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Index to Locations
Charleston Unknown location
Charleston Bnai Israel Cemetery
Charleston Davis Park
Charleston Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Charleston Mountain View Memorial
Park
Charleston Pennington Cemetery
Charleston St. Matthews Columbarium
Charleston Spring Hill Cemetery
Cross Lanes Tyler Mountain Memory
Gardens
Dunbar Grandview Memorial Park
Elkview Given Cemetery
St. Albans Unknown location
St. Albans Bangor Cemetery
St. Albans Cunningham Memorial Park
St. Albans Teay's Hill Cemetery
South Charleston Sunset Memorial
Park
Spring Hill Spring Hill Cemetery
Unknown
Locations
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
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Charles Edward Hodges (1892-1968) —
also known as Charles E. Hodges —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., September
27, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaperman;
member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1931-38; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1935-38.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., May 1,
1968 (age 75 years, 217
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Edward Hodges and Mary Amelia (Hayes) Hodges; married, April 3,
1926, to Florence Kirkland Conant. |
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R. P. DeVan —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Republican. Mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1931-35.
Interment somewhere.
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C. Lance Marshall (died c.1974) —
of Mt. Hope, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County; elected
1928; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1936.
Died about 1974.
Interment somewhere.
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Bnai Israel
Cemetery
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
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Paul John Kaufman (1920-1980) —
also known as Paul J. Kaufman —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
16, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1961-68; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972,
1976;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1974.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions.
Died December
28, 1980 (age 60 years, 287
days).
Interment at Bnai Israel Cemetery.
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Simon Hirsch Galperin Jr. (1931-2007) —
also known as Si Galperin, Jr. —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., August
5, 1931.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; real estate
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-70;
member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1971-82; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1976.
Jewish.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
June
17, 2007 (age 75 years, 316
days).
Interment at Bnai Israel Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon H. Galperin and Fannie (Lavenstein) Galperin; married, June 18,
1958, to Rose Marie Rogers; married to Maureen
Supcoe. |
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memorial |
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Davis
Park
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) —
also known as Henry G. Davis —
of Piedmont, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born near Woodstock, Howard
County, Md., November
16, 1823.
Democrat. Railroad
promoter; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County, 1866;
member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1869-71; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1871-83; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1872,
1880,
1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1912;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1916 (age 92 years, 116
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.; statue at Davis Park.
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Mt. Olivet
Cemetery
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
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John Edward Kenna (1848-1893) —
also known as John E. Kenna —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near St. Albans, Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
10, 1848.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Kanawha
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1872-77; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1877-83; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1883-93; died in office 1893.
Catholic.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1893 (age 44 years, 276
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Mountain View
Memorial Park
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
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Daniel Boone Dawson (1897-1975) —
also known as D. Boone Dawson —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Sissonville, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
12, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1935-47; defeated, 1947; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1940, 1944; candidate for Presidential Elector for
West Virginia; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks; Moose; Lions.
Dead on arrival at Charleston General Hospital,
Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
15, 1975 (age 78 years, 3
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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Walter Simms Hallanan (1890-1962) —
also known as Walter S. Hallanan —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., April
29, 1890.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; private secretary to Gov. Henry
Hatfield, 1913-17; West Virginia State Tax Commissioner, 1917-23;
president, Plymouth Oil
Company; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; member
of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1927-30; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1940
(member, Arrangements
Committee; member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from West Virginia, 1928-62; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1940-44.
Methodist.
Member, Elks.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., December
28, 1962 (age 72 years, 243
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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William Thurlow Weed Brotherton (1892-1961) —
also known as W. T. Brotherton;
"Suey" —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Goldtown, Jackson
County, W.Va., September
4, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
farmer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1935-40;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died December
17, 1961 (age 69 years, 104
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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Joel Ferree Bedell Jr. (1905-1992) —
also known as J. F. Bedell, Jr.;
"Free" —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., July 20,
1905.
Democrat. Public affairs representative, Humble Oil and
Refining Company; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1961-66;
defeated, 1966.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died September
12, 1992 (age 87 years, 54
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel Ferree Bedell and Cora W. (Kiger) Bedell; married, September
6, 1924, to Dorothy Jane Courtney. |
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Edward Calderwood (1884-1946) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Malden, Kanawha
County, W.Va., December
27, 1884.
Republican. Banker; oil and gas
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1929-30.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
7, 1946 (age 61 years, 11
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of William B. Calderwood and Anna (Wilkinson)
Calderwood. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Harold Schuyler Mathews (1882-1947) —
also known as Harold S. Mathews —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 1,
1882.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1925-30.
Member, Elks.
