West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Leon Cemetery, Mason Co., WV

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Cemetery Name:	Leon	Click on image to enlarge
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	Robertsburg
Coordinates:	38.7477ºN -81.9581ºW
Maintained by:	Town of Leon
Land owner:	Town of Leon
Date added to WVCPA register:	April 2004
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent (May 2008)
Accessibility:	This cemetery is located on the hill above the Town of Leon, on the bluff overlooking the Kanawha River. Accessibility is very good - plenty of room to park off the main road, and easy to walk in if you have limited mobility.
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**

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A - C D - I J - P Q - S T - Unknown

Last Name:	First Name:	Born:	Died:	Inscription:	Photo:	Source:
Amos	Denzea Dale		4 January 1883	[Son of J. & J. Amos, aged 1 year]
Amos	Juanita	1870	1956
Arrington	Glenn	1987	2005
Bailey	Betsy		5 April 1908	[Wife of David Bailey]
Bailey	David	12 January 1864	29 December 1932
Barcus	John F.		5 August 18__	"Aged 71Ys 2Ms ___"
Barrows	Eliza Jane		23 June 1878	[Wife of F.A. Barrows]
Beaver	Alice	1851	1869
Beaver	Carrie E.	1911	2004	[Crow-Hussell Funeral Home marker]
Beaver	Geo. W.	4 April 1829	9 January 1901	"CO C 77 OH. INF." [Aged 71yrs 2ms 12ds, per death record]
Beaver	Guy C.	20 June 1911	19 October 1912	"Son of W.S. & _.M. Beaver"
Beaver	Grant	24 August 1866	18 March 1961	"In memorial for sixty-two years decorating the soldiers graves" "Daniel Boone Chapt. S.A.R., Charleston Barr 2606 Vets. WWI Kanawha Riflemen, Camp 1234 S.C.U., Dr. Clell S. Sayre, Past Pres. Daniel Boone Chapt. S.A.R."
Beaver	Herman	10 June 1909	5 January 1912
Beaver	Infant			[Infant child of W. Sherman and Almena Beaver]
Beaver	Infant		12 February 1927	[Stillborn infant dau. of Mary Louise Beaver - from her death record]
Beaver	Capt. James E. "Jack", Jr.	1926	1974	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Thy Kingdom Come"
Beaver	Gertrude R.	1929	1999	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Thy Kingdom Come"
Beaver	James "Mike"	19 April 1905	2 August 1980	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Precious memories"
Beaver	Erna Tucker	5 July 1909	31 December 1994	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Precious memories"
Beaver	James Virgil	1876	1960	[Son of Richard Beaver]
Beaver	Joe Ervin	1926	1976	"GMG3 US NAVY KOREA"
Beaver	John D.	28 August 1917	23 June 1947	[WEST VIRGINIA PFC 414 INF WORLD WAR II]
Beaver	John Michael	29 September 1952	14 August 2005	[From his obituary in Charleston Daily Mail Aug. 17, 2005] [Husband and wife - shared stone] [Wed] "Sept. 17, 1977" "In life they were loved and gracious and in death they were not parted" "2 Samuel 1:23"
Beaver	Tammy Denise	29 September 1959	14 August 2005
Beaver	Kathryn	1915	1990	[Crow-Hussell Funeral Home marker]
Beaver	Margarette Katherine	1830
Beaver	Mariah	14 August 1880	20 November 1955	[Dau. of J.W. and Martha Higginbotham Lanier - from her death record]
Beaver	Otis	11 October 1916	11 October 1916	[Infant son of Wm. and K. Beaver]
Beaver	Richard M.	7 ___ 1877	22 October 19_0	"PVT 2 W.VA. INF SP.AM. WAR"
Beaver	Tammy D.		14 August 2005	[Age 45 - wife of John M. Beaver - from obituary in Charleston Daily Mail Aug. 17, 2005]
Beaver	William Sherman	21 March 1868	24 November 1959	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Beyond the Sunset"
Beaver	Almena	1874	1957	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Beyond the Sunset"
Beaver	Willia Annie Stover	1882	1955
Beaver	William E. (Jim)	28 January 1914	9 February 1952
Beaver	William Edison	1895	1982	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Beaver	Kathryn	1894	1968	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Beckit	Edith		18 June 1900	[Aged 1 Yr 9 Ms - dau. of J.J. and Nancy]
Beckit	Mary T.		27 June 1899	[Aged 2 years, dau. of J.J. & N. Beckit]
Bennett	Harrison	1845	1930	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared plot] "Mother"
Bennett	Margarete	1855	1933	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared plot] "Mother"
Boles	George L.	9 May 1949	10 May 1949	"Gone to be an angel"
Boles	Henry Alfred	22 December 1885	10 July 1967	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Boles	Lona Burdette	1889	14 March 1978	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Boles	James E.	8 April 1916	3 October 1991	"PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
Boswell	V. Duard	29 October 1918	6 February 2005
