Bank Mennonite Church Cemetery

Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery

Cemetery	Bank Mennonite Church Cemetery (Page 1)
Location	Dry River area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From the Courthouse, Harrisonburg, Virginia, travel Route 33 west. Go 4.5 miles and turn left onto Route 734 (Bank Church Road). Go 1.2 mile and Route 734 turns right. Go 1/10 mile and Route 734 turns left. Continue on Route 734 for 1.4 mile. Church/cemetery are on the left side of road at junction of Rt. 734 and Rt. 752 (Rushville Road).
Notes	Row 1 is by the cemetery gate (south side of cemetery). Rows are recorded from south to north. Facing the headstones they are recorded from left to right (east to west). In 1967 J. Robert Swank note "Cemetery well kept - many unnamed graves." Notes in the "Remarks" column were provided by J. Robert Swank and by the church cemetery records.
Survey Date and Recorder	30 Mar 2003 Irene & John Heatwole and Ken & Mildred Ranck & girls
Photos	Lois Emswiler, Deb Wake, Suzette Graham

Bank Mennonite Church Cemetery Pages

Cemetery Index

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Row	Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks	Images
	Berry	Alexander				No visible marker-recorded/add on by Swank in 1967; Parents of David Berry buried at Singers Glen
	Berry	Susan				No visible marker-recorded/add on by Swank in 1967; Parents of David Berry buried at Singers Glen
	Coakley	Austin				No visible marker-in 1967 Swank noted "Said to be buried here with no marker."
	Coakley	Lucy Pendleton Gaines			w/Austin Coakley	No visible marker-in 1967 Swank noted "Said to be buried here with no marker."
	Coakley	James			s/Austin & Lucy Pendleton Gaines Coakley	No visible marker-in 1967 Swank noted "Said to be buried here with no marker."
	Coakley	John C.			s/Daniel	No visible marker-in 1967 Swank noted "Said to be buried here with no marker."
	Coakley	Joseph Benjamin			s/Austin & Lucy Pendleton Gaines Coakley	No visible marker-in 1967 Swank noted "Said to be buried here with no marker."
	Coakley	Joseph William			s/Joseph Benjamin	No visible marker-in 1967 Swank noted "Said to be buried here with no marker."
	Heatwole	David		5 Jun 1867	Aged 69y 8m 10d	No visible marker-recorded/add on by Swank in 1967; s/David & Magdalene Neland Heatwole
	Hupp	Abraham, Capt.		1864		No visible marker-recorded/add on by Swank in 1967; Confederate Soldier
	Rhodes	Infant				No visible marker-in 1967 Swank note "Said to be buried here with no marker."
	Whitmore	Frances		12 Jan 1878		No visible marker-taken from Church records; w/David G.
	Negroes				3 or more slaves of Daniel Coakley	No visible marker-supposed to be buried here per Swank in 1967
	Negroes				2 or more slaves of Austin Coakley	No visible marker-supposed to be buried here per Swank in 1967
001	Kniceley	Alvirdia	3 Nov 1880	29 Oct 1896	ch/D. K. & Martha J.
001	Kniceley	Mary Ann	5 May 1871	17 Oct 1893	d/Martha & David
001	Kniceley	David K.		11 Nov 1891	Aged 49y 2m 14d	s/Ebinezer & Mary Ann	Image
001	Kniceley	Martha J.		18 Nov 1916	Aged 70y 1m 9d; w/D. K.	nee Coakley
001	Coakley	Daniel		19 Dec 1892	Aged 76y 8m 12d	s/Fielding
001	Coakley	Ann S.		4 Feb 1885	Aged 64y 11m 23d; w/D. C.
001	Unknown	M. M. M.				Small stone with initials only
001	Vanpelt	Julia C.		Jan 1884	Aged 56y; Our Mother	w/Henry	Image
001	Vanpelt	Ida C.		29 Jul 1897	Aged 25y 8m; d/Henry & Julia		Image
001	Gilmer	Lydia Ann	16 Jun 1883	2 Jan 1883	d/A. D. S. & Isabel
001	Ritchie	A. C.	15 May 1829	30 Sep 1885	Aged 56y 4m 15d
001	Shoemaker	Wesley M.	16 Feb 1839	9 Oct 1891	Aged 52y 7m 23d; Our Father	h/Margaret Miller; s/Charles Shoemaker; Co H 10th Va. Vol. Inf.
