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Index to Locations
Fairmont Doolittle Cemetery
Fairmont Fairmont Cemetery
Fairmont Maple Grove Cemetery
Fairmont Mt. Zion Cemetery
Fairmont Woodlawn Cemetery
Farmington Odd Fellows Cemetery
Seven Pines Shaver Family Graveyard
Doolittle
Cemetery
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Ephraim Doolittle (1834-1918) —
of Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongalia County, Va. (part now in Marion
County, W.Va.), November
7, 1834.
Dentist;
minister;
member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1869-70.
Died in Marion
County, W.Va., February
28, 1918 (age 83 years, 113
days).
Interment at Doolittle Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Doolittle and Sarah (McCausland) Doolittle; married, October
20, 1870, to Kizziah Echols. |
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Fairmont
Cemetery
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
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Zedekiah Kidwell (1814-1872) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Fairfax,
Va., January
4, 1814.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1842-45, 1849-52; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1853-57.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., April
27, 1872 (age 58 years, 114
days).
Interment at Fairmont Cemetery.
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Maple Grove
Cemetery
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
Mt. Zion
Cemetery
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
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Haymond Alpheus Alltop (1892-1979) —
also known as Haymond A. Alltop —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Cedarville, Gilmer
County, W.Va., June 14,
1892.
Democrat. Machinist;
employed by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
president,
Monongahela Valley Trades and Labor Council; vice
president, West Virginia Federation of Labor; vice
president, West Virginia Industrial Union Council; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1939-44.
Member, Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., April, 1979
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
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W. Ellsworth Morgan (1864-1938) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Marion
County, W.Va., April
17, 1864.
Republican. School
teacher; notary
public; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1927-30;
defeated, 1934.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., August
24, 1938 (age 74 years, 129
days).
Interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William C. Morgan and Louisa A. (Spicer) Morgan; married to Sarah
Brown. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Woodlawn
Cemetery
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
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Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) —
also known as Matthew M. Neely —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grove, Doddridge
County, W.Va., November
9, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor
of Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47;
defeated, 1920, 1946; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated,
1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1952,
1956;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1941-45.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Delta
Chi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from cancer,
in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 1958 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Francis Harrison Pierpoint (1814-1899) —
of Virginia.
Born January
25, 1814.
Governor
of Virginia, 1865-68.
Died March
24, 1899 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923) —
of Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
15, 1839.
Democrat. Circuit judge in West Virginia, 1878; Governor of
West Virginia, 1890-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., October
13, 1923 (age 83 years, 363
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Clarence Wayland Watson (1864-1940) —
also known as Clarence W. Watson —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., May 8,
1864.
Democrat. Coal mining
business; trustee or director of railroads
and banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1908,
1920;
U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1911-13; defeated, 1918; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1916-18.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in 1940
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Frank Cruise Haymond (1887-1972) —
also known as Frank C. Haymond —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., April
13, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1917-18;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1934, 1938;
circuit judge in West Virginia for the 16th Judicial Circuit,
1939-45; appointed 1939; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1945-72; appointed 1945;
died in office 1972.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Moose.
Died June 10,
1972 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Alpheus Forest Haymond (1823-1893) —
also known as Alpheus F. Haymond —
of Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Palatine, Va. (now part of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.), December
15, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-54, 1857-58; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Marion County, 1861; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1873-82.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., December
15, 1893 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Herschel Hampton Rose (1877-1945) —
also known as Herschel H. Rose —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Mannington, Marion
County, W.Va., April
20, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1941-45; died in office
1945.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 17,
1945 (age 68 years, 58
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Martin (1828-1895) —
also known as Benjamin F. Martin —
of Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born near Farmington, Marion
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
2, 1828.
Democrat. Delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1877-81;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Died in Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va., January
20, 1895 (age 66 years, 110
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Jesse Harper Meredith (1902-1984) —
also known as J. Harper Meredith —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., December
6, 1902.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 1940;
circuit judge in West Virginia for the 16th Judicial Circuit, 1945-69.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., December
1, 1984 (age 81 years, 361
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Stanley Haymond (1852-1928) —
also known as William S. Haymond —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., August
26, 1852.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in West Virginia for the 14th Judicial Circuit, 1913-21.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Elks.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., March 3,
1928 (age 75 years, 190
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Ellery Robinson Hall (1834-1868) —
also known as Ellery R. Hall —
of Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
27, 1834.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1864,
1868
(speaker;
member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for Presidential Elector
for West Virginia.
Methodist.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., September
23, 1868 (age 34 years, 209
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Owen Sullivan McKinney (1849-1926) —
also known as Owen S. McKinney —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in 1849.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1916.
Died in 1926
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Martin L. Brown (1867-1947) —
also known as M. L. Brown —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.; Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongalia
County, W.Va., March
20, 1867.
Republican. Monongalia
County Superintendent of Schools; warden, West Virginia
Penitentiary, 1911-15; banker;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1929-30.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., May 1,
1947 (age 80 years, 42
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Jabez A. Brown and Mary Virginia (Galliher) Brown; married to Cora
Duncan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Gillian J. Meredith (1877-1956) —
also known as Gillian J. Jamison; Mrs. James A.
Meredith —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in West Virginia, May, 1877.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Female.
Died in 1956
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John Snodgrass Henshaw (1869-1957) —
also known as John Henshaw —
of Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., October
8, 1869.
Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1897-98.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., January
29, 1957 (age 87 years, 113
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Odd Fellows
Cemetery
Farmington, Marion County, West Virginia
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Antonio James Manchin (1927-2003) —
also known as A. James Manchin —
of Farmington, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Farmington, Marion
County, W.Va., April 7,
1927.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1949-50, 1999-2003; defeated,
1950; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1952;
secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1976-84; West
Virginia state treasurer, 1985-89; resigned 1989.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Following the disclosure of losses from the State Consolidated
Investment Fund and accusations of mismanagement
in the State Treasurer's office, the House of Delegates, in 1989,
brought impeachment
charges against him, but he resigned
as State Treasurer before a trial could be held.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Fairmont General Hospital,
Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., November
3, 2003 (age 76 years, 210
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Shaver Family
Graveyard
Seven Pines, Marion County, West Virginia
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