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Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery

Page last updated 4 August 2022.
Picture
Providence-Fort Washington United Methodist Church cemetery sign, Kacie's Photography 2016


10610 Old Fort Road, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Maryland 20744

A cemetery with approximately 90 grave markers is located around the "Little" Church [the second sanctuary built]. The tablet, slate and cross grave markers are arranged in rows; newer markers are granite. The oldest grave marker in the cemetery is that of Martha S. Roland who died in 1905, and the most recent grave marker dates 2015. The majority of the graves date from the mid-1930s to 1950s.
 
NOTE: Most of the persons listed below were known to be buried at the Providence cemetery, while others were discovered in funeral home records. Because some sites shown on the Providence cemetery plot map were marked with only “infant/last name”, assumptions have been made to exactly which child is in which unmarked grave. Notes are included on those person pages.
 
Be sure to also check the Old Providence cemetery.

Family (and others) buried at the Providence cemetery include:
  • ACTON, George (*)
  • BERRY, Elizabeth Agnes (m. ROLAND)
  • BERRY, George Enoch Jr.
  • CARTER, Flora B. (m. HUBER)
  • CARTER, James Hendershot
  • DAVIS, John Wesley II
  • DENYER, Bernice N. (m. TAYLOR)
  • DENYER, Norman Harold
  • DOWNS, Robert (*)
  • GARRETT, Edwin Roland
  • GARRETT, Edwin Willis
  • GARRETT, Vivian Irene (m. ROLAND)
  • GILLESPIE, Margaret Sawyer (m. PAGE)
  • GILLESPIE, Rees Bowen
  • GILLESPIE, Thomas Alexander
  • GRIGSBY, Culena Roberta (m. THORNE, h1. KING)
  • HARRIS, Harold (*)
  • KERBY, Gertrude M. (m. THORNE, h1. THORN)
  • KING, Bagby Rivers
  • KING, Harold Rivers
  • KINNAMAN, William Eugene (*)
  • LATHAM, Roger Lee
  • LATHAM, Vallie Iceland
  • MARTIN, Frances Burdette
  • MILSTEAD, Blanche C. (m. TAYLOR)
  • MILSTEAD, Louis M.
  • OXFORD, Harriet Lorraine (m. BERRY)
  • RACEY, Mrs. (*)
  • RAUM, Marcelena Laura (m. TAYLOR)
  • RAUM, William Franz
  • ROBEY, John Alexander (*)
  • ROBEY, John Everett (*)
  • ROBEY, Mary Olivia (m. GARNER) (*)
  • ROLAND, Agnes Isabelle (m. THORNE, h1. TAYLOR)
  • ROLAND, Francis Ralph
  • ROLAND, George Milton
  • ROLAND, George Ralph
  • ROLAND, George Thomas
  • ROLAND, Infant (d. 1934)
  • ROLAND, Infant (d. 1936)
  • ROLAND, Martha Sarah (m. THORN)
  • ROLAND, Milton Edwin
  • ROLAND, Rose Etta (m. RAUM)
  • ROLAND, Teresia Lucille (m. THORNE)
  • SANDS, Samuel Bruce
  • SCOTT, Eugene (*)
  • SELLNER, Ada Elizabeth (m. THORNE)
  • SELLNER, Dorothy May
  • SELLNER, George Alfred
  • SELLNER, James Edward Jr.
  • SELLNER, Robert Edward
  • SHORT, Jeanette Trina (m. LINTERN) (*)
  • STONE, Infant Daughter (d. 1923)
  • STONE, Infant (d. 1925)
  • STONE, Infant (d. unknown)
  • TARTISEL, Edith J. (m. TAYLOR)
  • TAYLOR, Alice Eleanor
  • TAYLOR, Alma Gertrude
  • TAYLOR, Beverly
  • TAYLOR, Carl C.
  • TAYLOR, Celestia Jane (m. THORN)
  • TAYLOR, Charles Columbus
  • TAYLOR, Charles Herbert
  • TAYLOR, Clara E.
  • TAYLOR, Daisy Myrtle (m. THORNE)
  • TAYLOR, Donald Douglas
  • TAYLOR, Elizabeth (m. THORNE)
  • TAYLOR, Paul Eugene
  • TAYLOR, Pauline M. (m. DENNISON)
  • TAYLOR, Ray Sherman
  • TAYLOR, Reginald Columbus
  • TAYLOR, Sarah Ellen (m. THORNE)
  • TAYLOR, Theresa Grace (m. RAUM)
  • TAYLOR, Thomas Arthur
  • TAYLOR, William Francis
  • THORN, John H.
  • THORN, Joseph Alexander
  • THORN, Lee Compton
  • THORN, Lucy Anne (m. BARRETT)
  • THORN, Samuel Claggett
  • THORNE, Allan M.
  • THORNE, Constance Evelyn (m. GATES)
  • THORNE, Cora Roberta
  • THORNE, Cornelius Smith
  • THORNE, Frederick Alfred
  • THORNE, George
  • THORNE, George Berry
  • THORNE, Infant (d. 1947)
  • THORNE, Infant (d. 1951)
  • THORNE, Infant (d. unknown)
  • THORNE, James Dennis
  • THORNE, Julia Myrtle (m. COXEN)
  • THORNE, Katherine (m. RAUM)
  • THORNE, Mary Theresa (m. RAUM)
  • THORNE, Maynard B.
  • THORNE, Richard Ebbsworth
  • THORNE, Ruby Etta (m. THORNE)
  • THORNE, Sarah Catherine (m. BERRY)
  • THORNE, William Thomas Jr.
  • THORNE, William Thomas III
  • VEAZEY, Jeffrey Thomas (b. HILL)
  • WARD, Dorothy Virginia (b. unknown)
  • WARD, Ellsworth
  • WARD, Fulton Arthur
  • WARD, Gertrude (m. SPENCER)
  • WARD, Harriet Rebecca (m. BERRY)
  • WARD, Marion J.
  • WARD, Presley Harrison
  • WARD, Richard
  • WARD, Samuel Eldridge​

b. = birth name (if adopted)
d. = infant's/child's year of death
​m. = maiden name
h1., h2. = surname of first husband, second husband
​(*) = This person was included while working with the cemetery; no evidence yet that we are related.

REFERENCES:
  • Providence-Fort Washington United Methodist Church history (edited). Available at http://pfwumc.org/about-us/church-history. Cemetery descriptions compiled from various sources.
  • Maryland Historical Trust. “Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties.” Inventory No. PG: 81B-11. Available at https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/PrinceGeorges/PG;81B-11.pdf.
  • Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County Maryland.
  • Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter tombstone project. (1955).
  • Family information compiled from the FindAGrave website (https://www.findagrave.com), FamilySearch website (https://familysearch.org/), GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/) and family records.