Vernangus Shifflett was the daughter of Solomon and Frances Collier Shifflett. She was born January 1839, and died November 29, 1900. She was married twice with her first marriage to Newton Shifflett, son of Turner Shifflett and Mildred Powell Shifflett, on September 9, 1858. Newton died on March 16, 1865 and they had four children. Her second marriage was to David Lam on July 23, 1868.
From the Shifflett Family Genealogy site:
Shifflett/Lam Cemetery
submitted by:
Ruth Porter [email protected]
Shifflett/Lam Cemetery near Swift Run Gap
There are 8 identifiable grave sites in the cemetery near Swift Run Gap. Vernangus A. Lam, Myrtle L. Shifflett, Salena V. Shiflet are the only three still readable. An old bench in the cemetery was built by Russell and Dorsey Shifflett.
Vernangus' stone has a hand pointing upward engraved on it and this poem:
We have lost our darling Mother
She has bid us all adieu
She has gone to live in heaven
And her person is lost to sight.
In her son, Newton's Bible, there is a piece of paper torn from a small notebook with these 2 poems written on it and this note:
We have lost our darling Mother
She has bid us all adieu
She has gone to live in heaven
And her person is lost to view.
(Why "sight" was substituted for "view" one can only wonder)
"or this is a good one Newt you take your choice."
A precious one from us has gone,
a voice we loved is stilled
a place is vacant in our home
which never can be filled
Her birth date from the Marriage Record is given as July 1, 1839, the inscription on her tombstone seems to read, January 1, 1839.
Sometime, maybe around the 1920's, Vernangus' son, George S., and his nephew, Herman (my grandfather), went up to the Mountain Cemetery and dug up 2 bodies: George's wife, Amanda, who had died on October 17,1892, and his baby son, Joseph Elmer, who was born on May 7, and died on June 1, 1892. They spent the night in Elkton and moved them to Waynesboro the next day in a spring wagon. They were reburied in Riverview Cemetery in Waynesboro. At this time, George was living in Waynesboro and working for Riverview Cemetery. I have checked with the cemetery and they don't seem to have any records of when they were buried.
Shenandoah Vestiges - Carolyn & Jack Reeder p. 54 & 55.
The Undying Past of SNP - Darwin Lambert p. 283
From the Shifflett Family Genealogy site:
Shifflett/Lam Cemetery
submitted by:
Ruth Porter [email protected]
Shifflett/Lam Cemetery near Swift Run Gap
There are 8 identifiable grave sites in the cemetery near Swift Run Gap. Vernangus A. Lam, Myrtle L. Shifflett, Salena V. Shiflet are the only three still readable. An old bench in the cemetery was built by Russell and Dorsey Shifflett.
Vernangus' stone has a hand pointing upward engraved on it and this poem:
We have lost our darling Mother
She has bid us all adieu
She has gone to live in heaven
And her person is lost to sight.
In her son, Newton's Bible, there is a piece of paper torn from a small notebook with these 2 poems written on it and this note:
We have lost our darling Mother
She has bid us all adieu
She has gone to live in heaven
And her person is lost to view.
(Why "sight" was substituted for "view" one can only wonder)
"or this is a good one Newt you take your choice."
A precious one from us has gone,
a voice we loved is stilled
a place is vacant in our home
which never can be filled
Her birth date from the Marriage Record is given as July 1, 1839, the inscription on her tombstone seems to read, January 1, 1839.
Sometime, maybe around the 1920's, Vernangus' son, George S., and his nephew, Herman (my grandfather), went up to the Mountain Cemetery and dug up 2 bodies: George's wife, Amanda, who had died on October 17,1892, and his baby son, Joseph Elmer, who was born on May 7, and died on June 1, 1892. They spent the night in Elkton and moved them to Waynesboro the next day in a spring wagon. They were reburied in Riverview Cemetery in Waynesboro. At this time, George was living in Waynesboro and working for Riverview Cemetery. I have checked with the cemetery and they don't seem to have any records of when they were buried.
Shenandoah Vestiges - Carolyn & Jack Reeder p. 54 & 55.
