Index to Locations
Capon Springs Unknown location
High View Timber Ridge Christian
Church Cemetery
Romney Indian Mound Cemetery
Springfield Springfield Hill
Cemetery
Three Churches Branch Mountain United
Methodist Church Cemetery
Unknown
Location
Capon Springs, Hampshire County, West Virginia
Timber Ridge
Christian Church Cemetery
High View, Hampshire County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Caudy George Davis (1886-1985) —
also known as Caudy G. Davis —
of Yellow Spring, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Yellow Spring, Hampshire
County, W.Va., April
30, 1886.
Democrat. School
teacher; surveyor;
justice of the peace; deputy
sheriff; elected West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County 1928.
Died in Yellow Spring, Hampshire
County, W.Va., September
18, 1985 (age 99 years, 141
days).
Interment at Timber Ridge Christian Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of George Franklin Davis and Hannah Caroline (Spaid) Davis; married,
June
6, 1912, to Ada E. Spaid. |
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memorial |
|  | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Indian Mound
Cemetery
Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia
Politicians buried
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John Jeremiah Jacob (1829-1893) —
also known as John J. Jacob —
of Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Green Spring, Hampshire
County, Va. (now W.Va.), December
9, 1829.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County, 1869; Governor of
West Virginia, 1871-77.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., November
24, 1893 (age 63 years, 350
days).
Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
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John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953) —
also known as John J. Cornwell —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Ritchie
County, W.Va., July 11,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
owner and editor of The Hampshire Review newspaper;
financed and built Hampshire Southern Railroad;
president, Bank of
Romney; director and general counsel, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1896,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1932,
1940;
member of West
Virginia state senate, 1899-1906 (12th District 1899-1902, 15th
District 1903-06); Governor of
West Virginia, 1917-21; defeated, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., September
8, 1953 (age 86 years, 59
days).
Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
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William Armstrong (1782-1865) —
of Virginia.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
23, 1782.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1822-23; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 16th District, 1825-33.
Slaveowner.
Died in Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va., May 10,
1865 (age 82 years, 138
days).
Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
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Garnett Kerr Kump (1875-1957) —
also known as G. K. Kump —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Capon Springs, Hampshire
County, W.Va., December
9, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County, 1905-06;
member of West
Virginia state senate 15th District, 1913-20.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va., June 28,
1957 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
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John Rinehart Blue (1905-1965) —
also known as John R. Blue —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va., October
13, 1905.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; merchant;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County, 1953-58;
appointed 1953.
Presbyterian.
Member, Moose; Lions; American
Legion.
Died in Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va., 1965
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
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James Sloan Kuykendall (1878-1928) —
also known as J. Sloan Kuykendall —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Hampshire
County, W.Va., December
9, 1878.
Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1913
(voted for Woodrow
Wilson and Thomas
R. Marshall).
Died February
28, 1928 (age 49 years, 81
days).
Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
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Springfield Hill
Cemetery
Springfield, Hampshire County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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William Henry Ansel Jr. (1914-1988) —
also known as William H. Ansel, Jr.; Dick
Ansel —
of Springfield, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Springfield, Hampshire
County, W.Va., January
23, 1914.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County, 1943-48;
West
Virginia state treasurer, 1949-51; appointed 1949.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Moose.
Died in Springfield, Hampshire
County, W.Va., December
13, 1988 (age 74 years, 325
days).
Interment at Springfield Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Ansel and Alberta Catherine (Fields) Ansel; married,
October
21, 1933, to Helen Catherine Kauffman. |
|  | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|  | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Branch Mountain
United Methodist Church Cemetery
Three Churches, Hampshire County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Kenneth William Hechler (1914-2016) —
also known as Ken Hechler —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
20, 1914.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1959-77;
defeated, 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1964,
1968,
1972,
1980,
1984;
secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1985-2000; defeated, 2004.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Civitan;
American
Political Science Association.
Died in Slanesville, Hampshire
County, W.Va., December
10, 2016 (age 102 years,
81 days).
Interment at Branch Mountain United Methodist Church Cemetery.
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