001	Shoemaker	Gilbert L.	5 Mar 1869	4 Nov 1870
001	Heatwole	Peter O.	12 Jul 1827	27 Nov 1881	Aged 54y 4m 15d	s/Gabriel & Margaret Swank Heatwole; Married 6 June 1849
001	Heatwole	Elizabeth	13 Feb 1830	11 Apr 1896	Aged 66y 1m 29d; w/P. O.	nee Rhodes; Memorial by Hess and Weaver
001	Vanpelt	Henry		13 Sep 1904	Aged 76y 10m 5d; Our Father	h/Julia C.	Image
001	Payne	Thomas	1804	1873
001	Payne	Sidney	1810	1907
001	Gilmore	David R.		5 Dec 1853	Aged 35y 26d	Memorial stone by A. Funk
001	Unknown	A. R.				Small stone with initials only
001	Unknown	J. J. F.				Small stone with initials only
002	Rhodes	Bertie P.		24 Jan 1886	Age 6 das; Our darling baby daughter; d/A. N. & R. E.
002	Simmers	Infant		20 Feb 1905	Aged 3d; s/J. N. & A. B.	s/John N. & Annie B. Andes Simmers
002	Simmers	Abraham G.	1843	1926	Father
002	Simmers	Margaret C.	1848	1930	Mother; His Wife	w/A. G.; d/Henry & Elizabeth Heatwole Rhodes
002	Simmers	Elizabeth R.	25 Jun 1870	7 Aug 1885	d/A. G. & M. C.	d/Abraham & Margaret Rhodes Simmers; Stone broken-leaning on backside of Abraham Simmers' stone