Bourn	Edgar M.	28 November 1885	19 December 1978	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Bourn	Grace C.	30 January 1896	13 July 1984	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Bowers	Theodore R.	21 August 1906	30 January 1984	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Bowers	Bertha E.	3 May 1917	10 November 1986	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Bowles	Floyd B.	4 July 1901	5 June 1985	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Bowles	Launa B.	9 July 1901	26 October 1981	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Bowles	Paul Nathan	9 October 1921	8 October 1986	"CAPT US ARMY WORLD WAR II" "Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother" "In Loving Memory"
Bowles	Martha Fleming	19 December 1924	28 November 2013
Bowles	Mildred Blanche	5 June 1910	9 March 1931
Bowyer	Gus	1875	1922	[Husband, wife and son - shared stone]
Bowyer	Dicie	1879	1956
Bowyer	Chester	1913	1947
Brown	Mary A.		4 January 1883	[Wife of Nelson, aged 64Ys 2Ms 27Ds]
Brown	Nelson	14 January 1814	14 October 1889
Brown	Western H.	1865	1922
Burdette	Annie			[Wife of Theodore Burdette]
Burdette	Charles E.	1920	1977	"PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
Burdette	Charles E.	1884	1959	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Burdette	Marie R.	1894	1968	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Burdette	Edna Mae	1904	1973
Burdette	Ezekiel H.	1864	1948	"I.O.O.F." [Husband and wife - shared stone]
Burdette	Mary Agnes	1867	1943	"I.O.O.F." [Husband and wife - shared stone]
Burdette	Guy	25 September 1895	7 May 1981	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Burdette	Erma Audella	18 July 1893	25 April 1978	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Burdette	Infant		6 October 1923	[Infant dau. of H. and M. Burdette]
Burdette	Jas. P.		19 April 1913	"CO K 11 W.VA. INF." [James P. Burdette, son of John M. and Matilda Burdette]
Burdette	Letha A. Quickle	17 December 1897	22 December 1918	"Letha A. Burdette, Dau. of Luther & Mollie Quickle" "Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"
Burdette	Milton Poe, Jr.	30 May 1948	27 January 2007	[Son of Milton and Claire Ona Burdette, husband of Katherine Burdette - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Jan. 31, 2007]
Burdette	Monroe		3 January 1932
Burdette	Murl Amos	27 July 1897	8 October 1923	[Wife of Herbert Burdette - unmarked grave]
Burdette	Nancy Ellen		3 April 1922
Burdette	Pearl	1890	1891	"Dau. of E.H. & M.A. Burdette"
Burns	A. Rodney	15 January 1924		[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Wed] "Sept. 5, 1944"
Burns	Eloise Cadle	27 March 1926	18 February 2006	[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Wed] "Sept. 5, 1944"
Burns	Effie Knapp	11 December 1882	5 October 1947
Burns	Esteline	8 January 1850	8 December 1930	[Wife of Jacob Burns]
Burns	Eunice	14 January 1874	14 June 1894	[Sister & Brother - shared stone]
Burns	Fred	5 June 1883	2 June 1910	[Sister & Brother - shared stone]
Burns	Harley A.	28 February 1905	6 February 1985	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Our Father Which Art In Heaven"
Burns	Cora L.	4 November 1915	18 September 1999
Burns	Howard	1885	1969
Burns	Infant		1922	[Infant son of Willard and Bessie H. Burns]
Burns	J. B.			[Infant son of Peter and Minta Burns]
Burns	Jacob	1845	1932
Burns	Minta	1879	1957	[Wife of Peter, dau. of Jacob and Harriet Casto]
Burns	Peter Franklin	8 December 1869	3 November 1955
Burns	Robert Dorsal	1910	1973
Burns	Warren Byron	29 January 1880	20 September 1963
Burns	Willard Harold "Kurlie"	24 August 1914	3 February 2007	[Son of Willard and Bessie Burns - from his obituary in the Pt. Pleasant Register Feb. 6, 2007] "Together 62 Years"
Burns	Mary Ellen	28 February 1927
Burns	Willard S.	1888	1953	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Burns	Bessie P.	1894	1934	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Buxton				[Buxton family marker - near Earl Buxton's grave, among others]
Buxton	Charles P.	1916	1978	"PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II" "In Loving Memory" [Husband and wife - shared stone]
Buxton	Geraldine L.	1920	1985
Buxton	Charlie	1870	1913	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Buxton	Mary M.	1874	1924	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Buxton	Darius V.	12 September 1830	11 April 1890	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Buxton	Sarah S.	26 August 1836	9 March 1917	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Buxton	Earl	1902	1920
Buxton	Eliza	2 November 1803	28 September 1873	[Wife of David, mother of Darius Buxton]
Buxton	Horace A.	6 September 1875	15 August 1961	[Husband and wife - shared plot]
Buxton	Iva Stone	13 December 1883	21 December 1984	[Husband and wife - shared plot]
Buxton	Wilfred	2 September 1877	7 July 1880
Byer	Charles	1859	1941