Died February
2, 1947 (age 64 years, 246
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of James MacGregor Mathews and Elizabeth Boyd 'Bessie' (Thompson)
Mathews; married to Irene Taylor. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Dale George Casto (1900-1958) —
also known as Dale G. Casto —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va., September
24, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., August
22, 1958 (age 57 years, 332
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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Pennington
Cemetery
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
St. Matthews
Columbarium
40 Norwood Road
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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William Thurlow Weed Brotherton Jr. (1926-1997) —
also known as W. T. Brotherton, Jr. —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April
17, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1953-64;
member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1965-80; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1985-.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Lions; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April 6,
1997 (age 70 years, 354
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. Matthews Columbarium.
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Spring Hill
Cemetery
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
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George Wesley Atkinson (1845-1925) —
also known as George W. Atkinson —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Charleston, Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 29,
1845.
Republican. Postmaster;
lawyer;
West
Virginia Republican state chair, 1884-88; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1890-91; Governor of
West Virginia, 1897-1901; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1901-05;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1904;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1905-16.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April 4,
1925 (age 79 years, 279
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Walter Eli Clark (1869-1950) —
also known as Walter E. Clark —
of Washington,
D.C.; Alaska; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., January
7, 1869.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; Governor
of Alaska District, 1909-12; Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1912-13; newspaper
editor.
Presbyterian
or Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Psi.
Died of a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
4, 1950 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Alban Goshorn Snyder (1877-1954) —
also known as Alban G. Snyder —
of West Virginia.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
5, 1877.
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1899-1901; U.S. Consul General in Bogotá, 1903-06; Buenos Aires, 1906-09; Panama, 1909-20; Singapore, 1920; Christiania, 1921-22; Oslo, as of 1926.
Died in a hospital
at St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
26, 1954 (age 76 years, 82
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Cornelius Clarkson Watts (1848-1930) —
also known as Cornelius C. Watts —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born April
23, 1848.
Democrat. West
Virginia state attorney general, 1881-85; U.S.
Attorney for West Virginia, 1886-89, 1893; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1891-94; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1896.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., May 28,
1930 (age 82 years, 35
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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John Henry Hatcher (1875-1950) —
also known as John H. Hatcher —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Bland, Bland
County, Va., June 29,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Beckley, W.Va., 1903; circuit judge in West Virginia for the
10th Judicial Circuit, 1921-24; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1924-40; defeated, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died June 20,
1950 (age 74 years, 356
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilson Cary Hatcher and Anne (Bulman) Hatcher; married, April
12, 1900, to Leona Lyle Bowman. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Adam Brown Littlepage (1859-1921) —
also known as Adam B. Littlepage —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Charleston, Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
14, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1911-13, 1915-19 (3rd District
1911-13, 1915-17, 6th District 1917-19); defeated, 1912.
Died, from uremia
brought about by nephritis,
in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 29,
1921 (age 62 years, 76
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Philip Snyder (1847-1915) —
also known as Charles P. Snyder —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 9,
1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1872-74; Kanawha
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1876-84; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1880
(Convention
Vice-President); U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1883-89; criminal
court judge in West Virginia, 1890-96; U.S. Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1897-1901.
Died in Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J., August
21, 1915 (age 68 years, 73
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph Holt Gaines (1864-1951) —
also known as Joseph H. Gaines —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
3, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for West Virginia, 1897-1901; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1901-11; delegate
to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1920,
1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932.
Died in Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va., April
12, 1951 (age 86 years, 221
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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James Henry Brown (1818-1900) —
also known as James H. Brown —
of Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Cabell
County, Va. (now W.Va.), December
25, 1818.
Republican. Judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1863-70.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
28, 1900 (age 81 years, 307
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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James Hall Huling (1844-1918) —
also known as James H. Huling —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., March
24, 1844.
Republican. Lumber
business; mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1884-88; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1895-97.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April
23, 1918 (age 74 years, 30
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Augustine Miller (1819-1890) —
also known as Samuel A. Miller —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Shenandoah
County, Va., October
16, 1819.
Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1875.
Died in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., November
19, 1890 (age 71 years, 34
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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James Hornor Davis II (1904-1963) —
also known as J. Hornor Davis II —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
29, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1935-36,
1943-52, 1955-58; candidate for mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1935; chair of
Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1940-41; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1952; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1959-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the American Revolution; Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett
County, Md., August
7, 1963 (age 59 years, 190
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Wilson Byrne (1820-1903) —
also known as Benjamin W. Byrne —
of Braxton
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Burnsville, Braxton
County, Va. (now W.Va.), May 16,
1820.
