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Monroe County
West Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Monroe County

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. Politicians buried here:   John Reginald Ballard (1893-1949) — also known as John R. Ballard — of Union, Monroe County, W.Va. Born in Monroe County, W.Va., September 4, 1893. Democrat. Investigator; member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 1945-49. Died May 24, 1949 (age 55 years, 262 days). Interment at Ballard Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Thompson Ballard and Margaret (Bonham) Ballard; married to Miriam K. Dunn; first cousin of Oscar Hampton Ballard; first cousin twice removed of Lewis Ballard; second cousin once removed of Silas Uriah Pinney; second cousin twice removed of St. Clair Ballard; third cousin of Sherman Hart Ballard; third cousin once removed of Wade Hampton Ballard III; third cousin thrice removed of Coleby Chew.   Political family: Ballard family of Peterstown, West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Mt. Hedding Methodist Church Cemetery Lillydale, Monroe County, West Virginia Politicians buried here: 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.   Relatives: Son of Henry Wise Matney and Annie (Muscroft) Matney; married, April 26, 1917, to Virgie Lee Burke.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951 Lewis Family Cemetery Sweetsprings, Monroe County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of John Floyd (1750-1783) and Sallie Jane (Buchanan) Floyd; half-brother of James Douglas Breckinridge; married 1804 to Letitia Preston (daughter of William Preston; sister of Francis Smith Preston and James Patton Preston); father of John Buchanan Floyd, George Rogers Clark Floyd and Nicketti Buchanan Floyd (who married John Warfield Johnston); first cousin twice removed of Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr..   Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Floyd County, Ind. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Sweetsprings Cemetery Sweetsprings, Monroe County, West Virginia Green Hill Cemetery Union, Monroe County, West Virginia See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of Hugh Elmwood Caperton; married to Harriet Echols.   Political family: Gaillard family of Charleston, South Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   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; Democratic Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1889 (voted for Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman). Died in Union, Monroe County, W.Va., December 21, 1891 (age 66 years, 170 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of Sarah Bond (Warley) Miles and James Saunders Miles; married, June 2, 1863, to Betty Beirne (granddaughter of Andrew Beirne and Hugh Elmwood Caperton); second cousin of Francis James Porcher; fourth cousin of Peter Charles Gaillard, Peter Porcher Bonneau, Peter Gaillard Snowden, Franklin Gaillard and Henry Augustus Gaillard; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Porcher Stoney.   Political family: Gaillard family of Charleston, South Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Married 1800 to Eleanor G. Keenan; grandfather of Betty Beirne (who married William Porcher Miles).   Political family: Gaillard family of Charleston, South Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of Adam Caperton and Elizabeth (Miller) Caperton; married 1806 to Mary Jane Erskine; father of Allen Taylor Caperton; grandfather of Betty Beirne (who married William Porcher Miles).   Political family: Gaillard family of Charleston, South Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of A. M. Shanklin and Elvira (Clark) Shanklin; married, March 21, 1921, to Georgia Alice Beard.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial New Zion Cemetery Waiteville, Monroe County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of Sylvester Seberg LaFon and Sena Ann (Williams) LaFon.   Epitaph: "Friend, citizen, statesman."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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