Lovettsville Union Cemetery
Loudoun County, Virginia

1879

Introduction by
Marty Hiatt, CG

In a pleasant pastoral setting, with Catoctin Mountain as a backdrop, the Lovettsville Union Cemetery provides a resting place for many pioneer settlers. Even though the cemetery did not incorporate until 1879, there were a few earlier burials. The infant William Ropp, and his mother Rachel Ropp were buried in 1846 and 1848, respectively (Lot B050). Between then and incorporation approximately 30 other burials took place. The earliest headstones are ones that were removed from the adjacent New Jerusalem Lutheran Cemetery and placed in Lovettsville Union Cemetery. These are old, deteriorated white marble stones that have the same names, and stand in the same plot, as a newer polished granite stone (Lot C051).

The original trustees were Peter A. Fry, George Wire, L. W. Hickman, J. W. Goodhart, John D. Fry, Charles K. Hough, John Compher of P., Joseph Compher, Charles W. Fry of S., Jacob D. Virts, John G. R. Kalb, David Axline, Charles W. Fry of I., John W. Nixon and Wm. J. Stone. The expression “of P, S, or I.” refers to the first initial of the given name of the man’s father. This was used to separate many men who shared the same name.

The cemetery is located south of Lovettsville on Lutheran Church Road, adjacent to New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery, which is no longer active. There are over 3700 burials (as of 2018) in Lovettsville Union, and most of them have some type of marker. The cemetery is a public, non-profit corporation maintained by volunteers who serve on a supervisory board and meet quarterly. These volunteers provide operation and maintenance of the cemetery, except for mowing.