Hi Ben and Dettori: I see much has been added to this thread that I didn't get notified from Rootschat to read. I think if you miss viewing one reply, you get cut out of the loop, as they say at the White House and in other places where it is important to be in the loop.
To cut to the chase. I believe I have located Thomas Musgrave's place of burial. Unfortunately, there is no gravestone and some of this is deduction, but...read on.
Telephoned Robinson's Run Cemetery this morning. On Oct. 29, 1886 Mrs. E. Wilson purchased a burial lot (Section OP, Lot 134) containing eight graves. That would be Elizabeth Musgrave Wilson. All of the graves are filled.
I believe that one of the plots might have been for Elizabeth Musgrave's first husband, Thomas Wilson, who may have died in 1886. The cemetery has no record of Thomas Wilson being buried in 1886, but who else would Elizabeth have bought the grave plot for? Perhaps a child?
Another grave was for Robert Sutherland, Elizabeth's second husband, buried 1906, according to an obituary posted on the Robinson's Run Cemetery page of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania PAGENWEB website.
A third grave was for Elizabeth Musgrave Wilson Sutherland herself, buried in 1911, according to an obit on the same web page.
None of these graves have tombstones on them.
Since Thomas Wilson (and/or another relative, poss. a child) may have been buried in 1886 and Robert and Elizabeth Sutherland were buried 1906 and 1911, it stands to reason that a close relative dying between 1886 and 1911 would also be buried in one of graves. That would include Thomas Musgrave, father of Elizabeth and father-in-law of both Thomas Wilson and Robert Sutherland.
The cemetery does not have an entry for a burial for Thomas Musgrave, but the records in the early 1900s are spotty, according to the cemetery office.
Another grave lot (Section 8, Lot 115) has more relatives. There are six graves, but only three burials. All of these graves have stones.
Mary Ellen Wilson Saix, Elizabeth's daughter from her first marriage, was buried there in 1962. Her husband John Saix is buried there (date of burial not mentioned) and James Sutherland (died in the city of Elkins, West Virginia) was buried in 1952. He is the son of Elizabeth Musgrave Wilson Sutherland.
So I think we have answered the question of where Thomas Musgrave is buried. Probably as well as it is going to be answered, unless new information emerges.
Regards,
John
