Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Ballard Ballard Church Cemetery
Lillydale Mt. Hedding Methodist Church
Cemetery
Sweetsprings Lewis Family Cemetery
Sweetsprings Sweetsprings Cemetery
Union Green Hill Cemetery
Waiteville New Zion Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Monroe County, West Virginia
Ballard Church
Cemetery
Ballard, Monroe County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Mt. Hedding
Methodist Church Cemetery
Lillydale, Monroe County, West Virginia
Politicians buried
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![T. G. Matney](https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/304/04.55.jpg) |
Thomas Graham Matney (1889-1976) —
also known as T. G. Matney —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Card, Buchanan
County, Va., April
19, 1889.
Democrat. Physician;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1951-52,
1955-56, 1959-64; defeated, 1952, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Medical
Association.
Died June 11,
1976 (age 87 years, 53
days).
Interment at Mt. Hedding Methodist Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Wise Matney and Annie (Muscroft) Matney; married, April
26, 1917, to Virgie Lee Burke. |
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Lewis Family
Cemetery
Sweetsprings, Monroe County, West Virginia
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John Floyd (1783-1837) —
of Newbern, Pulaski
County, Va.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., April
24, 1783.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1810; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1817-29 (5th District 1817-21, 20th
District 1821-29); Governor of
Virginia, 1830-34; received 11 electoral votes for President, 1832.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sweetsprings, Monroe
County, Va (now W.Va.), August
17, 1837 (age 54 years, 115
days).
Interment at Lewis Family Cemetery.
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Sweetsprings
Cemetery
Sweetsprings, Monroe County, West Virginia
Green Hill
Cemetery
Union, Monroe County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Allen Taylor Caperton (1810-1876) —
also known as Allen T. Caperton —
of Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born near Union, Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
21, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1841-42; member of Virginia
state senate, 1844-48; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Monroe County, 1861; Senator
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1872;
U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1875-76; died in office 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 26,
1876 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Francis Hereford (1825-1891) —
also known as Frank Hereford —
of Union, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., July 4,
1825.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1871-77; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1877-81; candidate for Presidential
Elector for West Virginia.
Died in Union, Monroe
County, W.Va., December
21, 1891 (age 66 years, 170
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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William Porcher Miles (1822-1899) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Walterboro, Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C., July 4,
1822.
Democrat. Mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1855-57; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1857-60; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Representative
from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died near Burnside, Ascension
Parish, La., May 11,
1899 (age 76 years, 311
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Andrew Beirne (1771-1845) —
of Virginia.
Born in Dangan, County Roscommon, Ireland,
1771.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1807-08; served in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829; member of Virginia
state senate, 1831-36; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1837-41 (1st District 1837-39, 3rd
District 1839-41).
Slaveowner.
Died in Gainesville, Sumter
County, Ala., March
16, 1845 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Augustus Alexandria Chapman (1803-1876) —
of Virginia.
Born in Union, Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 9,
1803.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1843-47.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va., June 7,
1876 (age 73 years, 90
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Hugh Elmwood Caperton (1781-1847) —
also known as Hugh Caperton —
of Virginia.
Born in Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
17, 1781.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1810-18, 1826-30; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1813-15.
Slaveowner.
Died near Union, Monroe
County, W.Va., February
9, 1847 (age 65 years, 298
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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James C. Shanklin (1884-1958) —
also known as Jim Shanklin —
of Ronceverte, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Willow Bend, Monroe
County, W.Va., August
6, 1884.
Democrat. Manager of hotel
and movie
theaters; postmaster;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County,
1941-42; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 1944,
1952.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1958
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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New Zion
Cemetery
Waiteville, Monroe County, West Virginia
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William Madison LaFon (1888-1941) —
also known as William M. LaFon; Bill LaFon —
of Union, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Waiteville, Monroe
County, W.Va., March
20, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1924
(alternate), 1940;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1933-38;
member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1939-41; died in office
1941; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1939.
Christian.
Died February
4, 1941 (age 52 years, 321
days).
Interment at New Zion Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Sylvester Seberg LaFon and Sena Ann (Williams)
LaFon. |
| ![](hand.gif) | Epitaph: "Friend, citizen,
statesman." |
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memorial |
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