Groover Cemetery
Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Fla.
This cemetery is located in Tymber Creek subdivision
west of Ormond off S.R. 40 and is fenced and maintained by the subdivision association. It
is in a vacant lot located between two homes. Steve Shirah also helped me locate this one.
I was told that at one time there were over 30 headstones in the cemetery but due to
vandalism there are only 10 left. They were mostly Civil War soldiers buried there after
the war. One soldier was said to have been killed during the war at Groover Creek 100
yards to the west. There are several recently broken headstones without any information on
them. 10/23/98
GPS N 29° 15.911 W 081° 07.448
Copyright ©2010, W.R. Morgan
BENNETT, William, Ga. Pvt, Co. E. Clinch's Ga. Cav., C. S. A., b. June 11, 1819 d. Nov. 2, 1894
BENNETT, Mandy Geiger, (Hand Poured Slab)
b. Feb. 1825 d. Nov. 1, 1895
CLIFTON, Francis M., b. Jan. 31, 1848 d. Oct. 9, 1902
Fla. Pvt Co. H, 2 Regt. Fla. Cav. (Military Headstone)
GROOVER, Pvt. John A., Co. G, 9 Fla. Inf. C.S.A., d. 1908
GROOVER, Mrs. J. A., Died Sept. 19, 1908
"Our Mother The Loving Wife"
HARPER, Mary A., Born 1813 - Died Jan. 20, 1897
"Thy Trials Ended"
HYDEN, Hazel, b. Mar. 22, 1893 d. June 27, 1903
METTS, Thomas J., b. Apr. 13, 1836 d. Feb. 22, 1901
Fla. Pvt, Co. B, 2 Regt. Fla. Cav.
PRIEST, Ella, Born July 8, 1874 - Died Apr. 30, 1901
NEWBURN, S. M., b. Feb. 16, 1870 d. June 11, 1932, "Father"
NEWBURN, Tom H., Born Feb. 25, 1898 - Died Aug. 30, 1921
If I can have it said of me
When ended is my time of toil
That I have fought to helpful be
And have not labored just for spoil
I'll great death's angel with a smile
And take his hand and journey on
(last part broken off)
Information on persons with missing headstones from Regina Newburn
Dora Newburn Born August 16, 1907 Died October 19, 1912
Gadson H. Harper ( Son of Noah Harper) Born April 15, 1881 Died December
18, 1908 At Isthmus Canal Zone
This information was collected by Nora W. Strange on Nov. 19, 1974