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Union Presbyterian Seminary Cemetery at Hampden-Sydney College

A guide describing the seminary cemetery on the campus of Hampden-Sydney College.
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Union Presbyterian Seminary Cemetery at Hampden-Sydney College

Photo Credit: Shaunna Hunter, Hampden-Sydney College

Who may be buried in the cemetery?

“No more internment shall be allowed in the Seminary graveyard at Hampden-Sydney, save that faculty members and administrative officers of Union Seminary, their spouses and unmarried children, and Presidents and ex-Presidents of Hampden-Sydney College, their spouses and unmarried children may be buried there, but each burial must first be approved by an administrative officer of the Seminary or some member of the Executive Committee and shall be reported at the next meeting of the Executive Committee.”

1954 Policy, reaffirmed and approved by Seminary Board of Trustees in November, 1986

Alphabetical List of Names

  • Armstrong, Isaac Pancake. 1842-1862
  • Baskervill, Alice Merle Sampson. 1846-1924
  • Baskervill, Elizabeth. 1882-1957
  • Baskervill, Lulie. 1871-1915
  • Baskervill, Mary Weir Mann. 1878-1947
  • Baskervill, Thornton Sampson. 1878-1954
  • Baxter, D.D., Rev. George A. 1772-1841
  • Bear, Jr., Rev. James Edwin. 1893-1977
  • Bear, Margaret Irvine White. 1893-1989
  • Booker, Edward Elliott. 1882-1911
  • Booker, Helen. 1879-1960
  • Booker, James Edward. 1850-1940
  • Booker, Sarah Bannister Peck. 1853-1928
  • Bright, Carrie Lena. 1913-1985
  • Bright, John. 1908-1995
  • Brimm, Henry Muller. 1898-1984
  • Brimm, Josephine Case Craven. 1901-1987
  • Caruthers, Mary Virginia. ?
  • Dabney, D.D., Rev. Robert Lewis. 1820-1898
  • Dabney, James Morrison. 1850-1855
  • Dabney, Jr., Robert Lewis. 1849-1855
  • Dabney, Mrs. Robert L. (Margaret Lavinia Morrison). 1823-1908
  • Dabney, Thomas Price. 1857-1862
  • Dawe, Rev. Donald Gilbert. 1926-2012
  • Duncan, Mary. 1807-1888
  • Eggleston, II, Dr. Joseph Dupuy. 1867-1953
  • Eggleston, III, Joseph Dupuy. 1903-1949
  • Eggleston, Julia Johnson. 1866-1960
  • Gammon, Bessie Cochran. 1886-1971
  • Gammon, Edgar Graham. 1884-1962
  • Gilmer, Betty Winston. 1903-1993
  • Gilmer, Thomas Edward. 1901-1987
  • Graham, D.D., Rev. Samuel Lyle. 1794-1854
  • Graham, Judith Watkins. 1832-1854
  • Hobbie, Francis Wellford. 1922-1985
  • Hobbie, Jean Maxwell. 1921-2011
  • Hogue, Addison. 1849-1942
  • Hogue, Emily Michaux Smith. 1848-1927
  • Lacy, Emma White. 1898-1947
  • Lacy, Jr., Benjamin Rice. 1886-1981
  • Latimer, D.D., Rev. James Fair. 1845-1892
  • Mosby, Stockton T. 1863-1886
  • Norfleet, Jr., Marmaduke Williams. 1910-1968
  • Norfleet, Mary Winston Crocket. 1919-1999
  • Packer, Sophie Booker. 1891-1982
  • Peck, D.D., Rev. Thomas Ephraim. 1822-1893
  • Peck, Georgiana C. 1863-1891
  • Peck, Mary Hay. 1861-1862
  • Peck, Mrs. Sarah Bannister Park. 1803-1895
  • Peck, Mrs. Thomas E. (Ellen Church Richardson Peck). 1821-1909
  • Pugh, Sarah. 1831-1855
  • Reveley, II, Walter Taylor. 1917-1992
  • Reveley, Marie Gary Eason. 1919-2006
  • Rice, D.D., Rev. John Holt. 1777-1831
  • Rice, Mrs. John Holt (Anne Smith Morton Rice). 1785-1867
  • Rice, Rev. Benjamin Holt. 1782-1856
  • Sampson, D.D., Rev. Francis S. 1714-1854
  • Sampson, Mrs. F.S. (Caroline Susan Dudley) afterwards Mrs. F.B. Watkins. 1821-1886
  • Smith, D.D., Rev. B.M. (Benjamin Mosby). 1811-1893
  • Smith, Mrs. B.M. (Mary Moore Morrison). 1821-1903
  • Thompson, Ernest Trice. 1894-1985
  • Thompson, Helen Marr Beall. 1895-1962
  • Trotti, John Boone. 1935-2013
  • Watkins, Dr. Francis Benjamin. 1815-1884
  • Wilson, D.D., Rev. Samuel B. 1783-1869
  • Wilson, Mrs. Samuel B. (Elizabeth Hanna) 1783-1852

