Wood-Goodwin Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  4^th quarter 19^th c., 20^th c.

Realty Map:          73.00-2-38.1                           Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Elliston                                   Landform:                              Ridge bench

Grid Locus:            K-2                                          Elevation:                              1440 feet

UTM Easting:       576140                                    Aspect:                                  East

UTM Northing:    4121180

 

Site Dimensions:  237 by 113.76 by 102 by 69.99 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a family cemetery with 13 graves.  All of the observed graves were marked memorial plaques and all but one were modern.  The observed graves were enclosed by a chain link fence that measured approximately 50 by 50 feet.  Cemetery is maintained, covered with mowed grass, and periwinkle was present.  Site was field inspected, photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous documentation.  Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent  of the surrounding fence lines.

 

Survey Date:         10/98

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        _x_Yes   ___No

 

References:           None

 

Additional Comments:        Assigned temporal period was based on the 1891 through 1996 range of death dates inscribed on observed headstones.  The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Elliston map sheet, but it is marked on local realty maps.

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

Mazie Anne Wood                              Sadie Ellen Wood                                                Harry Murphy Wood

1902        1978                                        August 8               March 14,                              US Army

                                                                1905                        1996                                        Feb 10  1895  May 21  1983

 

Eva Mae Wood                                    John Edward Wood                                             Virginia Ellen Wood

1908 – 1969                                            1860        1932                                                        1870        1938

 

William W. Goodwin                           Sallie E. Goodwin                                 Michael Wayne

1842        1911                                        1892        1969                                                        Son of

                                                                                                                                                Wm & Louise Wood

                                                                                                                                                July 23, 1951

                                                                                                                                                July 24, 1951

 

Paul Whitman                                       John William Wood                                             Ina Lillian Wood

Wood                                                     1892        1969                                                        1894        1941

1930            1930

 

William Rosswell

Wood  IV

1891        1891

 

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