Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery
Cemetery |
Cyrus Dove Cemetery |
Location |
Criders Area, Rockingham County, Virginia. Northwest
of Criders and located on the Shenandoah Mountain about half a mile from the end of
Bennetts Run Road (Route 824). |
Notes |
Cemetery records compiled by Shirley Cullers Miller
using headstones, field/river rocks, papers of Warren Souder and Lewis Yankey, J. Robert
Swank’s 1967 records, and through interviews with area residents. Shirley Cullers
Miller noted: I have made a list of the people that I have found to be buried in this
cemetery and I am including the list for a record to be preserved. She recorded the
following: The following deed from the Hardy County Deed Books records the gift of the
grave yard from Cyrus Dove to the relatives and neighbors. THIS DEED made this 20th day of
Dec. 1923, between Cyrus Dove and Margaret L. Dove, his wife, of the County of Hardy,
State of W. Va., of the first part, and David A. Smith, Angus W. Dove and Harvey W.
Whetzel of the county of Hardy, and State of W. Va., and George M. "Lafe" Dove
and William A. Hottinger of the county of Rockingham State of Va., of the second part,
WITNESSETH: That for and in consideration of their mutual love and good will, and their
generous respects for the dead now buried here. The said Cyrus Dove and Margaret L. Dove,
his wife, does grant unto the said parties of the second part "a free gift". The
use of a certain tract or parcel of land, known as the Cyrus Dove Grave Yard, and bounded
as follows, to wit: BEGINNING 5 feet east of a chestnut tree in said grave yard, thence
running S. 49 1/2 W. 6 1/2 poles. Thence N. 40 1/2 W 3 1/2 poles. Thence N. 49 1/2 E 6 1/2
poles. Thence S 40 1/2 E. 3 1/2 poles, passing said chestnut tree to the beginning,
containing 24 poles. To have and to hold with ingress and egress as now established and
their heirs forever. And the said Cyrus Dove and Margaret L. Dove, his wife, reserved unto
them selves, and their heirs the same privileges granted unto the said parties of the
second part. Witness the following signatures and seals. His (mark) Cyrus X Dove -State of
West Virginia county of Hardy, to wit: I, J. W. Dove a Notary in and for the county and
state aforesaid do certify that Cyrus Dove, whose name is signed to the foregoing deed,
and bearing date the 20th day of December 1923, has this day acknowledged the same before
me in my said county. Given under my hand this 29th day of January, 1925. My commission
expires Jan. 8th, 1930-Jas. W. Dove, N. P.
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| Survey Date and Recorder | 2002 Shirley Cullers Miller |
Cemetery Index
Surnames are sorted by section /
plot / row / grave - only rows are shown
| Surname | Given Name & MI | Birth Date | Death Date | Headstone Notes | Remarks |
| Dove | Frederick Arnold | 5 Mar 1906 | 25 Feb 1922 | child of George M. L. "Lafe" Dove & his wife Anna "Laura" Smith | |
| Dove | Margaret Louisa (Hinkle) | 16 Jan 1859 | 19 Dec 1924 | child of Willis & Mary Hinkle, and 2nd wife of Cyrus Dove | |
| Dove | John | 2 Dec 1887 | 2 Dec 1887 | child of Cyrus Dove & his 1st wife Sarah Chilcott | |
| Dove | Ellen | 3 Jan 1891 | infant child of Cyrus Dove & his 1st wife Sarah Chilcott | ||
| Dove | Infant Son | 10 Oct 1909 | Stillborn | child of Angus W. "Tommy" Dove & his wife Mary Simmons and grandchild of Cyrus Dove | |
| Dove | Magdalene | 15 Jan 1912 | 15 Jan 1912 | child of Angus W. "Tommy" Dove & his wife Mary Simmons, and grandchild of Cyrus Dove | |
