Rockingham County Virginia Tombstones by Cemetery

CemeterySilas Dove Cemetery
LocationBergton Area, Rockingham County, Virginia. Located at the top of the Shenandoah Mountain on Overly Hollow Road (Route 823). On the farm of the late Silas Sylvester Dove, later the Harvey Dove farm.
NotesCemetery 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. This is a new cemetery and not previously recorded.
Survey Date and Recorder22 Nov 2002
Shirley Cullers Miller

Cemetery Index

Surname Index

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SectionRowSurnameGiven Name & MIBirth DateDeath DateHeadstone NotesRemarks
CombsCarl Lee8 Jul 194420 Feb 2002child of James Franklin Combs & Dessie Gertrude Dove
DoveSilas Sylvester15 Sep 18591940child of Jonas Jonah Dove & Frances Smith, and husband of Mary Susan Crider
DoveMary Susan (Crider)Feb 18691900 - 1910died between 1900 and 1910, child of Noah Crider & Louise Marie Whetzel Crider, and wife of Silas Sylvester Dove
DoveCharles William15 Jan 187411 Jan 1948child of Siram Dove & Sarah "Jane" Dove Dove, and husband of Mary Catherine Whetzel
DoveMary Catherine (Whetzel)25 Jul 1874Apr 1942child of Morgan Whetzel & Sarah Jane Stultz, and wife of Charles William Dove
DoveWilliam L.15 Dec 19067 Aug 1908child of Charles William Dove & Mary Catherine Whetzel Dove
DoveOscar Lee10 Feb 189227 Oct 1918child of Charles William Dove & Mary Catherine Whetzel Dove
CombsDessie Gertrude (Dove)23 Dec 19144 Jun 1950child of Oscar Lee Dove & Eliza Catherine Turner, and 1st wife of James Franklin Combs
DoveEliza Catherine (Turner)13 Aug 189015 Jan 1933child of William A. Turner & Ida Frances Dove, and wife of (1) Oscar Lee Dove and (2) Jacob Grover Dove
DoveBeebie May28 Sep 191328 Jun 1914child of Oscar Lee Dove & Eliza Catherine Turner
DoveEvelyn Dove2 Sep 192922 Apr 1951child of Jesse William Dove & Blanche Catherine May
DoveInfant Sonson of Benjamin Albert Dove & Ada Ethel Dove Dove
RitchieWillard Lee18 Apr 19198 Apr 1985child of Jacob "Frank" Ritchie & Ada Belle Dove, and husband of Norma Esther Dove
DoveBarbara Ellen12 May 195012 May 1950Stillbornchild of Jason Marvin Dove & Lucy Virginia Dove
DoveInfant Sonson of Benjamin Albert Dove & Ada Ethel Dove Dove
CombsJames Franklin2 Aug 190710 Jul 1970child of Isaac Levi Combs & Phoebe Catherine Cullers, and husband of (1) Dessie Gertrude Dove and (2) Goldie Dove
DoveInfant Daughterdaughter of Benjamin Albert Dove & Ada Ethel Dove Dove
DoveJunior Elwooddied at age 4 months, child of Harvey Webster & Bessie Lee Siever Dove
RitchieNorma Esther (Dove)11 Dec 1924child of Jesse William Dove & Blanche Catherine May, and wife of Willard Lee Ritchie
DoveBlanche Catherine (May)26 May 189929 Apr 1986child of William "Riley" May & Anna Belle Mongold, and wife of Jesse William Dove
DoveWilliam Ray28 Oct 1940died 3 weeks old, child of Jason Marvin Dove & Lucy Virginia Whetzel
DoveJessie William4 Jul 189312 Apr 1973child of Silas Sylvester Dove & Mary Susan Crider
DoveLukey Dorman13 Nov 19224 Mar 1924child of Jesse William Dove & Blanche Catherine May