Wimmer Cemetery

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  2^nd quarter 20^th c.

Realty Map:          95.01-2-3                                Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Bent Mountain                     Landform:                              Ridge bench

Grid Locus:            D-7                                          Elevation:                              1460 feet

UTM Easting:       580810                                    Aspect:                                  Flat

UTM Northing:    4116410

Site Dimensions:  8 by 8 feet

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small cemetery with at least one grave.  The observed grave was marked with an inscribed marble headstone that has fallen but was visible under pine needles.  Two separate informants reported that this cemetery contained the graves of twins surrounded by a metal pipe fence.  It is possible that the other headstone has fallen and been covered with soil.  The cemetery is along the southern side of Route 221 and seems to lie within a VDOT right-of-way.  A house is located to the immediate south of the cemetery.  Site was field inspected, photographed, and the grave marker inscription was transcribed.  Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the observed grave and informant accounts of the location for the second grave.

Survey Date:         8/98

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        _x_Yes   ___No

References:           None

Additional Comments:        Assigned temporal period was based on 1936 death date inscribed on the observed headstone.  The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet.

Marker Inscription:

Carl Eugene

Wimmer

Oct. 6, 1934

Nov. 25, 1936

His is not dead, but sleepth.