| Whetzel | Marvin | child of Harvey Rufus & Lula Hester Dove Whetzel, and grandchild of Cyrus Dove. Marvin was shot accidently when he was a young boy. | |||
| May | Infant Daughter | daughter of Wilson & Wanda Marie Whetzel May, and great-grandchild of Cyrus Dove | |||
| Dove | Christian Emanuel | 2 Feb 1884 | 3 Feb 1884 | twin, child of Isaiah Paul "Grubbs" Dove & his wife Catherine Virginia Souder | |
| Dove | Grace Pearl | 21 Mar 1892 | 17 April 1892 | child of Isaiah Paul "Grubbs" Dove & his wife Catherine Virginia Souder | |
| Dove | Daniel Nathan | 31 Aug 1894 | 15 Mar 1895 | child of Isaiah Paul "Grubbs" Dove & his wife Catherine Virginia Souder | |
| Dove | Samuel Moses | 11 Oct 1890 | 6 Dec 1890 | infant child of Mary "Jane" Dove and grandchild of Isaiah Paul "Grubbs" Dove & Catherine Virginia Souder | |
| Dove | Nimrod Corsey | 1844 | 1920 | husband of Amanda Hulvey, and child of James & Catherine Fitzwater Dove. Nimrod was the father of George M.L. "Lafe" Dove who lived on the Shenandoah Mountain. Nimrod was a Confederate Soldier. | |
| Dove | Sarah Ellen (Chilcott) | 3 Mar 1851 | 3 Mar 1918 | child of Isaac & Sarah Jane Chilcott, and 1st wife of Cyrus Dove | |
| Dove | Annie Grace | 25 Jun 1918 | 1 Jun 1920 | child of George M. L. "Lafe" Dove & his wife Anna "Laura" Smith | |
| Hupp | Kevin Duane | 30 Oct 1956 | 10 Dec 1986 | child of Vera Fay Hinkle Hupp, and husband of Irene Elizabeth Smith | |
| Dove | Archie "Ernest" | 27 Feb 1897 | 8 Jul 1974 | child of George M. L. "Lafe" Dove & his wife Anna "Laura" Smith, and husband of (1) Pearlie M. Whetzel (2) Edna May Phinney. Archie Dove's ashes were brought from Dixfield, Maine and buried in the Cyrus Dove Cemetery. | |
| Smith | Mary Catheine "Kettle" (Dove) | 15 Nov 1840 | 12 Oct 1916 | wife of Lorenzo Frederick Smith II and child of Abel F. & Mary Magdalene Cullers Dove | |
| Smith | David A. | 29 Apr 1868 | 2 Apr 1940 | child of Lorenzo Frederick Smith II & Mary Catherine "Kettle" Dove Smith, and husband of (1) Julia Catherine Dove and (2) Margaret A. (Hulvey) Turner | |
| Dove | Julia Catherine | 21 Apr 1871 | 22 Mar 1920 | 1st wife of David A. Smith, and child of Socrates Henkel Dove & Clara Ellen Whetzel Dove | |
| Smith | Daughter | 1936 | Stillborn | child of David Leonard & Lelia Viola "Sallie" Hinkle Smith, and grandchild of David A. & Julia Catherine Dove Smith | |
| Smith | Dorman Wilson | 12 Mar 1919 | 24 Mar 1919 | child of Annie Ruth Smith and grandchild of David A. & Julia Catherine Dove Smith | |
| Halterman | Baby | child of Gladys Hannah Halterman, and grandchild of Samuel Daniel "Sam" & Frances Virginia "Jennie" Halterman | |||
| Hottinger | Hannah Susan (Whetzel) | 10 Aug 1867 | 18 Jul 1896 | 1st wife of William Ashby "Bill" Hottinger, and child of Edward & Ann Whetzel | |
| Hottinger | Effie Ethel | 17 Aug 1892 | 15 Feb 1893 | twin, child of William Ashby "Billy" Hottinger & his 1st wife Hannah Susan Whetzel | |
| Hottinger | Ressie | 1894 | twin, infant child of William Ashby "Billy" Hottinger & his 1st wife Hannah susan Whetzel | ||
| Hottinger | Bessie | 1894 | twin, infant child of William Ashby "Billy" Hottinger & his 1st wife Hannah susan Whetzel | ||
| Hottinger | Erman E. | 3 Aug 1913 | 3 Aug 1913 | twin, child of William Ashby "Billy" Hottinger & his 2nd wife Rosa Caren Dove | |
| Dove | Ressie Hester | 3 Mar 1902 | 21 May 1905 | child of George M. L. "Lafe" Dove & his wife Anna "Laura" Smith |
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