Howell - Slusher Family Cemetery, Firehouse Rd NW, Willis, Floyd Co. VA.

From US 221, turn N/NW on Firehouse Road. Go about 1 mile. There will be a gate to a cow pasture. The cemetery sits up on the hill in the pasture.

36.874924, -80.484532

Pinpointed on Find A Grave

Google maps using 36.874924, -80.484532

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Sarahbscott  Aug 1919)

Original Source: Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey. 79 of 109 Cemeteries, pg 67. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021.

Find A Grave Name: Slusher Cemetery, Willis, Floyd Co., VA

Annotations – added 2021 by Barb Camery Reininger unless otherwise stated

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

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

w/o Wife of

d/o Daughter of

s/o Son of

c/o Child of

Notes:

2 graves with crude stone

 

1 grave marked with old funeral home marker but illegible.

PHOTO

NAME

Original Survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATION:

Marker not found but was noted in original survey

Akers, D. F.

yes

26 Aug 1883

29 May 1927

 

aka David Fielder Akers, divorced s/o William Harvey & 2nd wife Obedience Tinetta (Howell) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_Riley_2wives]

m. 1909 Floyd; div. 1927 Floyd

Mary Pearl Knowles, d/o Abner James & Nannie Luther “Nina” (Albright) Knowles. [Knowles_Naaman_2wives] Mary m. 2nd 1933 Floyd, Charles William Bishop, s/o Samuel & 1st wife Lucinda (Stone) Bishop. [Bishop_Samuel_2wives_mcva] 1st m. 1885 Floyd, Sarah Rachel Duncan, d/o William Rueben & 1st wife Malinda (Phares) Duncan of Montgomery Co., VA.  [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Tracy C. Jul 2020)

Akers, William H.

yes

12 Jul 1849

26 Dec 1933

 

aka William Harvey Akers, s/o Riley & 1st wife Mildred Olive (Reed) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_Riley_2wives]

1st m. 1872 Floyd, Orpha Jane Duncan, d/o Luke & Nancy (Howell) Duncan. Death not recorded in 1872 Floyd Co., VA Death Register. [Duncan_PeterSr_Viola]

2nd m. 1874 Floyd, Obedience Teressa Howell, d/o David A. & Charlotte (Pratt) Howell. [Death Cert] [Howell_DavidA_Charlotte]

3rd m. Mary J. Dalton, b. Carroll Co., VA, d/o Elias Dalton. [Death Cert] [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Sarahbscott  Aug 1919)

Clay, Mary Ann

yes

2 Feb 1840

15 Jun 1921

 

Mary Ann Clay, d/o Middleton Woods & Charlotte Templeton (Cox) Clay. [Death Cert] YOD 1924 vs 1901 as read on tombstone. Also states she was a widow but unsure if that is correct. Mary did have a daughter, Samantha. Father reportedly John Reece but I can’t see that Mary & John were married. Samantha m. Callie Hill Sutphin. [Clay_Middleton_Charlotte]

 Francine Emma “Frankie” <I>Keith</I> Dickerson

(src: Find A Grave; added by Tracy C. Jul 2020)

Dickerson, Frankie E.

yes

20 May 1895

06 Sep 1954

 

nee Francene Emma “Frankie” Keith, d/o Joseph & Luemma Octavia (Walton) Keith. [Death Cert] [Keith_Cyrus_Emilia]

m. 1915 Floyd

Larry Blane Dickerson, 1894-1979, s/o Ira James & Matilda (Quesenberry) Dickerson. [Death Cert] [Dickerson_LeonardJr_2wives]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Tracy C. Jul 2020)

Howell, Catherine

yes

23 Sep 1848

03 Jun 1894

Wife of Elisha Howell

nee Catherine Keith, d/o Cyrus & Emilia “Milly” (Goad) Keith. [1894 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Keith_Cyrus_Emilia]

m. 1876 Floyd as 1st wife of

Elisha Howell, s/o William Allen Sr & 1st wife Lucinda (Duncan) Howell. [Death Cert] [Howell_DavidA_Charlotte]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Jul 2020)

