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Cemetery Name:

Old Glenville

Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV  Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV

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County: Gilmer
USGS Quad: Glenville   Map
Coordinates: 38.9355ºN  -80.8322ºW
Maintained by: Glenville State College?
Land owner: Glenville State College?
Date added to WVCPA register: January 2010
Condition of cemetery**: Good (May 2009)
Accessibility: This cemetery is located on the grounds of Glenville State College, near the nature trail behind Louis Bennett Hall. Easily accessible, though on a hillside.
** Condition of cemetery as observed on the given date -
may not be representative of care at other times of the year
Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned

Last Name: First Name: Born: Died: Inscription: Photo: Source:
Arnold Elizabeth Ann 6 February 1832 5 April 1853      Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Ball Robert Jackson 17 October 1836 17 November 1859 [Rest of inscription illegible in photo] Click for photo of tombstone  Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Ball Robert N. 18 December 1794 23 January 1857 [Rest of inscription illegible in photo] Click for photo of tombstone  Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Beall       [Beall family plot marker] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Beall Frank Mason 1870 1934   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Beall Frank Mason, Jr. 1909 2003   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Beall John Ernest 1879 1959 "Butchee" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Beall Lenore Huffman 1882 1961   Click for photo of tombstone  Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Beall Sarah Ann Brannon 21 May 1845 22 April 1921   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Beall Warren Wellington 13 November 1836 13 May 1926   Click for photo of tombstone  Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Bell Mellie   4 September 1878 [Dau. of W.W. & S.A. Bell]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Bell ___ Thomas   5 November 1879 [Aged 7Y 24D]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Bland       [Unmarked grave]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Brannon George Raymond 1882 1902   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Brannon Hallie   3 April 1871   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Brannon Herbert N. 24 October 1891 24 June 1958 "WEST VIRGINIA PVT CAMP HOSPITAL 43 WORLD WAR I" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Brannon Lyncotha 1880 1932   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Brannon Luella Nell 1916 1919   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Brannon Margaret   11 November 1833   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Brannon Marion T. 1841 1915 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"His Wife"
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Brannon Nancy Catherine Linn 1845 1915
Brannon Mary C. 23 June 1882 21 June 1914 [Dau. of R.A. & L.U. Nickell]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Brannon Robert Lee 10 February 1935 15 December 2000 [Ellyson Mortuary, Inc. Funeral home marker]
"Murdered for pennies"
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Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Brannon Thomas   14 September 1821   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Brannon Thomas 5 April 1802 4 February 1886 "Beloved one, farewell"
[Husband and wife - shared stone]
"Wife of T.H. Brannon"
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Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Brannon Louisa J. 14 January 1827 27 November 1882
Brannon Wilson P. 1854 1940 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"His Wife"
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Brannon Virginia 1857 1933
Burson Rebecca Gay   11 March 1860 "Daughter of J.W. & M.J. Burson"
"Aged 11 mo. 14 ds."
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Bush Abraham 11 September 1811 24 September 1867     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Bush Rachel 27 November 1813 14 July 1899     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Cather Elizabeth S. 1837 1918   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Cather John 1836 1900   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Craddock Hugh N. 17 November 1823 27 February 1901 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"His Wife"
"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord"
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Craddock Sarah Pauline 1 March 1846 1 January 1928
Craddock Lillie W.   15 January 1869 "Daughter of H.N. & S.P. Craddock" Click for photo of tombstone
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Doyle Laura Holt 23 October 1852 13 January 1935 [Aged 82y 3m 1d - wife of Bernard Doyle]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Ervin Eliza L. 1814 1853   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Ewing John E. 1912 1946   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Ewing Maude V. 1873 1956   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Ewing Susan Adeline 1903 1912     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Ewing James Edward   16 November 1933 [Aged 68y 8m 19d]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Fell       [Fell family plot marker] Click for photo of tombstone
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Fell Adora 1848 1931 "Daughter of John & Mary McGee" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Fell Cecil 1 February 1879 18 February 1879 "Our Boy"
"Infant son of W.S. & Dora Fell"
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Fell Fannie 1885 1951 "Dau. of W.S. & Adora Fell" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Fell Lionel 1880 1944 "Son of Wesley & Adora Fell" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Fell Mary Blanche 31 October 1876 10 February 1880 "Little Mary Blanche"
"Daughter of W.S. & Dora Fell"
[Rest of inscription illegible]
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Fisher Charles   __ November 1867 [Aged 40y 5m 8d]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Fisher Harriet     [no dates on marker]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Flowerbee Robert R.   1 September 1876 "Son of W.J. & S.R. Flowerbee"
"Aged 45y..."
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Flowerbee Pandora G.   2 August 1899 "Wife of Payton H. Flowerbee"
"Aged 53 Years 7 Months 11 Days"
Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Haumann Hannibal   9 October 1892 [Son of Theodore & S.M. Haumann]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Haumann George J. 1816 1899     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Hendrick Bettie M. 1873 1916 "Wife of J.J. Hendrick" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Hendrick J.J. 6 January 1867 6 August 1957 "Lawyer"
"Born in Campbell Co., VA."
"Died in Glenville, W.VA."
"I would greet you if I could"
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Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Hendrick John L. 17 November 1906 30 July 1969 "Son of J.J. & Bettie M. Hendrick" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Hendrick Thomas Roosevelt 1911 1972   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Herder Peter 20 May 1799 31 March 1865 [Rest of inscription illegible] Click for photo of tombstone
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Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Holt Jessie 31 August 1868 26 December 1869     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Holt John 1 January 1840 11 March 1912   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Holt Margaret 5 December 1848 18 September 1930     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Holt May 1870 1877     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Holt Roland "Crip" 15 April 1887 29 November 1968     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Holt William 1840   [Co. C (or G?) 10th W.Va. Inf. - GAR POW]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Jackson Mary K.   1 March 1856 "In Memory of..."
"Wife of Minter Jackson"
"Aged 26 Yrs 1 mo & 2 days"
[Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Jackson Thomas Stonewall 5 March 1890 28 July 1906 "Son of W.W. & Belle M. Jackson"
"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"
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Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Johnson       [Illegible, but can make out "Johnson"] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Johnson Drusilla H.   1905   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Johnson Isabel M. 1864 1947 "Mother" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Johnson Levi 1818 1904   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Johnson William W. 1850 1937   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Justice       [Justice family plot marker] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Justice Fannie Fell 1885 1951 [Dau. of Wesley & Adora Fell]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Justice George W. 1875 1946 "Son of W.T. & Hester L. Justice" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Kidd Drusilla V. 1891 1955   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Kidd Johnson C. 1889 1913   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Kidd Robert F. 1854 1930 [Husband and wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Kidd Lelia R. 1866 1953
Linn Robert 27 December 1813 7 December 1860 [Husband and wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone
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Linn Sophronia S. 14 December 1816 31 August 1890
Linn Sarah Louisa 1853 1919 [Dau. of Robert & Sophronia Linn] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
McGee John 1816 1901   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
McQuain Boyd 1890 1891 "Son of O.C. & Lona McQuain" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Moffet John H. 7 June 1845 28 November 1890 [Husband and wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Moffet Saraj 6 May 1845  
Newlon Leonora   19 May 1855 "Wife of C.K. Newlon"
"Aged 31Y. 9M. 18D."
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Parker J.P.   31 October 1877 "Aged 45 Yrs" Click for photo of tombstone
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Ruddell Bettie C.   22 August 1876 [Aged 27y - dau. of S.L. & S.J. Ruddell]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Ruddell Sarah J. 18 October 1818 12 February 1904 "Mother" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Shackleford       [Shackleford family plot marker] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Shackleford Gertrude 1867 1920   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Shackleford John 1860 1922   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Stevenson Annie L. 30 May 1860 24 May 1882 "Dau. of W.L. & E.H. Stevenson" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Stevenson Elizabeth H. 15 January 1831 29 January 1904 [Wife of William Stevenson]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Stevenson William L. 22 November 1824 22 March 1883     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Summers Arnold 1888 1961   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Summers Mary S. 1892 1930   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Varner Samuel   November___ [Marker broken - difficult to read]
"Aged ___ 2 mos. ___"
Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Walters Nellie B. 1883 1925 [Wife of W.H. Walters]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Wiant Alma Holt 6 May 1884 21 July 1972     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Wiant Lucille 13 December 1877 31 January 1878     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Wiant Mabel Holt 12 May 1876 5 April 1972     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Wiant Mathew Holt 27 January 1888 14 July 1894     Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Wiant Rebecca E. 22 May 1846 7 February 1888 "Wife of W.T. Wiant"
"Aged 44Yrs. 3Mos. 15Ds."
"Asleep in Jesus..."
[Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Wiant Baby 13 December 1877 21 January 1878 [Child of W.T. & R.E. Wiant]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Williams George 23 May 1823  26 January 1861 "Aged 37 Yrs. 8 Ms. 3 Ds." Click for photo of tombstone
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Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Withers Ada Louise   26 December 1856 [Aged 1y 10m 23d - dau. of E.T. & S.A. Withers - unmarked grave]   Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Unidentified graves/group marker:
Wiant Rebecca E. Holt 22 May 1846 7 February 1888 [These names duplicated above for ease of associating them with this cemetery]

