Locality:
Realty Map: 77.05-2-30 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: L-1 Elevation: 1200 feet
UTM Easting: 588220 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4122190
Site Dimensions: 33 by 49 feet
Survey Description: Site consists of a family cemetery with
about 19 interments enclosed by a brick and iron fence. Observed graves included 17 with marble
headstones, 1 headstone base partially covered by a tree stump, and one
unmarked grave. It is possible that
other interments are present.
Orientations of the observed graves ranged from 95 through 100 degrees
southeast. Brick walls, about three feet
in height, form the north, west, and south sides of the cemetery. An iron fence with a gate forms the east or
front side of the cemetery. All of the
graves were located in the western part of the cemetery. While this cemetery was characterized as “a
lovely old cemetery” following a site inspection in the early to mid 1980s, it
is now in poor condition. The southwest
side and corner of the brick wall has collapsed, and many of the grave markers
have been toppled, broken, and displaced.
The cemetery is overgrown with vegetation and no historic plantings were
observed. Site was field inspected,
photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared to
previous site documentation. Site size
was estimated by measuring two accessible walls of the cemetery.
Survey Date: 4/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
Reference:
1986
Additional Comments:
Assigned temporal period was based on death dates inscribed on observed
headstones. These dates ranged from 1853
through 1895. The presence of three
graves for which death dates could not be established may reflect an earlier or
later use of the site. The cemetery
adjoins the rear yards of 3110 Harmony Lane and 3131 Tomaranne Drive. Site is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain
map sheet. It is marked on local realty
maps and labeled “cemetery.”
This cemetery was initially
surveyed in the early to mid-1980s by the RVHS and documented in their survey
report as the Shaver-Deyerle Cemetery (1986:
221). Biographical information
was transcribed from 18 headstones that predated 1921. This survey documentation also indicated the
cemetery was in good shape at that time.
During the 1998 survey,
nearby residents reported that recent vandalism of the cemetery led to its
current, poor condition. A part of the
brick enclosure has been damaged and many of the headstones have been toppled,
dislodged, and broken. The headstones
for Eliza P. Shaver and Susan C. Chapman were not observed during the 1998
survey, but the inscriptions were documented by the RVHS. The following information was derived from
grave markers observed in the cemetery and from information documented in the
RVHS survey report.
Shaver-Deyerle Cemetery (continued)
Marker inscriptions:
In memory of In
memory of In
memory of
Mary Susan Boon Susan
C. Shaver David
A. Brumbaugh
Daughter of Wife
of John Boon Born
John & S.C.S. Boon Born
June 30, 1828
Born Nov’r 3, 1847 Died
Dec’r 17, 1865 Died
Died (fallen,
broken stone)
Dec’r 8, 1867 A
father of
(maker’s mark: Ministers
Gaddess, Lynchburg) (fallen
stone)
Our Mother Magdalena
In
memory of
Lucy J. Brumbaugh Wife
of David Brumbaugh Benjamin
Henry
Born Feb. 16, 1836. Died son
of Henry C. &
Died Oct. 28, 1894. Oct.
1, 1866 Susan
C.
At rest Aged
42 yrs. 6 mos. Chapman
Death is another life. And
27 days Born
(fallen,
broken stone with Died
part
missing) (broken
stone)
H. C. Chapman Our
Little Babe Susan
C.
Born Infant
son of Wife
of
Nov. 17, 1831 H.C.
& S.C. Chapman H.C.
Chapman
Died Died Born
June 4, 1894 August
4, 1870
Aged
5 days Died
(headstone not observed;
inscription from RVHS report)
In memory of In
memory of Julia
Ann Deyerle
Benjamin Deyerle George W.
Deyerle Born
Born Born
Sept. 7, 1806 Jan’y
17th, 1840 Died
May 5, 1883 May
26th 1862
(large obelisk broken (maker’s
mark:
into three pieces) Gaddess,
Lynchburg)
Ollie J. In
memory of In
memory of
Wife of Jennie
Eliza
P., dau. of
J.D. Deyerle Mary
Jane McClure H.S.
& L. J. Shaver
Died (no
further inscription;
Nov. 16, 1880 stone
fallen, broken) Departed
this life
In the 28th year of
her age (headstone
not
(broken stone, only the observed;
inscription
bottom part was observed) from
RVHS report)
Shaver-Deyerle Cemetery (continued)
In memory of In
memory of In
memory of
Henry Shaver Henry
S. Shaver Susannah
Shaver
Who departed this life Born Who
departed this life
August 19th 1853 March
6th, 1831
Aged 67 yrs. & 4 dys. Died Aged
65 yrs. 5 mo. & 12 days
(maker’s mark: August
21st, 1864 (stone fallen, very eroded)
G.B. Gaddess & Bro. (maker’s
mark:
Lynchburg Va.) Gaddess,
Lynchburg)