SHILOH Shiloh Dr Cemetery

SHILOH ~Shiloh Dr~ Cemetery

Visited on November 23, 2003

By Members and Volunteers of the

Isle of Wight County Historical Society

(Revised January 19, 2004)

Shiloh cemetery is located on Shiloh Drive about 10 miles west of Smithfield. The cemetery obviously is receiving maintenance in that the grass has been mowed and most leaves and branches have been cleared from the property. There are still some smaller branches scattered about … possibly the result of hurricane Isabel. Contact or for questions about this report.

Volunteers were careful not to disturb gravesite artifacts and carefully worked with a soft brush using a mixture of shaving cream and water to clean and make legible the inscriptions on the stones. Water was then used to remove any residue from the stones. A previous transcription by the Southampton Historical Society (date unknown) obtained from the Internet was made available for correlation purposes.

The intent was to include photographs that would identify individual graves; however, as the time required and the file size grew voluminously larger, that intent gave way to practicality. Two overall views of the cemetery are included as well as two markers that depict burial sites of civil war soldiers, Shiloh church and community members. Efforts were made to preserve the ‘look and feel’ of the inscriptions as regards spelling and word arrangement. The ‘[fs]’ indicates a footstone inscription.

JAMES JACKSON TYNES
May 25, 1819
January 13, 1896
James J. Tynes [fs]
His Wife
ANGENETTA H. CORBELL
June 12, 1835
January 17, 1896
A.H.C.T. [fs] /

POPE

JOHN T.
1856 – 1918 / SARAH B.
1859 - 1926
EFFIE M.
Daughter of
FRANK C. &
IDA L. BUTLER
E.M.B. [fs] / FRANCIS E.
Infant son of
FRANK C. &
IDA L. BUTLER
F.E.B. [fs]
DAWN C.
Infant
Daughter of
Frank C. &
Ida L. Butler
D.C.B. [fs] / IDA BATTEN BRANCH
1858 – 1935
MOTHER [fs]
JAMES ORSON BRANCH
1851 – 1918
FATHER [fs] / JOHN PERNELL BRANCH
1883 – 1906
BROTHER [fs]
Note (1)
Photo (3) / “Buried behind this marker
Five war between the states
Soldiers and Countless
other Community and Shiloh
Methodist Church members
erected by Tom Smith Camp # 1702
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Suffolk, Virginia” / Note (1)
Photo (3) / “Buried behind this cross are
Five civil war soldiers and countless
other Community and Shiloh
Methodist Church members”
Note (1) / ELNEAR C. BROWN
July 26, 1934
Nov 6, 1937 / CHARLIE F. BROWN
Apr. 17, 1929
May 25, 1946
“Gone, but not forgotten”
JAMES J. ELEY
Died
Jan 10, 1870
Aged 19 years & 8 mo’s.
“Now my weary heart is sighing
Grieving for its absent dead
And its withered hopes are lying
In this cold and silent bed.” / ROSA L. BRANCH
Born
Nov. 28, 1863
Died
Oct. 24, 1881
R.L.B. [fs]
VIRGINIA ALICE
only daughter of
JAMES AND SALLIE

