Foster Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  20th century

Realty Map:          73.00-2-32                              Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Elliston                                   Landform:                              Ridge top

Grid Locus:            K-2                                          Elevation:                              1420 feet

UTM Easting:       576380                                    Aspect:                                  East

UTM Northing:    4121440

 

Site Dimensions:  39.9 by 21.6 by 39.7 by 21.3 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with seven graves.  The identified graves included six marked with inscribed headstones and one with a metal marker.  All of the observed graves were oriented to the southeast.  Graves are enclosed by a wood post and rail fence.  Portions of an earlier chain link fence continue to stand at the northeast corner of the cemetery.  Historic plantings include chrysanthemums.    Site was field inspected, photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed.  Site size was determined by measuring the horizontal extent of the surrounding fence.

 

Survey Date:         10/30

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        _x_Yes   ___No

 

References:           None

 

Additional Comments:        Assigned temporal period was based on the 1914 through 1997 range of death dates inscribed on observed headstones.  The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Elliston map sheet and or on local realty maps.

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

                Foster                                                     Precious son of                                    K.W. (Ed) Owen  

Mary O.                 Robert N.                               Robert – Karen Foster                         Sept. 3, 1920

Jan. 29, 1914          June 4, 1914                           Jeremiah Glen                                        Dec. 6, 1989

                                Aug. 28, 1989                        Dec. 30   Foster     Dec.31

1977                                    1977

 

Foster

Thomas N.             Eglenna Y.                             Timothy Lee Gibson

Dec. 11, 1873         Feb. 1, 1881                           1997 - 1997

Dec. 20, 1935         Dec. 19,1933                          (metal marker)


 

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