Col. Jacob Helms Family Cemetery, to left of 460 Rose Hill Road (SR 772), Floyd Co., VA.

aka Rose Hill Cemetery

aka Howard Cemetery

N 36 54.048  W 80 21.351

36.9007300, -80.3558900

Last visited & internments confirmed by Tracy C. Apr 2021

 

Google Maps using 36.9007300, -80.3558900

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Apr 2021)

Original Source: Jo Parr & Genevieve C. Starkey, 10 Nov 2006 documented Nov 10, 2006.

Find A Grave Name: Same.

Annotations – added May 2021 by Barb Camery Reininger

Annotations in Red – correction to original text by Barb Camery Reininger

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

Notes:

Photo

NAME

Original

Survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by J. Lancaster Mar 2021

Cannaday, Julia A. Foster

yes

30 Dec 1863

28 Feb 1939

w/o T. H. Cannaday

nee Julia Anne Foster, d/o William & Orpa (Jones) Foster. [Death Cert] [Foster]

m. 1879 Floyd

Tazwell Howard Cannaday, s/o Stephen H. & Elizabeth (Lemon) Cannaday. [Death Cert] [Cannaday_Stephen2]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Cannaday, T. H.

yes

10 Sep 1852

24 Dec 1933

 

aka Tazwell Howard Cannaday, s/o Stephen H. & Elizabeth (Lemon) Cannaday. [Death Cert] [Cannaday_Stephen2]

m. 1879 Floyd

nee Julia Anne Foster, d/o William & Orpa (Jones) Foster. [Death Cert] [Foster]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by J. Lancaster Mar 2021

Foster, Orpa

yes

05 Aug 1831

17 Oct 1918

 

nee Orpa Jones, d/o Anderson & Mary “Polly” (Young) Jones. [Death Cert] [Jones_Anderson_Mary]

m. 1848 Floyd

William Foster, b. Franklin, s/o George & Mary (unknown) Foster. [1875 Floyd Death Register] [Foster]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

 

Foster, William

yes

 

28 Nov 1875

 

William Foster, b. Franklin, s/o George & Mary (unknown) Foster. [1875 Floyd Death Register] [Foster]

m. 1848 Floyd

nee Orpa Jones, d/o Anderson & Mary “Polly” (Young) Jones. [Death Cert] [Jones_Anderson_Mary]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

 

Helms, Constance Webb

yes

1764

9 Aug 1826

w/o Adam Helm

Constance Webb, d/o Cuthbert & Mary (Burton) Webb. [no file]

m. 1789 Franklin

Adam Helms, s/o unknown. [Helms_Adam_2wives]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Helms, Jacob Col

yes

 

28 May 1835

41 yrs

aka Col Jacob Helms, s/o Adam & 1st wife Constance “Connie” (Webb) Helms. [no file]

m. 1812 Montgomery

nee Elizabeth J. “Eliza” Smith, d/o Humphrey & Elinor (Foley) Smith. [Death – not recorded 1891 Floyd] [no file] Elizabeth m. 2nd 1837 Floyd, Joseph Kennerly, s/o unknown. [Kennerly]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Howard, Asa L. Col

yes

12 Mar 1819

18 Aug 1858

 

Asa L. Howard, s/o Ira & Pamelia (Lester) Howard. [1858 Floyd Death Register] [Howard_Asa_Ellen]

m. 1843 Floyd

nee Ellen M. Helms, d/o Col Jacob & Elizabeth J. “Eliza” (Smith) Helms. [Death – not recorded 1891 Floyd] [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Howard, Ellen M.

yes

4 Dec 1815

13 Dec 1891

 

nee Ellen M. Helms, d/o Col Jacob & Elizabeth J. “Eliza” (Smith) Helms. [Death – not recorded 1891 Floyd] [no file]

1st m. 1833 Floyd, John W. Headen, s/o unknown.

