Bowman-Fariss-Martin Cemetery
Carroll County, Virginia
Laurel Fork District
Location: Gladesboro Community
Directions: Beside Rt. 1130 (Alpine Crest Road) about 100 yards from Rt. 670 (Volunteer Road).
GPS Coordinates: N 36.665318 W 080.594951
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson, 14 April 2016; buford-wilson@outlook.com
Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and in excellent condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone. There are more than 30 plain unmarked stones scattered throughout the cemetery.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| SEMONES, Amanda | [11 Nov 1858] | [18 Aug] 1943 | Amanda Laura; d/o Alexander Higgs & Elizabeth Jennings; w/o James Henry Heath Semones |
| PELLS, [PEELE] Sarah | PEELE, Sarah Elizabeth; d/o James Henry Heath Semones & Amanda Laura Higgs; w/o William Luther Peele | ||
| HIGGS, Elizabeth | [Aug 1841] | [13 May 1913] | d/o Edmond Jennings & Elizabeth Dalton; w/o Alexander Higgs |
| BARR, Nancy L. | 11 Oct 1883 | 17 Nov 1968 | Nancy Luda; d/o Andrew Jackson Barr & Ona Evaline Bowman |
| BARR, A. Jack | 25 Sep 1852 | 20 Apr 1944 | Shared stone with next; Andrew Jackson; s/o Abraham Barr & Lydia Coffman |
| BARR, Ona E. | 14 Aug 1849 | 01 Mar 1892 | Ona Evaline; d/o Nicolas Bowman & Eliza Harris; w/o Andrew Jackson Barr |
| BARR, David P. | 09 Oct 1891 | 05 May 1969 | David Preston; s/o Andrew Jackson Barr & Ona Evaline Bowman |
| DALTON, Emmit Franklin | 01 Sep 1925 | 18 Jan 1994 | Cpl. U. S. Marine Corps. WW II; s/o Henry Dalton & Sarah Rose |
| DALTON, Swanson C. | 08 Apr 1894 | 15 Nov 1958 | WW I; Swanson Clearn; s/o James Jefferson Dalton & Mary Jane Reynolds |
| Row 2 | |||
| DALTON, Roxey | 29 Jun 1889 | 06 Jul 1889 | d/o James Jefferson Dalton & Mary Jane Reynolds |
| DALTON, Nettie Ethel | 08 Nov 1901 | 06 Feb 1902 | d/o James Jefferson Dalton & Mary Jane Reynolds |
| DALTON, Jonathan | 04 Jun 1888 | 11 Sep 1888 | s/o James Jefferson Dalton & Mary Jane Reynolds |
| GARDNER, Infant | Nov 1906 | s/o Marion Alexander Gardner & Susanna “Nannie” Dalton | |
| DALTON, James Jefferson | 11 Jan 1860 | 05 Apr 1936 | Shared stone with next; s/o William Dalton & Sarah Jennings |
| DALTON, Mary Reynolds | 29 Oct 1866 | 29 Jan 1946 | Mary Jane; d/o Asa Barton Reynolds & Susanna Elizabeth Spence; w/o James Jefferson Dalton |
| DALTON, Johnnie Ray | 18 Jun 1948 | 22 Aug 1948 | |
| DALTON, Jimmie Ray | 18 Jun 1948 | 10 Sep 1948 | |
| Row 3 | |||
| FARISS, Wm. J. | 21 Mar 1839 | 16 Dec 1920 | William Jackson; s/o John Anderson Fariss & Nancy Collier |
| FARISS, Julia A. | 22 Jun 1845 | 19 Jun 1915 | Julia Ann; d/o Amos Cox & Susan Slusher; w/o William Jackson Fariss |
| MARTIN, [Priscilla Jane] | 08 Sep 1837 | 25 Jun 1859 | Priscilla Jane; d/o James L. Thompson & Sarah Barnard; w/o Byram Martin; Mother of Sarah E. Martin; stone is broken and part with name is missing |
