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Re: SATTIS CEMETERY, North of Charleston, WV - WHO HOLDS RECORDS?

KarenSands27 — 2013-05-22 06:39:05Z

To my knowledge, the court house should have records. Here is some history on the cemetery and surrounding property. The Sattis Cemetery use to be the Chandler Family Cemetery as it was owned by a close friend of mine's great grand-father. That is why Orchard Manor in Charleston is called that because the property used to be used as an apple orchard until the property was taken by the county during the Great Depression. I am not sure if anyone if a private individual owns it now or if the county does. If it is owned by the county, it would be Kanawha County and the records of who is buried there should be in the Charleston Court House. I know that my close friend was asked by his aunt if he wanted to be the caretaker and at the time, he was not able to take care of the property.

Re: Jacob Jones and daughter, Mary Polly Jones Malott

CrossroadsMary — 2013-05-16 02:36:57Z

Not knowing if you will be driving in from the east or west, but when you arrive in Grafton, get on Main Street. It runs along the river. If coming from the west, the post office will be on the right on this street. Drive to Bridge Street and turn right. If coming from the east, drive to Bridge Street and turn left. Go across the bridge and turn back left onto Barret Street/Knottsville Road. Continue on Knottsville Road about 5 miles. You will come to a sign for the Knottsville/Grafton Church. Turn left toward the church. In about 1/4 mile you will come to a T-road on the left, just before you get to the church. The church will be on the right. Turn left onto this T-road. On the map it is called Sandy Creek Road or Millersville Road. You will come to a fork but stay left. Again the map says this is Savres Road or County Route 9/11. I don't recall any signs. You will pass a large farm on the right. The Jones Homestead is approximately 1/4 miles past this farm on the left. The barn is falling down and close to the road. The house was uninhabited when we were there and a little further off the road. There is a drive between the house and the barn and the Jones family monument if barely visible between the house and the barn. It is in a pasture field behind the house. There was no one around when we were there, so we simply parked the car and walked to the monument in the pasture. If you continue another 1/4 mile along this road, it makes a sharp left curve. The first house on the left after the curve is the Duvall residence. Mrs. Duvall grew up on the farm where the monument is located and was receptive to us when we stopped to ask for information about the homestead.
Jacob and Dinah were my 4th great grandparents. I have a letter hand written in 1835 by Samuel Jones, Jacob and Dinah's son (and my 3rd great-grandfather) to my great-grandfather and mother (their daughter and son-in-law) in Indiana. Samuel Jones and his wife, Rachel, moved to Indiana shortly after this letter was written. Finding the Jacob Jones Homestead was a very real treasure hunt for us. Do not hesitate to write if you have more questions.

Re: Jacob Jones and daughter, Mary Polly Jones Malott

CrossroadsMary — 2013-05-16 02:36:29Z

Re: Jacob Jones and daughter, Mary Polly Jones Malott

allenjbiii — 2013-05-15 19:10:30Z

Thank you very much.

Re: Jacob Jones and daughter, Mary Polly Jones Malott

CrossroadsMary — 2013-05-15 18:57:39Z

We visited Grafton in February and were able to find the Jones homestead with the help of a postal worker who had been there long enough to have a general idea where we might look. I will send you the directions when I get back home tonight and am able to look at my notes. Even with the help of the lady at the post office, it was quite by chance that we happened to be looking the right direction when we drove by the homestead. The monument placed by family members in 1900 is barely visible from the road between the house and barn. Mr. Forman's daughter, who grew up on this farm lives just down the road about 1/2 mile and was able to give us some additional information. Her husband is the man who constructed the fence around the monument. They told us the exact gravesite is unknown but the monument was erected to honor their memory in the pasture field on this homestead farm. The original cabin is no longer standing but they knew where it had been and would have taken us there but the weather was so bad that day that we felt we could not ask them to do that. Nevertheless, It was an exciting find! If you are looking for any of the Luellen/Lewellyn connections, I can also direct you to the Forks of Cheat Church near Morgantown which the Luellen's helped to found.

