SOWDER CEMETERY, Montgomery County, VA ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Take Rt 609 from Shawsville and continue on Rt 634. Cemetery is on a Hill behind an old barn. (Bonys Run) Copied 29 Feb 1988 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner, Roanoke, VA. Fieldstone Fieldstone Lewey, James S. 1 Oct 1862 17 Oct 1928 Husband of Eliza J. Lewey, Eliza Jane 14 Sept 1861 17 Oct 1937 Wife of James S. Bell, Earnest F. 27 Feb 1896 14 Mar 1929 Bell, John D. 31 Dec 1854 7 Feb 1941 86 Yrs Bell, Lou E. (Sowder) 25 May 1859 31 Oct 1945 With John D. Taylor, Charles A. 15 Feb 1849 3 Sept 1917 Taylor, Nannie V. 11 Jun 1854 19 May 1936 With Charles A. Taylor, Hunter 13 Apr 1906 19 pr 1906 Infant of G. G. & L. H. Lawson, Frederick McNeil 1 Jan 1917 3 Jan 1917 Son of F. M. & M. J. Taylor, Charles 1 Mar 1899 3 Jul 1899 Son of J. T. & B. E. Bell, Mrs. Sallie 18 Jul 1885 19 Nov 1909 Bell, Eula M. 16 Jan 1890 13 Oct 1895 Bell, Ella 5 Apr 1831 26 Feb 1921 Wife of Peter H. Fieldstone Sowder, C. E. Co A 4 VA RES CSA Fieldstone Fieldstone Fieldstone Sowder, G. Earnest 3 May 1881 5 Dec 1893 Fieldstone Sowder, Annie Elver 8 Nov 1889 11 Oct 1890 Dau of L. D. & L. A. Sowder, Henry G. 19 Oct 1876 18 Sept 1883 Son of L. D. & L. A. Huffman, Mattie L. 6 Jun 1879 13 Apr 1907 Sau of L. D. & L. A. Sowder Sowder, Lucy Ann 6 Sept 1852 14 Dec 1929 Sowder, L. D. 19 Jul 1851 12 Jun 1917 Sowder, Laura B. 16 Feb 1874 10 Jan 1941 Sowder, Sarah J. 6 Apr 1819 6 Sept 1897 78 Yrs 5 Mos Wife of Jacob Sowder, Jacob 15 Dec 1812 13 Aug 1895 82 Yrs 7 Mos 28 Days 7 Graves marked with Fieldstones SOWDER CEMETERY - ADDITIONS - Montgomery Co, VA Located: Bonys Run. Take Rt 609 from Shawsville and continue on Rt 634. Cemetery is on a hill behind an old barn. Compiled by Ruth G. Hale INFORMATION FROM FAMILY MEMBERS. Just inside the gate, left side along the fence are 2 graves marked with fieldstones. They were wives of Johnson Ballard Taylor. 1st Wife was Mary J. Sowder, d/o Jacob & Sarah J. Lee Sowder. She was 18 years at the time of marriage 10 May 1875 in Mont Co VA. 2nd wife Lucy Ellen Garrett d/o William & Elizabeth Garrett. At the time of their marriage 26 Mar 1885 in Roanoke Co VA she was 19 year. Johnson B. Taylor 28 Jul 1854 - 08 Oct 1928 is buried in the Earheart Cemetery near Ellett, VA with his 3rd wife, Margaret, d/o Samuel & Virgie Thomas.