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Braxton County
West Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Braxton County

Index to Locations Burnsville Burnsville Cemetery Gassaway Sugar Creek Cemetery Near Gassaway Little Otter Cemetery Sutton Unknown location Sutton Skidmore Cemetery Sutton Sutton Cemetery Burnsville Cemetery Burnsville, Braxton County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   Staunton C. Trimble — of Braxton County, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for West Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1934. Interment at Burnsville Cemetery. Sugar Creek Cemetery Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   Grover C. Belknap (b. 1888) — also known as G. C. Belknap — of Gassaway, Braxton County, W.Va. Born in Braxton County, W.Va., March 28, 1888. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1925-26, 1933-34; member of West Virginia state senate, 1935-38, 1943-46 (10th District 1935-38, 12th District 1943-46). Interment at Sugar Creek Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Grover Cleveland   Relatives: Married 1910 to Fay Hines. Little Otter Cemetery Near Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   James Anderson Boggs (1815-1884) — also known as James A. Boggs — of Braxton County, W.Va. Born in Lewis County, Va. (now W.Va.), November 10, 1815. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1883. Died in Braxton County, W.Va., March 22, 1884 (age 68 years, 133 days). Interment at Little Otter Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of James Martin Boggs; grandfather of Ed L. Boggs.   Political family: Boggs family of Braxton County, West Virginia. Unknown Location Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia Skidmore Cemetery Franklin Avenue Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   John D. Sutton — of Sutton, Braxton County, W.Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1916; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1923, 1927. Founder of Sutton, W.Va. Interment at Skidmore Cemetery. Sutton Cemetery Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Fred Lee Fox (1876-1952) — also known as Fred L. Fox — of Sutton, Braxton County, W.Va. Born in Braxton County, W.Va., October 24, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state senate 10th District, 1913-20; member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 1924-36; chair of Braxton County Democratic Party, 1929; judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1937-52; died in office 1952. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died August 8, 1952 (age 75 years, 289 days). Interment at Sutton Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Camden Fox and Caroline (McMorrow) Fox; married to Annie Lee Frame. William Matthew Kidd (1918-1998) — also known as William M. Kidd — of Sutton, Braxton County, W.Va. Born in Burnsville, Braxton County, W.Va., June 15, 1918. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1951; candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1966; chair of Braxton County Democratic Party, 1968-69; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 14th Judicial Circuit, 1974-79; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1979-90. Baptist. Member, Phi Alpha Delta; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary. Died, of heart and other problems, at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va., December 20, 1998 (age 80 years, 188 days). Interment at Sutton Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Henry Kidd and Hanrietta (Hornor) Kidd; married, June 28, 1943, to Madelyn Conrad; grandson of John Wesley Kidd; grandnephew of Frank H. Kidd; great-grandnephew of Robert Franklin Kidd; first cousin twice removed of Paul H. Kidd.   Political family: Kidd family of West Virginia.   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951 Anderson Claughton Herold (1886-1979) — also known as Anderson C. Herold — of Sutton, Braxton County, W.Va.; Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Nicholas County, W.Va., June 4, 1886. Democrat. Farmer; banker; candidate for West Virginia state treasurer, 1920; member of West Virginia state senate 10th District, 1923-34; defeated in primary, 1934; chair of Wood County Democratic Party, 1941-42; member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 1945. Died in East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., May 28, 1979 (age 92 years, 358 days). Interment at Sutton Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lanty William Herold and Laura Belle (McNutt) Herold; married, December 19, 1911, to Phoebe Genevieve Lee.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929 Paul H. Kidd (1907-1965) — of Glenville, Gilmer County, W.Va. Born in Glenville, Gilmer County, W.Va., March 12, 1907. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 1936-40; member of West Virginia state house of delegates, 1936, 1939-40, 1947-52, 1955-60, 1963-65 (Gilmer County 1936, 1939-40, 1947-52, 1955-60, 1963-64, 7th District 1965); appointed 1936; died in office 1965. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Theta Chi; Rotary; Odd Fellows. Died October 22, 1965 (age 58 years, 224 days). Interment at Sutton Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Franklin Kidd and Lelia Rosalie (Johnson) Kidd; married, June 1, 1932, to Marie Tinney; married, September 14, 1945, to Jeanne Gainer; first cousin of John Wesley Kidd and Frank H. Kidd; first cousin once removed of Robert Henry Kidd; first cousin twice removed of William Matthew Kidd.   Political family: Kidd family of West Virginia.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951   Doyle F. McLaughlin (1920-1969) — of Gassaway, Braxton County, W.Va.; Sutton, Braxton County, W.Va. Born in Little Otter, Braxton County, W.Va., June 28, 1920. Democrat. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1947-50, 1953-54; defeated, 1954; chair of Braxton County Democratic Party, 1954-55, 1961-63. Protestant. Member, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Died June 6, 1969 (age 48 years, 343 days). Interment at Sutton Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Francis B. McLaughlin and Cora Ann (Scott) McLaughlin.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Edgar Haymond (1855-1931) — also known as William E. Haymond — of Sutton, Braxton County, W.Va. Born in Braxton County, W.Va., February 17, 1855. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1912. Died in Harrison County, W.Va., July 10, 1931 (age 76 years, 143 days). Interment at Sutton Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Mary J. (Berry) Haymond and Eugenius Haymond; married, February 16, 1886, to Emma Catherine Hawkins; married, January 14, 1914, to Ethel Rhodes; great-grandnephew of Daniel Haymond; first cousin once removed of Edwin Maxwell; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Sherwood Haymond, Daniel Haymond Polsley and William Summerville Haymond; second cousin of Haymond Maxwell; second cousin once removed of Alpheus Forest Haymond, Creed Haymond and Henry Haymond; third cousin of William Stanley Haymond and Thomas S. Haymond; third cousin once removed of Daniel S. Haymond and Frank Cruise Haymond; fourth cousin once removed of Guy D. Haymond and George S. Snodgrass.   Political family: Haymond family of West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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