Cyrus Dove Cemetery - Rockingham County, Virginia - Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society

Cemetery	Cyrus Dove Cemetery
Location	Criders Area, Rockingham County, Virginia. Northwest of Criders and located on the Shenandoah Mountain about half a mile from the end of Bennetts Run Road (Route 824).
Notes	Cemetery records compiled by Shirley Cullers Miller using headstones, field/river rocks, papers of Warren Souder and Lewis Yankey, J. Robert Swank’s 1967 records, and through interviews with area residents. Shirley Cullers Miller noted: I have made a list of the people that I have found to be buried in this cemetery and I am including the list for a record to be preserved. She recorded the following: The following deed from the Hardy County Deed Books records the gift of the grave yard from Cyrus Dove to the relatives and neighbors. THIS DEED made this 20th day of Dec. 1923, between Cyrus Dove and Margaret L. Dove, his wife, of the County of Hardy, State of W. Va., of the first part, and David A. Smith, Angus W. Dove and Harvey W. Whetzel of the county of Hardy, and State of W. Va., and George M. "Lafe" Dove and William A. Hottinger of the county of Rockingham State of Va., of the second part, WITNESSETH: That for and in consideration of their mutual love and good will, and their generous respects for the dead now buried here. The said Cyrus Dove and Margaret L. Dove, his wife, does grant unto the said parties of the second part "a free gift". The use of a certain tract or parcel of land, known as the Cyrus Dove Grave Yard, and bounded as follows, to wit: BEGINNING 5 feet east of a chestnut tree in said grave yard, thence running S. 49 1/2 W. 6 1/2 poles. Thence N. 40 1/2 W 3 1/2 poles. Thence N. 49 1/2 E 6 1/2 poles. Thence S 40 1/2 E. 3 1/2 poles, passing said chestnut tree to the beginning, containing 24 poles. To have and to hold with ingress and egress as now established and their heirs forever. And the said Cyrus Dove and Margaret L. Dove, his wife, reserved unto them selves, and their heirs the same privileges granted unto the said parties of the second part. Witness the following signatures and seals. His (mark) Cyrus X Dove -State of West Virginia county of Hardy, to wit: I, J. W. Dove a Notary in and for the county and state aforesaid do certify that Cyrus Dove, whose name is signed to the foregoing deed, and bearing date the 20th day of December 1923, has this day acknowledged the same before me in my said county. Given under my hand this 29th day of January, 1925. My commission expires Jan. 8th, 1930-Jas. W. Dove, N. P.
Survey Date and Recorder	2002 Shirley Cullers Miller

