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| Cemetery | Hernsberger/Wynant on Koogler Farm Cemetery |
| Location | Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 (John Wayland Highway) through Bridgewater. Cross the river and turn left on to Route 727 (Airport Road). Go to Route 888 (Waystation Road) and turn left. Cemetery is located behind the home at 7069 Waystation Road owned by Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Ritchie. |
| Notes | Cemetery is not well maintained. Has a stone wall around it. WPA notes of 15 Mar 1937: Uses surname Hershberger & Wynant. DESCRIPTION: This burying place is enclosed by a stone wall, no gate entrance, the wall being about three and one half feet high and eighteen inches thick. It was located here prior to 1800, and has long since been abandoned. The wall is well built, and is in fair state of preservation. The entrance was obtained by wooden steps over the top of the wall, which steps have long ago rotten away, with no trace of them there, now. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The inhabitants hereof, were among the first settlers in this section of Virginia, and the Hershberger were very prominent people in their day, and I learn that several families of Hershberger who live in the east side of the county in the Good’s Mill section are direct descendants of the inhabitants living in the silent village under discussion. Some of this same Hershberger family are planted in this old Northern Methodist (abandoned) cemetery in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. The same type or style of tombstone, the carving, the weeping willows and what-nots are very similar. |
| Survey Date and Recorder | 15 Jul 2008 Bob & Lois Emswiler |
Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown
| Section | Row | Surname | Given Name & MI | Birth Date | Death Date | Headstone Notes | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hernsberger | Emanuel | 26 Mar 1797 | 11 Dec 1847 | ||||
| Whitescarver | Benjamin F. | 2 Jun 1826 | 19 Nov 1868 | ||||
| Wynant | Mary C. | 26 Nov 1841 | 3 Jun 1879 | Aged 37y 6m 7d; d/Henry H. & Lydia | |||
| Hernsberger | Rebecca, Miss | 29 Aug 1840 | 6 Oct 1860 | ||||
| Yong | Mary | 27 Jun 1818 | 19 Oct 1838 | Aged 19y 3m 23d; d/J. & Elizabeth Hernsberger | |||
| Hernsberger | Elizabeth | 26 Mar 1880 | Aged 80y 1m 2d; widow/Jacob | ||||
| Hernsberger | Jacob | 10 Oct 1788 | 15 Sep 1861 | ||||
| Hooke | Amanda A. | 29 Nov 1839 | 18 Oct 1910 | ||||
| Wynant | Annie | 12 Feb 1781 | 31 Aug 1863 | w/Jacob | |||
| Wynant | Osceola | 29 Apr 1859 | Aged 9m 23d; s/Henry H. & Rebecca | ||||
| Wynant | Jacob | 10 Dec 1780 | 8 Mar 1855 | ||||
| Hernsberger | Infant | 21 Feb 1822 | Aged 5 days; d/Jacob & Elizabeth | ||||
| Hernsberger | Anna Maria | 27 Mar 1757 | 25 Jun 1824 | Aged 67y 3m 29d | |||
| Hernsberger | Henry | Oct 1732 | Jul 1834 | ||||
| Wynant | Henry H. | 26 Sep 1812 | 9 Jun 1882 | ||||
| Wynant | Lydia | 11 Dec 1813 | 3 Apr 1851 | consort/Henry H. | |||
| Wynant | Laura V. | 10 Mar 1864 | 20 Nov 1868 | d/Henry H. & Rebecca |
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