Rockingham County Virginia Tombstones by Cemetery

CemeteryDovel-Stephens Family Cemetery
LocationMelrose area, Rockingham County, Virginia. Cemetery was located off of Route 11 north, on the west side, less than one mile south of Melrose Church of the Brethren.
NotesNotes taken from the D.A.R. recording: This cemetery was moved in 1940 from "Stonewall Cottage", the Woolf-Dovel-Stevens home from 1783 to 1938, to the Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg, Virginia. On the removal to Woodbine, the original marble tombstones were replaced by new granite monuments. Laura Belle Stephens and Sallie Georgiana Stephens, the two last remaining members of the family, had been interred in Woodbine Cemetery, prior to the removal from the family cemetery on Route 11.
Survey Date and Recorder1960s
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SectionRowSurnameGiven Name & MIBirth DateDeath DateHeadstone NotesRemarks
DovelJames2 Feb 202518 May 2024s/Daniel & C. DovelMoved to Woobine Cemetery in 1940
StevensMary Dovel31 Aug 2024Aged 72y 3m 4d; w/Richard A. StevensMoved to Woobine Cemetery in 1940
DovelBarbara Yount1 Nov 202428 Jul 2024Aged 65y 10m 29d; Our MotherMoved to Woobine Cemetery in 1940
DovelJoseph M.23 Dec 202413 Sep 2024Aged 23y 9m 10d; BrotherMoved to Woobine Cemetery in 1940
StephensRichard A.6 Jan 20255 Nov 2024Aged 59y 9m 29dMoved to Woobine Cemetery in 1940
StephensMartha J.10 Jul 2024Aged 43y 4m 2dMoved to Woobine Cemetery in 1940
StephensBarbara V.25 Jul 202412 Dec 2024Moved to Woobine Cemetery in 1940
StephensFrances Rebecca29 Jun 202421 Jan 2025Moved to Woobine Cemetery in 1940
StephensHenrietta Vine17 Nov 202429 Dec 2024Moved to Woobine Cemetery in 1940
StephensLaura Belle186227 Jan 2025Buried at Woodbine & never in the family cemetery
StephensSallie Georgiana187019 May 2024Buried at Woodbine & never in the family cemetery

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