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Brooke County
West Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Brooke County

Index to Locations Follansbee Oak Grove Cemetery Wellsburg Brooke Cemetery Oak Grove Cemetery Follansbee, Brooke County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   Robert Lincoln Ramsay (1877-1956) — also known as Robert L. Ramsay — of Follansbee, Brooke County, W.Va.; Wellsburg, Brooke County, W.Va. Born in Durham, England, March 24, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; Brooke County Prosecuting Attorney, 1908-12, 1916-21; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1933-39, 1941-43, 1949-53; defeated, 1938, 1942, 1954. Christian. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va., November 14, 1956 (age 79 years, 235 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Ramsay and Elizabeth (Lunsdon) Ramsay; married, February 12, 1908, to Edna Brindley.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Brooke Cemetery Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Isaac Harding Duval (1824-1902) — also known as Isaac H. Duval — of Wellsburg, Brooke County, W.Va. Born in Wellsburg, Brooke County, Va. (now W.Va.), September 1, 1824. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of West Virginia state senate 1st District, 1866-67; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1869-71; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st West Virginia District, 1879; member of West Virginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1887-90; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1896. Died in Wellsburg, Brooke County, W.Va., July 10, 1902 (age 77 years, 312 days). Interment at Brooke Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Campbell Tarr (1819-1879) — of Brooke County, W.Va. Born in Wellsburg, Brooke County, Va. (now W.Va.), January 8, 1819. Republican. Delegate to Virginia secession convention from Brooke County, 1861; West Virginia state treasurer, 1863-67. Died in Kansas, December 22, 1879 (age 60 years, 348 days). Interment at Brooke Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Tarr and Mary (Perry) Tarr; married, January 24, 1848, to Mary Hammond; married, May 25, 1851, to Nancy Hammond; married 1864 to Mary (Slevin) Beninghaus.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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