002	Heatwole	Robert Elmer		3 Mar 1893	Aged 17y 3m 17d; s/D. S. & F. R.	s/David S. & Frances R. Cline Heatwole
002	Greiner	Clara Belle		26 Jan 1897	Aged 17y 1m 5d; d/D. S. & F. R. Heatwole	w/L. L. Greiner	Image
002	Heatwole	David S.		16 Feb 1903	Aged 65y 8m 15d	s/Samuel (Shem) and Elizabeth Shank Heatwole; Married 5 Dec 1849
002	Heatwole	Frances R.		14 Jul 1906	Aged 56y 7m 8d; w/D. S.	nee Cline
002	Heatwole	Henrietta	27 Aug 1829	11 Nov 1888	Aged 59y 2m 14d	w/Henry S.; nee Miller
002	Heatwole	Henry S.	6 Feb 1828	18 Nov 1907	Aged 79y 9m 12d	s/Samuel & Elizabeth A. Heatwole
002	Heatwole	Elizabeth S.	14 Feb 1854	6 Mar 1920	Aged 66y 2m 22d; d/H. S. & Henrietta
002	Heatwole	Daniel R.	11 Dec 1874	29 Mar 1887	Aged 12y 5m 18d; s/G. D. & Lydia
002	Nicewander	Barbara		3 Sep 1891	Aged 56y 13d; w/A. B.
002	Heatwole	Nancy		5 Aug 1853	Aged 30y 7m 6d; Consort of John G.
002	Swartz	Susanna		28 Feb 1897	Aged 71y 4m 13d; Our Mother
002	Good	Reuben J.			Aged 3y 1m 13d; s/D. & M.	s/Daniel J. and Maria Heatwole Good
002	Good	John E.			Aged 2y 2m 20d; s/D. & M.	s/Daniel J. and Maria Heatwole Good
002	Rhodes	Philip A.		3 Jan 1862	Aged 5y 11m 20d; s/H. W. & E.
002	Heatwole	Samuel		1 Dec 1857	Aged 3y 1m 1d; s/Peter & Elizabeth	s/Peter O. and Elizabeth Rhodes Heatwole
002	Heatwole	Infant Son		9 Jan 1881	Aged 2d; s/S. H. & R. L.	s/Simeon H. & Rebecca L. Showalter Heatwole
002	Heatwole	Roda F.		18 Feb 1870	Aged 4y 7m 11d; d/G. D. & L.	d/Rev. Gabriel David & Lydia Frank Heatwole
002	Heatwole	Jacob	28 Apr 1863	20 Aug 1864	s/Gabriel D. & Lydia	s/Rev. Gabriel David & Lydia Frank Heatwole
002	Heatwole	David	23 Sep 1860	19 Aug 1862	Aged 1y 2d; s/Gabriel D. & Lydia	s/Rev. Gabriel David & Lydia Frank Heatwole
003	Rhodes	Fredrick S.		12 Sep 1893	Aged 60y 4m 16d
003	Rhodes	Catherine G.		30 Aug 1897	Aged 60y 8m 8d; w/F. A.
003	Whitmer	Arthur Roller	7 Dec 1874	23 Sep 1896	Aged 21y 9m 23d; s/D. H. & J.
003	Whitmer	Susan J.	1 Jan 1850	18 Jul 1905	Mother	w/David R.; nee Heatwole
003	Whitmer	David H.	22 Jan 1848	9 Sep 1911	Father
003	Jones	Infant	5 May 1889	15 May 1889	d/F. P. & A. M.
003	Heatwole	George W.		24 Sep 1902	Aged 37y 6m 13d	s/Gabriel S. & Ella Swartz Heatwole; married 18 Oct 1887
003	Heatwole	Elizabeth C.		25 Jan 1939	Aged 68y 10m 3d	w/G. W.; d/John W. & Nancy M. Heatwole Ford
003	Swartz	Sallie J.		15 Dec 1889	Aged 2y 7m 14d; d/J. S. & A. M.
003	Swartz	Fannie R.		14 Nov 1878	Aged 1y 11m 8d; d/J. S. & A. M.
003	Heatwole	Edgar L.	24 Jun 1893	6 May 1949
003	Heatwole	Edna V.	9 Sep 1897	16 Dec 1967		w/E. L.
003	Unknown	P. K.				Small stone with initals only
003	Heatwole	Rebecca Luella	22 Apr 1858	26 Jul 1892	w/Simeon H.	nee Showalter; Married 29 Nov 1876
003	Unknown					Small stone with initals only
003	Ritchie	Isaac	1826	1908
003	Ritchie	Elizabeth		10 Oct 1888	Aged 60y 5m 17d; Our Mother	w/Isaac
003	Showalter	Infant		10 Mar 1852	Still Born; s/A. M. & C.
003	Showalter	Infant Twins	22 Aug 1854	22 Aug 1854	Twins of Adam & Catherine	Mother nee Catherine Long
003	Showalter	Solomon C.		26 Jun 1859	Aged 1y 7m 23d; s/Adam & Catherine	Mother nee Catherine Long
003	Showalter	Elizabeth J.		1 Nov 1860	Aged 12 das; d/A. & C.	Mother nee Catherine Long
003	Showalter	Catherine	25 Sep 1825	15 Aug 1868	w/Adam	2w/Adam; nee Long
