Trimble Cemetery
Galax, Virginia
Location: The Trimble Cemetery is a small family cemetery in Grayson County Virginia, within the city limits of Galax VA, on the north side of Rt. 97 (Pipers Gap Road), at its intersection with Rt. 89 (South Main Street). The cemetery is on a hilltop at the end of a private driveway.
Directions:
GPS Coordinates: N36.64448 W80.91862
Surveyed by: Buford C .Wilson on 25 Apr 2000; updated 26 Aug 2006
Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and maintained. By tradition the three oldest people, John Trimble, his wife Susan Trimble, and their daughter Rachel Foster, were originally buried in an old Bobbitt Cemetery. Their remains were moved to this cemetery and the old cemetery was destroyed.The information for the unmarked graves is by family tradition. Thanks to Pat Bell and Betty J. Cockerham for their contributions.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 01 | |||
| DAVIS, infant | unmarked; child of Dave Davis & Grace (Hancock) Davis | ||
| EDWARDS, Helen Frances | 10 Sep 1940 | 21 Aug 1948 | d/o Troy Ruben Edwards & Emma Wortha (Trimble) Edwards |
| EDWARDS, Emma Wortha (Trimble) | 29 Aug 1900 | 01 May 1961 | d/o Charles Trimble & Mary Frances (Chappell) Trimble; w/o Troy Ruben Edwards |
| Row 02 | |||
| ISOM, Helen Frances | 08 Mar 1944 | 27 Oct 1948 | d/o Guy Bolen Isom & Curtie Virginia (Williams) Isom |
| WEATHERMAN, William | 30 Mar 1903 | 18 Apr 1903 | s/o Robert J Weatherman & Alvertie (Trimble) Weatherman |
| WEATHERMAN, Robert J. | 20 May 1880 | 24 Oct 1903 | s/o Calvin Reid Weatherman & Phoebe Matilda (Holloway) Weatherman; h/o Alvertie Trimble |
| WEATHERMAN, Alvertie (Trimble) | 21 Feb 1883 | 02 Apr 1903 | d/o Christopher Columbus Trimble & Mary Jane (Chappell) Trimble; w/o Robert J Weatherman |
| TRIMBLE, Sarah Emma (Trimble) Isom | 12 Dec 1875 | unmarked; d/o Christopher Columbus Trimble & Mary Jane (Chappell) Trimble; w/o James David Isom | |
| ISOM, Elbert | unmarked; s/o James David Isom & Alice L. or Sarah Emma (Trimble) Isom | ||
| ISOM, Alice L. (Trimble) | 15 Jul 1885 | 01 Jul 1964 | d/o Christopher Columbus Trimble & Mary Jane (Chappell) Trimble; w/o James David Isom |
| Row 03 | |||
| TRIMBLE, Esther Naoma | 29 Jul 1899 | 06 Feb 1915 | d/o Christopher Columbus Trimble & Maude Thompson Trimble |
| TRIMBLE, Mary Elizabeth | 21 Feb 1869 | 04 Feb 1870 | Unmarked d/o Christopher Columbus TrimbleM: Mary Jane (Chappell) Trimble |
| TRIMBLE, Bessie Alma | 04 Sep 1893 | 01 Oct 1893 | Unmarked d/o Christopher Columbus Trimble & Mary Jane (Chappell) Trimble |
| TRIMBLE, Mary Jane (Chappell) | 05 Oct 1850 | 04 Sep 1893 | d/o William Ambrose Chappell & Mary Ann (Gentry) Chappell; w/o Christopher Columbus Trimble |
| TRIMBLE, Christopher Columbus | 10 Aug 1842 | 17 Jun 1929 | Co C 8th Va Calvary CSA; s/o William Jackson Trimble & Elizabeth (Rector) Trimble; h/o 1st Mary Jane Chappell, 2nd Maude Thompson |
| TRIMBLE, Susan* Jane (Nuckolls) | About 1788 | 30 Aug 1833 | *Name may be Susannah Jane Nuckolls d/o Charles Nuckolls & Mary (Black) Nuckolls; w/o John Trimble |
| TRIMBLE, John | 02 Feb 1779 | 01 May 1865* | Captain 7th Regt VA Mil War of 1812; *01 Apr 1865 in Carroll County death records; h/o Susan Jane Nuckolls |
| FOSTER, Rachel Berry (Trimble) | 21 Dec 1810 | 25 Oct 1883 | d/o John Trimble & Susan Jane (Nuckolls) Trimble; w/o John Foster |
| Row 04 | |||
| TRIMBLE, Eva Virginia | 25 Jul 1910 | 16 May 1979 | d/o Charles Trimble & Mary Frances (Chappell) Trimble |
| TRIMBLE, Mattie Opal | 15 Jan 1908 | 18 Feb 1971 | d/o Charles Trimble & Mary Frances (Chappell) Trimble |
| TRIMBLE, Susy Jane | 1902 | infant d/o Charles Trimble & Mary Frances (Chappell) Trimble | |
| TRIMBLE, Mary Frances (Chappell) | 02 Feb 1878 | 25 Jun 1965 | d/o Frank Chappell & Sena (Anderson) Chappell; w/o Charles Trimble |
| TRIMBLE, Charles “Bud” | 26 Sep 1880 | 25 Jul 1961 | s/o Christopher Columbus Trimble & Mary Jane (Chappell) Trimble; h/o Mary Frances Chappell |
| TRIMBLE, Paul Dobyns | 29 Aug 1904 | 26 Jan 1975 | s/o Charles Trimble & Mary Frances (Chappell) Trimble; h/o Margie Burris |
| Row 05 | |||
| KENNY, Fred | 15 Oct 1895 | 14 Jun 1955 | Cpl Co B 11 Infantry World War I PH; s/o William Preston “Bud” Kenny & Fidella “Della-Debbie” (Trimble) Kenny |
| KENNY, William Preston “Bud” | Aug 1868 | unmarked; s/o Mike Kenny & Mariah Kenny; h/o Fidella “Della-Debbie” Trimble | |
| KENNY, Fidella Della-Debbie (Trimble) | 22 Sep 1868 | 07 Aug 1936 | unmarked; d/o Christopher Columbus Trimble & Mary Jane (Chappell) Trimble; w/o William Preston Kenny |
| KENNY, Luther | unmarked; s/o William Preston Kenny & Fidella “Della-Debbie” (Trimble) Kenny | ||
| KENNY, Walter Lee | unmarked; s/o William Preston Kenny & Fidella “Della-Debbie” (Trimble) Kenny | ||