The Political Graveyard: Hardy County, W.Va.

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Hardy County
West Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hardy County

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Lost City Ivanhoe Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Ivanhoe Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Lost City, Hardy County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:
	James Ward Wood (1845-1926) — also known as J. Ward Wood — of Hardy County, W.Va. Born in Hardy County, Va. (now W.Va.), December 26, 1845. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Hardy County, 1903-08. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died January 7, 1926 (age 80 years, 12 days). Interment at Ivanhoe Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Olivet Cemetery
Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Ralph Jady Bean (1912-1978) — also known as Ralph J. Bean — of Moorefield, Hardy County, W.Va. Born in Moorefield, Hardy County, W.Va., December 15, 1912. Son of Katherine 'Kate' (Hedrick) Bean (1884-1971) and Murray A. Bean (1887-1967). Democrat. Lawyer; Hardy County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-44; chair of Hardy County Democratic Party, 1937-44, 1946-62; member of West Virginia state senate 16th District, 1945-60. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi Alpha Delta; Lions. Died in June, 1978 (age 65 years, 0 days). Interment at Olivet Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married, January 8, 1938, to Carrie Rosetta Muntzing.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Betty H. Baker (1919-2011) — also known as Betty Head — of Moorefield, Hardy County, W.Va. Born in Thomas, Tucker County, W.Va., September 18, 1919. Daughter of Harry Davis Baker and Kathryn Agnes (Higgins) Baker. Democrat. Member of West Virginia state senate 16th District, 1965-68; appointed 1965; defeated, 1968. Female. Presbyterian. Member, American Association of University Women; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in Grant Memorial Hospital, Petersburg, Grant County, W.Va., November 12, 2011 (age 92 years, 55 days). Interment at Olivet Cemetery.

		Relatives: Daughter of Harry Davis Baker and Kathryn Agnes (Higgins) Baker; married, February 14, 1944, to Kermit Reed Orders (1921-1944; died in military service in Italy); married, November 22, 1945, to Donald Jefferson Baker.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Donald Jefferson Baker (1917-1964) — also known as Donald J. Baker — of Petersburg, Grant County, W.Va.; Moorefield, Hardy County, W.Va. Born in Petersburg, Grant County, W.Va., February 24, 1917. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; chair of Grant County Democratic Party, 1949; member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 1952-53; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Hardy County, 1959-60; elected West Virginia state senate 16th District 1964, but died before taking office. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Moose; Lions; Farm Bureau. Died in Moorefield, Hardy County, W.Va., December 22, 1964 (age 47 years, 302 days). Interment at Olivet Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married, November 22, 1945, to Betty Head.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Thomas Maslin (1808-1878) — of Virginia. Born in 1808. Delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861. Died in 1878 (age about 70 years). Interment at Olivet Cemetery.

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