Re: Jacob Jones and daughter, Mary Polly Jones Malott

allenjbiii — 2013-05-15 01:58:38Z

Jacob and Dinah Jones are also my 5th great grandparents through their son, Dr. John Jones. I am also traveling to Grafton, WV in the next few weeks and would welcome receiving the same information about the exact location of their graves. Thank you!

Stowers Family Cemetery Hamlin Wv

badknucklehead42 — 2013-04-17 02:55:07Z

I am looking for my grandpa grave his death certificate says hamlin wv stowers cemetery, he died july 16 1962 and he was born in lincoln county wv 1918 my grandpa is Herbert Hershel Pelfrey he was in the war in world war II, please help i have tryed to find his grave but i cant find it also his mom is Myrtle Adkins and her mom is Victory Adkins Stowers, Please if any one has any info please write back thank you.

Jack Stowers Cemetery

badknucklehead42 — 2013-04-17 02:52:49Z

Looking for my Grandpa grave Herbert Pelfrey he died July 16 1962 and the paper I have only says Stowers Cemetery in Lincoln County wv

Re: Stowers Family Cemetery Hamlin Wv

badknucklehead42 — 2013-04-13 13:49:13Z

Thank you i am still looking for my grandpa grave and still don't know what cemetery he would be at

Mill Fork Cemetery, Braxton Co.

Cliogirll — 2013-03-06 15:15:27Z

I need to know if anyone has taken pix at this cemetery. It's in Braxton county, Wva. My great grandfather is buried there & I can't find this cemetery online anywhere. I heard there's pix on the myfamily.com site but I can't find them on it. Any help would be great! John T. Bennett 1871-1931. You can answer here or e-mail me at cliogirll@yahoo.com
Thanks, Lori

Re: Koff Cemetery, Newburg, W. Va. ?

Mark_Kurt — 2013-03-05 20:37:21Z

Thank you for replying. You are probably right.

Thanks,
Mark

Re: Koff Cemetery, Newburg, W. Va. ?

suchham — 2013-03-05 19:21:41Z

My guess is that the name of the cemetery id "Goff" not "Koff".
Check this page:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=24...;

Re: lookout cemetary mystery

rlynch79 — 2013-03-03 13:45:08Z

Thank you for the information.

Re: lookout cemetary mystery

shepard999 — 2013-03-02 23:01:09Z

Source: Woods, Jim, Raleigh County (West Virginia) Mine Deaths 1891-2000, BJW Printing and Office Supplies, 218 pages, published 2000, page 53

"Dynamite Explosion Kills 3" A premature dynamite explosion killed 3 men at the Princewick mine of Princewidk Coal Co. 1921Aug8. A cap exploded, causing the entire charge to go off before the men could retire to safety. Killed were D F Holliday, W F Parrish and Charles Wyatt. Holliday had 20 years experience, occupation loader, age 35, survived by a widow and 7 dependent children.

A newspaper article may have more information.

According to www.findagrave.com, possiblities are
Lookout Cem in Tyler Co., WV
Point Lookout Cem in Pleasants Co., WV
Mount Lookout Cem in Nicholas Co., WV

Perhaps you can find help on these web sites:

http://www.linkpendium.com/

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70734 “Billion Graves.com Burial Index”

From Jerry,
http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/h/e/Jerry-Sherard/ “Mining Accidents U.S., Canada, New Zealand and Australia”

Re: Taylor County ... "SMELL" Cemetery

TedWeaver27 — 2013-02-22 03:32:58Z

Have you gotten any response on this? I see it is a couple of years old. G.M. Dallas Thorn was my gg grandfather. He bought Ciggens Hollow from his father, who is, you are right, Dr. AYD Thorn. I am writing a rather substantial story on the family. Ciggins Hollow plays into it. I have a ciggins story that I will share. that story of the gold there was my dad's favorite - as well as Dallas thorn and his son, Harry - my great grandfather.