Byer	Earl H.	1887	1939	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Byer	Nellie Knapp	1887	1941	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Byer	Mrs. Edith McGuire		18 September 1992	[73 years of age - from her obituary in the Charleston Gazette Sept. 20, 1992]
Byer	Syvilla	1864	1935
Cadle	Elzena Ann	1848	1923	[Wife of Rev. Wm. Cadle]
Cadle	Nora Alice	11 August 1888	28 March 1977	"Daughter"
Cadle	Vernon A.	5 October 1924	19 December 2007	[83 years of age - from his obituary in the Pt. Pleasant Register Dec. 21, 2007]
Cadle	Rev. William A.	1850	1929	[Pastor of Wolfe Valley Baptist Church 1873-1892 and Leon Baptist Church 1892-1917]
Cain	Jasper M.	21 January 1884	25 December 1971	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Beyond the Sunset"
Cain	Emma J.	24 December 1885	30 December 1976	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Beyond the Sunset"
Carter	Norman, Jr.	1 January 1922	13 October 1933	"Have Faith In God" "He hath eternal life in Jesus"
Cash	Connie Sue	14 January 1953	6 September 2009	[Dau. of Shufford and Irene Blackwell Lester, wife of William C. Cash - from her obituary in the Pt. Pleasant Register Sept. 8, 2009]
Cash	James L.	22 March 1930	4 January 1972	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Cash	Crystal	9 October 1928		[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Casto	Anne Deweese		23 December 1918	[Wife of William - unmarked grave]
Casto	Augusta Harmon	24 December 1903	9 June 1976	"nee Hill"
Casto	Edgar S.	1919	1980	"PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II" [Husband and wife - shared stone]
Casto	Faye M.	1925	1985
Casto	Harriett	1855	1936
Casto	Jacob Asbury	1847	1912	"CO. G 13 W.VA. INF"
Casto	Lisa Elizabeth	1966	1982	"Loving Daughter"
Casto	William B.	1822		[Unmarked grave]
Chambers	Charles Robert	2 November 1930	9 January 2007	[Son of Raymond & Helen Chambers, husband of Carolyn - from his obituary in the Pt. Pleasant Register Jan. 6, 2007] "US NAVY KOREA"
Chambers	Leona	1875	1896	"Wife of U.C. Chambers"
Childers	George H.	1872	1931	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "His Wife"
Childers	Minerva M.	1874	1972	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "His Wife"
Cline	Gladys Smith	8 December 1900	7 September 1972
Condee	Era Ernestine Burns	4 October 1906	9 January 1933
Connolly	Charles	1848	1924	[CO. E 7TH W.VA. CAV., married 1st Mary Shields, 2nd Rosa Jane Hill]
Connolly	Charlott		10 December 1912	[Dau. of Charles and Rosa Connolly, aged 5 years]
Connolly	Rosa Jane	1871	1933
Connolly	S.		15 December 1896	[Infant child of Charles and Rosa Connolly, aged 1 year]
Cossin	Donald T.	4 April 1919	17 March 2005	"1ST SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II" [Husband and wife - shared stone]
Cossin	Virginia L.	10 May 1922
Cossin	Lovell Theodore	26 August 1892	3 January 1981	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Cossin	Rebecca Ann Beller	6 October 1893	5 May 1985	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Cottrill	George E.	16 November 1915	15 January 1999	[From his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Jan.1999] "Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother" "Mitzpah" [Dau. of Dewight & Pearl Greenlee - from her obituary in the Pt. Pleasant Register Jan. 22, 2008]
Cottrill	Vada I.	7 March 1924	21 January 2008
Crawford	John	December 1833	September 1900	[Aged 67 Yrs 8 Ms 12 Ds - CO H 11th REGT]
Crookham	Betty Jo	2 December 1927	4 December 1927
Crookham	Billy Jo		2 December 1927
Crookham	Blanche	7 August 1889	12 March 1972
Crookham	Euclid	8 October 1843	21 May 1921	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Crookham	Laura May Kirker	23 November 1869	4 April 1948	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Crookham	James Euclid	6 February 1891	16 March 1940	"Son"
Crookham	Lucinda Gorge	3 June 1840	3 July 1908	"To live is Chirst, and to die is gain" "Phil. 1:21"
Crookham	Otis	26 November 1917	29 July 2003	"TSGT US AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II" "Turk" [Husband and wife - shared stone]
Crookham	Oretha V.	30 March 1920	18 August 1984
Crookham	Rankin Wiley		13 November 1894	[Aged 3Ys 7Ms 21Ds]
Crookham	Ray	1893	1970	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Beyond the Sunset"
Crookham	Lena	1896	1976	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Beyond the Sunset"
Crookham	Thomas H.	16 March 1896	3 March 1963	"WEST VIRGINIA CPL CO C 305 FLD SIG BN WORLD WAR I"
Crookham	William C.	13 September 1924	26 March 1951	"WEST VIRGINIA SFC 187 ABN INF 11 ABN DIV WORLD WAR II KOREA PH"

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A - C D - I J - P Q - S T - Unknown

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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.

Updated: 01 January 2014