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Ritchie County
West Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Ritchie County

Index to Locations Auburn Auburn Cemetery Harrisville Harrisville Cemetery Harrisville Odd Fellows Cemetery Mountain Mole Hill Cemetery Auburn Cemetery Auburn, Ritchie County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   Talmage Somerville (d. 1992) — of Auburn, Ritchie County, W.Va. Republican. Chair of Ritchie County Republican Party, 1969. Died December 30, 1992. Interment at Auburn Cemetery. Harrisville Cemetery Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   Romeo Hoyt Freer (1846-1913) — also known as Romeo H. Freer — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va.; Harrisville, Ritchie County, W.Va. Born in Bazetta, Trumbull County, Ohio, November 9, 1846. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-73; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in San Juan del Norte, 1873-77; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Ritchie County, 1891-92; Ritchie County Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-97; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 4th Judicial Circuit, 1897-99; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1899-1901; West Virginia state attorney general, 1901-05; postmaster. Member, Odd Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic. Died May 9, 1913 (age 66 years, 181 days). Interment at Harrisville Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Josiah D. Freer and Caroline P. (Brown) Freer; married, July 8, 1884, to Mary Iams.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article Odd Fellows Cemetery Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   Gordon Pressley Fought (1877-1964) — also known as Gordon P. Fought — of Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va. Born in Newark, Wirt County, W.Va., June 27, 1877. Democrat. Automobile dealer; druggist; newspaper publisher; insurance and real estate business; mayor of Wheeling, W.Va., 1932-35; city manager of Wheeling, West Virginia, 1932-35; member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 1945-49; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose. Died in Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va., August 5, 1964 (age 87 years, 39 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Paschal Fought and Mary Jane (Foutty) Fought; married to Grace Musgrave.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Mole Hill Cemetery Mountain, Ritchie County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   Daniel Haymond (1787-1874) — of Ritchie County, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., April 28, 1787. Republican. Member of West Virginia state senate 4th District, 1863-67. Died in Mountain, Ritchie County, W.Va., December 10, 1874 (age 87 years, 226 days). Interment at Mole Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Haymond and Cassandra (Clelland) Haymond; married to Mary Ann Bond, Elizabeth Griffin and Hannah Pindell; uncle of Thomas Sherwood Haymond, Daniel Haymond Polsley and William Summerville Haymond; granduncle of Alpheus Forest Haymond, Edwin Maxwell, Creed Haymond and Henry Haymond; great-granduncle of William Stanley Haymond, William Edgar Haymond, Thomas S. Haymond and Haymond Maxwell; second great-granduncle of Frank Cruise Haymond; first cousin twice removed of Daniel S. Haymond; first cousin four times 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 Find-A-Grave memorial

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