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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Strachan-Bucher graveyard:
                  1936 Nov. 17
                  Research made by Craig Romaine

Cemetery Location:  6 miles east, Chester, Virginia. .5 mile southwest Route 
                    #37; 1 mile northwest Enon Church Road.
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

1814

OWNERS:

John A. Strachan.
Dr. Wm. H. Bucher.

DESCRIPTION:

Almost inaccessible, this graveyard lies in a forest which has been ravaged by 
fire.  It has indeed been neglected, and but for the few tombstones here, one 
would never recognize it as a graveyard.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Within this forgotten and humble little graveyard lies the body of the Rev. John 
Alexander Strachan who was responsible for the founding of the Enon Baptist 
Church, and who the Rev. Moore mentions with deep regard in his “A History of 
the Middle District Baptist Association”.  It has been mentioned elsewhere that 
the death of Rev. Strachan occured in 1874; however the inscription on his 
tombstone gives this date as 1875, and this is probably correct.


Rev. John A. Strachan
Born Jan. 21, 1815
Died Mar. 24, 1875


Emily A.
Wife of J.A. Strachan
Born Dec. 23, 1832
Died Oct. 12, 1906
Blessed are the dead
Which die in the Lord
from henceforth; Yea,
Saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their
labours; and their works
do follow then.


Infant child of
J.A. and E.A. Strachan


Thomas Blackwood Strachan
Born June 26, 1869
Died Sept. 23, 1892
He served the Lord with gladness


Dr. William H. Bucher
Born May 2, 1834
Died Jan. 23, 1916


In memory of My Wife
Amelia Bucher
Born Oct. 18, 1837
Died Dec. 23, 1910
Age 73 years



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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