Influenza Epidemic Victims in Butler County, Pa-- Part 1.: The Black Cross

I came across this while researching for my Saw the Elephant Blog:  Civil War and felt it appropriate for these days of the "V".

From the HMdb, Near Cabot in Butler County, Pennsylvania.  This is in the western part of the state.

From a marker.

"Here are buried an unknown number of local victims of the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 -- one of history's worst  epidemics in terms of death.  In Butler County, the worst period was early October to early November 1918, with some 260 deaths in the county seat alone.

"Immigrant workers in the limestone and other industries are buried in this cemetery with one to five bodies buried in each grave.  A large wooden cross  long marked the site."

Otherwise, there was nothing to denote this as a cemetery.

--Cooter