| SMITH, Elizabeth | 19 Dec 1834 | 29 Jun 1903 | d/o James Booker Martin & Irene June Bowman; w/o Peter Smith |
| SMITH, Peter | 19 Feb 1817 | 16 Oct 1895 | s/o Peter Smith & Martha Hancock |
| FARISS, Monroe | 04 Oct 1867 | 05 Sep 1941 | Marion Monroe; s/o William Jackson Fariss & Julia Ann Cox |
| Row 4 | |||
| MARTIN, James | 06 Oct 1803 | 12 Feb 1882 | James Booker; s/o Giles Martin & Nancy Ann Ingram |
| MARTIN, Irene | 25 May 1813 | 05 Feb 1857 | Irene June; d/o Samuel Bowman & Elizabeth Harrell; w/o James Martin |
| MARTIN, Golihue | 01 Sep 1838 | 11 Aug 1861 | s/o James Booker Martin & Irene June Bowman |
| MARTIN, George W. | 01 Nov 1853 | 22 Aug 1876 | s/o James Booker Martin & Irene June Bowman |
| MARTIN, Floyd | 11 Nov 1848 | 16 Jan 1938 | Shared stone with next; s/o James Booker Martin & Irene June Bowman |
| MARTIN, Rhoda E. | 21 Oct 1855 | 12 Feb 1903 | Rhoda Earline; d/o William Richard Webb & Margaret Ann Hardy; w/o Floyd Martin |
| MARTIN, Infant | d/o Floyd Martin & Rhonda Earline Webb | ||
| MARTIN, Robert L. | 16 Jun 1877 | 12 Jan 1961 | Shared stone with next; Robert Lee; s/o Floyd Martin & Rhoda Earline Webb |
| MARTIN, Minnie M. | 28 Nov 1880 | 05 Sep 1971 | Minnie Mahala; d/o Jonah Marshall & Hortense Ellen Reynolds; w/o Robert Lee Martin |
| MARTIN, Coy E. | 04 Dec 1903 | 28 May 1991 | Coy Eslie; s/o Robert Lee Martin & Minnie Mahala Marshall |
| MARTIN, Velvie D. | 01 Jul 1904 | 17 Mar 1995 | Velvie Dottie; d/o William Reed Quesinberry & Amanda Ellen Bolt; w/o Coy Eslie Martin |
| Row 5 | |||
| BOWMAN, Robert | 20 Jan 1758 | 18 Jul 1824 | Lieut. Continental Line Rev. War |
| BOWMAN, Samuel | [16 Dec 1789] | 25 Jun 1861 | Age 71 years 6 mos. 6 days; s/o Robert Bowman |
| BOWMAN, Elizabeth Harrell | 1785 | 1868 | D/o William Harrell & Frances East; w/o Samuel Bowman |
| BOWMAN, Oliver | 1817 | 1879 | Co. F 4 Va. Res. CSA; s/o Samuel Bowman & Elizabeth Harrell |
| Row 6 | |||
| MARTIN, Lenville E. | 18 Feb 1934 | 23 Nov 2012 | Shared stone with next; Lenville Everett; s/o Everett Lenville Martin & Goldie Ann Quesinberry |
| MARTIN, Amy C. Willis | 25 Sep 1932 | 18 Feb 2016 | Amy Cassie; d/o John Willis & Nancy Belle Bowman; w/o Lenville Everett Martin |
| MARTIN, Alan Wayne | 16 Feb 1964 | 12 Aug 1964 | s/o Lenville Everett Martin & Amy Cassie Willis |
| Row 7 | |||
| MARTIN, Everett L. | 28 Oct 1900 | 17 Feb 1986 | Shared stone with next; Everett Lenville; s/o Robert Lee Martin & Minnie Mahala Marshall |
| MARTIN, Goldie A. | 05 Jul 1907 | 05 Mar 1979 | Goldie Ann; d/o William Reed Quesinberry & Amanda Ellen Bolt; w/o Everett Lenville Martin |
| MARTIN, James Mahlon | 21 Sep 1928 | 19 Dec 1994 | Shared stone with next; SFC U. S. Army Korea; s/o Everett Lenville Martin & Goldie Ann Quesinberry |
| MARTIN, Mavis Pruitt | 05 Jun 1931 | Mavis Alene; d/o Raymond Clarence Pruitt & Lula Otilla Dickerson; w/o James Mahlon Martin | |