Howell, Elisha

yes

23 Oct 1850

31 Mar 1937

 

Elisha Howell, s/o William Allen Sr & 1st wife Lucinda (Duncan) Howell. [Death Cert] [Howell_DavidA_Charlotte]

1st m. 1876 Floyd, nee Catherine Keith, d/o Cyrus & Emilia “Milly” (Goad) Keith. [1894 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Keith_Cyrus_Emilia]

2nd m. 1896 Floyd, Mary Jane Poff, 1853-1900, d/o William B. & Nancy Ann (Underwood) Poff. Floyd Co., VA death Records not available for 1900. [Poff_WilliamB_NancyA]

3rd m. 1901 Floyd, Timandra Surena Ann Fisher nee Janney, d/o John & Elizabeth “Betsy” (Moore) Janney. [Janney_John_Elizabeth]  She 1st m. 1882 Floyd, John Tazwell Fisher, s/o Eli & 1st wife Lavina (Bond) Fisher. [Fisher_Eli_2wives]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Sarahbscott  Aug 1919)

Howell, Elizabeth S.

yes

12 Dec 1836

25 Jun 1924

Wife of W. A Howell

nee Elizabeth Susan Clay, d/o Middleton Woods & Charlotte Templeton (Cox) Clay. [Death Cert] [Clay_Middleton_Charlotte]

m. 1885 Floyd as 2nd wife of

William Allen Howell Sr, 1827-1905, s/o David A. & Charlotte (Pratt) Howell. Floyd Co., VA death Records not available for 1900. [Howell_DavidA_Charlotte] William 1st m. 1850 Floyd, Lucinda Duncan, 1829-1884, d/o George R. & Elizabeth “Betsy” (Morricle) Duncan. [1884 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] Death Register gives as her name “Lucinda Howard” d/o Geo & Elizabeth Duncan & consort of William A. Howell. [Duncan_GeorgeR_Elizabeth]

Marker not found but was noted in original survey

Howell, Mary J.

yes

13 Jan 1853

22 Dec 1900

Wife of Elisha Howell

nee Mary J. Poff, d/o William B. & Nancy Ann (Underwood) Poff. Floyd Co., VA death Records not available for 1900. [Poff_WilliamB_NancyA]

m. 1896 Floyd as 2nd wife of

Elisha Howell, s/o William Allen Sr & 1st wife Lucinda (Duncan) Howell. [Death Cert] [Howell_DavidA_Charlotte] Elisha 1st m. 1876 Floyd, nee Catherine Keith, d/o Cyrus & Emilia “Milly” (Goad) Keith. [1894 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Keith_Cyrus_Emilia] He’ll m. 1901 Floyd, Annie Fisher nee Timandra Surena Ann Janney, d/o John & Elizabeth “Betsy” (Moore) Janney. [Death Cert – can’t find] [Janney_John_Elizabeth]  She 1st m. 1882 Floyd, John Tazwell Fisher, s/o Eli & 1st wife Lavina (Bond) Fisher. [Fisher_Eli_2wives]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Sarahbscott  Aug 1919)

Hylton, A. N.

+

Hylton, Maggie N.

yes

 

yes

15 Aug 1865

 

14 Apr 1868

01 Aug 1963

 

11 Jul 1938

 

aka Abraham Naff Hylton, s/o Elijah Weddle & 1st wife Hannah (Bowman) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Hylton_Archelaus_Catherine]

1st m. 1891 Floyd, nee Margaret Ursula “Maggie” Slusher, d/o Floyd & Martha (Pratt) Slusher. [Death Cert] [Slusher_Ananias_Margaret]

2nd m. 1939 Floyd, Lillie Hatcher nee Williams, d/o John William "Billy" & Lucy A. (Cock) Williams of Patrick Co., VA. [Death Cert] [no file] Lillie 1st m. 1912 Patrick, Albert Green Hatcher, s/o Charles Floyd & Sarah Alice (Thomas) Hatcher. [Death Cert] [Hatcher_RichardH_Delila]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Anonymous Dec 2020)

