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Cemetery Name:

Lafe Meadows

Lafe Meadows Cemetery, Mason Co., West Virginia  Lafe Meadows Cemetery, Mason Co., West Virginia
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County: Mason
USGS Quad: Mount Olive
Coordinates: 38.5811ºN  -82.1122ºW
Maintained by: unknown
Land owner: unknown
Date added to WVCPA register: November 2008
Condition of cemetery**: Good (November 2008)
Accessibility: The cemetery is located off the Ashton-Upland road about 1.4 miles down the Zid Camp Road, on the left (east) side of the road.

** 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:

Baumgardner Harry 1914 2000 [Heck Funeral Home Marker] Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Baumgardner Thelma 1921 1988 [Heck Funeral Home Marker] Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Camp James 24 April 1836 20 June 1909 "Our Father"
"..one knew thee but to love thee"
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Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker
Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Camp Willard Hershel 1 June 1895 23 October 1918     Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions Vol. II' - Machir & Burdette
Camp William H. 1862 1923 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"His Wife"
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Camp Betty 1859 1934
Holley Ela 1899 1983 [Heck Funeral Home marker] Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Holley Harland W. 2 March 1929 8 March 2000   Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Holley H.E. "John" 1947 1981 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"In My Father's House Are Many Mansions"
"Married Jan. 14, 1966"
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Holley Marietta 1947  
Holley James Homer 17 March 1920 19 February 2005 "TEC 5 US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
[Husband and wife - shared stone]
"In Loving Memory"
"Beloved Wife and Mother"
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Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker
Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Holley Violet L. 12 September 1927  
Holley James S. 25 May 1889 20 October 1978 "US ARMY WORLD WAR I"
[Shared stone]
"Beyond the Sunset"
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Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker
Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Holley Lueller 25 April 1894 30 November 1931
Holley Nellie G. 8 April 1898 6 December 1977 "Wife of J.S. Holley"
"At Rest"
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Holly John B. 1860 1929 [Shared stone] Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Holly Martha E. 1860 1946
Meadows Edmond 11 August 1836 17 October 1901 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"His wife"
"Our Mother..." [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
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Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker
Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Meadows M.A. 17 April 1836  
Meadows Edy N. 19 February 1893 20 March 1893 "Son of L. & E. Meadows" Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Meadows Harrison 23 March 1887 31 July 1902 "In My Father's House Are Many Mansions"
"Son of E. & M.A. Meadows"
"Weep not for him who is now at rest"
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Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker
Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Meadows Lafayette 13 February 1856 22 November 1927 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"A kind and loving companion, father and friend."
Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Meadows Elizabeth Nancy 3 February 1854 9 January 1936
Meadows Lelia Camp 11 November 1881 26 April 1953 "Mother" Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker  Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Meadows Vashti 12 June 1888 7 September 1964   Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Scarberry Eliza Jane 18 January 1839 15 May 1914 "Age 75 yrs. 3 mos 27 days"
"A tender mother and faithful friend"
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Click here to view a photo of the tombstone/marker
Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Unidentified Graves:
    [Per late 1960s reading of the cemetery, several graves marked only with fieldstones - identity unknown]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions Vol. II' - Machir & Burdette

 

Comments: Lafe Meadows Cemetery, Mason Co., West VirginiaDates 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.

WVCPA thanks Charlotte Iman and her husband Steve for providing the up-to-date (November 2008) photos of this cemetery.

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