West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Big Spruce Cemetery, Mason Co.

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Big Spruce	Click images to enlarge
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	Cottageville
Coordinates:	38.7610ºN -81.8340ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner:	unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	June 2004
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent (June 2004)
Accessibility:	Easily accessible by foot - a little steep right at the gate, but even terrain across the cemetery. Parking along the road opposite 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:	Photo:	Source:
	Infant		June 1922
Anderson	Sarah M. Rhodes	20 November 1874	3 April 1938	[Wife of William Anderson]
Anderson	William	abt 1854	4 May 1932	[Husband of Sarah Rhodes Anderson]
Barr	Charity	11 April 1863	22 June 1871	[The stone reads that she is the first person buried in this cemetery]
Barr	George Henry	18 April 1851	18 December 1914	[Son of John Henry and Mary Martha Rayburn Barr¹] [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Barr	Sarah Ann	8 July 1855	24 August 1893
Barr	George W.	abt 1833		[Husband & wife - buried close to George's brother John W. and his wife Mariam. Information given by Barr family researcher, GGgranddaughter of George & Prudence]
Barr	Prudence (Anderson)
Barr	John W.	1831	30 June 1891	"Aged 60Y, 3M, 26D" [John Henry Barr, son of Isaac and Mary Barr¹]
Barr	Mariam Hunt	15 June 1840	18 February 1917	[Daughter of Abijah and Mary Hunt, second wife of John Henry Barr¹]
Beattie	Thomas M.	June 1942	27 March 1943
Beattie	Infant
Campbell	Daniel Thomas	October 1860	1913	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "His wife"
Campbell	Mazilla Ester	1860	1918	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "His wife"
Campbell	Angel	1890	1890
Campbell	Flora	1893	1919	[Daughter of D.T. and M.E.¹]
Campbell	Mary S.	1884	1908
Campbell	Nellie A.	1897	1917	[Wife of Fred L. Sayre¹]
Campbell	Rosa E.	1879	1879
Campbell	William H.	1881	1909
Casto	E.F.	1856	19__	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Gone but not forgotten" "His Wife"
Casto	Jane L.	1865	1937
Donohew	Nettie Bell	4 April 1904	15 August 1905
Donohew	Verna	1886	1914
Dunham	Jessie Bailey	1834	1909
Dunham	Jessie Bailey, Jr.	1885	1907
Dunham	John A.		14 January 1875	[Son of Jessie Bailey and Sara Francis Barr Dunham¹] "Aged 3 yrs"
Dunham	Roy F.	7 February 1903	20 January 1919	[Son of Alexander Leckie Crow Dunham, grandson of Jessie Bailey and Sara Francis Barr Dunham¹]
Dunham	Sarah Francis Barr	1851	1933	"In after-time we'll meet her" [Daughter of John Henry and Mary Martha Rayburn Barr¹]
Flowers	Leroy	1899	1902
Friese	Christena E.	24 December 1880	8 October 1882	[Daughter of Frank and Charlotte¹]
Higgins	Sarah E.	1869	1894	[Wife of A.I. Higgins¹]
Hughes	Velma M.	15 November 1933	8 February 1934
Humes	G. H.		4 May 1925	[Aged 73 years - per his death record]
Hunt	I. Job
Huse	Eliza
King	Dencil R.	1920	1921	[Shared stone] "At rest"
King	Donnie J.	1925	1925	[Shared stone] "At rest"
Livingston	Austin	25 December 1834	April 1911
Livingston	David	1858	1939	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Livingston	Margaret D.	1860	1936	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Livingston	Eliza			[along with three infants¹]
Livingston	James Austin "Aus"	1881	1957	"In my Father's house are many mansions" [Husband & wife -shared stone] [Son of David and Margaret¹] [Daughter of George and Liza Parsons¹]
Livingston	Nancy A.	1886	1969
