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| Cemetery Name: |
Kimberling |
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| County: | Mason | |
| USGS Quad: | Robertsburg | |
| Coordinates: | 38.6983ºN -81.8889ºW | |
| Maintained by: | Kimberling family | |
| Land owner: | Kimberling family | |
| Date added to WVCPA register: | July 2002 | |
| Condition of cemetery**: | Excellent (November 2011) | |
| Accessibility: | The cemetery is located alongside Tribble Road in Union District of Mason County. To get to the cemetery from Pt. Pleasant take Rt. 2 East to Rt. 62 South, proceeding through the towns of Leon and Arbuckle to Tribble Rd. which will be on the left side of Rt. 62, a convenience store and gas station will be at the corner of Tribble and Rt. 62, turn left and go out five miles, more or less on Tribble Rd. The cemetery is on the right side of the road. It is easily accessible, though off-road parking is extremely limited and there is a relatively blind corner as you approach the cemetery from the west. Use extreme caution when parking and when walking along the road to the cemetery, as this is a fairly busy road as far as country roads go. | |
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** Condition of cemetery as
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| Last Name: | First Name: |
Born: |
Died: |
Inscription: |
Map Loc.#: |
Photo: |
Source: |
| Bennett | Ada | 30 December 1880 | 24 December 1893 | "A
fairer bud of promise never bloomed" "Dau. of C. & J. Bennett" |
13 | 
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| Bennett | Craton | 1854 | 1 January 1894 | "An honest man, the noblest work of God" | 12 | 
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| Bennett | Don Theron | 5 October 1913 | 21 August 1965 | "Son of Lewis Edgar & Nellie Riffle Bennett" | 4 | 
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| Bennett | Infant | January 1887 | January 1887 | "Gone so soon" | 14 | 
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| Bennett | Infant Daughter | 27 September 1904 | 30 September 1904 | "Infant
Dau. of L.E. & N.J." "In Heaven there is one angel more" |
9 | 
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| Bennett | Lewis Edgar | 13 February 1878 | 3 December 1959 | "Gone
but not forgotten" [Son of Craton & Joannah Kimberling Bennett] |
6 | 
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| Bennett | Nellie J. | 14 February 1877 | 22 December 1943 | "May Thy Will Be Done" [Dau. of Sarepta Jane Smith & Lewis E. Riffle] |
5 | 
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| Bennett | Roy | 21 October 1893 | 21 February 1895 | "A sunbeam from the world has vanished" | 11 | 
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| Bennett | Velda E. | 23 May 1899 | 2 August 1900 | "Aged
1Y 2M 10D" "Another little angel before the Heavenly throne" "Dau. of L.E. & N.J. Bennett" |
8 | 
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| Bennett | Velmer Owen | 30 June 1901 | 25 July 1923 | 7 | 
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| Edington | Chapin | "Son
of Dr. J.C. & M. Edington" [Died at age 2 yrs, 9 mo, 23 ds] |
34 | 
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| Edington | Dora E. | 1 November 1886 | 27 February 1912 | "Wife
of Charles Edington" "Aged 26Y. 3M. 26Ds" "I know that my Redeemer liveth" |
19 | 
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| Edington | Ethan | 1878 | 1958 | "Father" | 18 | 
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| Edington | Ethel J. | 2 September 1897 | 15 April 1900 | "Dau.
of J.F. & A. Edington" "Aged 2Y 7M 13D" |
20 | 
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| Edington | Dr. John C. | 2 December 1837 | 3 August 1890 | [Born
in Ohio, came to Mason Co. from Indiana in the early 1870's] [Husband and wife - shared stone] "His wife" |
35 | 
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| Edington | Malinda | 11 September 1839 | 28 July 1898 | ||||
| Edington | John Franklin | 1 September 1860 | 10 May 1927 | "Son
of J.C. & Malinda Edington" "his toils are past, his work is done, he fought the fight, the victory won" [Husband and wife - shared stone - located between their respective individual stones] "Wife of J.F. Edington" |
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| Edington | Sara Amanda "Workman" | 15 August 1869 | 22 February 1907 | ||||
| Edington | Maude | 10 December 1903 | 1 January 1913 | "Dau.