Re: Samuel Doak

walt444187 — 2013-02-19 16:09:41Z

Hi! I am also a great great great grand daughter of Samuel Doak from Middle Island (Deep Valley) I am descended from Samuel's son, James. Do you happen to know where James and his wife Hannah are buried? Also if you have any information on where in Ireland Samuel and Elizabeth (Malseed) were born and which ship they came to America in I would greatly appreciate the information. I have a lot of information on James' descendants from grandson, Clinton, on. Thanks so much. Martha

Re: Pleasents Grove Bap Cemtery Cherry Camp

jackied_2013 — 2013-02-19 12:20:40Z

Thank you for your kind help it was appreciated very much.
I am looking forward in searching the site.

lookout cemetary mystery

rlynch79 — 2013-02-18 20:39:41Z

I have a mystery to solve. Daniel Holliday died in Aug. 1921 and is buried in Lookout cemetary. Place of death raleigh WV in a mining accident. All of this according to death certificate. Can anyone tell me where this cemetary is located? I would like to verify the death date as his daughter was not born until 1924. Mystery!!!

Re: Pleasents Grove Bap Cemtery Cherry Camp

willj1111 — 2013-02-15 16:32:59Z

I think if you go to familysearch.org you will find a lot of info on your family. It is free to use. I found a few things with only putting in Rosa and Johns names. Good luck!

Pleasents Grove Bap Cemtery Cherry Camp

jackied_2013 — 2013-02-13 19:08:37Z

HELLO!!! I am the grand daughter of Rosa Catherine Harris Davis and John James Davis who was buried at the Cemtery there are no known markers for the graves and I was wanting to know where they were buried. Also I am the DECEDENT Salem W Va DAVIS's please note starting with my father: Hobert Lee Davis, John James Davis, Nathan James Davis, Joseph J Davis, Nathan J Davis, William G ( Jersey Billy ) Davis, Nathan Davis, ThomasWilliam Davis, John Davis, William Davis, and another William Davis before going over to Wales England. If any one has any infor I would deeply appreciate it very much or any of the DECEDENTS of thank you for your time Jackie Davis jackied_2013@yahoo.com 304-834-1916

Re: Looking for graves of Floyd and Lillie Mounts

willasmith1849 — 2013-02-10 17:23:53Z

my father was elmer mountsbrother to floyde boyde wayne howard joe elmer howard lived in floida untill they passed away my name is willa mae mounts smith my dad had 8 children

Re: Jacob Jones and daughter, Mary Polly Jones Malott

CrossroadsMary — 2013-02-07 20:40:31Z

Just came across this post. Visiting Taylor county WV and would like to find grave and homestead of Jacob Jones, 4 th great grandfather. Can you help.

Old Cemetery near Century

varcsix — 2013-01-29 16:07:34Z

Frederick Bullough and wife Mary Crilley Bullough) from England, were buried in Century Cemetery. Mary died Jan 31, 1930 and Fred, Nov 8 1949.

I heard their was a cemetery in Century behind the OLD COAL mine shaft on the side of the hill. Has this cemetery a specific name, has it been transcribed, and are there still tombstones there?

I also think some of their sons are buried at Mt. Vernon Memorial cemetery about 1/2 way between Philippi and Century. I found this cemetery on Find a Grave, but no Bullough names are there.

Re: Query: John R. Keenen

thedragonlady26441 — 2013-01-24 07:31:07Z

Hi,

This is my brother. He died in Albuquerque, New Mexico on July 20, 1999. He is buried somewhere in West Virginia. My sister-in-law did not notify us of the funeral or the cemetery. If you can assist us in finding his final resting place that would bring us some closure.

Thank you.

