West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Knopp Family Cemetery, Mason Co.

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Knopp	Click images to enlarge
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	Cheshire
Coordinates:	38.7354ºN -81.8558ºW Map
Maintained by:	Not maintained
Land owner:	Unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	February 2009
Condition of cemetery**:	Abandoned (January 2009)
Accessibility:	Directions: From Point Pleasant, follow Rt 62N to Camp Conley Road, CR 13. Turn right on Camp Conley Road, follow it for 2 miles. There is a gravel area suitable for parking between the road and the high voltage electric transmission line. After parking, walk East approximately 300'. Locate test well labeled "TNTGW 005", walk NE toward the highest point. The cemetery is approximately 500' from Camp Conley Road, approximately 1000' past Pond 30. (Hand held GPS readings: N 38 53.908 W 082 05.056. Elevation: 606')
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:
Clendenin	Lewis Granville	1850	1911	"Father" [Husband and wife - side by side graves] "Mother" "Wife of L.G. Clendenin"
Clendenin	Kate	1841	1909
Gaskins	Maude M.	4 May 1883	16 June 1883	"Daughter of G.T. & E.F. Gaskins" "Aged 1mo 12ds" "Forever sister thou art sweetly resting in the Savior's arms" [Footstone inscribed "MMG"
Knopp	Agnes J.	22 July 1947		[Unmarked grave, Age 89 y 5 m 17 d, dau. of John and Eliza Knopp]
Knopp	Ann	30 October 1809	9 April 1866	"Wife of Peter Knopp" "Aged 56 yrs. 5 m's. 10 ds."
Knopp	George W.	1842	1898
Knopp	Hamilton O.		7 August 1874	[Age 3yrs 8m's. 2ds, son of M.P. & M.E. Knopp]
Knopp	Jane T.		10 September 1855	[Age 55 y 3 m 20 d, wife of Jacob Knopp - same inscription recorded in Hawkins cemetery in 1961, per "Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions" book]
Knopp	John	1817	26 July 1898	[Age 81 y 3 m 6 d, son of Peter and Sarah Knopp]
Knopp	Louisa A.	29 December 1839	12 December 1841	"Dau. of P. & A. Knopp"
Knopp	M.T.		September 1873	[unmarked grave - dau. of John & J. Knopp]
Knopp	Margaret	16 February 1860	7 November 1930	[Unmarked grave, dau. of John and Eliza Knopp]
Knopp	Michael P.	3 April 1825	23 January 1848	"Son of P. & S. Knopp"
Knopp	Peter	15 March 1785	9 September 1870	"Age 85y 5m 25d"
Knopp	Reuben B.	18 July 1855	3 October 1944	[Unmarked grave, son of John and Eliza Knopp]
Knopp	Sarah	7 July 1888	18 July 1832	"Wife of Peter Knopp" "Aged 44 y'rs. 11 d's." [First wife of Peter Knopp]
Probable Burials - Graves Unidentified:
Edwards	Lewis		7 February 1868	[Son of Smith and Mary Edwards, age 2 y 11 m 17 d]
Edwards	Mary		11 October 1925	[Age 86 y 6 m 21 d, dau. of L.G. and Elizabeth Lewis Clendenin, wife of Smith Edwards]
Knopp	Eliza Jane Mayes			[Wife of John Knopp - family tradition says she was buried here in unmarked grave]
				[Marker worn beyond reading]
				[Area with 2 depressions - one marked with an eroded field stone, the other unmarked]
[Fieldstones marking graves, identities unknown]

Comments:

Dates or information in Red type from research on the individual, dates based on age at death as indicated on the tombstone.

Notes from WVCPA volunteer, Charlotte Iman in January 2009:

"The Knopp Cemetery is an abandoned cemetery in the McClintic Wildlife Management Area, Robinson District, Mason County, West Virginia.

One inscribed monument indicates that it was started about 1832, but may possibly be older.

The cemetery contains approximately 19 graves, 8 have legible markers, 2 revealed some information when examined closely. One small monument revealed no information. Nine fieldstones of varying size were found, I believe two were intended as foot markers One depression with no visible marker was also found. The cemetery was in very poor condition."

Updated: 07 September 2012