These pictures are part of several visits of mine to Virginia. You will need to click on the "BACK" button on your browser to return here and view more pictures.

Elder John Koontz built this home near the Shenandoah River in close proximity to Alma, VA. As of 2001, nothing was left except the two chimneys. Elder Koontz was beaten and persecuted for his faith.

Graves Chapel Church in Stanley, VA contains many of my relatives.

The rear of Graves Chapel Church. Off to the left of the picture you can see the four markers for the Suthard Family- Joshua Calvin Suthard, Eliza Jane Parks Suthard, Evangeline Suthard, and William Suthard.

This is the cast iron marker for Jacob Roudabush, grandson of Hans Heinrich Raudenbusch. He is buried in Elk Run Cemetery in Elkton, VA.

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Cherry Hill Farm, built in 1731 by John Snyder and willed to his son James P. Snyder. The Suthard family lived next door, and eventually Joshua Calvin Suthard and his wife Eliza J. Parks Suthard lived here to take care of the farm and Snyder. My maternal Great Grandmother Lula Ann Suthard Roudabush and her husband Robert Trenton Roudabush lived here until their deaths. During the 30's and 40's, my mother visited the farm- her father Frank Calvin Roudabush was born here.

My great grandfather Robert Trenton Roudabush was 18 years old when this document was written. His father, Peter William Roudabush died, and apparently his wife Elizabeth Koontz Roudabush was granted $150.00 from the Commonwealth of Virginia provided that she agreed to raise the children as their guardian since they were orphaned. At the bottom right are the original signatures of Elizabeth Koontz Roudabush, John Calvin Roudabush and Major Ashby Roudabush. John and Major were witnesses to the document as they were both over 21 years of age.

Same document for David Fenton Roudabush.

Same document for Charles Roudabush.

Same document for Hiram Eldridge Roudabush.

Signature details for Elizabeth Koontz Roudabush, John Calvin Roudabush, and Major Ashby Roudabush.

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