ROANOKE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Gish Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report,  The Gish cemetery:
                  1936 Oct. 29
                  Research made by William C. Sponaugle

Cemetery Location:  .5 mile east of Route #460 on a knoll near the Old Gish 
                    Home, on the road from Vinton, Virginia, corporate limits to 
                    State Highway (Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike) on east side of 
                    road.
                    Roanoke Co., Virginia


DATE:

1849, date of the oldest grave.

OWNERS:

H. E. Gish, present owner. (1936)

DESCRIPTION:

It is in a fair state of preservation, and is a private graveyard.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The inscriptions are as follows:


David Gish
Died March 11, 1849
Age 77


George H. Gish
Born August 10, 1839
Died September 13, 1908


Polly Brugh
Died July 23rd, 1876
Age 74



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Honorable V. E. Gish, Vinton, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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