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Daniel Family Cemetery - Rocky Run
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| Located on the north side of Lew Jones Rd. (Route 616), approx. 0.7 mi. east of Little Deer Rd. (Route 644). It is in a fenced pasture across the road from Rocky Run Methodist Church. |
| Latitude: | 36º 55' 59.5" N (36.933194) |
| Longitude: | 77º 56' 26.6" W (-77.940722) |
| Transcribed: | 2007 |
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This cemetery contains, among others, the remains of Richard Madison Daniel, his wife, Virginia Ann Lewis, and four children: James R., William F., John J., and Ella N. Daniel. |
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Richard's sister Mary married William S. Lewis, brother of Virginia Ann, and they and some of his family are here, too. |
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According to Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia, Richard's and Mary's brother, Pvt. Cornelius F. Daniel, might be buried in this cemetery, CWS f BCV, pp. 141-42. |
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| Waverly F. Daniel | 9 Mar 1897 — | 16 Oct 1927 | Weep not for me, my parents dear;
I am not dead, but sleeping here. |
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| DANIEL | |
| Martha L. Daniel | 28 Sep 1875 — | 11 Nov 1945 | |
| James R. Daniel | 25 Sep 1873 — | 24 Apr 1945 | At rest |
| James R. Daniel married Martha Adna Lewis, CWS f BCV, p. 142. |
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| John S. Lewis | 7 Jun 1881 — | 26 Jan 1919 | Gone to be an angel |
| Son of J.H. and M.A. Lewis, CWS f BCV, pp. 329, 377. |
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| Martha A. Lewis | — | 9 Sep 1903 | Wife of
J.H. Lewis
Died Sept 7, 1903
Age 50 years
At rest |
| J.H. Lewis | — | 27 Dec 1909 | Died
Dec 27, 1909
Age 60 years
Asleep in Jesus |
These stones are old and difficult to read. New, small, flat stones, approx. 6 in. X 12 in., have been installed with the same information.
James Hiram Lewis married Martha A. Jones, CWS f BCV, pp. 328-29. |
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| Mary J. Lewis | 27 Aug 1843 — | 12 Oct 1907 | Wife of
W.S. Lewis
Blessed are the
pure in heart for
they shall see God |
A new 6 x 12 in. stone installed here also.
Mary J.F. Daniel, sister of R.M. Daniel, married William Stuart Lewis, CWS f BCV, p. 329. |
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| Willie F. Daniel | 12 May 1876 — | 26 Jan 1905 | Son of
R.M. & V.A. Daniel
Asleep in Jesus |
A new 6 x 12 in. stone installed here also.
William Foster Daniel, CWS f BCV, p. 142. |
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| John Jefferson Daniel | 20 Dec 1878 — | 24 Jan 1919 | Christ loved him and
took him home |
| Married Nannie Mae Daniel who is in Section 3, Lot 6 of Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, CWS f BCV, pp. 142, 144. |
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| Virginia Ann Lewis Daniel | 19 Oct 1854 — | 18 Nov 1938 | Her memory is blessed |
| Richard Madison Daniel | 6 May 1848 — | 12 Feb 1918 | In loving memory of
Tho lost to sight to
memory dear |
| Virginia Ann Lewis married Richard Madison Daniel, CWS f BCV, p. 142. |
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| Ella Nora Laffoon | 8 Oct 1882 — | 3 Oct 1906 | Wife of
Burwell L. Laffoon
Daughter of
R.M. & V.A. Daniel
Asleep in Jesus |
| Ella N. Daniel married as his first wife Burwell Lafayette Laffoon who is in New Hope Christian Church Cemetery, CWS f BCV, pp. 142, 224. |
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There is a 2-3 ft long concrete slab/block with what would look to be a headstone and a footstone protruding from it. However it has no inscriptions upon it at all. |
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© Copyright John W. Pritchett
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