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Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery

Cemetery

Cherry Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery (Page 1)

Cherry Grove United Methodist Church

Cherry Grove Church Sign

Cherry Grove Cemetery

Location

Cherry Grove, Rockingham County, Virginia. At the junction of Cherry Grove Road (Route 752) and John Kline Lane (Route 880). From the Courthouse in Harrisonburg, take Route 42 North (High Street, name changes to Virginia Avenue, name changes to Harpine Highway) 7.4 miles to Wengers Mill Road (Route753) and turn left. Go 2.7 miles to Cherry Grove Road (Route 752) and turn right. Following the road signs, go 1.9 miles and the cemetery is on the right side.

Notes

In 1967, J. Robert Swank recorded this cemetery and made a notation on his paper that "there are quite a few unmarked graves." Some of the "Remarks" are from J. Robert Swank and were included when he recorded this cemetery. The rows start at the top of the hill (older section) to the bottom (newer section) and from left to right. The cemetery is well kept.

Survey Date

27 Jan 2002

Photos

Lois & Bob Emswiler

Cemetery Index Cherry Grove Page 2

Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only rows are shown

Row	Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks	Images
001	Hottinger					ch/Oscar; No visible marker - recorded by Swank in 1967
002	Sherman	William A.	11 Feb 1918	3 Oct 1953	S1USNR WWII VA	s/Marvin
002	Shultz	Herman J.	2 Apr 1898	31 Mar 1954		s/Andrew J. & M. M.
002	Smith	Myrel	10 May 1915	25 Jul 1945	s/Jacob & Susan
002	Smith	Harold	3 Mar 1903	23 Sep 1927	s/Mr & Mrs Jacob Smith	s/Jacob
002	Smith	Susie C.	16 Mar 1878	23 Oct 1937	Mother	w/Jacob
002	Smith	Jacob M.	27 Oct 1875	30 Sep 1953
002	Bixler	John				s/Morgan J. & Mary C.
002	Bixler	Mollie				w/John; nee Shultz
003	Hill	Naomi C.	1945	1947	d/W. E. & M. J. Hill	d/Willard
003	Hill	Willard E.	4 Aug 1917	7 Sep 1982
003	Hill	Mamie J.	28 Aug 1915	21 Jun 2001
003	M. J.	buried need info
003	Smith	Thomas N.	31 Mar 1872	22 Oct 1946		s/Capt John
003	Zirkle	Billie H.	1876	1920		s/Henry
003	Zirkle	Annie B.	1878	1943		w/Billie H.; d/Capt John Smith
003	Bush	Mary S.	10 Jun 1872	23 Dec 1914	w/S. I. Bush; Mother
003	Beach	Lottie E.	17 Oct 1891	16 Oct 1918	w/F. D. Beach
003	Hopkins	Leora B.	1895	1952		1/w Arch L. Hopkins; d/Samuel Bush
003	Hopkins	Archie L.	1898			buried here
003	Allaman	Sallie Hester Hause	3 Dec 1883	30 Jan 1920	Aged 37y 1m 27d; w/Clarence Allaman
003	Hollar	Mrs. Oscar				nee Hawse; no marker
003	Hollar	J. Oscar	1877	1960		s/Robert Hollar; McMullen funeral marker only
003	M. V. S.	footstone Initials				Appears to be burial here
003	Bond	Infant	16 Jan 1962	19 Jan 1962		ch/Basil C.; no marker
004	Zirkle	Luther E.	21 Feb 1874	30 Jun 1953		s/Henry
004	Zirkle	Sallie R.	28 Mar 1877	21 Sep 1951		w/L. E.
004	Zirkle	Norman S.	17 Sep 1908	17 Sep 1908	ch/L. E. & S. R.
004	Zirkle	Henry	17 Mar 1840	15 Jul 1914	Aged 74y 5m 28d; Our Father
004	Zirkle	Maggie	21 Oct 1841	21 Jul 1917	Aged 75y 9m; w/Henry Zirkle
004	Hause	John A.	27 Oct 1850	14 Jan 1919	Aged 68y 2m 18d
004	Hawse	Susan A.		25 May 1907	Aged 64y 7m 5d; w/J. A. Hawse
004	Sherman	Daniel W.	15 Jun 1840	14 Jan 1911	Aged 70y 7m
004	Sherman	H. Marvin	1884	1968
004	Sherman	Pearl H.	1889	1982
004	Sherman	Myrtle Ruth	19 May 1920	5 Jan 1921	Aged 7m 17d; d/H. M. & P. V.
004	Sherman	Raymond S.	1915	1941		s/Marvin
004	Ritchie	Foster P.	22 Dec 1897	10 Dec 1983
004	Ritchie	Gertrude C.	1897	1919	w/F. P.	1st/w Foster P.; d/Adam J & Laura B Kesner Hartman
004	Berry	David E.	15 Aug 1904	2 Aug 1994