003	Showalter	Adam	27 Apr 1814	6 Nov 1891		s/Joseph and Sophia Saufley Showalter	Image
003	Bright	Elizabeth H.	29 Apr 1798	28 Feb 1867	w/A. G.	w/A. G.	Image
003	Frank	Joseph F.	25 Jun 1835	26 Feb 1862	Aged 27y 1d
003	Frank	Joseph	3 Nov 1788	20 Jul 1862	Aged 73y 8m 17d
003	Frank	Susanah	6 Mar 1777	31 Mar 1864	Aged 87y 25d
003	Frank	David		19 Jul 1871	Aged 32y 3m; Father	Married 31 July 1861; occupation-Shoemaker
003	Frank	Anna		18 Mar 1926	Aged 84y 7m 2d; Mother	w/David; d/Henry and Elizabeth Heatwole Rhodes
003	Rhodes	Henry W.		12 May 1872	Aged 52y 4m 22d	Married 22 Nov 1840
003	Rhodes	Elizabeth		4 Feb 1894	Aged 71y 10m 18d; w/H. W.	d/Gabriel & Mary S. Heatwole
003	Frank	Reuben D.		6 Sep 1873	Aged 2y 3m 14d; s/David & Anna	Mother nee Anna Rhodes
003	Simmers	Fannie Alice	13 Jul 1878	20 May 1880
003	Frank	Jacob J.	30 Jun 1842	15 Nov 1880			Image
003	Frank	Sallie	25 Oct 1839	8 Oct 1923	His Wife	w/Jacob J.	Image
004	Coffman	Frances		30 Nov 1912	Aged 87y 7m 3d; Our Mother; w/Samuel	nee Weaver	Image
004	Coffman	Samuel		26 Aug 1894	Aged 72y 2m 24d; Our Father		Image
004	Miller	Elizabeth S.	5 Apr 1855	29 Sep 1924	Aged 69y 5m 24d; Mother	w/John M.; d/Hugh A. & Nancy Heatwole Brunk
004	Miller	John M.	8 Aug 1853	23 Feb 1911	Aged 57y 6m 15d; Father	s/John Sr. & Hannah Garber Miller; married 16 Dec 1877; born Moores Store VA
004	Brunk	Beulah	25 Jun 1890	18 Aug 1890	Aged 1m 23d; d/J. H. & V. F.	d/Rev. J. H. & Viola Frank Brunk
004	Brunk	Infant		15 Mar 1900	Aged 10 das; d/J. H. & V. F.	ch/Rev. J. H. & Viola Frank Brunk
004	Lilly	David M.	8 Feb 1850	23 Mar 1935	Husband
004	Lilly	Fannie	24 Mar 1851	7 Jul 1909	w/D. M.
004	Lilley	Pattie	15 May 1890	15 May 1890	s/C. C. & Virginia S.	s/C. C. & Virginia S.
004	Lilley	Ernest T.	24 Jan 1888	4 Jul 1888	s/C. C. & Virginia S.
004	Lilley	Eliza Regina	7 Sep 1840	2 Nov 1891	Aged 51y 1m 25d; d/Wm. & Harriet	Memorial stone by Jordan
004	Lilly	Harriet	3 Apr 1819	7 Aug 1894	Aged 75y 4m 7d; w/William
004	Denton	Nannie E.	16 May 1844	24 Nov 1907	Mother	w/Wm. P.
004	Denton	William P.	4 Sep 1844		Father	No death date
004	Denton	William L.	20 Feb 1887	15 Jun 1887
004	Ruleman	Lucy D. F.	15 Aug 1869	18 Jan 1883	d/Jacob & Mary F.
004	Ruleman	Mary F.		23 Feb 1906	Aged 74y 2m 3d; w/Jacob
004	Ruleman	Jacob	28 May 1810	29 Nov 1882
004	Heatwole	Noah		29 Nov 1852	Aged 22y 7m 5d	Memorial stone by J. Funk
004	Heatwole	Nancy		14 Jan 1854	Aged 52y 10m 3d; Consort of John S.	d/Jacob & Mary Showalter Swank; Memorial stone by A. Funk
004	Heatwole	John S.	30 Apr 1806	30 Oct 1857	Aged 51y 6m	s/David & Magdalena Neland Heatwole; married 8 Aug 1927; memorial stone by A. Funk
004	Fishback	Nancy	21 Nov 1858	28 Jan 1860	Aged 1y 2m	Partial illegible sunken stone-recorded by Swain in 1967; d/Albert C. & Sarah Heatwole Fishback
004	Heatwole	Harriet E.		5 May 1860	Aged 5y 7m; d/J. S. & M. F.	Partial illegible sunken stone- recorded by Swank in 1967
004	Brunk	John A.		5 Dec 1862	Aged 2y 3m 18d; s/H. & S.	Partial illegible sunken stone- recorded by Swank in 1967
004	Heatwole	Mary C.	10 Jun 1858	21 Jan 1863		s/J. S. & M. F.
004	Fishback	Perry F.	26 Juy 1869	17 Jan 1870	Aged 5m 22d	Illegible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967; s/Albert C. & Sarah Heatwole Fishback
