About Thornrose Cemetery
Thornrose Cemetery is a cemetery near Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia. The grounds sit at about 1,558 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 29 notable people buried here, including James Hubert Price, Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart and John Echols. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1999065. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fairview Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Henry Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Staunton, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 7 cemeteries we list in Staunton City, and 22 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 7 listings in Staunton City have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Staunton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Thornrose Cemetery
Among them: 5 Civil War veterans, 3 US representatives, 1 artist, 1 governor, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 scientist, 1 writer.
- James Hubert Price1878-1943American politician
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart1807-1891American politician
- John Echols1823-1896Confederate Army general
- Edward Echols1849-1914American politician
- Jacob Yost1853-1933American politician
- Jedediah Hotchkiss1828-1898Confederate Army officer cartographer, and topographer
- John Brown Baldwin1820-1873American politician, Virginia
- Briscoe Baldwin1789-1852American politician
- Julian M. Quarles1848-1929American politician
- George Moffett Harrison1847-1923American politician
- Charles W. Anderson1844-1916United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Lucas P. Thompson1797-1866American politician
Show all 29 notable burials
- Mary Julia Baldwin1829-1897American educator
- Robert D. Lilley1836-1886Confederate Army general
- David W. Drake1834-1909American musician
- Edwin Cushing1830-1903American musician, auctioneer and coroner
- Elizabeth Seymour Rawlinson1901-1942American horticulturalist and botanist
- John A. Harman1824-1874
- John N. Opie1844-1906American politician
- Louise Mathilde Powell1871-1943Nurse
- Ralph Marshall Davis1886-1969American reverend
- Thomas Davis Ranson1843-1918American lawyer, military officer
- William Frazier1812-1885Politician
- Archibald McFarland Woodside1903-1992American entomologist
- Emma Sutton Carter Bennett Marquez1890-1956American artist
- Francis Taliaferro Stribling1810-1874
- John Marshall Kinney1838-1904
- Joseph Anderson Glasgow1867-1940American lawyer and judge
- Susan Rebecca Thompson Hull1833-1913
People whose Wikidata entry gives Thornrose Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Thornrose Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Fairview CemeteryStaunton, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Western State Hospital CemeteryStaunton, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Jewish CemeteryStaunton, VAJewish cemetery1.6 mi
- Staunton National Cemetery901 Richmond Avenue, Staunton, VANational cemetery2.0 mi
- Oak Lawn Mausoleum and Memory GardensStaunton, VACemetery2.0 mi
- Olivet Presbyterian CemeteryStaunton, VAPresbyterian cemetery2.2 mi
- Croft CemeteryStaunton, VACemetery3.6 mi
- Hunter CemeteryStaunton, VACemetery3.7 mi
- Hebron CemeteryStaunton, VACemetery4.0 mi
- Mount Chapel CemeteryStaunton, VAChurch cemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Thornrose Cemetery
- Henry Funeral Home & Cremation Center0.2 miFuneral home · Staunton · (540) 885-7211
- Fred Henry Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Staunton
- Reynolds Hamrick Funeral Homes & Crematory0.6 miCremation provider · Staunton · (540) 886-2363
- Jones Funeral Home and Cremation Services0.7 miFuneral home · Staunton · (540) 886-2601
- Frank Grim & Sons Memorials0.7 miMonument dealer · Staunton · (540) 886-2711
- Coffman Funeral Home & Crematory2.5 miCremation provider · Staunton · (540) 887-8111
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