Thornburg Cemetery

THORNBURG BURIAL PLACE
Barboursville, Cabell County, West Virginia

Thornburg Detail List

Latitude: N38° 24.375
Longitude: W 082° 19.027
Elevation: 628
Accuracy: 19

The Thornburg Burial Place was dedicated and set apart by John W. Thornburg. This cemetery is situated on the old Thornburg homestead, on the west side of the Guyandotte river in Barboursville, WV and established in 1832.

From US 60 in Barboursville, turn South on to Alt. Rt. 10. About .6 mile, turn left on Bartow Drive at the entrance to Guyan Estates. Go to the second intersections and make a left on to Nedra Drive. The cemetery is located on the right about .2 mile from the intersection. The cemetery is fenced and well maintained.

The following list was compiled by actual reading of the tombstones. Some names, marked with an asterisk(*), were taken from an older list, compiled by Victoria Thornburg Vickers, of Buford Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. There are no markers for these additional names taken from this list. All the information, excluding annotation, is written on the tombstone. Annotations are included following the entry for the majority of the stones. Abbreviations are used for the following: d/o - dau of; s/o - son of; c/o - child of; w/o - wife of; and h/o - husband of.

Read 16 Jun 2001
Read by Candie Freeman & Barry Huffstutler
Web page created by Candie Freeman

Note: Edit to fit the page.

Note: Large marker with surname "THORNBURG" on lot.
Side-by-side with Moses S.
Named on older list compiled by Victoria Thornburg as Caroline M.,
wife of Moses S. Thornburg.

Note: Named on older list compiled by Victoria Thornburg as
Daisy Thornburg , d/o J. M. & Jenny Thornburg.

Note: This marker behind Willis F. Cyrus & side-by-side with South P.
Named on older list compiled by Victoria Thornburg as Harry T. Cyrus.

Note: Large marker with surname "THORNBURG" on lot.
Side-by-side with Caroline M.
Named on older list compiled by Victoria Thornburg as
Moses Thornburg, died 4/24/1870.

Note: This marker behind Willis F. Cyrus & side-by-side to Harry T.
Named on older list compiled by Victoria Thornburg as South P. Cyrus.

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 Connie S., d/o Claud & Mary Alice Thornburg.

*John E. Cyrus, born 10/1/1850, died 9/1/1922.

Note: Entry typed exactly as published on older cemetery list by
Victoria Thornburg Vickers.

Note: Large marker with surname "CYRUS" on lot.

Note: This stone has no date of death inscribed.

(rest of verse below ground level)

Footstone:  "M.J.T.E."

Note: Stone chipped at side where 1 mo. is inscribed.
The number could be 11, but most likely 1.

Note: Elizabeth, d/o Solomon Thornburg & Mary M. Staley,
side-by-side with spouse John W. Griffin.

John W., s/o William Zebulon Griffin & Virginia Frances Beaumont,
side-by-side with wife Elizabeth Griffin.

Ellen, b. 12 Mar 1842, d/o Thomas T. Thornburg & Margaret C. Miller
married William Marshall Hovey on 27 Jun 1866.

T. Edwin M. , s/o William M. & Ellen E. Hovey.

Middle name Marshall, b. Oct 1842, Ohio, d. 17 Dec 1923,
Clendenin, Kanawha Co., WV,
married Ellen E. Thornburg on 27 Jun 1866.

Rachel W., d/o Ephram Thornburg & Rachel Simmons,
married Patrick H. McCullough.

Footstone:  "W.W.W."

 John Oscar, b. 24 Oct 1843, d. 22 May 1925,
s/o John Mills & Mary Ann Thornburg,
never married.

John, b. 1818, buried side-by-side wife Mary A. Mills.

Mary Ann, b. 6 Sep 1815, d. 29 Jan 1899,
d/o Ephram Thornburg & Rachel Simmons.

Note: William E., b. Apr 1840, d. 22 Mar 1911,
s/o John Mills & Mary Ann Thornburg,
married Lucy M. Capps.
Lucy buried in Spring Hill Cemetery.