Livingston	Okey Laban	25 July 1902	4 May 1992	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Livingston	Eva J.	10 October 1901	28 July 1962	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Miller	Daniel B.	5 August 1882	22 June 1894	"Aged 12 yrs"
Miller	Delilah	21 October 1837	21 August 1877	"Wife of J.M. Miller" "Aged 39 yrs, 10 mos, 17 ds" [Daughter of William and Charity Anderson Miller, wife of John Maranda Miller¹]
Miller	Elmer L.	5 June 1888	18 January 1906	[Son of J.M. and M.E. Miller¹]
Miller	Hoyt Wyvall	15 July 1919	12 March 1923	[Son of Nettie Anderson Miller Williams]
Miller	Infant		27 October 1876	[Infant daughter of J.M. and D. Miller¹]
Miller	John Maranda	17 March 1833	2 August 1906	[Husband & (2nd) wife - shared stone] "His wife"
Miller	Margaret E. Matheny	1849	29 July 1905	[Husband & (2nd) wife - shared stone] "His wife"
Moore	Arvill	1890	19 April 1891	[Infant son of Scott and Mary E. Stone Moore¹]
Moore	Infant		12 January 1909	[Infant child of Scott and Mary G. Moore (Scott's second wife)]
Moore	Infant		9 July 1913	[Infant child of Scott and Mary G. Moore]
Moore	Infant female		16 January 1871
Moore	Isa Wanetta	10 January 1916	7 November 1919
Moore	Mary E.	31 December 1867	26 November 1904	[First wife of Scott Moore and daughter of John W. & Lucretia Pratt Stone¹]
Moore	Mary M.	19 May 1907	28 May 1907
Moore	W.A.	1843	1922	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "His wife"
Moore	Mary A.	1841	1916	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "His wife"
Moore	William T.	20 November 1877	21 April 1942	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Moore	Ida M.	28 October 1876	20 March 1924	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Morrison	Infant		15 June 1911	"Inf dau of Jesse & Viola Morrison"
Morrison	Jesse Vernon	5 February 1887	30 January 1970	"The hours part us but they bring us together again"
Morrison	Malinda C.	20 February 1858	28 November 1917	[Daughter of George W. Barr, wife of Wesley Morrison¹] "At rest" "Rest Mother..."
Morrison	Viola Cain	19 April 1981	10 January 1923	"She looked for a city which hath foundation, whose builder and maker is God"
Morrison	Wesley A.	7 April 1954	31 December 1905	[Son of Leroy and Maria Perkins Morrison¹]
Parsons	Marian F.	1901	1924	[Three children of Emanuel Walter Parsons and Ruth Sayre. See 1910 Census for Walter and Marian. See WV Vital Records for death register for Sylvia]
Parsons	Sylvia E.	1922	26 February 1924
Parsons	Walter W.	1909	1929
Postle___	R.			[Possibly Rhoda Dulaney Postlethwait, wife of Albert Gallatin Postlethwait - b. abt. 1817, d. 1871]
Pullin	Emily J.	January 1867	23 February 1891	"Wife of A.T. Pullin" "Aged 24Ys, 4Ms, 13Days" [Wife of Allen Thomas Pullin¹]
Rhodes	[illegible]
Rhodes	David	1850	1923	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Gone but not forgotten"
Rhodes	Sarah Williams	1850	1916	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Gone but not forgotten"
Sayre	Abe	1877	1962	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "At rest"
Sayre	Ora F.	1881	1940	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "At rest"
Sayre	Alzina B.			[Infant daughter of Daniel Bennett and Nancy King Sayre¹]
Sayre	Andrew Charles	20 May 1878	22 October 1882	[Son of Daniel Bennett and Nancy King Sayre¹]
Sayre	Archie	30 May 1917	30 November 1922
Sayre	B.S.	3 January 1855	7 February 1938	"FATHER" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "MOTHER"
Sayre	Uphamy	19 April 1860	16 November 1901	"FATHER" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "MOTHER"
