John Compton Tobin and Laura Virginia Tobin, Thompson Family Cemetery

John Compton Tobin
Oct. 1825
July 7, 1916

He is not dead but sleepeth.

Laura Virginia Tobin
June 22, 1841
Sept. 6, 1915

Not my will but thine be done.

(On the other side of the tombstone is the inscription for Amana Abigail Tobin.)

Tombstone of Amana Abigail Tobin, Thompson Family Cemetery

Amana Abigail Tobin
Apr. 4, 1878
Feb. 1, 1904
Though lost to sight to memory dear
TOBIN

(The other side of the tombstone lists John Compton Tobin and Laura Virginia Tobin.)

Thompson Family Cemetery, Pan Am Shopping Center, Vienna, Virginia

Above are some views of the Thompson Family Cemetery, situated the area of the Pan Am Shopping Center that abuts Lee Highway. Many old graves in Fairfax County have had to be relocated when commercial development moves in, but in this case the shopping center was built around the old graveyard. The area of the cemetery rises above the level of the Center's parking lot and has timber restraining walls on most of the four sides; it is best approached from the one corner that has no restraining wall. There is a group of tall trees in the center and plantings on the shopping center side. The grass is not "manicured" but is well kept.

Only two gravestones can be seen. According to Brian A. Conley's book, Cemeteries of Fairfax County, Virginia, other persons likely to be buried here are: Henry Allen, Rita A. T. Covington, Daniel Thompson, Ellen Thompson, Fannie A. Thompson, Katie Thompson, Reverend Lawson T. Thompson, Lola Thompson, Marshall Thompson, Nat Thompson, Samuel P. Thompson, Carmey Tobin, and Mamie Tobin.