Locality:
Realty Map: 74.00-3-26 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: D-3 Elevation: 2320 feet
UTM Easting: 580270 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4120100
Site Dimensions:
245.07 by 88.69 by 243.24 by 50.55 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a cemetery with at least 45 graves. Two of the observed graves were marked with
illegible cement markers set flush with the ground surface and all of the other
were marked with inscribed granite or marble markers. One large granite monument near the cemetery
entrance includes the names of 22 members of the Gladden and Neighbors
families. This monument replaced a
series of uninscribed fieldstone markers and also documented some unmarked
graves. The graves were enclosed by a
modern chain link fence with a gate on the east side. Historic plantings include four arborvitae,
peonies, periwinkle, yucca, maple trees, and hickory trees. Site was field inspected, photographed, and
grave marker inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous
documentation. Site size was derived from
local realty maps. Observed graves were
clustered in a smaller area approximately 65 by 102 feet. The larger area marked on the realty maps
includes an area for parking.
Survey Date: 8/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
References: Roanoke
Valley Historical Society
1986 Roanoke County Graveyards Through
1920. Privately printed, RVHS, Roanoke.
Additional Comments:
Assigned temporal period was based on the 1876 through 1985 range of
death dates inscribed on observed headstones.
However, the presence of graves without inscribed markers may reflect an
earlier or later use of the site. The
cemetery is marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet and on local realty
maps.
The RVHS surveyed this cemetery and documented biographical
information transcribed from five headstone on graves that predated 1921 (1986: 235).
Two of the headstones documented by the RVHS were not observed during
the 1998 survey.
Marker Inscriptions:
Neighbors Joseph
N. Shaver Lyman
Kimble
William Henry Mabel
Snow Feb.
27, 1924 Neighbors
Oct. 12, 1896 Sept.
17, 1893 July
23, 1964
_________ July
19, 1981
Wade-Gladden-Neighbors
Cemetery (continued)
Neighbors Mother Henrietta
G.
James T. Betty
M. Nora
Jane Alls O’Brien
May 3, 1944 Feb.
19, 1940 Neighbors
____ July
8, 1985 July
7, 1908
In loving memory
Stanley Neighbors Wiley
E. Neighbors Nannie
Wade Coyer
July 4, 1929 Virginia 1856 1935
Nov. 19, 1937 Sgt.
US Army (metal
marker)
Sept
7 1930
Wade
Uncle Grandmother Grandfather Gretchen Wade Billie
Wade
William O. Elize
F. Henry B. 1905 1917-1923
1844-1916 1850-1917 1847-1893
______________________________________ Carl Ronald
(on reverse side of same monument) Wade
Father Mother 1931
William L. Isadora
F.
1873-1968
1877-1963
Glenn Word Neighbors Anthony
D. Neighbors
PVT US Army
World War II
Jun 22 1927
The following inscriptions were listed on a large monument
at the cemetery entrance:
Gladden Neighbors
William L. Gladden John
D. Gladden Lucy P.
Neighbors 2 infants -
Neighbors
1842-1925 1885-1886 1830- ____ _____ _____
Zula N. Gladden Mary
G. Bullings Bass C.
Neighbors Lula Kelly
1852-1932 1889-1956 1857-1926 _____ _____
Henrietta G. O’Brien Hannah
E. Gladden Joseph Neighbors Nancy W. Goyer
1873-1950 1891-1891 1863-1924 1882-1957
Baxter A. Gladden Walter
W. O’Brien L. Parker
Neighbors David Goyer
1875-1909 1885-1957 _____ _____ _____ 1938
Joseph A. Gladden Oscar
L. Lambert Pete Neighbors
1876-1876 1876-1954 _____ _____
Margaret L. Gladden Hannah
Neighbors
1865-1899
Markers documented by the RVHS, but not observed during the
1998 survey:
1. E.C. Wade
/ At rest / son of Evans (?) / Died
2. L.N.
Richard / Died Sept. 4, 190?