Hurst Cemetery In the Garden
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Hurst Cemetery In the Garden

Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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"Hurston" was the home of John Hurst and Catherine O'Daniel of Jefferson County, Virginia. The family buried their dead in two plots on their homestead. The "In the garden" plot in front of the house has been bulldozed. Nothing remains of this cemetery. The "In the field" plot behind the house fared only slightly better. Five headstones and four slabs, removed from their crypts, were salvaged before it too was bulldozed, crypts and all. After the destruction, the slabs and headstones were placed and stacked on concrete blocks in the field but their positions have no relation to where the individuals were buried. The property belonged to the federal government and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Orchard Research Center when the graveyards were destroyed. [Source: Mr. Don C. Wood, Past-President, Berkeley County Historical Society, July 2010. Photograph by Mr. Don C. Wood, contributed for use on Find A Grave, July 2010]
"Hurston" was the home of John Hurst and Catherine O'Daniel of Jefferson County, Virginia. The family buried their dead in two plots on their homestead. The "In the garden" plot in front of the house has been bulldozed. Nothing remains of this cemetery. The "In the field" plot behind the house fared only slightly better. Five headstones and four slabs, removed from their crypts, were salvaged before it too was bulldozed, crypts and all. After the destruction, the slabs and headstones were placed and stacked on concrete blocks in the field but their positions have no relation to where the individuals were buried. The property belonged to the federal government and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Orchard Research Center when the graveyards were destroyed. [Source: Mr. Don C. Wood, Past-President, Berkeley County Historical Society, July 2010. Photograph by Mr. Don C. Wood, contributed for use on Find A Grave, July 2010]

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  • Added: 8 Jan 2010
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2337361