Hylton, Floyd Slusher

yes

08 Aug 1918

09 Nov 1918

Son of C. S. & Kittie Hylton

Floyd Slusher Hylton, s/o Clarence Slusher & Elizabeth “Kittie” (Harmon) Hylton. [Death Cert can’t find] [Hylton_Archelaus_Catherine]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Anonymous Dec 2020)

Hylton, Infant

yes

05 May 1905

07 May 1905

Infant Daughter of A. N. & Maggie

Infant daughter of Abraham Naff & 1st wife Margaret Ursula “Maggie” (Slusher) Hylton. Floyd Co., VA death Records not available for 1905. [Hylton_Archelaus_Catherine]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Anonymous Dec 2020)

Hylton, Irma C.

yes

28 Nov 1891

21 Jan 1892

 

Irma C. Hylton, d/o unknown. Death not recorded 1892 Floyd Co., VA Death Register.

 Cyrus Keith

(src: Find A Grave; added by Tracy C. Jul 2020)

Keith, Cyrus

yes

 

23 Nov 1897

94y 7m

Cyrus Keith, s/o James & Margaret Ann (Huff) Keith. Floyd Co., VA death Records not available for 1897. [Keith_Cyrus_Emilia]

m. 1840 Floyd

Emilia “Milly” Goad, d/o Abram & 1st wife Alsey (Hughett) Goad. Floyd Co., VA death Records not available for 1897. [Goad_Abram_2wives]

 Emile “Milly” <I>Goad</I> Keith

(src: Find A Grave; added by Tracy C. Jul 2020)

Keith, Emilia

yes

 

21 Jan 1897

Wife of Cyrus Keith

Age 81y  4m

Emilia “Milly” Goad, d/o Abram & 1st wife Alsey (Hughett) Goad. Floyd Co., VA death Records not available for 1897. [Goad_Abram_2wives]

m. 1840 Floyd

Cyrus Keith, s/o James & Margaret Ann (Huff) Keith. Floyd Co., VA death Records not available for 1897. [Keith_Cyrus_Emilia]

 Joseph Keith

(src: Find A Grave; added by Anonymous Dec 2020)

Keith, Joseph

yes

01 Jan 1851

31 Mar 1928

 

Joseph Keith, s/o Cyrus & Emilia “Milly” (Goad) Keith. [Death Cert] [Keith_Cyrus_Emilia]

m. 1893 Floyd

nee Luemma Octavia Walton, d/o Cephas L. & Nancy Ann (Richards) Walton. [1896 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Walton_JamesW_Louisa]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Sarahbscott  Aug 1919)

Keith, Logan W.

yes

13 Nov 1893

09 Jul 1950

 

aka Logan Walton Keith, never married s/o Joseph & Luemma Octavia (Walton) Keith. [Death Cert – 1] [Death Cert – 2] [Keith_Cyrus_Emilia]

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(src: Find A Grave; added by Tracy C. Jul 2020)

Keith, Luemma O.

yes

 

01 Dec 1896

Wife of Joseph Keith

Age 25 yrs

nee Luemma Octavia Walton, d/o Cephas L. & Nancy Ann (Richards) Walton. [1896 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Walton_JamesW_Louisa]

m. 1893 Floyd

Joseph Keith, s/o Cyrus & Emilia “Milly” (Goad) Keith. [Death Cert] [Keith_Cyrus_Emilia]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Sarahbscott  Aug 1919)

Reed, Elizabeth

yes

29 Sep 1837

01 Dec 1914

Wife of M. D. Reed

nee Elizabeth Pratt, d/o Elisha & Ursula (Phillips) Pratt. [Death Cert] [Pratt_Jesse_2wives]

m. 1854 Floyd

Madison D. Reed, s/o William E. & Sarah (Dulaney) Reed. Floyd Co., VA death Records not available for 1897. [Reed_William_Sarah]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Sarahbscott  Aug 1919)

Reed, Madison D.

yes

23 Jul 1830

25 Aug 1908

 

