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Boone County
West Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Boone County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Drawdy Drawdy Cemetery
  • Madison Unknown location
  • Madison Boone Memorial Park


    Private or family graveyard
    Boone County, West Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      St. Clair Ballard (1802-1873) — of Virginia. Born in Monroe County, Va. (now W.Va.), August 14, 1802. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1847. Introduced the legislation to name Boone County, Virginia (now West Virginia) for Daniel Boone, who had rescued his mother from Indians when she was a child. Died in Boone County, W.Va., December 26, 1873 (age 71 years, 134 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.


    Drawdy Cemetery
    Drawdy, Boone County, West Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Jacob Conrad Edelman (1835-1918) — also known as J. C. Edelman; Jacob Conrad Edelmann — of Peytona, Boone County, W.Va. Born in Rainrod, Germany, May 8, 1835. Son of Jacob Conrad Edelmann and Maria (Conrad) Edelmann. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Boone County, 1889, 1905. Died in Peytona, Boone County, W.Va., May 17, 1918 (age 83 years, 9 days). Interment at Drawdy Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, May 15, 1859, to Deletha A. Snodgrass.


    Unknown Location
    Madison, Boone County, West Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Joel E. Stollings (1833-1897) — of Boone County, W.Va. Born in Logan County, Va. (now W.Va.), August 12, 1833. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state senate, 1872, 1881-84 (8th District 1872, 1881-82, 7th District 1883-84). Died September 27, 1897 (age 64 years, 46 days). Interment somewhere.


    Boone Memorial Park
    Madison, Boone County, West Virginia
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Manderville Tildon Miller (1879-1943) — also known as M. T. Miller — of Madison, Boone County, W.Va. Born in Lowgap, Boone County, W.Va., December 31, 1879. Son of Susan Ann (Pauley) Miller (1850-1933) and Sylvanus Miller (1852-1905). Republican. Ordained minister; school teacher; Boone County Superintendent of Schools, 1919-23; postmaster; member of West Virginia state senate 8th District, 1929-32. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died, from a coronary occlusion, in Madison, Boone County, W.Va., December 2, 1943 (age 63 years, 336 days). Interment at Boone Memorial Park.
      Relatives: Married to Flora Ann Roberts (1992-1955).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Alney McLean Hall (1886-1965) — also known as Alney M. Hall — of Ramage, Boone County, W.Va. Born in Kentucky, April 17, 1886. Democrat. Member of West Virginia state senate 7th District, 1943-46. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Moose; Redmen. Died April 29, 1965 (age 79 years, 12 days). Interment at Boone Memorial Park.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


     

     


     
       
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