Russell’s Gravesite

January 1st, 2005 | Posted in: Quotes, Abandoned Truths | Keywords: | 88 Comments



Charles Taze Russell’s Gravesite


Location

Charles Taze Russell is buried at the Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Lane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15237-2722. The phone number there is (412) 931-1017. You can get a map and driving directions from Google Maps or Mapquest. A satellite view of the area is available from Google Maps Satellite service.

The pictures below were obtained by one of our researchers. They were taken on Wednesday, 13 November 2002, at approximately 6:30am. That person can be clearly seen in some of the pictures. Although some have suggested we blur his face in order to protect his identity, he has suggested that authenticity is more important than privacy, in this matter, and feels that his presence in the pictures adds to their authenticity.

(Aside: Due to a time constraint on a business trip, this was the only time of day our researcher could access the grave site. The ambient lighting conditions were less than ideal, however the camera’s flash helped greatly.)

Do These Photographs Qualify as "Watchtower Quotes"?

The headstone and memorial at Russell’s grave represent a "quote" that is, arguably, more permanent than the books and periodical published by the Watch Tower Society. The words, thoughts, and feelings of the Watch Tower Society and Bible Students have been literally carved in stone. We feel this more than qualifies these photographs for inclusion in this web site. We hope to further expand this section and include Watch Tower Society’s literature quotes regarding the Russell grave and pyramid memorial.

*** Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone ***

[Photographed 2002 November 13, approx 6:30am]

[Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Ln. Pittsburgh, PA]

Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone [Other sizes available:
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Charles Taze Russell
FEBRUARY 16, 1852
OCTOBER 31, 1916
THE
LAODICEAN
MESSENGER

[Emphasis Added]

*** Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone ***

[Photographed 2002 November 13, approx 6:30am]

[Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Ln. Pittsburgh, PA]

Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone [Other sizes available:
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*** Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone ***

[Photographed 2002 November 13, approx 6:30am]

[Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Ln. Pittsburgh, PA]

Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone [Other sizes available:
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[Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone; ceramic disc photograph visible. Note there is some damage to to the ceramic disc; the pinkish spot on the right side of the disc is a large chip. Researcher visible for authenticity purposes only.]

*** Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone ***

[Photographed 2002 November 13, approx 6:30am]

[Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Ln. Pittsburgh, PA]

Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone [Other sizes available:
Medium (713 x 475px, 56.5kb);
Large (2160 x 1440px, 342kb)]

[Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone; ceramic disc photograph visible. Note there is some damage to to the ceramic disc; the pinkish spot on the right side of the disc is a large chip. Researcher visible for authenticity purposes only.]

*** Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone REAR VIEW ***

[Photographed 2002 November 13, approx 6:30am]

[Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Ln. Pittsburgh, PA]

Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone REAR VIEW [Other sizes available:
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[Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone REAR VIEW, showing another ceramic disc photograph of Russell studying a book or bible. Researcher visible for authenticity purposes only.]

*** Pyramid Memorial size perspective ***

[Photographed 2002 November 13, approx 6:30am]

[Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Ln. Pittsburgh, PA]

Pyramid Memorial size perspective [Other sizes available:
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[Pyramid Memorial with researcher. This individual is approximately 1.80m (6ft.), therefore the Pyramid Memorial is approx 2.4m (8ft.).]

*** View from Pyramid Memorial to Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone ***

[Photographed 2002 November 13, approx 6:30am]

[Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Ln. Pittsburgh, PA]

View from Pyramid Memorial to Charles Taze Russell grave headstone [Other sizes available:
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[View from Pyramid Memorial to Charles Taze Russell grave headstone. Researcher can be seen with right hand on Russell grave headstone.]

*** View from Pyramid Memorial to Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone ***

[Photographed 2002 November 13, approx 6:30am]

[Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Ln. Pittsburgh, PA]

View from Pyramid Memorial to Charles Taze Russell grave headstone [Other sizes available:
Medium (713 x 475px, 48.3kb);
Large (2160 x 1440px, 295kb)]

[View from Pyramid Memorial to Charles Taze Russell grave headstone. Researcher can be seen with right hand on Russell grave headstone.]

*** Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society engraving on Pyramid Memorial ***

[Photographed 2002 November 13, approx 6:30am]

[Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Ln. Pittsburgh, PA]

Watch Tower Society engraving on Pyramid Memorial [Other sizes available:
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WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY

[Engraving on the Pyramid Memorial.]

*** I.B.S.A. engraving on Pyramid Memorial ***

[Photographed 2002 November 13, approx 6:30am]

[Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Ln. Pittsburgh, PA]

I.B.S.A. engraving on Pyramid Memorial [Other sizes available:
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[Engraving on the Pyramid Memorial. "I.B.S.A." stands for "International Bible Students Association"]

*** Great Pyramid Memorial next to Charles Taze Russell Grave with Masonic Temple in background ***

[Photographed 2002 November 13, approx 6:30am]

[Rosemont United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Ln. Pittsburgh, PA]

Pyramid Memorial next to Charles Taze Russell Grave Headstone with Masonic Temple in background [Other sizes available:
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[View of Pyramid Memorial next to Russell grave. The building in the background happens to be a Masonic Temple. This is the approximate view when looking from the gravestone towards the pyramid.]



88 Comments

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Comment by Anonymous (Comment ID: 422975)

It’s a shame that millions of good people are led to believe the teachings of Charles T. Russell. The Jehova’s Witness institution is based on the deception of this man and the unfortunate belief that his followers have. I personally know many good people that are Jehova’s Witnesses and they are not aware that they are actually in a cult. They actually do believe that they are in the truth and that they are responsible to witness to as many people as possible. Even their bible The New World Translation is changed to fit CTW’s theologies like omitting the word hell from it. I feel sorry for all of these people who think they are doing good and really are misguiding other lost souls into a dangerous sect without even knowing.



Posted on January 2, 2009 at 10:18 am

 

Comment by daniel (Comment ID: 422965)

the funny thing about these comments is that everyone is considering this man’s tumb. masonic, liar, deceiver ! but no one says anything about what this man wrote. what wisdom he had. what reasoning he used in his writings. men look at what strikes the eye, but God (whose Name IS Jehovah) looks at the heart… they called Jesus names too..they said He was born from a harlet..they said :the carpenter’s boy wants to teach us the Scriptures? “be not surprised if the world hates you, but know that they hated Me before you.”any bells? as for those who believe in their own stuff,such as trinity and other old babylonian, egyptian, persian,greek pagan dogmas,the Bible says “if our gospel is hidden, is hidden for those that the god of this world has blinded..so, everyone goes where they are supposed to go.



Posted on January 2, 2009 at 9:42 am


Comment by Fri (Comment ID: 423027)

Let see if I understand you Daniel, we are not supposed to believe our own stuff, the trinity, old Babylonian, Egyptian, Persian, Greek stuff. However, we are supposed to believe what a Masonic, liar, deceiver and drunk said and wrote?? What planet are you from, kingdom hell??

I don’t see the world hating the witnesses, if it did they would all be death, believe me.
Now if god blinded me (as you claim) so that I cannot see the gospel, how can I be accountable for something he (your good god) does not let me see?
Have you got a brain at all, or you merely parrot all the shit someone shoves down your throat, or up your ass?



Posted on January 2, 2009 at 1:36 pm

 
 

Comment by rodneymcdonald@live.com (Comment ID: 422757)

I was born and raised in the jehovah’s wittnesses cult, came to realize how dramatically wrong they were by the age of 8 or 9. I saw how different my family was in relation to other ‘worldly’ families even at that age. It wasn’t till i was 16 that I successfully unseated myself and became disfellowshiped and effectively left my home to begin my own. I just wonder how I was able to come to grips with this organazations ‘truth’ while others continue to follow so blindly in the footsteps of ignorance?



Posted on January 1, 2009 at 4:13 am

 

Comment by rodneymcdonald@live.com (Comment ID: 422756)

I was born and raised in the jehovah’s wittnesses cult, came to realize how dramatically wrong they were by the age of 8 or 9. I saw how different my family was in relation to other ‘worldly’ families even at that age. It wasn’t till i was 16 that I successfully unseated myself and became disfellowshiped and effectively left my home to begin my own. I just wonder how I was able to come to grips with this organazations ‘truth’ while others continue to follow so blindly in the footsteps of ignorance?



