CUMBERLAND COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – “Bonbrook” Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Bonbrook cemetery:
                  1936 June 29
                  Research made by Marie Keller Frazee

Cemetery Location:  .6 mile north of Cumberland, Virginia on Route #60, 2 miles 
                    left on Route #622, 4.8 miles right on Route #623.
                    Cumberland County


DATE:

1816, date of oldest grave (marker).

OWNERS:

Mr. Robert Davis, Cumberland, Virginia, R.F.D. #1.

DESCRIPTION:

The cemetery is northeast of “Bonbrook House”.  It is nearly covered with 
honeysuckle and briars.  There are a few markers of native stone, but whose 
graves they mark, is not known.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Inscriptions on stones:

Large thick upright marble stone  inscribed:

John Park Wilson
1790 – 1871
his wife
Elizabeth Woodson Trent
1807 – 1888
Their son
Henry J. Wilson
Born “Bonbrook”, Cumberland Co., Va.
January 11, 1848
Died October 22, 1884
Erected by the request of his son
Henry Harrison Wilson
1934
Their work do follow them.


Small upright slab inscribed:

Isaac Gibson
infant son of John P. Jr. and E.I. Wilson
Born Jan’y 7, 1863
Died July 22, 1864


Medium sized upright slab inscribed:

In memory of
John Lovell Harris
son of G.H. and Judith R. Harris
Born Nov. 9th 1848
Died Oct. 19th 1857
Asleep in Jesus


Medium sized upright slab inscribed:

In memory of
Charlotte Anne Harris
daughter of G.H. and Judith R. Harris
Born May 3, 1854
Died Oct. 7th 1857
Sparkled—was exhaled and went to heaven.


Medium upright slab inscribed:

In memory of
Wallace Deane Harris
Son of G.H. and Judith R. Harris
Born April 13, 1857
Died July 17, 1857
Our little babe


Large flat slab inscribed:

In Joyful hope of a
Joyous resurrection died
Mrs. Maria Willis Wilson
January 6th, 1818
Aged 24 years and 18 days


Medium sized flat slab inscribed:

Sacred to the memory of
Willis Park Wilson
who died June 28th, 1816
Aged 10 months and 28 days
Of such is the kingdom of Heaven.


Large flat slab inscribed:

When a good man dies, then all the people mourn.
Here lies the body of
Willis Wilson
who died February 10th 1822
Aged 65 years, 9 months and 12 days



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Mr. Robert Davis, Cumberland, Virginia, R.F.D. #1.

Tombstone Inscriptions

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