Blog series
Cemetery Stories
The people buried in St. John’s churchyard, and the story of the churchyard itself.
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Cemetery Stories: E. Sclater Montague (1895–1980)
Montague cherished his friendships with the rectors of our church. In fact, he wrote a monograph for the Syms-Eaton Museum titled, “St. John’s Church and the Ministers I Knew.”
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Cemetery Stories: Colonel Thomas Tabb and Family (1835–1902)
On 18 March 1910, Heffelfinger discovered and excavated the second location of St. John’s Church in an area known as the “Old Graveyard Thickett” on the farm of the late Colonel Thomas Tabb.
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Cemetery Stories: Jacob Andrew Ferguson (1886–1961)
My grandfather was a banker. He worked for Citizens National Bank in downtown Hampton from 1917 until his retirement in 1952.
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Cemetery Stories: Jacob Heffelfinger (1840–1915)
Jacob Heffelfinger was a symbol of reconciliation after the Civil War.
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Cemetery Stories: The Reverend William B. Taylor and Family
The second pastor of First Baptist Church was the Reverend William Taylor. Taylor served from 1868 until his death in 1873.
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Cemetery Stories: Christopher Ethelbert Cheyne (1867–1943)
If you are a Hampton native of a certain age, you are probably familiar with the Cheynes—father and son—who provided photography services to the citizens of Hampton from 1894 through the 1960s.
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Cemetery Stories: Captain Henry Mowatt (1734–1798)
A rectangular stone tablet along the walkway from the south door of the church to Queensway identifies the burial site of Captain Henry Mowatt—a British naval officer.
