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| Cemetery | Bowman-Whitmer Family Cemetery |
| Location | 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. |
| 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." |
| Survey Date and Recorder | 18 Apr 2006 Bernice Arey, Sharon Showalter, Bob &Lois Emswiler |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman | Benjamin | 12 May 1893 | Aged 79y 3m 14d | ||||
| Clatterbuck | John W. | 26 Mar 1876 | Aged 78 yrs | ||||
| Flick | William M. | 20 Apr 1817 | 26 Jan 1879 | Aged 61y 9m 6d | |||
| Flick | Margaret F. | 2 Jun 1857 | 25 Sep 1872 | Aged 15y 3m 20d | |||
| Flick | Harriet | 31 Oct 1819 | 15 Jul 1903 | Aged 83y 8m 14d | |||
| Bowman | Susanna | 29 Mar 1851 | Aged 68y 4m | Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery; w/Samuel | |||
| Bowman | Samuel | 18 Nov 1861 | Aged 82y 2m 3d | Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery | |||
| Bowman | Ephriam | 3 Jul 1826 | Aged 2y 2m 3d | Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery | |||
| Bowman | Simon | 27 Oct 1809 | 17 Nov 1877 | Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery | |||
| Bowman | Elizabeth | 25 Jun 1810 | 24 Oct 1889 | w/Simon; d/Abraham Whitmer | Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery | ||
| Whitmer | Michael | 26 Mar 1893 | Aged 81y 6m 27d | Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery | |||
| Whitmer | Annie B. | 22 Oct 1889 | Aged 81y 10m 14d | Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery; w/Michael; d/Samuel & Susan Bowman | |||
| Whitmer | Samuel | 24 Jan 1836 | 1 Aug 1861 | Aged 25y 6m 7d | Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery; w/Michael; d/Samuel & Susan Bowman | ||
| Bowman | Sarah E. | 25 Jan 1827 | 5 Jan 1904 | Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery; w/Samuel | |||
| Bowman | Samuel | 15 May 1893 | Aged 73y 5m 7d | Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery | |||
| Bowman | Mary | 30 May 1866 | 26 Jan 1879 | d/Samuel & Sarah | Moved to Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery |
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