Democrat. Delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Braxton, Nicholas, Clay &
Webster counties, 1861; West
Virginia superintendent of schools, 1873-77; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1883-86.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
12, 1903 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Elbert Edson Caldwell (1875-1950) —
also known as Elbert E. Caldwell —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Cheshire, Gallia
County, Ohio, June 4,
1875.
Democrat. Printer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1934.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 18,
1950 (age 75 years, 14
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Daniel Mayer (1837-1910) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Nierstein, Germany,
January
6, 1837.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1889-90;
U.S. Consul in Buenos Aires, 1897-1905.
German
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from uremia,
in the Jewish Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 20,
1910 (age 73 years, 134
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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John Eugene Dana (1844-1923) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
14, 1844.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1896,
1900;
postmaster at Charleston,
W.Va., 1904-09.
Died, following a series of strokes of
apoplexy, in Keswick, Albemarle
County, Va., August
23, 1923 (age 79 years, 9
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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William Sidney Laidley (1839-1917) —
also known as William S. Laidley —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Cabell
County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 27,
1839.
Lawyer;
historian;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1872-73.
Died in 1917
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Tyler Mountain
Memory Gardens
Cross Lanes, Kanawha County, West Virginia
| Politicians buried
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Kenneth Keller Hall (1918-1999) —
also known as K. K. Hall —
of Madison, Boone
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Greenview, Boone
County, W.Va., February
24, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
mayor of Madison, W.Va., 1949-52; circuit judge in West Virginia for
the 25th Judicial Circuit, 1953-68; defeated, 1968; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia,
1971-76; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1976-98; took
senior status 1998.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., July 8,
1999 (age 81 years, 134
days).
Interment at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens.
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Jesse S. Barker (1905-1977) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Ashford, Boone
County, W.Va., November
22, 1905.
Democrat. Garage
owner; gasoline
retailer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1959-66,
1970; defeated, 1966, 1968; appointed 1970.
Methodist.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers.
Died December
10, 1977 (age 72 years, 18
days).
Interment at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens.
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Relatives: Son
of William Cumberland Barker and Bernie Myrtle (Atkins) Barker;
married, March
14, 1937, to Eleanor E. Baber. |
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Grandview
Memorial Park
Dunbar, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Given
Cemetery
Little Sandy Road
Elkview, Kanawha County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Leslie Emmett Given (1893-1962) —
also known as Leslie E. Given —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Elkview, Kanawha
County, W.Va., July 3,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in West Virginia, 1941-42; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1943-50; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1950-62; appointed 1950;
died in office 1962.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
American
Legion.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., May 11,
1962 (age 68 years, 312
days).
Interment at Given Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia
| Politicians buried
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William Woodson Trent (1878-1960) —
also known as W. W. Trent —
of Nicholas
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va., January
31, 1878.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; West
Virginia superintendent of schools, 1933-37; defeated, 1920,
1924, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Kappa
Delta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in South Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 15,
1960 (age 82 years, 136
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Wood Trent and Mary Agnes (McClung) Trent; married, August
5, 1909, to Isabel Carmichael. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Bangor
Cemetery
St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Founded 1819
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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America M. Baldwin (1835-1929) —
also known as America M. Grant —
of St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Kentucky, November
9, 1835.
Republican. Postmaster at St.
Albans, W.Va., 1874-1910.
Female.
Died in St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va., July 22,
1929 (age 93 years, 255
days).
Interment at Bangor Cemetery.
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Cunningham
Memorial Park
St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia
| Politicians buried
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John Mark Slack Jr. (1915-1980) —
also known as John M. Slack, Jr. —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
18, 1915.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1959-80 (6th District 1959-63,
3rd District 1963-80); died in office 1980; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Exchange
Club.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., March
17, 1980 (age 64 years, 365
days).
Interment at Cunningham Memorial Park.
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Leonard I. Underwood (c.1917-1999) —
of St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born about 1917.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1973-87; defeated, 1986;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972,
1976
(alternate).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1999 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Cunningham Memorial Park.
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Teay's Hill
Cemetery
St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia
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William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) —
also known as William E. Chilton —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Colesmouth, Va. (now St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va.), March
17, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kanawha
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1883-84; candidate for West
Virginia state senate, 1886; West Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1892-96; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1893-97; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1911-17; defeated, 1916, 1924, 1934.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
7, 1939 (age 81 years, 235
days).
Interment at Teay's Hill Cemetery.
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Sunset Memorial
Park
4301 MacCorkle Avenue Southwest
South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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William Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979) —
also known as Chapman Revercomb —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Covington,
Va., July 20,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1933-34; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1943-49, 1956-59; defeated, 1948,
1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia,
1944,
1956
(speaker),
1968,
1972;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Elks; Moose; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
6, 1979 (age 84 years, 78
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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William Gustavus Conley (1866-1940) —
also known as William G. Conley —
of Parsons, Tucker
County, W.Va.; Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va., January
8, 1866.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; newspaper
editor; Tucker
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1896-1904; mayor, Parsons, W.Va.,
1901-03; mayor, Kingwood, W.Va., 1906-08; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1908-13; Governor of
West Virginia, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Union
League.
