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Upshur County
West Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Upshur County

Index to Locations

  • Buckhannon Heavner Cemetery
  • Buckhannon Old Baptist Cemetery


    Heavner Cemetery
    Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth (1819-1892) — also known as Daniel D. T. Farnsworth — of Upshur County, W.Va. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., December 23, 1819. Republican. Member of West Virginia state senate 6th District, 1863-65, 1867-70; President of the West Virginia State Senate, 1869-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1868; Governor of West Virginia, 1869. Died in Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va., December 5, 1892 (age 72 years, 348 days). Interment at Heavner Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: Daniel D. Tompkins
      Relatives: Son of Abigail (Wilcox) Farnsworth and James Stout Farnsworth; married, November 30, 1841, to Ann M. Gibson; married, November 15, 1853, to Mary Theresa Ireland; first cousin once removed of Floyd Forney Farnsworth.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
      William Smithe O'Brien (1862-1948) — also known as William S. O'Brien — of Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va. Born in Audra, Barbour County, Va. (now W.Va.), January 8, 1862. Democrat. School teacher; newspaper editor; lawyer; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 12th Judicial Circuit, 1913-20; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1927-29; defeated, 1928; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1933-48; died in office 1948. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias; American Bar Association. Died in Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va., August 10, 1948 (age 86 years, 215 days). Interment at Heavner Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Col. Emmet J. O'Brien and Martha Ann (Hall) O'Brien; married, October 14, 1896, to Emma White; father of Daniel Pitt O'Brien.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Homer Roy Waugh (1879-1945) — also known as H. Roy Waugh — of Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va. Born in Upshur County, W.Va., January 4, 1879. Republican. Lawyer; Upshur County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Upshur County, 1909-10; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1910-14; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1921-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1936; candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1938, 1940. Methodist. Member, Sigma Chi; Freemasons. Died in 1945 (age about 66 years). Original interment at Old Baptist Cemetery; reinterment in 1979 at Heavner Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Homer M. Waugh and Malissa (Jane) Waugh; married, October 17, 1905, to Eliza P. Newlon.
      George Robert Latham (1832-1917) — of West Virginia. Born near Haymarket, Prince William County, Va., March 9, 1832. Republican. U.S. Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1865-67. Died December 16, 1917 (age 85 years, 282 days). Interment at Heavner Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
    Gohen C. Arnold Gohen Clarke Arnold (1885-1939) — also known as Gohen C. Arnold — of Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va. Born in Upshur County, W.Va., January 5, 1885. Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state senate 13th District, 1917-24; President of the West Virginia State Senate, 1921. Died in 1939 (age about 54 years). Interment at Heavner Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1919
      James Douglas Hinkle Jr. (1922-1986) — also known as J. D. Hinkle, Jr. — of Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va. Born in Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va., July 8, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; merchant; oil and gas jobber; bank director; mayor of Buckhannon, W.Va.; mayor of Buckhannon, W.Va., 1965-67; member of West Virginia state senate 15th District, 1970, 1973-80; appointed 1970; defeated, 1970, 1980; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1984; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. Methodist. Member, United Commercial Travelers; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Elks; Lions; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. Died in Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va., September 22, 1986 (age 64 years, 76 days). Interment at Heavner Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Douglas Hinkle and Byrd Savilla (Ashworth) Hinkle; married, July 8, 1947, to Maxine Nellie Fleming.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Leonard Weaver Deeds (1880-1953) — also known as L. W. Deeds — of Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va. Born in Sutton, Braxton County, W.Va., December 14, 1880. Democrat. Physician; candidate for West Virginia state senate 13th District, 1934; chair of Upshur County Democratic Party, 1940-46. Died in Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va., November 2, 1953 (age 72 years, 323 days). Interment at Heavner Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Milton Deeds and Mary Jane (Hellems) Deeds; married, February 22, 1912, to Nannie Gladys 'Nan' Sparks.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Old Baptist Cemetery
    Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia
    Politicians formerly buried here:
      Homer Roy Waugh (1879-1945) — also known as H. Roy Waugh — of Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va. Born in Upshur County, W.Va., January 4, 1879. Republican. Lawyer; Upshur County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Upshur County, 1909-10; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1910-14; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1921-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1936; candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1938, 1940. Methodist. Member, Sigma Chi; Freemasons. Died in 1945 (age about 66 years). Original interment at Old Baptist Cemetery; reinterment in 1979 at Heavner Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Homer M. Waugh and Malissa (Jane) Waugh; married, October 17, 1905, to Eliza P. Newlon.

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