Cemetery | Cromer Family Cemetery |
Location | Antioch area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 North, then turn left onto Route 765 (Cromer Road). It is located on the left side (south) of the road, in a field, on private property owned by the Burgess family. |
Notes | Cemetery is enclosed by a stone wall and overgrown. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted "There are indications of a number of other graves unmarked." He also wrote "Known children of Joseph Sr. and Mary Harshbarger Cromer; Emanuel married Miss McLeod, Mary Catherine married Jesse Ralston Jr., Benjamin married Ellen Ralston, John H. married Lucretia Ralston, Joseph Jr." |
Survey Date and Recorder | 18 Feb 2002 Harriet Welch |
Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown
Section | Row | Surname | Given Name & MI | Birth Date | Death Date | Headstone Notes | Remarks |
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Cromer | John H. | 10 Jun 1820 | 17 Mar 1863 | s/Joseph Sr.; Our Father | Husband of Lucretia | ||
Cromer, Sr. | Joseph | 28 Dec 1784 | 24 Aug 1871 | No visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967; 1st wife Mary Harshbarger; 2nd wife Harriet Smootz | |||
Cromer | Mary | 23 Apr 1794 | 18 Feb 1838 | w/Joseph Sr. | No visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967; nee Harshbarger | ||
Cromer, Jr. | Joseph | 12 Jun 1827 | 3 May 1863 | Aged 35y 10m 21d; died at Battle of Chancellorsville | |||
Cromer | Catherine | 18 Sep 1799 | 8 Mar 1877 | Aged 77y 7m 20d | Sister of Joseph Sr. |