Died October
21, 1940 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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William Alexander MacCorkle (1857-1930) —
also known as William A. MacCorkle —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Lexington, Rockbridge
County, Va., May 7,
1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
prosecuting attorney; Governor of
West Virginia, 1893-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1912
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1920,
1924;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1911-14; defeated, 1914.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
24, 1930 (age 73 years, 140
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Edward Theodore England (1869-1934) —
also known as Edward T. England; E. T.
England —
of Logan, Logan
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Gay, Jackson
County, W.Va., September
29, 1869.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1909-16; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1915; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1917-25; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1924; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1927-29;
defeated, 1928.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
9, 1934 (age 64 years, 345
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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George Poffenbarger (1861-1951) —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Mason
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
24, 1861.
Republican. School
teacher; Mason
County Sheriff; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1896;
judge
of West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1901-22; resigned 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
20, 1951 (age 89 years, 116
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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John Thomas Copenhaver (1898-1959) —
also known as John T. Copenhaver —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
2, 1898.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1951-59; died in office 1959.
Died in Kanawha
County, W.Va., August
13, 1959 (age 61 years, 223
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Leonard Sidney Echols (1871-1946) —
also known as Leonard S. Echols —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Madison, Boone
County, W.Va., October
30, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; Mason
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-09; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1922, 1924; postmaster at Charleston,
W.Va., 1925-29.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., May 9,
1946 (age 74 years, 191
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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William Cassius Cook (1882-1947) —
of McDowell
County, W.Va.; Princeton, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Windom, Wyoming
County, W.Va., November
21, 1882.
Republican. School
teacher; McDowell
County Superintendent of Schools; West
Virginia superintendent of schools, 1929-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1946.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va., December
31, 1947 (age 65 years, 40
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Houston Goff Young (1882-1981) —
also known as Houston G. Young —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Harrison
County, W.Va., October
10, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1917-25; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1942.
Died in January, 1981
(age 98
years, 0 days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of David Sylvester Young and Sarah A. (Pickens) Young; married 1907 to
Frances V. Chesney. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1917 |
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Joseph Harvey Farris (1922-1997) —
also known as Joe H. Farris —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April
14, 1922.
Radio and
television personality; sports
announcer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1991-97;
died in office 1997.
Episcopalian.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Found dead in a hotel
room probably from cardiac
arrythmia, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
10, 1997 (age 75 years, 118
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Kelly L. Castleberry (1926-2002) —
of South Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in South Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
17, 1926.
Democrat. Realtor;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1961-66;
defeated, 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1972,
1976;
candidate for mayor
of South Charleston, W.Va., 1975.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Died in South Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
19, 2002 (age 76 years, 306
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Livia Simpson Poffenbarger (1861-1937) —
also known as Olivia Nye Simpson; Mrs. George
Poffenbarger —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio, March
12, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; historian;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Colonial
Dames; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
27, 1937 (age 76 years, 229
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger (1898-1962) —
also known as Nathan S. Poffenbarger —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Spring Hill, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in West Virginia, August
4, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1948.
Died July 19,
1962 (age 63 years, 349
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Grover Cleveland Robertson (1885-1976) —
also known as Grover C. Robertson —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Kettle, Roane
County, W.Va., August
8, 1885.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1924;
chair
of Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1941-49.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Died February
15, 1976 (age 90 years, 191
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Presumably named
for: Grover
Cleveland |
| | | Relatives: Son of George W. Robertson
and Delilah Elizabeth (Melton) Robertson; married, May 24,
1908, to Hattie Mae Lytton. |
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Stanley C. Morris (1893-1981) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born March 7,
1893.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1952,
1956.
Died April
26, 1981 (age 88 years, 50
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger (1903-1983) —
also known as L. F. Poffenbarger —
of Dunbar, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Maryland, December
17, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1950.
Died in Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
20, 1983 (age 79 years, 307
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Perry Simpson Poffenbarger (1899-1997) —
also known as Perry S. Poffenbarger —
of Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born November
24, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1960.
Died April
20, 1997 (age 97 years, 147
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Spring Hill
Cemetery
Spring Hill, Kanawha County, West Virginia
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Samuel Brashear Avis (1872-1924) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Harrisonburg,
Va., February
19, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1913-15; delegate
to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Killed by lightning
in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 8,
1924 (age 52 years, 110
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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