Carbaugh Cemetery

Carbaugh Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                                  Temporal Period:                  1st half 20th c.

Realty Map:          67.18-1-7                                Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Bent Mountain                     Landform:                              Ridge top

Grid Locus:            I-1                                           Elevation:                              1220 feet

UTM Easting:       585440                                    Aspect:                                  Southeast

UTM Northing:    4122620

 

Site Dimensions:  29 by 30 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with four graves enclosed by a modern chainlink fence with galvanized corner posts.  All of the graves were oriented to the southeast and marked with headstones including three granite markers and one cement marker.  Site has been well maintained and is covered with mowed grass.  Historic plants include yucca.  Site was field inspected, photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous documentation.  Site size was determined by measuring the horizontal extent of the surrounding fence.

 

Survey Date:         12/98

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        _x_Yes   ___No

 

References:           None

 

Additional Comments:        Assigned temporal period was based on the 1913 through 1939 range of death dates inscribed on observed headstones.  The site is located on the property of the Regional Operations Center of Allstate Insurance Company (1819 Electric Road, Route 419) and is about 40 yards southeast of the office building.  The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet or on local realty maps.

 

This cemetery was initially surveyed by the RVHS and biographical information was recorded from the inscription on a single headstone that predated 1921 (1986:  41).

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

J.H Carbaugh                                                        Louisa A.                                               M.L. Carbaugh

1846 – 1936                                                            Carbaugh                                               Paul

(footstone:  JHC)                                                  1842 – 1913                                            Jan. 17, 1876

                                                                                (footstone: LAC)                                  Jan. 12, 1935

                                                                                                                                                Asleep in Jesus

                                                                                                                                                (footstone: MLCP)

Mattie M. Carbaugh

Lante

1869 – 1936

(footstone:  MML)


 

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