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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Gerrardstown Gerrardstown Presbyterian
Church Cemetery
Hedgesville Hedgesville Cemetery
Hedgesville Providence Church
Cemetery
Martinsburg Green Hill Cemetery
Martinsburg Norborne Parish
Cemetery
Martinsburg Old Norbourne Cemetery
Martinsburg Rosedale Cemetery
Shanghai Presbyterian Churchyard
Spring Mills Falling Waters
Presbyterian Cemetery
Private or family
graveyards
Berkeley County, West Virginia
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Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) —
also known as Charles J. Faulkner —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 6,
1806.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-34, 1848-49; member of Virginia
state senate, 1838-42; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1851-59 (10th District 1851-53, 8th
District 1853-59); U.S. Minister to France, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1875-77.
On his return from France in August 1861, was detained
as a prisoner of
state on charges
of negotiating arms sales for the Confederacy
while in Paris; released in December 1861 and negotiated his own
exchange for Alfred
Ely, a a Congressman from New York who had been taken prisoner by
the Confederates at Bull Run.
Slaveowner.
Died near Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., November
1, 1884 (age 78 years, 118
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Edward Colston (1786-1852) —
of Virginia.
Born near Winchester, Frederick
County, Va., December
25, 1786.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-14, 1816-17, 1823-28, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1817-19.
Slaveowner.
Died in Berkeley
County, Va (now W.Va.), April
23, 1852 (age 65 years, 120
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Gerrardstown
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
372 Dominion Road
Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Harry Preston Henshaw (1886-1961) —
also known as Harry P. Henshaw —
of Inwood, Berkeley
County, W.Va.; Bunker Hill, Berkeley
County, W.Va.; Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Bunker Hill, Berkeley
County, W.Va., December
21, 1886.
Democrat. Fruit
grower;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1917-18;
member of West
Virginia state senate 15th District, 1921-31; resigned 1931.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., February
4, 1961 (age 74 years, 45
days).
Interment at Gerrardstown Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Hedgesville
Cemetery
Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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Edgar Craven Henshaw (1859-1924) —
also known as Edgar C. Henshaw —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born near Bunker Hill, Berkeley
County, W.Va., November
9, 1859.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
postmaster at Martinsburg,
W.Va., 1910-14.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in City Hospital,
Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., August
17, 1924 (age 64 years, 282
days).
Interment at Hedgesville Cemetery.
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Providence Church
Cemetery
Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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Ward Wilbur Keesecker (1898-1975) —
also known as Ward W. Keesecker —
of Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County, W.Va.
Born in Berkeley
County, W.Va., November
30, 1898.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1958; member of
West
Virginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1969-70;
defeated, 1964, 1970.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County, W.Va., January
24, 1975 (age 76 years, 55
days).
Interment at Providence Church Cemetery.
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Green Hill
Cemetery
East Burke Street
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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George Meade Bowers (1863-1925) —
also known as George M. Bowers —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Gerrardstown, Berkeley
County, W.Va., September
13, 1863.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1887;
candidate for West
Virginia state auditor, 1888; delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1892;
U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries, 1898-1913; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1916-23;
defeated, 1922.
Died in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., December
7, 1925 (age 62 years, 85
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Charles R. Beard (1879-1965) —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Berkeley
County, W.Va., November
30, 1879.
Republican. Blacksmith;
United
Brethren Church minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1915-16,
1925-30, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1943-48; defeated, 1916, 1936, 1940, 1948,
1950, 1952.
United
Brethren. Member, Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in Berkeley
County, W.Va., April
20, 1965 (age 85 years, 141
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Alexander Clohan (1846-1916) —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born April 8,
1846.
Republican. Postmaster at Martinsburg,
W.Va., 1898-1910.
Died July 30,
1916 (age 70 years, 113
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Lee Stuckey (1852-1944) —
also known as Charles L. Stuckey —
of Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), August
18, 1852.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1895-96.
Died in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., May 5,
1944 (age 91 years, 261
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Norborne Parish
Cemetery
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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John Blair Hoge (1825-1896) —
also known as John B. Hoge —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
2, 1825.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1855; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1860;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; state
court judge in West Virginia, 1872; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1872-76; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1881-83; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1888-91.
Slaveowner.
Died in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., March 1,
1896 (age 71 years, 28
days).
Interment at Norborne Parish Cemetery.
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Philip Clayton Pendleton (1779-1863) —
also known as Philip C. Pendleton —
of Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
24, 1779.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1805-08, 1809-10;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1825;
resigned 1825; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30.
Died in Berkeley
County, Va (now W.Va.), April 3,
1863 (age 83 years, 130
days).
Interment at Norborne Parish Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Pendleton and Agnes (Patterson) Pendleton; married to Sarah
Ann Boyd; nephew of Nathaniel
Pendleton; grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin of Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; first cousin once removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and George
Hunt Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Francis
Key Pendleton; second cousin once removed of John
Penn, Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro; third cousin of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin once removed of Coleby
Chew; third cousin twice removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, James
Benjamin Garnett, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk and Charles
Sumner Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Willing Byrd. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Thornton Henshaw (1868-1949) —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.; South Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., March
20, 1868.
Physician;
mayor
of Martinsburg, W.Va., 1896-1902; major in the U.S. Army during
the Spanish-American War; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1901-02;
West Virginia State Health Commissioner, 1921.
Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from colon
cancer, in St. Francis Hospital,
Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April
13, 1949 (age 81 years, 24
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Norborne Parish Cemetery.
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William Newton Linch (1851-1905) —
also known as W. Newt Linch —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born March
21, 1851.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died April
26, 1905 (age 54 years, 36
days).
Interment at Norborne Parish Cemetery.
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Old Norbourne
Cemetery
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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Charles James Faulkner (1847-1929) —
also known as Charles J. Faulkner —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born near Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
21, 1847.
Democrat. Circuit judge in West Virginia, 1880; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1887-99.
Died near Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., January
13, 1929 (age 81 years, 114
days).
Interment at Old Norbourne Cemetery.
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Rosedale
Cemetery
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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Luke Edward Terry (1916-1998) —
also known as Luke E. Terry —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Oneida, Scott
County, Tenn., August
21, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1957-58, 1971-76 (Berkeley
County 1957-58, 1st District 1971-74, 35th District 1975-76);
defeated, 1958.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Elks; United
Commercial Travelers; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., October
20, 1998 (age 82 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rosedale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Alvin C. Terry and Nellie (Smith) Terry; married to Elizabeth
Johnson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Presbyterian
Churchyard
Shanghai, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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here: |
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Bethuel Middleton Kitchen (1812-1895) —
also known as Bethuel M. Kitchen —
of Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Ganotown, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March
21, 1812.
Republican. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1861; member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1865-66; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1867-69; member
of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1879;
state court judge in West Virginia, 1880.
Died December
15, 1895 (age 83 years, 269
days).
Interment at Presbyterian Churchyard.
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Falling Waters
Presbyterian Cemetery
Spring Mills, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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