Madison D. Reed, s/o William E. & Sarah (Dulaney) Reed. Floyd Co., VA death Records not available for 1897. [Reed_William_Sarah]

m. 1854 Floyd

nee Elizabeth Pratt, d/o Elisha & Ursula (Phillips) Pratt. [Death Cert] [Pratt_Jesse_2wives]

 

 Cordelia Frances “Dilly” <I>Collins</I> Slusher

(src: Find A Grave; added by Sarahbscott  May 1919)

Slusher, Cordelia F.

yes

14 Dec 1873

16 Apr 1923

Wife of Dr. L. Slusher

Cordelia Frances Gallimore nee Collins, d/o Leaton & Nancy (Reece) Collins of Carroll Co., VA. [Death Cert - can’t find] [no file] 1st m. John W. Gallimore.

m. 1893 Carroll

Lafayette Slusher, s/o Ananias & Margaret (Phlegar) Slusher. [Death Cert] [Slusher_Ananias_Margaret] Lafayette 1st  m. 1863 Surry Co., NC, Louisa Ballinger d/o unclear. [Ballinger_Richard_2wives]

Dr Lafayette Slusher

Slusher, Dr. L.

yes

25 Oct 1843

24 Aug 1920

 

Lafayette Slusher, s/o Ananias & Margaret (Phlegar) Slusher. [Death Cert] [Slusher_Ananias_Margaret]

1st  m. 1863 Surry Co., NC, Louisa Ballinger d/o unclear. [Ballinger_Richard_2wives]

2nd m. 1893 Carroll, Cordelia Frances Gallimore nee Collins, d/o Leaton & Nancy (Reece) Collins of Carroll Co., VA. [Death Cert - can’t find] [no file] 1st m. John W. Gallimore.

(src: Find A Grave; added by Anonymous Dec 2020)

Slusher, Floyd

yes

18 Nov 1845

06 Feb 1920

 

Floyd Slusher, s/o Ananias & Margaret (Phlegar) Slusher. [Death Cert] [Slusher_Ananias_Margaret]

m. 1867 Floyd

nee Martha Pratt, d/o Elisha & Ersula (Phillips) Pratt. [Death Cert] [Pratt_Jesse_2wives]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Sarahbscott  Aug 1919)

Slusher, Martha

yes

08 Mar 1843

10 Oct 1924

Wife of Floyd Slusher

nee Martha Pratt, d/o Elisha & Ersula (Phillips) Pratt. [Death Cert] [Pratt_Jesse_2wives]

m. 1867 Floyd

Floyd Slusher, s/o Ananias & Margaret (Phlegar) Slusher. [Death Cert] [Slusher_Ananias_Margaret]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Tracy C. Jul 2020)

Slusher, Monroe

yes

18 Jan 1848

15 May 1917

 

Monroe Slusher, s/o Ananias & Margaret (Phlegar) Slusher. [Death Cert] [Slusher_Ananias_Margaret]

1st m. 1871 Floyd, nee Sarah Tash Conduff, d/o Silas Garret Sr & Lydia Eliza (Pratt) Conduff. [1894 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Conduff_Silas_Lydia]

2nd m. 1895 Floyd, Mary L. Taylor nee Wade, d/o Owen & Lavina (Phlegar) Wade. [Death Cert] [Wade_Owen_Lavina] Mary 1st m. Isaac W. Taylor. [no file]

Marker not found but was noted in original survey

Slusher, Sarah

yes

16 Oct 1849

05 Nov 1894

 

nee Sarah Tash Conduff, d/o Silas Garret Sr & Lydia Eliza (Pratt) Conduff. [1894 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Conduff_Silas_Lydia]

m. 1871 Floyd

Monroe Slusher, s/o Ananias & Margaret (Phlegar) Slusher. [Death Cert] [Slusher_Ananias_Margaret]

(src: Find A Grave; added by Tracy C. Jul 2020)

Slusher, Simon Eddie

yes

14 Oct 1887

26 Sep 1913

 

Simon Eddie Slusher, s/o Monroe & 1st wife Sarah Tash (Conduff) Slusher. [Slusher_Ananias_Margaret]

m. 1911 Floyd

Macy Lena "Macie" Jones, 1888-1974, d/o Sparrel W. & Isabel A. (Dickerson) Jones. [Jones_Costillo_Cynthia] Macy m. 2nd 1927 Floyd, Wilbert Roy Jewett, 1886-1959. They are buried together in Enid, OK.

