Dates or text 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.

From WVCPA contributor and local researcher, Bruce Chase:

"According to a letter in about 1977 by Lora Zicafoose Chase, "The first church [on this part of Muddy Creek Mountain] was log and stood near the Falls Cemetery" [Tilden Falls homestead].

The Richlands Charge 2002 United Methodist Church Directory states that "...church services were held in the old Fry school house, a log structure named for the land donors, Joseph and Jane Fry".

It is unclear, but this information suggests that the old Fry School may have served as an interim church location in the late 1800s.

Around the turn of the century, land about 1/2 mile to the NE was donated by Jane Hedrick Fry or her family for what became Fry Elementary School and Janes Chapel Church. As shown at 37.79601ºN 80.53623ºW. The Church is now located at 37.797ºN 80.537ºW.

The cornerstone for the new church was laid in 1902 by Jane's brother, David Tuckwiller Hedrick, along with William Oliver Sampson and others.

The date of the oldest gravesites in the Falls Cemetery is unknown but would almost certainly date to some period of time before the new church was built in 1902. This Cemetery continues to serve this part of Muddy Creek Mountain. Maintenance traditionally has been by members of Janes Chapel Church."

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