PORTSMOUTH COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Cherry Tombstones

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Cherry tombstones:
                  1938 Apr 12
                  Research made by Sarah F. Moore

Cemetery Location:  Oak Grove Cemetery, north side of Glasgow Street, between 
                    Armstrong Street and First Avenue 
                    Portsmouth Co., Virginia


DATE:

1852 and 1825

OWNERS:

Robert Cherry estate, Daniel S. Cherry estate.

DESCRIPTION:

Plain marble slabs with following inscriptions:

In Memory of
Joyce A.
wife of Robert Cherry
who died in the triumph of faith in Jesus, Feb. 5, 1825
in the 52 year of her age
She died in Jesus and is blest, How sweet her slumbers are, From suffering and 
from sin released, And freed from every care.


Laura Adele
daughter of Daniel S. and Lilly  Cherry
Died March 15, 1852
Aged 1 year 10 months
I take these little lambs, said He, and lay them in my breast. Protection they 
shall find in me, in me be ever blest.


Henry Schultz
son of Daniel S. and Lilly Cherry
Died Oct. 2, 1851
Aged 2 years, 6 months
Nothing could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care, An opening 
bud to Heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there.

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SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

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