 

Name:

Edward Slusher

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

abt 1888

Death Date:

26 Sep 1913

Age at Death:

25

Death Location:

Centralia, Lewis, Washington

Father:

Manrae Shiher

Mother:

Sarah Candeff

Record Source:

Washington State Death Records

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Sarahbscott  Aug 1919)

Sutphin, Callie Hill

+

Sutphin, Samantha

yes

 

yes

1858

 

1877

1937

 

1965

 

 

Callahill “Callie Hill” Sutphin, s/o RolenRolly” & Sophia (Sutphin) Sutphin. [Death Cert] [Sutphin_Henry_Mary]

m. 1896 Floyd

Samantha Clay, d/o Mary Ann Clay. Father reportedly John Reece. [Death Cert] [Clay_Middleton_Charlotte]

 

Original Survey: Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey. 79 of 109 Cemeteries, pg 67. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021.

79. Howell/Slusher - w. of Willis on SR 768, Floyd Co., VA.

Pg 67

 

2 graves with crude stone

 

1 grave marked with old funeral home marker but illegible.

 

Sutphin, Callie Hill

b. 1858, d. 1937

+

Sutphin, Samantha nee Clay

b. 1877, d. 1965

 

Howell, Elizabeth wife of W. A. (nee Elizabeth Clay, wife of William Allen Howell)

b. 12-12-1836, d. 6-25-1924

 

Clay, Mary Ann

b. 2-2-1840, d. 6-15-1921

 

Reed, Madison D.

b. 7-23-1830, d. 8-25-1908

&

Reed, Elizabeth nee Pratt Wife of M. D. Reed

 

Akers, William H.

b. 7-12-1849, d. 5-29-1927

 

Akers, D. F.

b. 8-26-1883, d. 5-29-1927

 

Keith, Joseph

b. 1-1-1851, d. 3-31-1928

&

Keith, Luemma O. wife of Joseph Keith

b. ____, d. 12-1-1896 25y

 

Keith, Logan W.

b. 11-13-1893, d. 7-9-1950

 

Dickerson, Frankie E.

b. 5-20-1885, d. 9-6-1954

 

Howell, Elisha

b. 10-23-1850, d. 3-31-1937

&

Howell, Catherine nee Keith Wife of Elisha Howell

b. 9-23-1848, d. 6-3-1894

&

 

Keith, Cyrus

b. ____, d. 11-23-1897 94y 7m

&

Keith, Emilia Wife of Cyrus Keith

b. ____, d. 1-21-1897

81y  4m

 

Howell, Mary J. nee Poff Wife of Elisha Howell

b. 1-13-1853, d. 12-22-1900

 

Hylton, Floyd Slusher s/o G. S. & Kittie Hylton

b. 8-8-1918, d. 11-9-1918

 

Hylton, Infant d/o A. N. & Maggie

b. 5-5-1905, d. 5-7-1905

 

Hylton, Irma C.

b. 11-28-1891, d. 1-21-1892

 

Slusher, Sarah

b. 10-16-1849, d. 11-5-1894

 

Slusher, Simon Eddie

b. 10-14-1887, d. 9-26-1913

 

Slusher, Monroe

b. 1-18-1848, d. 5-16-1917

 

Slusher, Dr. L.

b. 10-25-1843d. 8-24-1920

&

Slusher, Cordelia F. Wife of Dr L. Slusher

b. 12-141-1873, d. 4-16-1923

 

Slusher, Floyd

b. 11-18-1845, d. 2-6-1920

&

Slusher, Martha nee Pratt Wife of Floyd Slusher

b. 3-8-1843, d. 10-10-1924

 

Hylton, A. N.

b. 8-15-1865, d. 8-1-1963

&

Hylton, Maggie N.

b. 4-14-1868, d. 7-11-1938