August 1, 2009

Garthright Cemetery at Cold Harbor?

Yesterday I received an inquiry from someone who saw my page on the Battle of Cold Harbor. Deanna B. wonders about the final resting place of her ancestor James Hooper whose remains where moved from the Garthright Cemetery. I'm putting her question out here in case someone searching the web has an answer.

Here are her notes:
Thomas Williamson Hooper-4 (Joseph Henry Hooper-3, Edmund Hooper-2, Thomas Hooper-1).
He was born on 02 Nov 1832 in Bedford, Hanover County, Virginia, Beaverdam Farm. He died on 26 Nov 1915 in Culpepper, Virginia.
Notes for Thomas Williamson Hooper:
Richmond Dispatch 3 February 1895
"About Beaver Dam" - Interesting Recollections and Notable Natives of the Place, Memories of Dr. Thomas W. Hooper
Near Cold Harbor stands the house where my father was born, and not far from the house there is a graveyard, surrounded by a brick wall, with a half-circle brick along the top. There sleep the generations of my forefathers. In that enclosure is buried Mr.James Hooper and at his funeral Rev.Samuel (blank) officiated in 1754 and preached a most powerful sermon on the text selected by the good man before his death 1 Peter IV:18. The cemetery is referred to by Dr. Hooper is now termed The Garthright Cemetery and sits on the grounds of the house identified by the National
Park Service as the Garthright House.
She continues, "I understand these remains were removed and buried elsewhere. Can anyone find out where they were re-buried and who in addition to Mr. James Hooper was buried with him?"

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