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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Oliver E. Dr. Baker
1889
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
1949
Cemetery Name:
Thomas Family Cemetery
Grave Location:
1
2
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
Tombstone
Remarks:
In 1967 Swank noted "Dr. Baker was cremated & his ashes scattered on the farm. A monument to his memory is placed on the farm on top of Thomas Hill."
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Source Date Remarks :
28-Mar-02
Thomas Family Cemetery. Using J. Robert Swank's records of 1967, cemetery was revisited & recorded.
Cemetery Notes
Cemetery is enclosed by an iron fence & overgrown. Only two headstones visible. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted, "Cemetery on Mrs. Oliver E. Baker farm. There is a slave burial plot, with eight to ten graves outline visible, across the road near large oak. The last three buried were Nelson Nash, his brother Jerry Nash, & Dick Black about 65 years old." Slave plot was not visible in 2002.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Near Timberville, Roackingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg take Route 42 to Timberville & turn right onto Route 617 (Evergreen Valley Road). Go approximately 3.0 miles & turn left onto Route 617 (Ridge Road). Cross railroad tracks & go 0.3 miles. Cemetery is along the left side of the road.
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