of J.F. & S.A. Edington" "Aged 9Y, 13D" "Suffer the little children to come unto Me, for such as these is the Kingdom of Heaven" |
23 | 
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| Edington | Mildred | May 1912 | August 1912 | "Dau. of Ora & Ethan" | 17 | 
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| Edington | Ora B. | 1883 | 1968 | "Mother" [Dau. of Dan & Lealy (Newell) Harris] [Mother and son - shared stone] "Son" |
16 | 
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| Edington | Emil | 1924 | |||||
| Hart | Eliza A. | 6 March 1844 | 4 June 1916 | "Wife
of W.C. Hart" [Dau. of Nat & Miriam Craig Kimberling] |
38 | 
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| Jividen | Joannah | 24 April 1858 | 20 March 1915 | "She
faltered by the wayside and the angels took her home" [Dau. of Joseph Nathaniel Kimberling and Miriam Craig] |
10 | 
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| Kimberling | Catherine | 8 September 1848 | 31 July 1898 | "Wife
of William Kimberling" "Aged 50Y 10M 23D" "As a wife devoted, as a mother affectionate, as a friend ever kind and true" [Dau. of John and Prudence (Richardson) Williams] |
32 | 
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| Kimberling | Chester Kennard | 10 December 1926 | 3 May 1963 | "Dad" "Father of Billy & Patricia" |
29 | 
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| Kimberling | Christina | 6 March 1863 | 31 August 1866 | "Dau.
of Nathan & Miriam
Kimberling" [Aged 3 yrs 5 mos 25 days] |
36 | 
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| Kimberling | Eugene Ray | 3 June 1948 | 13 November 1949 | 27 | 
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| Kimberling | Infant | 20 July 1887 | 22 July 1887 | "Infant of J.N. & R.E. Kimberling" | 15 | 
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| Kimberling | J.N. | 1863 | 1944 | [Son of Nathaniel & Miriam C. Kimberling; married Rachel Miller in Mason Co., Sept. 6, 1885] | 26 | 
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| Kimberling | Joseph Nathaniel "Nat" | 6 September 1811 | 25 August 1896 | "Aged
84Y 11M 19D" "Forever to bask 'mid the joys of the blest" [Son of Joseph & Fanny M. (Johnson) Kimberling. Married Miriam Craig June 14, 1838 in Mason Co.] |
40 | 
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| Kimberling | Kennard | 1895 | 1939 | [Shared stone] | 24 | 
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| Kimberling | Ethel | 1895 | 1957 | ||||
| Kimberling | M.F. | 1 January 1899 | 11 January 1899 | "Son of O.F. & Josie Kimberling" | 3 | 
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| Kimberling | Minnie | 17 February 1877 | 9 February 1882 | "Dau.
of Wm. & C. Kimberling" "Aged 4Y. 11M. 23D" [the second photo file is quite large and will load very slowly on a dialup connection] |
31 | 
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| Kimberling | Miriam | 12 January 1871 | 4 February 1882 | "Dau.
of Wm. & C. Kimberling" "Aged 11Ys 23Ds" [the tiny inscription in lower right corner of stone near the ground is the name of the monument company] |
30 | 
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| Kimberling | Miriam | 3 June 1919 | 19 February 1892 | [Dau. of John Craig and Rachel Harrison] | 39 | 
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| Kimberling | Otho Alvin | 21 November 1919 | 9 January 1993 | "S1 US NAVY WORLD WAR II" | 28 | 
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| Kimberling | Rachel Miller | 1863 | 1954 | [Rachel E., wife of J.N. Kimberling] | 25 | 
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| Kimberling | William | 16 December 1841 | 15 November 1920 | "Rest
soldier, rest, thy warfare o'er" [Son of Nathaniel and Miriam Craig Kimberling, served in the 4th W.Va. Infantry] |
33 | 
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| Knapp | B. | 41 | 
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| Knapp | E. | 43 | 
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| Knapp | H. | 44 | 
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| Knapp | M. | 42 | 
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| Vance | Elaine B. | 1917 | 1925 | "Daughter" | 2 | 
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| Vance | Robert L. | 1888 | 1952 | "Dad" | 1 | 
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| Williams | Sarah F. | 7 August 1842 | 5 June 1864 | "Wife
of J. Williams" [Died June 5, 1864 at age 21 yrs 9 mo 29 days - third child of Nathaniel and Miriam Kimberling] |
37 | 
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| Believed to be buried in this cemetery, though no tombstones have been identified: | |||||||
| Edington | Nathan A. | 1878 | 1958 | |
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| Kimberling | Hannah | 6 January 1846 | 14 November 1924 | [Dau. of Nat & Miriam Kimberling. According to her death certificate, buried in this cemetery on Nov. 15, 1924. No stone visible in the cemetery per WVCPA reading in April 2005] | |
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Comments:
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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.
A number of the readings for this cemetery were contributed by Beverly Craig for a site hosted by Suzie Crump for the WV Mason Co., USGenWeb Project The photographs and follow-up research for this cemetery were contributed by Jackie Smith, Joyce Kuhnle, and Joel & Donna Duprey. << Kimberling Cemetery plot diagram - click on the image to view full size
<< The cemetery ca. 1938, with Dr. Carl
Enoch Hill (son of Rachel Jane Kimberling Hill)
The photo at the top of this page is of the cemetery in July 2002, taken from Tribble Road, standing roughly where Dr. Hill was standing in the photo on the left, looking towards where his wife would have been standing with the camera at that time. |
Updated: 07 September 2012