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Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks
May	Infant Daughter				daughter of Wilson & Wanda Marie Whetzel May, and great-grandchild of Cyrus Dove
Dove	Archie "Ernest"	27 Feb 1897	8 Jul 1974		child of George M. L. "Lafe" Dove & his wife Anna "Laura" Smith, and husband of (1) Pearlie M. Whetzel (2) Edna May Phinney. Archie Dove's ashes were brought from Dixfield, Maine and buried in the Cyrus Dove Cemetery.
Smith	Mary Catheine "Kettle" (Dove)	15 Nov 1840	12 Oct 1916		wife of Lorenzo Frederick Smith II and child of Abel F. & Mary Magdalene Cullers Dove
Smith	David A.	29 Apr 1868	2 Apr 1940		child of Lorenzo Frederick Smith II & Mary Catherine "Kettle" Dove Smith, and husband of (1) Julia Catherine Dove and (2) Margaret A. (Hulvey) Turner
Dove	Julia Catherine	21 Apr 1871	22 Mar 1920		1st wife of David A. Smith, and child of Socrates Henkel Dove & Clara Ellen Whetzel Dove
Smith	Daughter		1936	Stillborn	child of David Leonard & Lelia Viola "Sallie" Hinkle Smith, and grandchild of David A. & Julia Catherine Dove Smith
Smith	Dorman Wilson	12 Mar 1919	24 Mar 1919		child of Annie Ruth Smith and grandchild of David A. & Julia Catherine Dove Smith
Hottinger	Hannah Susan (Whetzel)	10 Aug 1867	18 Jul 1896		1st wife of William Ashby "Bill" Hottinger, and child of Edward & Ann Whetzel
Hottinger	Effie Ethel	17 Aug 1892	15 Feb 1893		twin, child of William Ashby "Billy" Hottinger & his 1st wife Hannah Susan Whetzel
Hottinger	Ressie	1894			twin, infant child of William Ashby "Billy" Hottinger & his 1st wife Hannah susan Whetzel
Hottinger	Bessie	1894			twin, infant child of William Ashby "Billy" Hottinger & his 1st wife Hannah susan Whetzel
Dove	Frederick Arnold	5 Mar 1906	25 Feb 1922		child of George M. L. "Lafe" Dove & his wife Anna "Laura" Smith
Hupp	Kevin Duane	30 Oct 1956	10 Dec 1986		child of Vera Fay Hinkle Hupp, and husband of Irene Elizabeth Smith
Halterman	Baby				child of Gladys Hannah Halterman, and grandchild of Samuel Daniel "Sam" & Frances Virginia "Jennie" Halterman
Hottinger	Erman E.	3 Aug 1913	3 Aug 1913		twin, child of William Ashby "Billy" Hottinger & his 2nd wife Rosa Caren Dove
Dove	Magdalene	15 Jan 1912	15 Jan 1912		child of Angus W. "Tommy" Dove & his wife Mary Simmons, and grandchild of Cyrus Dove
Dove	Sarah Ellen (Chilcott)	3 Mar 1851	3 Mar 1918		child of Isaac & Sarah Jane Chilcott, and 1st wife of Cyrus Dove
Dove	Margaret Louisa (Hinkle)	16 Jan 1859	19 Dec 1924		child of Willis & Mary Hinkle, and 2nd wife of Cyrus Dove
Dove	John	2 Dec 1887	2 Dec 1887		child of Cyrus Dove & his 1st wife Sarah Chilcott
Dove	Ellen		3 Jan 1891		infant child of Cyrus Dove & his 1st wife Sarah Chilcott
Dove	Infant Son		10 Oct 1909	Stillborn	child of Angus W. "Tommy" Dove & his wife Mary Simmons and grandchild of Cyrus Dove
Dove	Samuel Moses	11 Oct 1890	6 Dec 1890		infant child of Mary "Jane" Dove and grandchild of Isaiah Paul "Grubbs" Dove & Catherine Virginia Souder
Whetzel	Marvin				child of Harvey Rufus & Lula Hester Dove Whetzel, and grandchild of Cyrus Dove. Marvin was shot accidently when he was a young boy.
Dove	Annie Grace	25 Jun 1918	1 Jun 1920		child of George M. L. "Lafe" Dove & his wife Anna "Laura" Smith
Dove	Christian Emanuel	2 Feb 1884	3 Feb 1884		twin, child of Isaiah Paul "Grubbs" Dove & his wife Catherine Virginia Souder
Dove	Daniel Nathan	31 Aug 1894	15 Mar 1895		child of Isaiah Paul "Grubbs" Dove & his wife Catherine Virginia Souder
Dove	Nimrod Corsey	1844	1920		husband of Amanda Hulvey, and child of James & Catherine Fitzwater Dove. Nimrod was the father of George M.L. "Lafe" Dove who lived on the Shenandoah Mountain. Nimrod was a Confederate Soldier.
Dove	Ressie Hester	3 Mar 1902	21 May 1905		child of George M. L. "Lafe" Dove & his wife Anna "Laura" Smith
Dove	Grace Pearl	21 Mar 1892	17 April 1892		child of Isaiah Paul "Grubbs" Dove & his wife Catherine Virginia Souder

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