles and the cemetery is on the left.

GPS Location:

39.84091 N

79.92176 W

The western section of this cemetery was the St. Ciril Methody Slavish National Catholic Church cemetery for a Slovak Catholic church located in the 1920's and 1930's at West Church Avenue and Locust Street. No buildings remain. This cemetery section later became a part of the St. Mary's Nativity [Eastern] Orthodox Church Cemetery. The St. Mary's Orthodox Church is located at 309 South Washington Street, Masontown.

Transcribed from headstones by Genevieve Shulick


Compiled from headstone photos submitted by Lanny Golden (2008)
and transcribed by Diana Gower