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Mason County
West Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Mason County

Index to Locations

  • Gallipolis Ferry Beale Cemetery
  • Leon Leon Cemetery
  • Near New Haven Graham Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Point Pleasant Lone Oak Cemetery


    Beale Cemetery
    Gallipolis Ferry, Mason County, West Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      James Madison Hite Beale (1786-1866) — of Virginia. Born in Mt. Airy, Shenandoah County, Va., February 7, 1786. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1833-37, 1849-53 (16th District 1833-35, 1st District 1835-37, 14th District 1849-53). Slaveowner. Died in Putnam County, W.Va., August 2, 1866 (age 80 years, 176 days). Interment at Beale Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: James Madison
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Leon Cemetery
    Leon, Mason County, West Virginia
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
    George A. Rairden George A. Rairden (1891-1972) — of Leon, Mason County, W.Va. Born in Leon, Mason County, W.Va., January 9, 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant; land agent; contractor; justice of the peace; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1927-36, 1939-46, 1949-54, 1959-60. Died March 17, 1972 (age 81 years, 68 days). Interment at Leon Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Harvey C. Rairden and Rachel (McDaniel) Rairden; married 1919 to Wretha Parsons.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951


    Graham Baptist Church Cemetery
    Graham Station Road
    Near New Haven, Mason County, West Virginia
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Lester Kenneth Ohlinger (1906-1975) — also known as Lester K. Ohlinger — of New Haven, Mason County, W.Va. Born in 1906. Democrat. Chair of Mason County Democratic Party, 1950-55. Died in 1975 (age about 69 years). Interment at Graham Baptist Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, May 21, 1930, to Sevilla A. Roush.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Lone Oak Cemetery
    Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley (1821-1876) — also known as Kellian Whaley — of Point Pleasant, Mason County, W.Va. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., May 6, 1821. Republican. Lumber business; U.S. Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1861-63; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1863-67. Died in Point Pleasant, Mason County, W.Va., May 20, 1876 (age 55 years, 14 days). Interment at Lone Oak Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Daniel Haymond Polsley (1803-1877) — of Wellsburg, Brooke County, Va. (now W.Va.). Born in Palatine, Va. (now part of Fairmont, Marion County, W.Va.), November 28, 1803. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; Lieutenant Governor of West Virginia, 1861; district judge in West Virginia 7th District, 1863-66; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1867-69. Slaveowner. Died in Point Pleasant, Mason County, W.Va., October 14, 1877 (age 73 years, 320 days). Interment at Lone Oak Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Jacob Polsley and Margaret (Haymond) Polsley; married to Eliza Vilette Brown; nephew of Daniel Haymond; first cousin of Thomas Sherwood Haymond and William Summerville Haymond; first cousin once removed of Alpheus Forest Haymond, Edwin Maxwell, Creed Haymond and Henry Haymond; first cousin twice removed of William Stanley Haymond, William Edgar Haymond, Thomas S. Haymond and Haymond Maxwell; first cousin thrice removed of Frank Cruise Haymond; second cousin once removed of Daniel S. Haymond; second cousin thrice removed of Guy D. Haymond and George S. Snodgrass.
      Political family: Haymond family of West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      James Capehart (1847-1921) — of Point Pleasant, Mason County, W.Va.; Cocoa, Brevard County, Fla.; Cocoa, Brevard County, Fla. Born in Point Pleasant, Mason County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 7, 1847. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1888; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1891-95; president, Point Pleasant National Bank. Died April 28, 1921 (age 74 years, 52 days). Interment at Lone Oak Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Charles Edgar Hogg (1852-1935) — also known as Charles E. Hogg — of Point Pleasant, Mason County, W.Va. Born near Point Pleasant, Mason County, Va. (now W.Va.), December 21, 1852. Candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1887-89; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1916. Died June 14, 1935 (age 82 years, 175 days). Interment at Lone Oak Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of Robert Lynn Hogg.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Robert Lynn Hogg (1893-1973) — also known as Robert L. Hogg — of Point Pleasant, Mason County, W.Va. Born in Point Pleasant, Mason County, W.Va., December 30, 1893. Republican. Member of West Virginia state senate 4th District, 1925-28; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1930-33. Died in Charlottesville, Va., July 21, 1973 (age 79 years, 203 days). Interment at Lone Oak Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Charles Edgar Hogg.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Virgil Anson Lewis — also known as Virgil A. Lewis — of Mason County, W.Va. Democrat. West Virginia superintendent of schools, 1893-97. Methodist. Interment at Lone Oak Cemetery.
      Andrew R. Barbee (d. 1903) — of Mason County, W.Va. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; physician; member of West Virginia state senate 5th District, 1881-84. Died in 1903. Interment at Lone Oak Cemetery.

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