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Baskerville - Dennis Family Cemetery
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| This African-American cemetery is located approx. 500 ft south of Forksville Road, at a point 1 mi east of Tanner Town Road. This cemetery is approx 50 ft. x 50 ft. There is no obvious evidence of graves other then the ones listed here and one obvious grave marked only by a fieldstone. The physical address of the wooded gravel path leading to the cemetery would be 1368 Forksville, Road, Brodnax, VA 23920. |
| Latitude: | 36º 45' 36.5" N (36.760139) |
| Longitude: | 78º 0' 19.3" W (-78.005361) |
| Transcribed: | 2019 |
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| Ruth ? Howard | ? ?, 1895 — | 9 - ? - 1988 | |
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| Jesse Baskerville | 5 Aug 1898 — | 30 Sep 1966 | |
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| Hilda Baskerville | ? - ? - 1903 — | ? - ? - 1966 | |
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| Josephine A. Hill | 12 Mar 1900 — | 2 Aug 1975 | |
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| Nancy J. Baskerville | 8 Apr 1862 — | 15 Aug 1919 | wife of
Rev. J.L. Baskerville
I will soon be where the wicked
Cease from troubling and the
Weary are at rest. |
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| Annie Banks | 1871 — | 1921 | wife of
Rev. J.C. Dennis
Asleep in Jesus |
Husband's middle initial could be incorrect on this stone. A Rev. John O. Dennis is buried here also.
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| John Baskerville | 8 Jan 1896 — | 23 May 1958 | Virginia
Pvt
U S Army
World War I |
This is a govt. issued military headstone.
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| Lucy E. Baskerville | 1905 — | 1966 | |
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| John Henry Baskerville | 3 Dec 1927 — | 2 Jan 1993 | Pvt
U S Army
World War II |
This is a govt. issued military headstone.
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| Minerva B. Dennis | 1904 — | 1976 | |
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| Rev. John O. Dennis | 26 Oct 1865 — | 28 Apr 1925 | |
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| John O. Dennis Jr. | 21 Dec 1897 — | 22 May 1933 | |
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© Copyright John W. Pritchett
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