2nd m. 1843 Floyd, Asa L. Howard, s/o Ira & Pamelia (Lester) Howard. [1858 Floyd Death Register] [Howard_Asa_Ellen]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Kennerly, Eliza

yes

 

23 Dec 1855

63 yrs

nee Elizabeth J. “Eliza” Smith, d/o Humphrey & Elinor (Foley) Smith. [Death – not recorded 1855 Floyd] [no file]

1st m. 1812 Montgomery, Col. Jacob Helms, s/o Adam & Constance “Connie” (Webb) Helms. [no file]

2nd m. 1837 Floyd, Joseph Kennerly, s/o unknown. [Kennerly]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Lancaster, Alice Miriam

yes

8 Nov 1935

21 Jan 1936

d/o Ben & Rosetta Lancaster

Alice Miriam Lancaster, d/o Benjamin Harrison & 2nd wife Rosetta Florence (Smith) Lancaster. COD: intracranial hemorrhage & convulsions – trauma of birth. [Death Cert – 1] [Death Cert – 2] [Lancaster_Thomas_Susan]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Lancaster, Rosetta F.

yes

2 Dec 1896

17 Dec 1936

 

nee Rosetta Florence Smith, d/o Abednego & Iturea Cora Alice (Weeks) Smith. [Death Cert] COD: toxemia of pregnancy. Burial: Howard cemetery Dec 18, 1936. [Smith_Isaac_Naomi]

m. 1926 Floyd, as 2nd wife of

Benjamin Harrison Lancaster, 1890-1984, s/o Lowell Everett & Cora Lee (Agee) Lancaster. Benjamin d. in Reidsville, Rockingham Co., NC & is buried in the Overlook Cemetery, Reidsville, Rockingham Co., NC with his 3rd wife Ida Boaz (Lewis) Lancaster. [Lancaster_Thomas_Susan] Benjamin 1st m. 1911 Floyd, Mary Anna "Mollie" Bryant, d/o William Joseph & 1st wife Emma (Thomas) Bryant. [Bryant_JohnT_Rachel_pcva] He’ll m. 3rd 1938 Martinsvillle, Ida Boaz Lewis, b. Rockingham Co., NC, d/o Robert Richard & Nannie (Thomas) Lewis. [no file]

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Nester, Charlotte A

yes

14 Jun 1866

27 May 1920

w/o Elijah Nester

nee Charlotte Ann Kemp, d/o James R. & Elizabeth (Jennings) Kemp of Carroll Co., VA. [Death Cert] [no file]

m. 1884 Carroll

Elijah Nester, s/o John & Susan (Largen) Nester of Carroll Co., VA. [Death Cert] [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Nester, Elijah Eld.

yes

6 Sep 1859

8 Jun 1940

 

Elijah Nester, s/o John & Susan (Largen) Nester of Carroll Co., VA. [Death Cert] [no file]

1st m. 1884 Carroll, nee Charlotte Ann Kemp, d/o James R. & Elizabeth (Jennings) Kemp of Carroll Co., VA. [Death Cert] [no file]

2nd m. 1924 Floyd, Mary Lester nee Quesenberry, 1856-1946, d/o John & Elizabeth (Wade) Quesenberry. [Death Cert] [Quesenberry_John_Nancy] Mary 1st m. Albert Augustus Lester. [Lester_Lindsay_Caroline]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Smith, Abednego

yes

17 Sep 1864

16 Jan 1933

 

Abednego Smith, s/o Isaac & Naomi (Weaver) Smith. [Death Cert] [Smith_Isaac_Naomi]

m. 1889 Floyd

nee Iturea Cora Alice Weeks, Mathew Alderson & Iturea A. (Mabry) Weeks. [Death Cert] [Weeks_Mathew_Iturea]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Smith, Iturea Alice

yes

23 Feb 1860

3 May 1933

 

nee Iturea Cora Alice Weeks, Mathew Alderson & Iturea A. (Mabry) Weeks. [Death Cert] [Weeks_Mathew_Iturea]

m. 1889 Floyd

Abednego Smith, s/o Isaac & Naomi (Weaver) Smith. [Death Cert] [Smith_Isaac_Naomi]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Stigleman, Lettie M.

yes

[1829]

22 Jun 1849   

Aged 20 years

Lettie M. Stigleman, d/o can’t id. [1850 Floyd Mortality Schedule]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Feb 2017)

Vaughan, Phlegar

yes

24 May 1888

29 May 1888

s/o W.D. & L.A. Vaughan

Phelgar Vaughn, s/o William Dennis Sr & Ellen Adelaide (Howard) Vaughan. Ellen was a s/o Asa L. & Ellen M. (Helms) Howard. [1888 Floyd Death Register]

[Vaughn_WilliamD_Ellen]

 

Original Survey: Submitted to original Floyd Co., VA News List Rootsweb page 1st maintained by Barb Stanley (1934-2006).

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