1. ELEY

Died Oct. 11, 1852
Age 4 years 11 days
V.A.E. [fs] / JOHN P. ELEY
Born Sept 19, 1852
Died Aug 17, 1854
“The casket lieth here:
The pearl which the earth did borrow
For awhile his brow to deck
Now sparkles in his coronet
By whom ‘twas loaned”
J.P.E. [fs]
SAMUEL J.
Son of
JAMES AND SALLIE ELEY
Born Jan. 2, 185? [1852]
“Little Sammy
was the first to sleep in
this silent home of
the dead; having been
here interred on
15 Sept. 1859” / MARTHA SUSAN ELEY
Died
Jan 9, 1862
Aged 2 yrs. 11 mo’s.
19 days
EDWIN DAVID ELEY
Died
Oct 20, 1862
Aged 14 mo’s &
23 days
E.D.E. [fs] / JAMES ELEY
Died
March 29, 1866
Aged 60 yrs. 2 mo’s & 13 days
“Mark the perfect man and behold
The upright, for the end of that man is peace”
SALLIE A. PHILLIPS
Wife of JAMES ELEY
1827 – 1918
J.E. S.A.E. [fs] / WILLIAM J. DARDEN
Born Dec. 2, 1845
Died Feb. 9, 1915
“No pains no griefs
no anxious fear
Can reach our loved
One sleeping here.”
MARTHA F. NELMS DARDEN
wife of W. J. Darden
Born Dec 14, 1841 / Mother
JEAN G. MCCLENNY
REEP
1-14-28 – 12-6-92
“Her children arise up
and called her Blessed”
In Memory of
DR. THOMAS K
Son of
THOS L. & ELLEN C. DASHIEL
He was born Oct 11, 1834
and Died Oct 12, 1861 / ALBERT N. BRANCH
Son of
LEMUEL & SARAH BRANCH
Born Mar. 4, 1854
Died Dec. 15, 1876
A.N.B. [fs]
[Blank – small stone] / [small stone – no inscription]
Note (1) / THOMAS JOYNER
1826 – 1903 / Note (1) / LIVINGSTON JOYNER
1854 – 1921
“UNCLE LIVY”
Note (1) / GWALTNEY [hs]
William Albert Gwaltney
April 7, 1929
May 6, 1989 [fs] / PROF. N. MILTON BRANCH
Born
Oct. 10, 1869
Died
Dec. 12, 1898
Couper Norfolk, VA
N.M.B. [fs]
LEMUEL BRANCH
Born
May 5, 1821
died
June 16, 1896
Couper Norfolk, VA
L.B. [fs] / MRS. SARAH BRANCH
Consort of
LEMUEL BRANCH
Born Aug. 25, 1827
Died June 15, 1889
“Blessed are the dead
Which die in the Lord.”
S.B. [fs]
ARCHIBALD NELMS
July 1, 1805
March 11, 1881
A.N. [fs]
MARY NELMS
Wife of
ARCHIBALD NELMS
Born July 30, 1814
Died Dec. 22, 1891
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“Sweet rest in Heaven”
M.N. [fs] / W. EDWARD KITCHEN
Aug. 27, 1869
May 19, 1933
MARY ELIZA NELMS
Wife of
DIXON WM. KITCHEN
Feb. 17, 1838
Mar. 11, 1915
“I will say of the Lord, He is
my refuge and my fortress,
My God, in Him will I trust” / CAPT. D.W. KITCHEN
Born Dec. 4, 1808
Died Nov. 18, 1880
“Blessed are the dead
who die in the Lord.”
MOLLIE KATE KITCHEN
Born April 14, 1859
Died Sept. 16, 1872
“Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep.” / MARTHA ETTA
Daughter of
D.W. & M.E. KITCHEN
Died JUNE 11, 1861
Aged 10 mos. & 13 days.
STEPHEN G. DARDEN
Born
Feb. 23, 1816,
Died
June 2, 1890.
couper, Norfolk, VA
S.G.D. [fs] / LULA POPE
Daughter of
J.E. & M.E. NELMS
Born May 26, 1873,
Died July 17, 1893
L.P.N. [fs]
STEPHEN,
Son of
J.E. & M.E. NELMS
Born Nov. 5, 1870
Died June 29, 1872
S.N. [fs] / ELIZABETH,
