Steger Family Cemetery                              (Joseph McClaurine Steger line)
                                                                              John Wesley Steger Decendants


Cemetery location:  Buckingham - From Rt.627 turn onto state route 698 follow until  where Rt. 777 enters Rt698 continue on Rt698 about 50 yards on left you will see fenced in cemetery is located in the center of field. The cemetery is designated on most county maps.

DATE:

1912 is oldest grave marker.  also, contains members of the Baber and Snoddy families. 

OWNERS:

Charles W. Steger, Jr. and Keith G. Steger, fourth generation owners
of homestead originally purchased by John Wesley Steger upon return from Civil War.

DESCRIPTION:

The cemetery is located in a currently maintained hay field and is
enclosed by a chain link fence.  Cemetery is bounded by two walnut trees
with a Crepe Myrtle within and is maintained on a constant basis.  Two gravestones
have lost their markings with age and may soon be replaced.  There are 2 or more known graves without headstones. 

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

John Wesley Steger was a Civil War veteran who was disabled at the age of 22
As a result of being shot in the leg while rendering air to a wounded soldier in the Battle of Gaines Mill outside Richmond.  He served in Company “D” of the 56th Regiment
from Buckingham, Virginia.

Graves:
John Wesley Steger
12/20/1838
05/15/1912

Mary Brown Steger  (wife of John Steger)
11/22/1844
06/08/1913



Sydna Steger Snoddy   (sister to John Steger)
01/15/1874
09/04/1931

Mabel Steger Snoddy   (sister to John and Sydna) 
02/28/1885
05/03/1939

Eliza Steger Baber        (sister to John, Sydna, & Mabel)
03/05/1884
03/01/1920

Lawson Tyler Baber     (Husband of Eliza Steger)
07/10/1880
04/14/1937

John Lawson Baber      (Son of Eliza & Lawson)
04/30/1914                     Died of the fever at age 16
03/02/1931

David Owen Steger      (Son of John, sisters Sydna, Mabel, Eliza)
05/31/1876
11/05/1951

Annie L. Hughes Steger (wife of David Steger)
01/29/1889
04/22/1933

William Jennings Steger (brother of David Steger)
12/01/1867
06/30/1943

Alma Kidd Steger           (wife of William Steger)
n/a
n/a



Submitted by Keith G. Steger  3/3/2010;   Copyright 2010 by Keith G. Steger