CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Dyson Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Dyson graveyard:
                  1936 Oct. 21
                  Research made by Craig Romaine

Cemetery Location:  3 miles west of Matoaca, Virginia, 1 mile east of River Rd., 
                    on Eanes Road.
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

1823

OWNERS:


DESCRIPTION:

The Dyson graveyard is almost out of civilization.  It lies on the Dryson estate 
which, though only one mile from one of the county’s main highways, has become 
remote and almost entirely isolated because of very poor roads.


The graveyard itself is situated on the farthest edge of a barren field which 
borders a dense forest.  Here are several graves, some of which are marked by 
tombstones consisting of granite shafts from five to six feet in height.  Many 
of these stones are hidden amid the foliage of large box trees.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The Dryson family is one of the oldest families in Chesterfield County.  The 
Rev. Philip Slaughter in his book, “A History of Bristol Parish”. speaks of this 
family as having “lived immemorially near the site of Wood’s Church.”  Wood’s 
Church is distant only by a few miles from this estate.  The epitaphs are as 
follows:


John T. Dyson
Born Aug. 15, 1855
Died Oct. 5, 1897


In remembrance of Our beloved Sister
Elizabeth J. Dyson
Born Dec. 11, 1846
Died Sept. 28, 1901
How happy believers who die
In possession of Jesus’ love,
Bright angel their spirits convey
To Abraham’s bosom above.
Our sister has taken her flight
From all her afflictions and pains
She’s now in the regions of light,
And to earth we commend her remains.


In memory of Our dear Aunt
Ida G. Dyson
Born Feb. 6, 1861
Died April 24, 1916
A light from our household is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our hearts
That never can be filled.


Our beloved Brother
Stephen J. Dyson
Born Oct. 7, 1845
Died April 11, 1899
Since thou cans’t no longer stay, brother,
To sheet us with thy love,
We hope to meet with thee again
In yon bright world above.


Our beloved Mother
Harriet P. Dyson
Born April 4, 1823
Died Sept. 12, 1885
Life without thee, mother,
Seems cold and dark to us,
How much of joy and brightness
We have lost in losing thee.




SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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