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Emma Cornelia Gilkeson

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Emma Cornelia Gilkeson

Birth
Death
1 Jun 1861 (aged 12)
Burial
Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 12
Memorial ID
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Emma Cornelia Gilkeson, was born on Apr. 8, 1849 and died on Jun. 1, 1861. This is based on the survey recorded 11 August 1936 by the Work Progress Administration's Scioto M. Herndon, p 16, #109. It is now available online at the Library of Virginia. It transcribes the marker:

EMMA CORNELIA
GILKESON
daughter of
WILLIAM J & MAR
GRET C. GILKESON
who was born
April 8th 1849
and died June 1st
1861

There are 4 Gilkeson graves beside Emma's in Row 12: WIlliam, died 1828; wife Sarah, died 1826, Emma and Margaret C, died 1878. In the beginning of Row 11 are these Gilkesons: Kate, Dr. I.W. and Mary Ingles, Nancy Gilkeson Irvine and Wm J. (See Dorothy Lee Weaver's Here Lyeth, Tombstone inscriptions of Most Cemeteries in Riverheads District of Southern Augusta County and Staunton, Virginia, June 1987, p 94.)

A photo volunteer left this caption with her 4 Sep 2910 photo of the grass marker:
Partially buried, unreadable, marker next to Margaret C. Gilkeson in location indicated grave of Emma Cornelia Gilkeson (Cemetery marker location and confirmation of inscription assisted using Dorothy Lee Weaver's "Here Lyeth" transcription records copyright June 1987).
Emma Cornelia Gilkeson, was born on Apr. 8, 1849 and died on Jun. 1, 1861. This is based on the survey recorded 11 August 1936 by the Work Progress Administration's Scioto M. Herndon, p 16, #109. It is now available online at the Library of Virginia. It transcribes the marker:

EMMA CORNELIA
GILKESON
daughter of
WILLIAM J & MAR
GRET C. GILKESON
who was born
April 8th 1849
and died June 1st
1861

There are 4 Gilkeson graves beside Emma's in Row 12: WIlliam, died 1828; wife Sarah, died 1826, Emma and Margaret C, died 1878. In the beginning of Row 11 are these Gilkesons: Kate, Dr. I.W. and Mary Ingles, Nancy Gilkeson Irvine and Wm J. (See Dorothy Lee Weaver's Here Lyeth, Tombstone inscriptions of Most Cemeteries in Riverheads District of Southern Augusta County and Staunton, Virginia, June 1987, p 94.)

A photo volunteer left this caption with her 4 Sep 2910 photo of the grass marker:
Partially buried, unreadable, marker next to Margaret C. Gilkeson in location indicated grave of Emma Cornelia Gilkeson (Cemetery marker location and confirmation of inscription assisted using Dorothy Lee Weaver's "Here Lyeth" transcription records copyright June 1987).

Inscription

EMMA CORNELIA
GILKESON
daughter of
WILLIAM J & MAR
GRET C. GILKESON
who was born
April 8th 1849
and died June 1st
1861



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  • Created by: LSP
  • Added: Jun 1, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37815595/emma_cornelia-gilkeson: accessed ), memorial page for Emma Cornelia Gilkeson (8 Apr 1849–1 Jun 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37815595, citing Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by LSP (contributor 46860931).