GILES COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Bane Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Bane cemetery:
                  1937 July 10
                  Research made by Clarice M. Johnson

Cemetery Location:  White Gate, Virginia
                    Giles County


DATE:

1838, date of oldest grave.

OWNERS:

Bane Family

DESCRIPTION:

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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The following inscriptions are to be found on the stones:


Ann F. Payne
Wife of Smith Payne
Died May 6, 1851
In the 70th year of her age


In Memory of
Polly Bane
wife of John Bane
Born Feb. 22, 1790
Died Sept. 10, 1860


Madison A.
Son of Tobias & Betsy Miller
Born Nov. 10, 1839
And was drowned June 6th, 1859


Sacred to the Memory of
Maria E. Miller
Born 26th Oct. 1836
Departed this life June 23, 1846
Aged 12 years 8 mos. 2 da.
Sleep our dear daughter and take thy rest.
God called thee home He thought best
Thy memory’s Dear thy presence pain
To us who mourns for thee
This tribute of affection was erected
To her memory by the parents.
T. and B. Miller


Sacred to the Memory of
James M.
Son of Madison and Maria Allen
Born 30th January 1834 &
Departed this life November 1836

Beneath this tomb an infant lies.
To earth whose body lent
Hereafter shall more glorious rise
But not more innocent.
When the Archangel trump shall blow
And souls to bodies join
What crowds will wish their lives below
Had been as short as thine.

This tribute of affection was
Erected to his memory by his parents.
Infant son of John C. and Jane Graham
Sept. 15, 1838


Children of Lucy B. and Samuel Bane

Maria
Born Sept. 1, 1859
Died Nov. 6, 1861

Virginia C.
Born March 14, 1861
Died Sept. 22, 1862

Ellen C.
Born Dec. 1857
Died Sept. 30, 1862

(One large mountain rock was used as a headstone for these three graves.)


Sacred Memory of
M. H. Bane
F. James &  Elizabeth Bane S.F.
27 December 1722
21, July 1842
2 re, 6 mo, 21 day


Sacred to the Memory of
Sarah
Youngest daughter of
Christian and Mary Snidow
And consort of William H. Bane
Born 9th June 1802 &
Departed this life 10th December 1845
She was distinguished for a kind and generous
heart, a good sense and untiring devotion to
her friends
An unceasing affection for her Husband and
little ones and tho gone
And cut off in the p rime of her
Usefulness will long be remembered by
those who knew her to be an ornament of
society, a faithful member of the
Presbyterian church
this tribute of conjugal affection was
erected to her memory by her bereaved Husband


Sacred to the Memory of
An Infant Son
of William & Sarah Bane
Born 9th December 1845
Departed this life on the
14th Following.
This tribute of affection war erected to his memory
by his father.


Lula V. White



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