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James Roger Heflin

Birth	:	4 May 1895 Catlett, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	1920 Catlett, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Godfrey Family Cemetery, Sowego, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.5862000, -77.5783000
Plot	:	Small cemetery with few graves near Sowego
Description	:	(James)Roger Heflin was a son of James Wm Heflin and Angeline Kane Heflin. He was married to Macie May Godfrey. He died at a young age after drinking "bad water" from a stream, family tradition says, so he probably had typhoid fever. Roger, my uncle, is buried in The Godfrey Family Cemetery near Sowego off the main road going by it - with a few other persons. I am not sure that all the graves even have good markers still or markers. My mother visited it a few times but I never did. I did drive there once when my... Read More	(James)Roger Heflin was a son of James Wm Heflin and Angeline Kane Heflin. He was married to Macie May Godfrey. He died at a young age after drinking "bad water" from a stream, family tradition says, so he probably had typhoid fever. Roger, my uncle, is buried in The Godfrey Family Cemetery near Sowego off the main road going by it - with a few other persons. I am not sure that all the graves even have good markers still or markers. My mother visited it a few times but I never did. I did drive there once when my mother visited. She climbed up the way and went through a barbed wire fence for access. I don't know if there is a road going to the cemetery or not, other than the main road going by. Roger left a child Edna who married a Wolfe - Edna Marie Heflin Wolfe. He also left another daughter who just died in 2010: Harrietta Virginia Heflin Moss. His siblings include sister Lillie Heflin Godfrey, Guy Heflin, and Ruben A. Heflin, my father. He also had half-siblings from his father's first marriage to Roberta Butler. I believe that Roger's parents and Macie's parents all lived near Sowego when they were growing up or met. There is a house near the old store at Sowego in which my father said they lived and where they farmed the land when he was young. He said they leased the land, so I guess they rented the house. Later Angeline and James bought about 300 acres of land on Route 607, address Catlett, now Shenandoah Path. Upon the death of Angeline in 1936, half of the land went to Guy Heflin and half went to my father, Ruben A. Heflin. There is also a house near Cedar Run where my grandparents lived prior to moving to Rte. 607. I had thought at one time that Roger lived in this house but that may be incorrect unless he lived there prior to marriage, of course, or for a while after marrying. --------I have found this house was built about 1910 and was the residence of Jim and Angeline Heflin, not Roger and Macie. My father, Ruben Heflin, said as a boy he helped build the house at Catlett where the Jefferies family lived many years and their daughter Nancy still lives. I recognize the house from a photo that Kathy Prossi sent to me via email. Of this house, Daddy said, "I was a boy doing a man's work." All my life this house near Catlett has been owned either by Cal and Fannie Colvin Heflin or their daughter and husband, June and Shirley Jefferies. It is still in their family although June and Shirley are deceased now. The house was near Cedar Run and Daniel's Mill and the old hamlet of Weaversville destroyed in the tornado of 1929. But at some point my father's parents lived at Sowego in a house still standing where they leased farmland. The Godfrey family lived nearby on their own farm and there were 16 children in the family. So that may be how Macie met Roger and Lillie met Henry. I think that was the last house my grandparents rented before buying and moving to their own house on Rte. 607 now called Shenandoah Path. Note: 2012: Ancestry.com World War I draft registration shows his name signed by him as JAMES ROGER HEFLIN; however, parts of the form were filled out by the man assisting, so he wrote his name as James RODGER Heflin which explains how that erroneous spelling has crept into some other records. He clearly signed Roger. He gave his birthdate as May 4, 1895; married and at that time he had 2 children. Roger said his hair was "light" and that his eyes were "light blue." The man assisting wrote in that he was SLENDER and of MEDIUM height. ------ #61766528 grave of Roger's sister Lillie Heflin Godfrey #7987404 grave of his brother Ruben Ambrose Heflin #27180123 grave of his brother Guy Heflin

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James Roger Heflin's memorial is located at: Godfrey Family Cemetery, Sowego, Fauquier County, USA.
When did James Roger Heflin death?
James Roger Heflin death on 1920 in Catlett, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 38.5862000
Longitude: -77.5783000

Family Members:

Parent

James William Heflin

(1854 - 1924)

Angeline Kane Heflin

(1857 - 1936)

Spouse

Macie May Godfrey Herndon

(1894 - 1967)

Siblings

Morris Heflin

(1881 - 1947)

Gerry Gelesper “Guy” Heflin

(1889 - 1972)

Ruben Ambrose Heflin

(1896 - 1988)

Children

Elden Stanley Heflin

(1914 - 1918)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Godfrey Family Cemetery
Sowego, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5862000, -77.5783000

2. Hearts Delight Cemetery
Catlett, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5685997, -77.5667038

3. Zoar Baptist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5843315, -77.6136017

4. Old Mount Horeb Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5741600, -77.6143100

5. Calvary Pentecostal Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5577660, -77.6206284

6. Cross Roads Baptist Church
Calverton, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6040370, -77.6427630

7. Heflin Family Cemetery
Midland, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5234861, -77.6177222

8. Tulloss Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5211000, -77.6111000

9. Mark Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.6457650, -77.6344400

10. Ensor Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5373600, -77.6496500

11. Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5311130, -77.6538200

12. Colvin Cemetery
Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6603012, -77.6216965

13. Oak Shade Baptist Church Cemetery
Catlett, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6501083, -77.6456985

14. Catlett Methodist Cemetery
Catlett, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6586370, -77.6407238

15. Faith Christian Fellowship Cemetery
Catlett, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6689730, -77.6256930

16. Grace United Methodist Church Cemetery
Somerville, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4973030, -77.6029190

17. Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
Midland, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5280830, -77.6717510

18. Ebenezer Baptist Church
Midland, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5776010, -77.6979690

19. Eustace Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.6192690, -77.6928210

20. Catlett
Catlett, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6695110, -77.6460790

21. Huffman Cemetery
Midland, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5258090, -77.6872440

22. Martin Family Cemetery
Midland, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6186600, -77.7174800

23. Midland Church of the Brethren Cemetery
Midland, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6046100, -77.7253210

24. Saint Stephens Episcopal Church Cemetery
Catlett, Fauquier County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6795100, -77.6675200