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Johnson Family Cemetery

Johnson Family Cemetery, Marion Co., West Virginia Johnson Family Cemetery, Marion Co., West Virginia

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County: Marion
USGS Quad: Grant Town
Coordinates: not provided
Maintained by: Johnson family
Land owner: Pete Moran
Date added to WVCPA register: November 2008
Condition of cemetery**: restoration in progress by family (Summer 2009)
Accessibility: The cemetery is located six miles northwest of Fairmont on Rt. 73, Smithtown Hill on the right, this side of the golf course, on the Pete Moran property. Exact location of the cemetery has not been disclosed at the request of the landowner, as there is NO ACCESS to the cemetery.
** 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 & Map Notes: Map Key: Photo: Source:
Armstrong [Child]     [Obelisk marker (13) and base (14)] 13
14
  Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Armstrong John M.   9 January 1873 [Aged 71yrs 2ms 25ds]
[Headstone (15) and footstone "JMA" (16)]
15
16
  Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Armstrong Susanna (Johnson) 26 April 1810   [Footstone "STA" - no headstone or base] 11   Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Johnson Barnabus 16 April 1781 10 May 1859 [Base (9) for headstone (10)] 9
10
  Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Johnson Elizabeth Justice 8 June 1779 11 December 1850 [Wife of Barnabus Johnson]
[Middle section of headstone (7) and footstone (8)]
7
8
  Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Johnson Elizabeth     "Died age 6"
"Daughter of J.J. & P.J. Johnson"
[Headstone (5) and footstone (6) laying on ground]
5
6
Click here to view a photo of the marker or tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Johnson James 5 April 1806 8 November 1882 [Son of Barnabus and Elizabeth Johnson]
[Headstone (2) and footstone (1) - the photo to the right is of the base of James' headstone alongside Pertheny's stone]
1
2
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Click here to view a photo of the marker or tombstone
Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Johnson Pertheny Steele   15 May 1878 "Wife of James Johnson"
"Aged __Ys. __Ms. __ds."
[Headstone (3) and footstone (4)]
3
4
Click here to view a photo of the marker or tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Jones Abraham     [Headstone base (21) and footstone (22)] 21
22
  Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Jones Nancy C. Johnson 6 January 1811 8 November 1876 "Wife of Abraham Jones"
"Aged 64 Years 10 Mos 2 ds."
[Headstone (23) and footstone "NJJ" (24)]
23
24
Click here to view a photo of the marker or tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Merrill Harrison     [Exact grave position unknown]     Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Merrill Sarah 21 October 1832 8 June 1899 "Second wife of Harrison Merrill"
[Rest of inscription illegible]
[Headstone (26), base (25) and footstone (27)]
26
25
27
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Click here to view a photo of the marker or tombstone
Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Van Gilder Jacob   30 August 1832 [Age 35 yrs. - headstone (28) leaning against a tree - no identifiable grave] 28 Click here to view a photo of the marker or tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Van Gilder William     [Headstone (29) leaning against one tree, footstone (31) against another - no identifiable grave location] 29
31
Click here to view a photo of the marker or tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Stevens Ann Eliza Johnson 16 May 1813 11 March 1860 "Wife of John B. Stevens"
"Aged 46yrs 9ms 24ds"
[Headstone (18), base (19) and footstone "AES" (20)]
18
19
20
Click here to view a photo of the marker or tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
Unidentified markers or graves
[Square base of headstone that does not belong in the present location] 12   Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
[20" x 20" base, no headstone, that doesn't appear to belong in the present location] 17   Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
[Illegible headstone - possibly that of Harrison Merrill, based on present location??] 30   Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson
[Difficult to make out the inscription - poss. Elizabeth Johnson??]   Click here to view a photo of the marker or tombstone Source: WVCPA contributor and Johnson family researcher, Steve Johnson

 

Comments:  Johnson Family Cemetery Plot Map - click to view larger imageDates 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.

Plot map of monument positions per 2008, from a sketch
from contributor Steven Johnson, redrawn by WVCPA  >>

Note that some of the birth and death dates and spelling of names are different from known published sources. These differences reflect the research done by the Johnson family, and not those of unrelated researchers or misinterpretations of hard to read inscriptions on the tombstones.  Previously published lists appear to be duplications of the readings done on site in June 1940 by the WPA project.

Johnson Family Cemetery, Marion Co., West VirginiaRestoration and preservation of this cemetery is underway under the auspices of Steven Johnson, the Johnson family researcher who so generously provides the information listed here. As photos of the project become available, they will be posted on this page.

 

<< Illegible headstone leaning against tree - the stone in the upper
      left portion of this photo is that of Jacob Van Gilder

Johnson Family Cemetery, Marion Co., West Virginia

 

 

 James, Pertheny and Elizabeth Johnson's graves in the foreground,
and the Armstrong child, John Armstrong and Ann Eliza Stevens'
 graves in the background >>

 

Johnson Family Cemetery, Marion Co., West Virginia

Johnson Family Cemetery, Marion Co., West Virginia  Johnson Family Cemetery, Marion Co., West Virginia

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