Chronological List of Burials

  • Rice, D.D., Rev. John Holt. 1777-1831
  • Baxter, D.D., Rev. George A. 1772-1841
  • Wilson, Mrs. Samuel B. (Elizabeth Hanna) 1783-1852
  • Sampson, D.D., Rev. Francis S. 1714-1854
  • Graham, Judith Watkins. 1832-1854
  • Graham, D.D., Rev. Samuel Lyle. 1794-1854
  • Dabney, James Morrison. 1850-1855
  • Dabney, Jr., Robert Lewis. 1849-1855
  • Pugh, Sarah. 1831-1855
  • Rice, Rev. Benjamin Holt. 1782-1856
  • Armstrong, Isaac Pancake. 1842-1862
  • Dabney, Thomas Price. 1857-1862
  • Peck, Mary Hay. 1861-1862
  • Rice, Mrs. John Holt (Anne Smith Morton Rice). 1785-1867
  • Wilson, D.D., Rev. Samuel B. 1783-1869
  • Watkins, Dr. Francis Benjamin. 1815-1884
  • Mosby, Stockton T. 1863-1886
  • Sampson, Mrs. F.S. (Caroline Susan Dudley) afterwards Mrs. F.B. Watkins. 1821-1886
  • Duncan, Mary. 1807-1888
  • Peck, Georgiana C. 1863-1891
  • Latimer, D.D., Rev. James Fair. 1845-1892
  • Peck, D.D., Rev. Thomas Ephraim. 1822-1893
  • Smith, D.D., Rev. B.M. (Benjamin Mosby). 1811-1893
  • Peck, Mrs. Sarah Bannister Park. 1803-1895
  • Dabney, D.D., Rev. Robert Lewis. 1820-1898
  • Smith, Mrs. B.M. (Mary Moore Morrison). 1821-1903
  • Dabney, Mrs. Robert L. (Margaret Lavinia Morrison). 1823-1908
  • Peck, Mrs. Thomas E. (Ellen Church Richardson Peck). 1821-1909
  • Booker, Edward Elliott. 1882-1911
  • Baskervill, Lulie. 1871-1915
  • Baskervill, Alice Merle Sampson. 1846-1924
  • Hogue, Emily Michaux Smith. 1848-1927
  • Booker, Sarah Bannister Peck. 1853-1928
  • Booker, James Edward. 1850-1940
  • Hogue, Addison. 1849-1942
  • Baskervill, Mary Weir Mann. 1878-1947
  • Lacy, Emma White. 1898-1947
  • Eggleston, III, Joseph Dupuy. 1903-1949
  • Eggleston, II, Dr. Joseph Dupuy. 1867-1953
  • Baskervill, Thornton Sampson. 1878-1954
  • Baskervill, Elizabeth. 1882-1957
  • Booker, Helen. 1879-1960
  • Eggleston, Julia Johnson. 1866-1960
  • Gammon, Edgar Graham. 1884-1962
  • Thompson, Helen Marr Beall. 1895-1962
  • Norfleet, Jr., Marmaduke Williams. 1910-1968
  • Gammon, Bessie Cochran. 1886-1971
  • Bear, Jr., Rev. James Edwin. 1893-1977
  • Lacy, Jr., Benjamin Rice. 1886-1981
  • Packer, Sophie Booker. 1891-1982
  • Brimm, Henry Muller. 1898-1984
  • Bright, Carrie Lena. 1913-1985
  • Hobbie, Francis Wellford. 1922-1985
  • Thompson, Ernest Trice. 1894-1985
  • Brimm, Josephine Case Craven. 1901-1987
  • Gilmer, Thomas Edward. 1901-1987
  • Bear, Margaret Irvine White. 1893-1989
  • Reveley, II, Walter Taylor. 1917-1992
  • Gilmer, Betty Winston. 1903-1993
  • Bright, John. 1908-1995
  • Norfleet, Mary Winston Crocket. 1919-1999
  • Hobbie, Jean Maxwell. 1921-2011
  • Dawe, Rev. Donald Gilbert. 1926-2012
  • Trotti, John Boone. 1935-2013
  • Caruthers, Mary Virginia. ?