Sayre	Daniel Bennett Coon	1857	11 August 1937	[Husband & wife - shared stone] [Son of John Wesley and Alzina Hill Sayre, married first Nancy King, second Ruth Sayre¹] [Daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Jacobs King¹]
Sayre	Nancy King	1856	1896
Sayre	Daniel D.	1889	1890	[Infant son of Daniel Bennett and Nancy King Sayre¹]
Sayre	Elmer S.	20 January 1896	12 August 1896	"Aged 6 mos" [Son of Daniel Bennett and Nancy King Sayre]
Sayre	Holley A.	1898	1899	"Son of Ezekiel & Susan Barr Sayre"
Sayre	Kenna	1904	1920
Sayre	Laban	1852	1936	[Son of John Wesley Sayre & Alzina Hill¹] [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Sayre	Mary C.	1855	1934
Sayre	Laban W.	23 March 1913	19 September 1943	"WEST VIRGINIA PVT 325 GLIDER INF 82 ABN DIV WORLD WAR II"
Sayre	Leota L.	1883	1942	"MOTHER" [Daughter of Elias and Ruth Slaughter, wife of William D. Sayre¹]
Sayre	Leva	8 September 1900	7 November 1910
Sayre	Marion		11 June 1900	"Aged 26Yrs, 1M, 6Ds"
Sayre	Mary A.		3 May 1896	[Daughter of Alex and Sarah Sayre¹]
Sayre	Nellie A. Campbell	1897	1917	"WIFE OF FRED L. SAYRE"
Sayre	Otho "Doc"	1881	1972	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Sayre	Susie L.	1888	1976	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Sayre	Richard	5 June 1914	24 January 2003	"TECH 4 US ARMY WORLD WAR II" "Precious Memories" [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Sayre	Stella M.	22 November 1918	21 February 2013
Sayre	Robert L.	1924	1928	"SON OF PATRICK E AND IRENE"
Sayre	Robert Lafollette	10 February 1926	3 August 1929	[From his death certificate - son of Patrick E. and Irene Sayre]
Sayre	William D.	1880	1962	"FATHER" [Son of Daniel and Nancy King Sayre¹]
Staats	Calvin	1872	13 October 1873	[Son of E.M. and R.R. Staats¹]
Staats	Infant
Staats	Infant
Staats	Infant			[Infant son of W. and E. Staats¹]
Staats	Infant		1875	[Infant son of W. and E. Staats¹]
Stover	Andrew G.	3 September 1864	25 May 1932	"PRECIOUS MEMORIES" [Son of Samuel Pleasant Stover and Eliza J. Hill¹] [Husband and wife - shared stone] [Daughter of Joseph Sullivan and Adaline Walker¹]
Stover	Mina D. Sullivan	7 August 1870	23 February 1949
Stover	G.O.
Stover	George W.			"CO K 13th W.VA. INF."
Stover	John Jefferson		30 June 1898	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Stover	Catherine Hartman		28 January 1900	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Stover	Martha C.		1 January 1902	"Aged 4 months 21 days"
Stover	Sarah E.	13 March 1843	4 February 1898	"Wife of George W. Stover"
Thomas	Infant son	4 August 1917	4 August 1917	[Infant son of Bert and Josephine Thomas]
Thomas	Josephine	1888	9 August 1917	[Maiden name Stover, wife of Bert Thomas - from her death certificate and that of her infant son]
*Probable Burials:*
Stover	Mary A.		3 May 1896	[Aged 39 years 10 months 15 days, dau. of Alex & Sarah, wife of D.B. Sayre]
Stover	Mary Bell		20 January 1871	[From Mason Co. records, died aged 1 month, 25 days, dau. of James & Catherine Hartman Stover]
¹Research findings of family researcher Okey King

Comments:

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.

To get to this cemetery, take the Spruce Ridge road (CR-52) down from highway 87 - don't be tempted by other routes that may look good on the map (we learned that the hard way!). While currently a gravel road all the way, a bit rough in spots, it is passable. This is a beautiful little cemetery - most of the photos taken by WVCPA were taken at 9 p.m. on a sultry June evening with the lightning bugs just coming up off the grass. It was positively enchanting there in the little opening in the thick forest!

Updated: 24 February 2013