The Library of Virginia has a collection #30873, titled McCutchan Family Bible Records. It contains some handwritten records about John and Eleanor's family. It lists John's name, dates and birth in Near Harrisonburg (sic), Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania and death in NEAR Lexington, Virginia. He was buried in the family plot at Cedar Grove Mills in Rockbridge Co. It gives data on his wife and their children.
His headstone (only) was removed by his kin and placed instead at Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in a vault. John's headstone was attached to a new base and used as the memorial stone or cenotaph. A new plaque with the names and dates of the buried stones are listed on John's memorial there, along with the name of this cemetery where his remains are.
Aged 78 yr 4 mo, 7 days. Source of burial here: Rockbridge County, Virginia Cemeteries, South River and Walker Creek Districts, by the Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society, 1999, page 196-97.
The Library of Virginia has a collection #30873, titled McCutchan Family Bible Records. It contains some handwritten records about John and Eleanor's family. It lists John's name, dates and birth in Near Harrisonburg (sic), Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania and death in NEAR Lexington, Virginia. He was buried in the family plot at Cedar Grove Mills in Rockbridge Co. It gives data on his wife and their children.
His headstone (only) was removed by his kin and placed instead at Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in a vault. John's headstone was attached to a new base and used as the memorial stone or cenotaph. A new plaque with the names and dates of the buried stones are listed on John's memorial there, along with the name of this cemetery where his remains are.
Aged 78 yr 4 mo, 7 days. Source of burial here: Rockbridge County, Virginia Cemeteries, South River and Walker Creek Districts, by the Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society, 1999, page 196-97.
Inscription
JOHN
FIREBAUGH
14 MARCH 1789
21 JULY 1867…
HERE-IN LIE THE GRAVE MARKERS
RECOVERED FROM THE DESECRATED
CEMETERY ON THE WILLOW GROVE
ESTATE, THE FARM OF THE LATE
JOHN FIREBAUGH. CEMETERY
LOCATION IS FURTHER DESCRIBED
AS BEING NORTH EAST OF STATE
ROUTE 39 AND NORTHWEST OF STATE
ROUTE 252 ON A HILL ABOVE THE
FARM HOUSE, NEAR THE COMMUNITY
OF BUSTLEBURG.
Family Members
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Nancy Firebaugh Long
1812–1859
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Benjamin Franklin Firebaugh
1815–1880
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Catherine Ann "Fannie" Firebaugh McCutchan
1817–1901
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David Henry Firebaugh
1819–1907
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Andrew Davidson Firebaugh
1823–1875
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Isabella A. Firebaugh
1828–1828
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Pvt Samuel Angus Firebaugh
1833–1896
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Rebecca J. Firebaugh
1836–1860
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James Bolton Firebaugh
1845–1930
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Sarah Cornelia Firebaugh Bear
1847–1930
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