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174    FARABOW FAMILY

Location - in the corner of Range Rd (SR-1123) and Roberts Chapel Rd (SR-1121).

Coordinates: 36d 11m 57.7s N; 78d 44m 28.6s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: Drive from Oxford toward Durham on Old Hwy 75 passing Stem and the turn off for Butner. Turn right on Range Rd.; the cemetery is located in the corner of Range Rd. and Roberts Chapel Rd.

Canvassed for the Granville Co. Genealogy Society, 1746, by Jessie McLam and Jean Morgan, January 2001. Photographs provided by Mildred Goss and Joey Dickerson in May 2010.

There are two pet graves in this cemetery with markers:
Cholly Cat (Apr 1989 - 21 Mar 2007) Loved by Cathy Farabow, Cata and Simon.
Tugh (c.1981 - 5 Oct 2001) Feline companion to Cathy Farabow.

Note: Some information was taken from material in the Thornton Library, Oxford, N.C., provided by Cathy Farabow Horne of Wilson, N.C. The following information was also taken from Mrs. Horne's work:

Rufus and Sarah Elizabeth F. Mangum's remains were moved to Elmwood Cemetery in Oxford at request of Otha Mangum and their stone was left behind. Sarah was the only child of Preston Aaron Thomas (P.A.T.) Farabow and Mary Jane Farabow.

P.A.T. Farabow was moved to Elmwood in 1967. He was C.S.A.

Lucious and Eunice Mangum were also moved to Elmwood.

Per Mrs. Horne, the following are possibly buried in the Farabow Family Cemetery:

1. Robert Henry Farabow - son of Duncan C. and Eliza - died at age 14
2. Aaron Faribo/Farabough - b 8(10) Oct 1783; survived Civil War
3. Catherine Ferribo/Farabough "Aunt Cata" - b 10 Aug 1785; survived Civil War
4. Sallie Ferribo/Farabough `Aunt Sallie' - b 25 ? 1787; survived Civil War
5. 2-4 sons & daughters of Jacob and Arzilla/Abizilla Feribo
6. Susan Bullock Farabough - b 1783(?); survived Civil War - daughter of Jeremiah Bullock; wife of Wm. Thomas Farabough (b 1770)
7. Mary Ferebow - b 28 Oct 1795; died young; daughter of Jacob and 2nd wife, Rose (Tippett)?
8. Sister of Mary - b 1793; daughter of Jacob and Rose
9. Children of James (b 1790) and Dorothy Cooper Farabow, who moved to Tenn.
10. 2 slaves: Ned and Mary
11. Jacob Ferebo/Feribo/Ferebow
12. Abizilla Ferebo/Feribo

1. Farabow, Ada Peede   (b. 1876 - d. 1909)
Wife of Seba C. Farabow
2. Farabow, Adda May   (b. 12 Jun 1886 - d. 6 Sep 1886)
Daughter of W.T. and S.F. Farabow
3. Farabow, Benjamin Franklin   (b. 1868 - d. 1947)
Husband of Molly Irvin Jones Farabow. twin of Joseph Wesley Farabow
4. Farabow, Carl M.   (b. 1892 - d. 1893)
5. Farabow, Duncan Cameron   (b. 1 Sep 1836 - d. 21 Feb 1905)
6. Farabow, Eliza Catherine Green   (b. 25 Aug 1835 - d. 14 Jun 1909)
Wife of Duncan Cameron Farabow. sister of Susan Mildred Green Farabow. Daughter of Thomas Green
7. Farabow, Eucile F.   (b. 1908 - d. 1909)
8. Farabow, Frank S.   (b. 1899 - d. 1899)
9. Farabow, Gilbert Wesley   (b. 29 Jul 1903 - d. 20 May 1945)
Son of James M. and Mary B. Farabow
10. Farabow, Hughie Nile   (b. 17 Feb 1884 - d. 25 Jun 1884)
Son of W.T. and S.F. Farabow
11. Farabow, James (Jimmy) Monroe   (b. 4 Nov 1864 - d. 6 Jul 1913)
Husband of Mary Bowling Farabow. son of Duncan Cameron Farabow
12. Farabow, Johnnie F.   (b. 1 Sep 1875 - d. 22 Sep 1878)
Son of W.S. and S.M. Farabow. Footstone.
13. Farabow, Joseph Wesley   (b. 1868 - d. 1945)
twin of Benjamin Franklin Farabow
14. Farabow, Lalia Mabis   (b. 23 Feb 1889 - d. 28 Aug 1889)
Daughter of W.T. and S.F. Farabow
15. Farabow, Mary Bowling   (b. 31 May 1868 - d. 13 Jul 1929)
Wife of James Monroe Farabow
16. Farabow, Molly Irvin Jones   (b. 5 Aug 1874 - d. 6 May 1961)
Age 86. Wife of Benjamin F. Farabow
17. Farabow, Monroe   (b. 1842 - d. 1864)
Pvt. Co. E, 46th NC Infantry, CSA. killed at The Wilderness, no body recovered. Second marker.
18. Farabow, P. A. T.   (b. 10 May 1833 - d. 2 Apr 1864)
Husband of Mary Jane Farabow Wheeler. WPA Records
19. Farabow, Royall H.   (b. 1894 - d. 1901)
20. Farabow, Sallie F. Weathers   (b. 28 Oct 1859 - d. 13 Sep 1935)
Wife of William Thomas Farabow
21. Farabow, Seba (Seeby) C.   (b. 1875 - d. 1903)
Husband of Ada Peede Farabow. son of Duncan Cameron Farabow
22. Farabow, Susan Della   (b. 19 Jun 1868 - d. 13 Nov 1886)
Daughter of W.S. and S.M. Farabow. Footstone.
23. Farabow, Susan Mildred Green   (b. 27 Sep 1847 - d. 22 Feb 1924)
Wife of William Sidney Farabow. buried in Sumpter, SC.
24. Farabow, Thurman Thaxton   (b. 27 Jun 1908 - d. 11 Feb 1963)
Son of Ben and Irvin Farabow
25. Farabow, Verlie M.   (b. 1900 - d. 1919)
Daughter of James M. and Mary B. Farabow
26. Farabow, William Sidney   (b. 20 Aug 1839 - d. 6 Oct 1888)
Husband of Susan Mildred Green Farabow. CSA
27. Farabow, William Thomas   (b. 14 May 1860 - d. 16 Nov 1928)
Husband of Sallie F. Weathers Farabow
28. Lyman, Ruth   (b. 1901 - d. 1903)
WPA records lists name as Ruth Lyman Farabow
29. Mangum, Lucious   (b. 7 Mar 1876 - d. 4 Dec 1877)
WPA Records
30. Mangum, Rufus   (b. 13 Jul 1845 - d. 12 Feb 1897)
Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Farabow Mangum. CSA
31. Mangum, Sarah Elizabeth F.   (b. 17 Mar 1858 - d. 13 Jan 1935)
Wife of Rufus Mangum
32. Wheeler, Cad Thomas   (b. abt 1880 - d. 2 Oct 1894)
Age 14 yrs. son of Mary Jane and H. Wheeler
33. Wheeler, Mary Jane Farabow   (b. 6 Aug 1842 - d. 7 Sep 1920)
Wife of 1st - P.A.T. Farabow. Wife of 2nd - H. Wheeler.