Harrisonburg Rockingham
Historical Society
Rockingham County
Tombstones by Cemetery
Cemetery |
Hoover Family Cemetery
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Location |
Fulks Run area,
Rockingham County, Virginia. Take Route 259 to Fulks
Run Grocery Store and turn left onto Route 612 (Hopkins Gap Road). Go
approximately 7 miles to where you cross the Shoemaker River and park
by the bridge. Walk 300 yards south on Route 612, then walk west 300
yards through the woods and cemetery is along the bank of the Shoemaker
River. |
Notes |
Cemetery is
not maintained and without fence. River rocks can be seen marking
numerous graves. In 1967 J. Robert Swank wrote, "Located on the west
side of Road 612 about 1/2 mile south of Owen Phillips home. On the
east side of the old road. There were perhaps as many as 40 graves."
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Survey Date and Recorder |
4 Apr 2003
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Photos |
Lois Emswiler |
Cemetery
Index
Surnames
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Surname |
Given Name & MI |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Headstone Notes |
Remarks |
Image |
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Hoover |
David |
15 Sep 1819 |
3 Feb 1863 |
Aged 43y 4m 18d; Consort of Mary Hoover |
husband of Mary Roadcap d/Emanuel & Eliz. Cherryholmes Roadcap |
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Hoover |
William |
29 Apr 1844 |
1 Jun 1852 |
Age 8y 8m 2d; s/Abraham & Hannah |
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Hoover |
Abraham |
16 Aug 1812 |
9 Dec 1880 |
Aged 68y 3m 23d |
No visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967; husband of Hannah Roadcap d/Emanuel & Eliz. Cherryholmes Roadcap |
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Hoover |
Hannah |
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No visible marker; w/Abraham; In Swank's private book he notes she is buried at Trissels Cemetery |
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Hoover |
Mary |
about 1817 |
188? |
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No visible marker; recorded by Swank in 1967; In Swank's private book he notes she is buried at Trissels Cemetery; w/David; d/Emanuel & Eliz. Cherryholmes Roadcap |
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Hoover |
Effie |
1879 |
1880 |
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No visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967; d/Noah & Laura Wilkins Hoover of Cootes Store |
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Unknown |
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Illegible marker leaning
against tree |
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Hoover |
Elizabeth Lahm |
21 Mar 1784 |
185? |
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mother of David & Abraham Hoover |
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Various names |
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Elizabeth Lahm Hoover Mother of David & Abraham Hoover Mar. 21, 1784 – 185- David Hoover Sep. 15, 1815 – Feb. 3, 1864 Mary Roadcap Hoover About 1817 – 188- wife of David Abraham Hoover Aug. 16, 1812 – Dec. 9, 1880 William, son of Abraham & Hannah Hoover Apr, 29, 1844 – June 1, 1852 Effie, Daughter of Noah & Laura Hoover 1879 – 1880 and Others |
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