The Undying Past of SNP - Darwin Lambert p. 283
Vernangus Shifflett was the daughter of Solomon and Frances Collier Shifflett. She was born January 1839, and died November 29, 1900. She was married twice with her first marriage to Newton Shifflett, son of Turner Shifflett and Mildred Powell Shifflett, on September 9, 1858. Newton died on March 16, 1865 and they had four children. Her second marriage was to David Lam on July 23, 1868.
From the Shifflett Family Genealogy site:
Shifflett/Lam Cemetery
submitted by:
Ruth Porter [email protected]
Shifflett/Lam Cemetery near Swift Run Gap
There are 8 identifiable grave sites in the cemetery near Swift Run Gap. Vernangus A. Lam, Myrtle L. Shifflett, Salena V. Shiflet are the only three still readable. An old bench in the cemetery was built by Russell and Dorsey Shifflett.
Vernangus' stone has a hand pointing upward engraved on it and this poem:
We have lost our darling Mother
She has bid us all adieu
She has gone to live in heaven
And her person is lost to sight.
In her son, Newton's Bible, there is a piece of paper torn from a small notebook with these 2 poems written on it and this note:
We have lost our darling Mother
She has bid us all adieu
She has gone to live in heaven
And her person is lost to view.
(Why "sight" was substituted for "view" one can only wonder)
"or this is a good one Newt you take your choice."
A precious one from us has gone,
a voice we loved is stilled
a place is vacant in our home
which never can be filled
Her birth date from the Marriage Record is given as July 1, 1839, the inscription on her tombstone seems to read, January 1, 1839.
Sometime, maybe around the 1920's, Vernangus' son, George S., and his nephew, Herman (my grandfather), went up to the Mountain Cemetery and dug up 2 bodies: George's wife, Amanda, who had died on October 17,1892, and his baby son, Joseph Elmer, who was born on May 7, and died on June 1, 1892. They spent the night in Elkton and moved them to Waynesboro the next day in a spring wagon. They were reburied in Riverview Cemetery in Waynesboro. At this time, George was living in Waynesboro and working for Riverview Cemetery. I have checked with the cemetery and they don't seem to have any records of when they were buried.
Shenandoah Vestiges - Carolyn & Jack Reeder p. 54 & 55.
The Undying Past of SNP - Darwin Lambert p. 283
From the Shifflett Family Genealogy site:
Shifflett/Lam Cemetery
submitted by:
Ruth Porter [email protected]
Shifflett/Lam Cemetery near Swift Run Gap
There are 8 identifiable grave sites in the cemetery near Swift Run Gap. Vernangus A. Lam, Myrtle L. Shifflett, Salena V. Shiflet are the only three still readable. An old bench in the cemetery was built by Russell and Dorsey Shifflett.
Vernangus' stone has a hand pointing upward engraved on it and this poem:
We have lost our darling Mother
She has bid us all adieu
She has gone to live in heaven
And her person is lost to sight.
In her son, Newton's Bible, there is a piece of paper torn from a small notebook with these 2 poems written on it and this note:
We have lost our darling Mother
She has bid us all adieu
She has gone to live in heaven
And her person is lost to view.
(Why "sight" was substituted for "view" one can only wonder)
"or this is a good one Newt you take your choice."
A precious one from us has gone,
a voice we loved is stilled
a place is vacant in our home
which never can be filled
Her birth date from the Marriage Record is given as July 1, 1839, the inscription on her tombstone seems to read, January 1, 1839.
Sometime, maybe around the 1920's, Vernangus' son, George S., and his nephew, Herman (my grandfather), went up to the Mountain Cemetery and dug up 2 bodies: George's wife, Amanda, who had died on October 17,1892, and his baby son, Joseph Elmer, who was born on May 7, and died on June 1, 1892. They spent the night in Elkton and moved them to Waynesboro the next day in a spring wagon. They were reburied in Riverview Cemetery in Waynesboro. At this time, George was living in Waynesboro and working for Riverview Cemetery. I have checked with the cemetery and they don't seem to have any records of when they were buried.
Shenandoah Vestiges - Carolyn & Jack Reeder p. 54 & 55.
The Undying Past of SNP - Darwin Lambert p. 283
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We have lost our darling Mother
She has bid us all adieu
She has gone to live in heaven
And her person is lost to sight.
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