CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA - CEMETERIES – Newport News Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Tombstone inscriptions, Newport News Cemetery:
                  1937 Oct. 5
                  Research made by Roger Prior Cox

Cemetery Location:  City of Newport News, Virginia


DATE:

1844, date of earliest grave (marker).

OWNERS:

City of Newport News, Virginia.

DESCRIPTION:

These tombstones are in good condition; and there are no trees surrounding the 
graves.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The following are the inscriptions:


Sir John B. Hawkins
1809 – 1871


Martha Allen Hawkins
1805 – 1860


Richard Allen Hawkins
son of Sir John B. and Martha Allen Hawkins
1829 – 1878


George Melson
Son of Edmond Melson
1822 – 1874


William W. Hawkins
son of James and Elizabeth Hawkins
1835 – 1863


Elizabeth Hawkins
wife of James Hawkins
died 1876


Mary Ester Melson
Infant daughter of William Rufus and
Sarah Elizabeth Hawkins


William Ivy
Jan. 15, 1822
April 18, 1898
An Catherine
his wife
Jan 22, 1849
Father and Mother


Nathaniel Parrish
died Oct 1851
Age 26 yrs


James L. Winborn
Died 1869
and
Julien A. Winborn
died 1875


Co. C. 15 Va. Cavalry
James W. Kellam
1840 – 1860


Thorowgood T. Kellam
1841
Killed 1863


Maria Kellam
1843 – 1844


Lucian Kellam
1847 – 1852


Martha V. Caffee
1845 – 1928





SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions

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