"This West Virginian Family loved these hills. They lie nearby"

Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Wiant Mabel Holt 12 May 1876 5 April 1972
Holt John 1 January 1840 11 March 1912
Doyle Laura Holt 23 October 1852 13 January 1935
Wiant Alma Holt 6 May 1884 21 July 1972
Holt William 1840 "GAR POW"
Holt Margaret 5 December 1848 18 September 1930
Wiant Mathew Holt 27 January 1888 14 July 1894
Wiant Lucille 13 December 1877 31 January 1878
Image025       [Unidentifiable/illegible marker] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Image058       [Unidentifiable/illegible marker] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Image092       [Unidentifiable/illegible marker] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Image093       [Unidentifiable/illegible marker] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Image094       [Unidentifiable/illegible marker] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher
Image095 Ge... 1...   [Unidentifiable/illegible marker] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor/family researcher

 

Comments: 

 

Dates in Red are not inscribed on the tombstone and have either been calculated based on death date or are as a result of research on the individual.

This information was graciously provided by WVCPA volunteers Karl & Alice Click. 

There may be more individuals that are buried here but not included in the list above. If you have any additions or corrections to be made to the list, please contact WVCPA.

Below are a number of photos from throughout the cemetery:

Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV
Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV
Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV
Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV
Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV Old Glenville Cemetery - on the grounds of Glenville State University, Gilmore Co., WV

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