Posted on January 1, 2009 at 4:13 am

 

Comment by deemoe (Comment ID: 391079)

learn the truth. dum ass.
there are more freemasions around the world. i am not a jehovah wittness. when the time come we will take care of your kind 32degree mason…….



Posted on November 9, 2008 at 1:14 am


Comment by James NON-JW (Comment ID: 391114)

????
Learn the truth? What truth is that dum ass?



Posted on November 9, 2008 at 4:50 am

 
 

Comment by Anonymous (Comment ID: 380752)

H2O = Water, not Waters

Father, Mother, Child = Family, not Families

Father, Son, Holy Spirit = God, not Gods

Jehovah Witnesses grasp the concept of a Plural form of One already.

I am so sick of the argument Jesus is not God. He is God the Son. You better Kiss the Son or Have the Wrath of the Father on You.



Posted on October 17, 2008 at 2:30 am

 

Comment by Somebody (Comment ID: 341257)

You guys are worried about the Taze’s grave, don’t worry about it, some people died and never had one, worry about your LIFE and not the graves. And don’t try to preach through graves, but through Bible, that’s the truth.
I hope i never see your grave’s pictures published, i think you wouldn’t like neither.



Posted on August 8, 2008 at 10:28 am


Comment by Anonymous (Comment ID: 380729)

I want to thank the people who created this web site for all their research. And proving with real concrete evidence that the Jehovah Witnesses are deceiving liars.

The JW’s have idols and pagan emblems mixed with their so called “Truth”. They are hypocrites.

They do not have he Holy Spirit guiding them and never did.



Posted on October 17, 2008 at 1:07 am

 
 

Comment by Anonymous (Comment ID: 331452)

The End Of False Religion Is Near!!! The Great Day Of Jehovah Is Near!!! Not Jesus, but Jehovah.

So simple and elementary, but think about this… when Jesus gave us the model prayer at Matthew 6:9-13, did he say to pray to him? No. He said to pray to OUR Father, so he can’t believe the Father and the Son. And he also said that the Father sent him and told him the things of which he was to preach to people (see John 12:44-50). It’s clear that Jesus and God are two separate individuals. Start with the basics, people and pray to God for guidance and holy spirit to help you to digest more ’solid food’ once you are to swallow the ‘milk’.

Hebrews 5:11-14 says, “Concerning him we have much to say and hard to be explained, since YOU have become dull in YOUR hearing. For, indeed, although YOU ought to be teachers in view of the time, YOU again need someone to teach YOU from the beginning the elementary things of the sacred pronouncements of God; and YOU have become such as need milk, not solid food. For everyone that partakes of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to mature people, to those who through use have their perceptive powers trained to distinguish both right and wrong.” Quit being dull in your hearing, seek Jehovah, approach the elders and repent.



Posted on July 24, 2008 at 4:31 pm


Comment by Fri (Comment ID: 332464)

The great day of joe-blower is near? Haven’t you junkies been saying that for nearly 200 years?
Yah you think about the crap you have been saying, but you are not saying much are you? Merely parroting the same recycled information you nuts have been saying all along without any concrete evidence. Yep milk is for babies and unfortunately that is what you have been getting all along.
Get a life bozo. Please remove your head from the elders asses.

Hi to all you guys, just back from a long vacation in Europe, but I see the nuts still report from time to time



Posted on July 25, 2008 at 10:24 pm

 

Comment by Mike (Comment ID: 333739)

It doesn’t concern you that Charles Taze Russell was a 33rd Degree Freemason and his memorial is at a Masonic Center(which is a pyramid?)



Posted on July 28, 2008 at 4:46 am

 

Comment by Anonymous (Comment ID: 380740)

I think you better seek Jesus, so your eyes will be opened. The Holy Spirit is the teacher today, not an organization.



Posted on October 17, 2008 at 1:32 am

 
 

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