Re: polinori family in logan county

filobeco — 2013-01-19 03:41:23Z

It is so good to re-connect with a childhood friend! :-)

Re: polinori family in logan county

Rodriguezbeth16 — 2013-01-18 03:49:45Z

Becky, I am Mary Beth Polinori Rodriguez. Wow, can't believe you still remember us from that long ago. If you get this message, you can contact me at Rodriguezbeth16@yahoo.com

Re: WV Cemeteries used by Hungarians in the early 1900s - Antal, Spotilla, Horvath & Toth

OsborneOnline — 2013-01-16 15:56:40Z

Have you tried the WV vital records website? I find a lot of Toth, Horvath, and so on listed in the death records from the early 1900s.

http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx

Re: WV Cemeteries used by Hungarians in the early 1900s - Antal, Spotilla, Horvath & Toth

born2bounce — 2013-01-13 08:09:32Z

Unfortunately I do not know their faith. I do know a few of them are said to have worked in the mines but I have found nothing as of yet to substantiate that. I have looked up the deaths on the state site ... some aren't found at all and some have very minimal information. I am in touch with a couple relatives who are still in the state but they know less than I do.

I thank you very much for your response and I will do some more searching as you suggested. I appreciate any help I can get :-)

The names are Antal, Spotilla, Horvath, Toth

Shelly

Re: WV Cemeteries used by Hungarians in the early 1900s

LewisLipsSinkShips — 2013-01-13 01:31:16Z

They probably came to WV to work on the Railroad or the Coal Mines. Do you know their faith? Many church cemeteries around. Type in WV Coal Camps and read the towns,also the State of WV has an excellent site to look up death, marriage and birth records. Listing your last name will help your search, as you may still have relatives in WV. Hope this helps you.

Re: bud mountain

rachellane2014 — 2012-12-14 03:50:54Z

If the one you are looking for has a wife named Ethal, he is buried in the Moran Cemetary

Flats Cemetery, Wellsburg, WV

sharonkm3 — 2012-12-12 03:27:37Z

Anyone know any history about this cemetery? Who or what organization erected the headstone for John McMillan (Rev War)?

Re: Adams/Mullins Cemetery, Lincoln County, Harts WV,Buck Fork

madfan27 — 2012-12-07 04:11:48Z

I think we are talking about the same cenetary on hoover. My mon and a lot of relatives are buried there. My mon was Cessie Johnson and Aunt was Lucille Baisden Baisden

Re: sampson family members

zeta1998 — 2012-11-30 14:52:49Z

we do have some relatives in california. The grandfather that i am refering to is white but no one wanted to talk about it . His name is Jimmy Sampson and thats all we know. What informatin do you know about any of the sampsons in California?

Re: SATTIS CEMETERY, North of Charleston, WV - WHO HOLDS RECORDS?

MiraWilkinson — 2012-11-15 05:59:31Z

That is my relative! Would you happen to know about the location of the grave? We have been there and it is so grown up, we were unable to find it.We are going back as soon as the weather is better and try to clean a lot of it up. I am also looking for a baby, Ruth Evelyn Parrish. Thank you so much for posting all of the information.

Re: Sattes Cemetery, Charleston, WV

MiraWilkinson — 2012-11-15 05:50:35Z

Everyone is more than welcome. We would love to find our family members who are there. Hope your next trip is much better.

Re: Sattes Cemetery, Charleston, WV

linda4sunshine — 2012-11-14 19:55:40Z

That is wonderful news. I will go back and try again. Thank you for the update and for your work to clean it up.

Re: SATTIS CEMETERY, North of Charleston, WV - WHO HOLDS RECORDS?

rpeter15ba — 2012-11-14 13:05:33Z

The only parrish I have found so far in my research of the Sattes Cemetery is:
Lester R. Parrish
9/1/1895 - 5/24/1954
s/o Thomas Floyd Parrish & Clara Dean Harmon
h/o Goldie Asbury
Married Kanawha Co., WV 7/31/1920 in Charleston

Re: SATTIS CEMETERY, North of Charleston, WV - WHO HOLDS RECORDS?

MiraWilkinson — 2012-11-14 07:11:56Z

I know this post isn't meant for me, but I too have been looking for family members who are supposed to be there. How can I get a copy of that list? I have a Facebook acct if that helps. My surname is Parrish.

Re: Sattes Cemetery, Charleston, WV

MiraWilkinson — 2012-11-14 07:04:00Z

I was at Sattes Cemetery this past weekend. You can now go through most of it, but it is highly overgrown. My family and I intend on cleaning as much of it up as we can as soon as the weather permits.