004	Heatwole	Elizabeth		19 Feb 1879	Aged 75y 8m 27d
004	Heatwole	Hettie J.		22 Jun 1863	Aged 4y 8m 29d; d/H. & H.
004	Heatwole	Infant Twin Daughters	Feb 1863	Feb 1863	d/H. & M.
004	Weaver	Elizabeth		10 Aug 1867	Aged 16y 1m 7d	Illegible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967; d/John & Magdalene
004	Unknown				Father	Small stone no other markings
004	Weaver	John	25 Jul 1818	8 Apr 1877	Aged 58y 8m 13d	s/Samuel; occupation-wagon maker
004	Weaver	Magdalena		22 Jun 1880	Aged 54y 7m 10d; w/John	w/Rev. John; d/Samuel (Shem) & "Eliz. Shank Heatwole
004	Heatwole	Oliver D.	11 Sep 1876	2 Aug 1878		s/Martin & Sarah Weaver Heatwole; drowned in North River
004	Shank	Reuben D.	29 Mar 1882	5 Apr 1882	Aged 7 Das; s/Charles G. & Fannie	Memorial stone by Rinker & Beam
004	Weaver	Infant		10 Dec 1882	Aged 7 das; s/S. & S. J.
004	Shank	Joseph		18 Dec 1887	Aged 17 das; s/C. G. & Fannie
004	Shank	Infant		1 Feb 1888	Aged 28 das; s/C. G. & Fannie
004	Weaver	Solomon	12 Mar 1849	11 Jul 1889	Aged 40y 3m 29d	s/John; 1st h/Susan Sandy
004	Weaver	Flarea A.		29 Nov 1896	Aged 12y 6m 25d; d/Solomon & Susan	Mother nee Susan Sandy
004	Shank	Infant Son		20 Jun 1889	Aged 1 day; s/C. G. & Fannie
004	Shank	Infant Son		15 Feb 1890	Aged 1 day; s/C. G. & Fannie
004	Keister	Sallie A.		25 Aug 1871	Aged 30y 11m 13d; w/A. J.
005	Ruleman	Anderson J.		18 Sep 1896	Aged 36y 1m 2d
005	Heatwole	Catharine		28 Oct 1911	Aged 72y 10m 2d; w/S. S.	nee Gaines
005	Heatwole	Shem S.		29 Apr 1884	Aged 54y 1m 23d	s/Samuel & Elizabeth Shank Heatwole; Married 27 Apr 1854; occupation-farmer, carpenter
005	Lilly	William	11 Feb 1800	11 Aug 1884		Memorial stone by J. Wine-Bridgewater
005	Lilly	Abraham Lewis		28 Oct 1852	Aged 10m 4d; s/William & Harriet
005	Byerly	Harriet E.		21 May 1855	Aged 3y 7m 5d
005	Byerly	John A.	27 Jan 1854	11 Sep 1880	Aged 20y 8m 16d
005	Lilley	Savilla H.	9 Apr 1860	15 Aug 1861	d/Wm. & H.
005	Lilley	Jacob	24 Mar 1842	30 Jan 1861	s/Wm. & Harriet
005	Mason	Elisabeth Ann	4 Mar 1825	5 Jun 1876	w/John Y.	Stone broken off of base
005	Heatwole	Edward L.		7 Jul 1879	Aged 1m 7d; s/S. S. & C.	Mother nee Catherine Gaines
005	Heatwole	James Wm.		12 Aug 1873	Aged 3y 2m 6d	s/Shem & Catherine Gaines Heatwole
005	Heatwole	Jacob A.		31 May 1869	Aged 5m 11d; s/J. S. & R.	Mother nee Rebecca Frank
005	Heatwole	Margaret		9 Dec 1864	Aged 2y 20d; d/J. S. & Rebecca	Partially illegible stone-recorded by Swank in 1967; Mother nee Rebecca Frank
005	Heatwole	Timothy		6 Feb 1863	Aged 4y 9m 3d; s/John S. & R.	Partially illegible stone-recorded by Swank in 1967; Mother nee Rebecca Frank
005	Heatwole	Jacob S.		7 Mar 1870	Aged 45y 3m 4d; Father	s/Gabriel & Margaret Swank Heatwole; married 16 March 1848
005	Shank	Rebecca		3 Apr 1903	Aged 79y 11m 9d; Mother; w/Jacob Shank	nee Frank

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