Phoebus Cemetery

Near St. Peter's Church · Oriole / Monie area · 1877 Atlas map: Dames Quarter District No. 2

Cemetery No. 911-Q-26-NW

Location and Site Information

Phoebus Cemetery contributor image — 1988air. Click to enlarge.

Located near Oriole, historically also called St. Peters, on the north side of the northeast branch of St. Peter's Creek. The burying ground is in woods near the marsh edge, within the bounds of the old patent Nicholson's Adventure, patented October 23, 1666 by James Nicholson for 150 acres.

Latitude 38° 10' 17.0" N
Longitude 75° 48' 30.2" W
1877 Atlas map Dames Quarter District No. 2

Transcription note: The wording, spellings, uncertain readings, and bracketed field notes below are retained from the contributor record. Obvious formatting artifacts from the old word-processing file have been removed, but uncertain text has not been silently corrected.

Graves Recorded

Sally A. Parks

Transcription

[Hand pointing upward]
Sally A. Parks, daughter of R. & M. Parks
Died January 1, 1858
Aged 3 months
"Safe in Heaven"

William McDaniel Parks

Transcription

[Finger pointing upward]
William McDaniel, son of R. & M. Parks
Died September 30, 1862
Aged 1 year, 8 months & 25 days
"Asleep in Jesus"

Charlie E. Ross

Transcription

In Memory of Charlie E. Ross
Son of Levin C. & Elizabeth Ross
Born October 10, 1858
Died October 10, 1888
Aged 30 years

We miss thee darling Charlie
From thy familiar place
We do not hear thy footsteps near
Nor see thy cheerful face
Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep
From which none ever wakes to weep
A calm and undisturbed repose
Unbroken by the last of foes.

Ilba Parks

Transcription

[Finger pointing upward]
Ilba, wife of Robert Parks
Died April 26, 1869
Aged 58 years, 1 month & 5 days

Laura A. Parks

Transcription

[Rose motif]
Laura A., daughter of R. & M. Parks
Died November 27, 1871
Aged 3 or 8 years, 7 months & 12 days [uncertain reading]
"Gone home."

Sydney C. Phoebus

Transcription

[Lamb]
Sydney C., son of T. & L. Phoebus
Died September 14, 1860
Aged 6 years

Thomas Phoebus

Transcription

[Shaking hands motif]
Thomas Phoebus
Died November 25, 1869
Aged 76 years & 24 days

Old and young as you pass by
Look at the place where I do lie
As you are now so once was I
Remember you too must die

Cemetery note: Three fieldstones appeared to mark graves. Other fieldstones marked the perimeter of the cemetery.