Re: Amigo WV. cemetery names

Bredini424 — 2012-11-06 18:18:59Z

I have been to the Lawrence H Graham cemetary on top of a mountain in amigo west virginia, it was once only a family cemetary but i heard anyone is buried there now.

Re: bridgeport cemetery

broome_131 — 2012-10-31 14:36:42Z

Glad you were able to get your picture.

Re: bridgeport cemetery

gramsnpop — 2012-10-31 14:31:51Z

Thank you so much for your generous offer , my cousin was able to find someone on "find a gravestone" who was able to shoot it , but thanks so much for the offer sorry it took so long to get back to you as you know other things always seem to turn up,
Best Tom

Re: Snider Family Cemetery

OsborneOnline — 2012-10-31 12:55:38Z

After digging around a bit (no pun intended), I think I've located your cemetery. I talked to someone who has an aunt in the same cemetery. I placed a pushpin on Bing maps to show where it is. It is located practically in someone's front yard.

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=q79jkw87g6vx&lvl=18...

Snider Family Cemetery

wearytraveler — 2012-10-29 02:10:13Z

I recently found out that my Great, Great Grandfather Ambrose Jones is buried in Snider Family Cemetery in Mercer Co, Beaver Pond West Virginia. If anyone knows where this cemetery is or has directions for it I would greatly appreciate it! He was supposed to have been buried in 1930.

Re: Stanaford Cemetery

ovmeadows — 2012-10-27 22:37:12Z

Is there a stone for George W Meadows he died in Tulsa, Ok Mar 1964 and buried at Stanaford Cemetery.
I am not sure but believe he might be the s/o Henry A Wise Meadows (b 1861) and Venila Cook (b 1868).
I would like to know who were Henry's parents.

Re: Mt. Israel Cemetery in Fellowsville, Preston County

Edith_Schaefer — 2012-10-13 23:46:03Z

Thank you for the tip on Mary Webster Cummins Shaw.

Re: Stanaford Cemetery

sgoff61 — 2012-10-08 03:05:24Z

Hi Phil,

I know this is late but, in case you haven't found the information yet, here it is:

Stanaford Cemetery Association
P.O. Box 268
Stanaford, WV 25927

You can verify this by looking at this photo, although you may have to click on it to enlarge it enough to read the address:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&PIcrid...

As you can see on the sign, the Secretary/Treasurer is Irene Bragg who is my aunt, but as she is aging, her daughter Mary Lilly actually handles the account now. Checks should be made payable to Stanaford Cemetery Assocation, and be sure to include your return address so Mary can send you a receipt. If you have any other questions or need further information, I'm sure Mary will be happy to help.

Re: bridgeport cemetery

broome_131 — 2012-09-29 16:27:36Z

I have a friend buried in a Bridgeport Cemetery across from Park Street. Is that the one? I don't know if there are more, but I would be more than happy to take pictures. Please send information. My Aunt & Uncle live on Park Street, so I am up there often. Hope this helps you.

WV Cemeteries used by Hungarians in the early 1900s

born2bounce — 2012-09-16 21:18:27Z

I am wondering if there were any cemeteries that the Hungarian groups used back in the early 1900s in Mingo/Logan Counties. I have some graves I'm searching for but can't seem to locate any information on where these folks are buried. I have not yet been able to take a trip to WV to conduct some research. I know the dates these folks passed but not where they are buried and WV records are sparse online.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!!!

Shelly

Koff Cemetery, Newburg, W. Va. ?

Mark_Kurt — 2012-09-11 12:41:39Z

Hello,

I am trying to find a cemetery called Koff Cemetery. A West Virginia death record states Koff as the Place Of Burial. Googling found me another death certificate of a Koff Cemetery in Newburg (Preston County?) but nothing else pops up.
Does anyone know of this cemetery or what it may be called otherwise?
Would definately appreciate any help with this.
Thanks,
Mark