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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Susanna Bowman
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
29 Mar 1851
Cemetery Name:
Bowman-Whitmer Family Cemetery
Grave Location:
6
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
Aged 68y 4m
Tombstone
Remarks:
Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery; w/Samuel
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
38° 30′ 48.0″ N
Longitude:
78° 59′ 18.0″ W
Source Date Remarks :
18-Apr-06
Bowman-Whitmer Family Cemetery. Recording compared against John W. Wayland notes of Dec 1943 and records of J. Robert Swank in 1967.
Cemetery Notes
No fence around cemetery and not well maintained. Numerous graves were moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. In 1967, Robert Swank noted: "Probably as many graves unmarked as we have listed."
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Mt. Clinton area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 33 West and go 7.3 miles and turn right onto Route 613 (Whitmore Shop Road). Go 1.8 miles and turn left onto Route 762 (Eden Valley Road). Then go 9/10ths mile and take Paradise Lane (dirt lane). Go up the lane and when you reach the Y in the road stay to the right. Cemetery is located in a field behind the Richard Showalter home at 2870 Paradise Lane. Need premission to visit cemetery.
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