Mace Cemetery

Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
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Cemetery	Mace Cemetery
Location	Browns Gap area, Rockingham County, Virginia. In Harrisonburg, from the intersection of Route 11 (South Main Street) and Route 659 (Port Republic Road), turn left (east) onto Route 659 and go 12.1 miles on Route 659. Cross over Route 340 (East Side Hwy) and stay on Route 659. Go 3/10 mile and cemetery is on the right side of the road.
Notes	Cemetery is well maintained with a concrete brick wall around it. A plaque marks the Mace Cemetery and notes, Heirs of Henry Mace. Many unmarked graves and some marked with rocks. In 1960s the D.A.R. records indicated that; there are many Civil War Soldiers buried here in unmarked graves. The Mace home was said to have been used as a hospital.
Survey Date and Recorder	11 April 2005 Bob & Lois Emswiler
Photos	Lois Emswiler

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Row	Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks	Images
	Unknowns					Several unmarked graves
	Unknown	Twin Sons		10 Aug 1956		No visible marker; No names-recorded by the DAR in the 1960s
	Roadcap	Infant Son		7 Mar 1919		No visible marker-recorded by DAR in the 1960s
	Mace	Henry				The first Henry Mace, who settled in the Brown's Gap area, was born in England and is said to have been buried in this Mace Cemetery. There is no marker to his grave. Recorded by the DAR in the 1960s
	Unknowns	Civil War Soldiers				There are also many Civil War Soldiers here in unmarked graves.
001	Unknown					Illegible stone markers-In 2005 appears to be child buried here
001	Unknown					Illegible stone markers-In 2005 appears to be child buried here
001	Mace	George W.	4 Jun 1859	24 Apr 1932	Father
001	Mace	Bettie W.	8 Feb 1874	1 Oct 1953	Mother
001	Mace	Cecil E.		28 Mar 1936	Virginia, Pvt Med Dept		Image
001	Mace	Roy Clyde	30 Jul 1912	11 Oct 1991	Tec 5 US Army WWII
001	Mace	Gladys B.	21 Jan 1916	4 Mar 2005		Died 4 March 2005-data from newspaper
002	Mace	T. Ashby	23 Mar 1862	10 Apr 1940	Father
002	Mace	Lucy W.	28 Sep 1869	24 Sep 1899	Mother
003	Mace	John Jacob	3 Dec 1878	26 Apr 1976
003	Mace	Laura Nannie	6 Oct 1885	19 Sep 1964
003	Mace	Herman L.	23 Apr 1918	24 Spe 1986
003	Mace	Robert H.	18 Jan 1887	28 Oct 1972	Father
003	Mace	Florence J.	9 May 1894	11 Jul 1975
004	Via	Alonza B.	1855	1928
004	Via	Maggie H.	1854	1931
004	Burke	Mary E.	1 Aug 1882	23 Aug 1910			Image
004	Moore	Bessie B.	6 Oct 1887	13 May 1914	w/J. G.		Image
004	Via	Hilda C.		4 Jul 1897	d/A. B. & H. M.; age 2y 3m ?d	Headstone sunken-age below ground in 2005
005	Via	John Clarence	5 Apr 1890	29 Sep 1956	Virginia Pvt 2 Corps School Det. WWI
005	Via	Mary C.	10 May 1853	5 Jul 1933	w/Clifton J.
005	Randol	Margaret A.		5 Aug 1911	Aged 75y 6m 3d
005	Roadcap	Theodore C.	3 May 1918	29 Mar 1943
005	Roadcap	Reuben	8 Jun 1885	27 Nov 1967	Father; s/Robert & Rhoda Marshall Roadcap; Erected by Daisy R. Sipe-Daughter, Janet S. Wampler-Granddaughter, Claude L. Wampler-Grandson-in-law
005	Roadcap	Lucy Ellen Via	10 Jan 1888	6 Dec 1965	Mother; d/Clifton J. & Mary Mace Via; Erected by Daisy R. Sipe-Daughter, Janet S. Wampler-Granddaughter, Claude L.Wampler-Grandson-in-law
006	Mace	John Henry	10 Jul 1848	Feb 1932
006	Mace	Julia A.	4 Sep 1852	Mar 1933
006	Garrison	Samuel L.	1881	1947	Father
006	Garrison	Laura Via	1883	1957
007	Roadcap	Clarence L.	21 Feb 1906	11 Dec 1968	Father

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