*Quinn, Margaret Susan, born 1819, died 12/25/189/

Note: Entry typed exactly as published on older cemetery list by
Victoria Thornburg Vickers.

Footstones:  "R.A.S." and "H.J.S."

Charles, buried side-by-side wife Margaret Hovey Slaughter.

 Margaret Dale, d/o William M. Hovey & Ellen E. Thornburg,
married Charles A. Slaughter.

Note: Claudius Henry, b. 22 Sep 1856,
s/o John W. Thornburg & Emily J. Handley,
side-by-side with Ida E. Thornburg. Large marker with surname "THORNBURG" on lot.

*Thornburg, Collins unseld, son of U. M. & F. M. Thornburg,

Note: Entry typed exactly as published on older cemetery list by
 Victoria Thornburg Vickers.

*Thornburg, Daisy, daughter of J. W. & E. A. Thornburg,
born 10/28/1866, died 11/6/1868

Note: Entry typed exactly as published on older cemetery list by
Victoria Thornburg Vickers.

S/o Uriah Millard Thornburg & Mary Frances Griffin.
 Buried side-by-side Lizzie Thornburg.

Note: Large marker with surname "THORNBURG" on lot.
Side-by-side with Howard B. Thornburg.

 Large marker with surname "THORNBURG" on lot.
Side-by-side with Ersie D. Thornburg.

Note: Ida Emma, maiden Fox
side-by-side with Claud H. Thornburg. Large marker with surname "THORNBURG" on lot.

Note: James Lewis, b. 28 Oct 1835, d. 24 Aug 1904,
s/o Solomon Thornburg & Mary M. Staley,
married Virginia F. Handley.

Footstones:  "MOTHER" and "FATHER"

Note: Large marker with surname "THORNBURG" on lot.
Side-by-side with John M. Thornburg.

Note: Large marker with surname "THORNBURG" on lot.
Side-by-side with Jenny Thornburg.
John M., s/o John W. Thornburg & Emily A. Handley.

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Note: Both on same stone, John on right, Emily on left.
Emily, d/o Samson & Susan Handley.
John W., s/o Solomon Thornburg & Mary M. Staley.

[ Headstone ]    [ Obit ]

D/o Uriah Millard Thornburg & Mary Frances Griffin.
Buried side-by-side P. Eugene Thornburg.

Buried side-by-side with P. Eugene Thornburg.

Note: Large marker with surname "THORNBURG" on lot.
Buried side-by-side her sister Mary S.
Thornburg, both never married,
d/o Thomas T. Thornburg & Margaret C. Miller.

Buried side-by-side with Solomon Thornburg.

Note: Large marker with surname "THORNBURG" on lot.
Buried side-by-side her sister Maggie L.
Thornburg, both never married,
d/o Thomas T. Thornburg & Margaret C. Miller.

*Thornburg, Mollie, daughter of Jno. W. & E. A. Thornburg,
born 6/6/1871, died 11/6/1872

Note: Entry typed exactly as published on older cemetery list by
Victoria Thornburg Vickers.

 S/o Uriah Millard Thornburg & Mary Frances Griffin.
Buried side-by-side with Madge S. Thornburg.

*Thornburg, Randolph, son of Jno. W. Thornburg
born 6/6/1871, died 3/6/1875

Note: Entry typed exactly as published on older cemetery list by
Victoria Thornburg Vickers.

Footstone:  "S.T."

Note: May be more to verse, but rest of stone is below ground level.

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Note: On same stone, Fanny on left side, U. M. on right.
Date of death missing for U. M. Thornburg.
Mary Frances, d/o John W. Griffin & Elizabeth Thornburg, Uriah Millard,
d. 5 July 1919. Uriah
married 2nd, Mary M. Merritt Duffin.
Mary is buried in Barboursville Cemetery.

Note: Virginia Frances, b. 28 Oct 1838, d. 5 Feb 1931,
d/o Alexander Walker Handley & Eliza Griffin,
married James Lewis Thornburg.

 Victoria, b. 21 Jul 1867, d. 2 Nov 1956,
d/o James Lewis Thornburg & Virginia Frances Handley,
married Robert Evan Vickers.