Wife of
S. G. DARDEN
Born Nov. 3, 1805
Died Nov. 4, 1870
E. D. [fs]
EDDIE A.
Son of
J. E. & M. E. NELMS
Born Nov 10, 1861
Died Sep. 16, 1863
E.A.N. [fs] / In Memory of
LEONIDAS
McDANIEL,
Son of
JAMES E. & M. E. NELMS
Sept 27, 1860
Aug. 24, 1861
“We have a little angel in Heaven”
L. M. N. [fs]
In Memory of
VIRGINIA C. DAUGHTRY
Wife of
JAS. E. NELMS
1848 – 1915
“At rest”
V.C.N. [fs] / J. A. NELMS,
Son of
J. E. & M. E. NELMS,
Born
May 29, 1869
Died
Aug. 3, 1892
J. A. N. [fs]
In memory of
EFFIE F.
Daughter of
JAS. E. & ADA G. NELMS
Died
Sept. 20, 1880
Aged 13 mos. & 8 days
“Let the little ones come
unto me, for theirs is the
Kingdom of Heaven”
E. F. N. [fs] / EDWARD D.,
Son of
J. E. & V. C. NELMS
Born Apr. 5 and
Died Aug 15, 1888.
“Safe in the arms
of Jesus.”
E. D. N. [fs]
In memory of
ADA G.
wife of
JAS. E. NELMS
Born Sept. 4, 1851
Died Jan. 4, 1881
“Why lament the Christian dying
Why indulge in tears of gloom;
Calmly in her Lord relying
She has met the opening tomb,
Hark, the golden harps are ringing
Sounds celestial fill her ear;
Millions now in heaven singing
Give her joyful entrance there.” / In sacred memory of
our beloved
Husband & Father
J. E. NELMS
Born June 29, 1834
Died
June 29, 1906
“Blessed are the dead who
die in the Lord.”
J. E. N. [fs]
MARY E.
Wife of
J. E. NELMS
Born Sept. 28, 1842
Died Sept 10, 1876
M. E. N. [fs] / ADER,
Daughter of
J. E. & M. E. NELMS
Born July 28, 1870,
Died Aug. 20, 1876
PATTIE I. JOYNER
1891 – 1894 [fs] / ANNA N. JOYNER
1862 – 1903 [fs]
CHARLES T. JOYNER
1856 – 1934 [fs] / WILLIAM MORTON ASBELL, SR.
Feb. 26, 1948
May 22, 1998
JOAN COOLEY NUNGESSER
1931 - 2003 / JOHN L. “BUCK” BRANCH, JR.
Nov. 25, 1919
Aug. 25, 2000
BEULAH B. BRANCH
Oct. 10, 1917
Sept. 22, 1994 / J. RYLAND BRANCH
Nov. 12, 1910
Sept. 10, 1977
JULIA ANN BRANCH
May 2, 1889
Aug. 1, 1967 / JOHN L. BRANCH
May 6, 1887
Sept. 25, 1955
BARBARA ANN
BRANCH
Oct. 14, 1934
Oct. 14, 1938
“Our Baby”
BAB [fs] / BRANCH
SALLIE BRITTLE May 14, 1857
March 25, 1905
Mother [fs] / WHIT L.
April 6, 1857
Aug. 7, 1900
Father [fs]
MISSOURI ETHEL
Infant Dau. of
SALLIE B. & WHIT L.
BRANCH
May 6, 1887
March 23, 1888 / SOLON B. RICHARDS
Apr. 15, 1861
Sept. 7, 1930
SALLIE A. RICHARDS
Sept. 17, 1856
Oct. 12, 1931
“Asleep in Jesus”
SBR [fs]
ARLINE / MINNIE & NORMA
ARLINE
ALFRED N.
1836 – 1908 / MARTHA G.
1850 - 1885
“In Loving Memory” / 5 Years / 3 Years
BEATRICE ARLINE
5 Days / GEORGE WILSON
Son of
S. LIZZIE & DR. GEORGE H.
JORDAN
Died Sep. 12, 1881
Aged 8 mos & 6 days
JESSE WHITLEY
[family stone – no graves]

NOTES:

(1) This listing is not on the Southampton County Historical Shiloh cemetery report

(2) Any text between the [ … ] are explanatory notes by the author and are not inscribed on the tombstones, e.g., [fs] indicates a footstone inscription.

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