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Index to Locations
Morgantown East Oak Grove Cemetery
Morgantown Oak Grove Cemetery
Morgantown Woodlawn Cemetery
East Oak Grove
Cemetery
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia
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Joseph Simpson Farland (1914-2007) —
also known as Joseph S. Farland —
of West Virginia.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., August
11, 1914.
Lawyer;
FBI
special agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1957-60; Panama, 1960-63; Pakistan, 1969-72; Iran, 1972-73.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Chesterfield
County, Va., January
28, 2007 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Interment at East Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Hu Swisher Vandervort (1886-1971) —
also known as H. S. Vandervort —
of Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born near Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., July 23,
1886.
Republican. County
agricultural extension agent; president and general manager,
Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream
Company; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1927-32; bank
director; member, Board of Directors, Monongalia General Hospital,
1943-71.
Methodist.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., February
28, 1971 (age 84 years, 220
days).
Interment at East Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Virgil A. Vandervort and Mary Isabelle (Swisher) Vandervort;
married to Lydia Lucille Moore; married 1929 to Freda
Marie Tutwiler. |
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Oak Grove
Cemetery
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia
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Waitman Thomas Willey (1811-1900) —
also known as Waitman T. Willey —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongalia County, Va. (part now in Marion
County, W.Va.), October
18, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1861; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Monongalia County, 1861; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1863-71; delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., May 2,
1900 (age 88 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William 'Blint' Willey and Sarah (Barnes) Willey; married, October
11, 1834, to Elizabeth Evans Ray; father of William
Patrick Willey; third cousin twice removed of Jabez
Huntington, Joshua
Coit, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Samuel
Lathrop and Peter
Buell Porter; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Scudder; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah
Huntington, Ebenezer
Huntington, Calvin
Willey, William
Augustus Bird, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr. and Peter
Augustus Porter. |
| | | Political family: Four
Thousand Related Politicians.. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Ellsworth Glasscock (1862-1925) —
also known as William E. Glasscock —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born near Arnettsville, Monongalia
County, W.Va., December
13, 1862.
Republican. Monongalia
County Superintendent of Free Schools, 1887-90; lawyer; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at Parkersburg, West Virginia,
1905-07; Governor of
West Virginia, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1912,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died April
12, 1925 (age 62 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Ralph Lazier Berkshire (1816-1902) —
also known as Ralph L. Berkshire —
of Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born April 8,
1816.
Republican. Judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1863-66, 1868-72; member
of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1875-77.
Died November
8, 1902 (age 86 years, 214
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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George Cookman Sturgiss (1842-1925) —
also known as George C. Sturgiss —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Poland, Mahoning
County, Ohio, August
16, 1842.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1870-72; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1880; U.S.
Attorney for West Virginia, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1907-11; circuit
judge in West Virginia, 1912-20.
Died February
26, 1925 (age 82 years, 194
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Frank Llewellyn Bowman (1879-1936) —
also known as Frank L. Bowman —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Masontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
21, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster at Morgantown,
W.Va., 1911-15; mayor
of Morgantown, W.Va., 1916-17; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1925-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
15, 1936 (age 57 years, 238
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Frank Cox (1862-1940) —
of Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born June 18,
1862.
Republican. Judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1905-07; resigned 1907.
Died September
18, 1940 (age 78 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Thomas Wilson (1765-1826) —
of Virginia.
Born in Staunton,
Va., September
11, 1765.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1792-95, 1800-04; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1799-1800, 1816-17; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1811-13.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va (now W.Va.), January
24, 1826 (age 60 years, 135
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Edgar Campbell Wilson (1800-1860) —
of Virginia.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
18, 1800.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 21st District, 1833-35.
Slaveowner.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va (now W.Va.), April
24, 1860 (age 59 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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John Marshall Hagans (1838-1900) —
also known as J. Marshall Hagans —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Brandonville, Preston
County, Va. (now W.Va.), August
13, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; Monongalia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1862-64; mayor
of Morgantown, W.Va., 1866-69; Republican Presidential Elector
for West Virginia, 1868
(voted for Ulysses
S. Grant and Schuyler
Colfax); delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1871; delegate
to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1872
(delegation secretary), 1880;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1873-75;
defeated, 1874; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County, 1879,
1887; district judge in West Virginia, 1888-1900; died in office 1900.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., June 17,
1900 (age 61 years, 308
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Charles S. Armistead (1914-1997) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., July 21,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1959-60, 1965-68.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the Revolution; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died August
19, 1997 (age 83 years, 29
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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William Patrick Willey (1840-1922) —
also known as William P. Willey —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), May 24,
1840.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1872.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., December
19, 1922 (age 82 years, 209
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Woodlawn
Cemetery
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia
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