Bland County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Cemetery............Bethany Church Cemetery ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dave Bane dbane@bane.org Photos of these stones available here: http://usgwarchives.net/va/bland/photos/tombstones/bethany/bethany.html Bethany Church Cemetery Ceres Bland County, Virginia Partial Transcription and photos NAME DATE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH NOTES BEEN, JOHN S. C. 20 Mar 1845 20 Jul 1924 Co F 51st VA Infantry CSA This John Saunders Crockett Been is the son of Uriah Bean and Nancy Leedy Bean, originally of Wythe County and after 1861, Bland County. John was born 1840 in the Black Lick District, Wythe County, VA. John married Margaret McClellan 24 Sept 1865 in Smyth County, VA. John died 1 Mar 1910 in Ceres, Bland County, VA.