004	Berry	Halsie H.	8 Dec 1907	6 May 1994		w/David E.
004	Berry	Leonard L.	10 Dec 1927	11 Dec 1927	s/D. E. & H. E. Berry
005	Colvill	Elizabeth Emma Bell	28 Dec 1879	30 Aug 1909	w/ Wm. E. Colvill; d/J. W. & Sallie E. Bixler
005	Colvill	James William	30 Aug 1909	30 Aug 1909	Infant Son	s/Elizabeth E. B.
005	Bixler	John W.	24 Sep 1845	28 Oct 1910		brother to Morgan
005	Bixler	Sarah E.	1 Aug 1841	24 Dec 1917		w/J. M.
005	Mason	Ralph R.	21 Nov 1903	14 Feb 1979
005	Mason	Sallie L. E. Bixler	1886	1956		d/J. M. & S. E. Bixler
005	Dove	Kate	2 Mar 1879	23 Oct 1919	Aged 40y 7m 21d; w/H. F. Dove	1/w Homer F. Dove; nee Reedy
005	Reedy	Sallie	19 Apr 1853	12 Jan 1916	Aged 62y 8m 13d; Mother	mother of Kate
005	Hill	Myrtle A.	2 Mar 1880	9 Jan 1906	Aged 25y 10m 7d; w/Jacob B. Hil	nee Reedy
005	Hill	Infant	31 Jan 1906	31 Jan 1906	s/J. B. & M. A. Hill	ch/Jacob B. & M. A.
005	Bixler	Thelma V.	8 Dec 1911	12 Dec 1912	d/J. E. & S. E.; 1y 7d	d/Edward
005	Bixler	Bertie B.	4 Sep 1909	26 Aug 1918	Aged 9y 11m 28d; d/J. E. & Sallie E.	d/Edward
005	Bixler	Bulah R.	31 Oct 1899	31 Aug 1918	Aged 18y 10m; d/J. E. & Sallie E.	d/Edward
005	Pettit	Charles D. L.	18 Jul 1898	13 Jan 1959		s/Rosie
005	Pettit	Rosie G.	22 Oct 1873	14 Sep 1952		d/John H. Whetzel
005	Whetzel	Lillie Bell	8 Jul 1879	23 Aug 1944	d/J. H. & E. W. Whetzel	d/John H. Whetzel
005	Whetzel	John H.	25 Dec 1838	13 Dec 1918	Father
005	Whetzel	Elizabeth A.	15 Oct 1846	7 Jun 1919	Mother
005	Whetzel	Ollie Suvanna	9 Jul 1885	2 Apr 1960	d/J. H. & E. W. Whetzel	d/John H.
005	Whetzel	W. M.	6 Sep 1871	1 Feb 1934	Aged 63y 4m 25d	s/John H.
005	Whetzel	Lula C.	12 Oct 1871
005	Shultz	William H.	15 Nov 1899	5 Oct 1958		s/Andrew J. & M. M.
005	Shultz	Harriet E.	28 Sep 1903	27 Feb 1994
006	Baker	Mary	23 Nov 1845	24 Jun 1918	Aged 72y 7m 1d; w/David	w/Jacob
006	M.S.B.	footstone only
006	Bush	Sarah	10 Jun 1832	10 Sep 1898	Aged 66y 3m; w/James	w/James
006	Bush	James	15 May 1832	10 Jul 1902	Aged 70y 1m 25d
006	Bush	Philander	1828	1912
006	Derrow	Howard S.	3 Sep 1899	22 Jul 1972
006	Derrow	Mattie F.	28 Sep 1863	15 Apr 1945		w/Joseph; mother of Mrs. James Ruebush - Dayton VA
006	Smith	Ruby E.	4 Jul 1905	30 Nov 1967
006	Smith	Estie S.	1877	1948		2nd/w John E.; nee Simmons
006	Smith	John E.	1866	1918		s/William
006	Smith	Angeline	1871	1930	Aunt	d/William
006	Smith	Woodrow W.	19 Oct 1914
006	Smith	Evelyn H.	8 Jan 1919
006	Smith	Ralph N.	10 Jan 1912	17 Feb 1985
006	Smith	Charlotte W.	1 Mar 1922
007	E. J. S.	footstone only
007	Lofftus	Archibald	7 Jun 1832	5 Sep 1901	Aged 69y 2m 28d; Father
007	Lofftus	Hannah D. D.	21 Feb 1873	4 Apr 1887	Aged 14y 1m 13d; d/Archibald & Mary C.
007	Morris	Annie F.	18 Sep 1898	6 Aug 1899	Aged 10m 18d; d/George & Mamie M.
007	Smith	Minnie V.	7 Feb 1898	19 Mar 1899	d/William E. & Ella J.
007	Smith	Emmer J.	8 Feb 1908	11 Feb 1908	s/William E. & Ella J.
007	Smith	Ella J.	1877	1911		w/Wm. E.; nee Smith
007	Smith	William E.	1874	1959		s/Capt. John
007	Smith	Loudon C. T.	27 Jul 1900	19 May 1908	Aged 2y 9m 22d; s/G. L. & Addie
007	German	Bulah J.		17 Feb 1913	Aged 20y 9m 10d; To My Beloved Wife
007	German	Infant Son	17 Feb 1913	17 Feb 1913		s/Bulah J.
007	Corcoran	Infant Daughter	28 Sep 1908	28 Sep 1908	d/Chas. M. & M. E.
007	Corcoran	Infant Son	27 Jul 1912	1 Sep 1912	s/C. M. & M. E.
007	Corcoran	Charles M.		18 Feb 1913	Aged 28y 5m 12d; To My Beloved Husband	h/M. E. Smith Corcoran
007	Smith	C. L.	21 Oct 1868	18 Dec 1918	Aged 50 years	s/Wm. Smith
007	Smith	Addie L.	9 Mar 1867	14 Sep 1927	Mother	w/Charles L.
007	Smith	Irvin V.	10 Oct 1895	4 Nov 1948		s/C. L. & A. L.

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