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Cemetery Name:

Leon

  Leon Cemetery, Mason Co., WV Click on image to enlarge

County: Mason
USGS Quad: Robertsburg
Coordinates: 38.7477ºN  -81.9581ºW

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Last Name: First Name: Born: Died: Inscription: Photo: Source:
Tanner Rector H. 1892 1970 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"Beyond the Sunset"
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Tanner Ethel A. 1898 1976
Temple J. Russell

1909

1972

[Husband and wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone
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Temple Corrine Elizabeth Burns

1910

2003

Thomas Allen W. 30 March 1937 5 November 1997 [Husband, wife and son - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Thomas Carolyn L. 13 January 1944  
Thomas Jeffery W. 7 March 1966  
Thomas Bernice A. 11 May 1928

24 June 2003

"Loving wife and mother" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Thomas Charles F. 1863 1953 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"Rest In Peace"
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Thomas Katie M. 1866 1936
Thomas Clessie Faye 1908

1990

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Thomas Eric Sean 19 April 1965

21 April 1965

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Thomas Franklin Keith 28 October 1925 8 March 2000 "S1 US NAVY WORLD WAR II"

"Wife & Mother"

"Daughter"

"Son"

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Thomas June Crookham 1930  
Thomas Kriss Anne 1966 1982
Thomas Franklin Keith, II 1961  
Thomas James A. 19 March 1924 18 February 2010 [Som of Philip and Gladys Thomas, husband of Mary Hayman Thomas - from his obituary in the Pt. Pleasant Register Feb. 20, 2010]   Source: WVCPA research
Thomas Kriss Anne 25 January 1966

9 October 1982

[Dau. of Rev. Keith and June Crookham Thomas]
"Daughter"
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Thornton Patricia Smith "Patty" 17 June 1937 3 December 2004 [From her obituary in the Putnam Democrat Dec. 9, 2004]  Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Tucker Charles Bradford 30 March 1956 14 October 1993 "BFG" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Waddell Martha Jane 1897 1928 "Sadly missed by her daughters Winkie and Helen" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Walton Emily T. 1846 6 November 1881 [Aged 35 Yrs 9 Ms - dau. of F.A. & E.J. Barrows]   Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Warner Herman G. 6 March 1923 2 October 1975 "PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
[Husband and wife - shared stone]
"Married Aug. 7, 1946"
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Warner Genevieve M. 21 March 1926 11 March 1997
Watson Leonard   7 November 1900 "Aged 10Ys. 2Ms." Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Watson Wesley 21 January 1891 17 April 1915 "Son of S. & M. Watson" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Wheatcraft Howard Ernest 1930 1988 "CPL US ARMY KOREA"
[Husband and wife - shared stone]
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Wheatcraft Reva M. Sayre 15 April 1937  
Wheatcraft Junior D. 8 February 1928 18 March 1995 "US ARMY" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Wheatcraft Rupert A. 1899 1968 [Husband and wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Wheatcraft Minnie 1889 1980
Wheeler Dorothy E. 1930 1931 "Asleep" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Wheeler Hazel I. 1931 1931 "Asleep" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Wheeler Mary E. 21 November 1894 11 April 1973 "At rest with Jesus" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
White Willard Elliot 17 February 1923 8 June 2006 [Son of Elmer and Minnie White - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail June 10, 2006]
[Husband and wife - shared stone]
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White Mary Jean 23 April 1925  
Whiteside John T. 1848 1912 "CO. D. 17 W.VA. V.I."
[Husband and wife - shared stone]
"His Wife"
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Whiteside Juliette F. Petty 1848 1915
Williamson Eugene V. 1882 1950 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"Beyond the Sunset"
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Williamson Mary C. 1884 1967
Williamson Henry C. 11 February 1842 ? 23 March 1925 [Aged 83Ys 1M 12Ds, CO. E 4TH W.VA. VOL. CAV.]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III - J. Burdette'
Williamson Jerome 7 April 1922 28 April 1922 "Son of Eugene & Mary Williamson" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Williamson Lydia E. 29 April 1856 ? 26 February 1891 [Aged 34Ys 9Ms 28Ds, "Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also and he praiseth her"]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III - J. Burdette'
Wolfe Charles M. 21 December 1878 8 August 1911     Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III - J. Burdette'
Wolfe Den W. 1870 1944 [Husband and wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery
Wolfe Lucie G. 1887 1946
Wolfe Ethel   11 October 1906 [Wife of C.M. Wolfe, aged 24Ys 6Ms]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III - J. Burdette'
Wood Roma A. 29 June 1895 14 May 1983 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"Wife buried Brounland, W.Va."
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Wood Ruby 14 October 1900 6 February 1941
Unidentified and Unmarked Graves
Image 066     [Located in the older, northwest corner of the cemetery - illegible] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research
Image 067    

[Located in the older, northwest corner of the cemetery - illegible]

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Image 071    

[Located in the southern corner of the cemetery, near the tree and the Forbis graves - only a heart appears inscribed on the stone]

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Image 072    

[Located in the southern corner of the cemetery, near the tree and the Forbis graves - fieldstone marker, no inscription]

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Image 080    

[Located in the southern corner of the cemetery, near the tree - two graves side by side - head and foot stones, but no apparent inscriptions]

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[Negro] Unidentified male February 1914

[Unidentified male found at Tem Mile on Feb. 6, 1914, buried in Leon Cemetery Feb. 7, 1914 - from records kept by Grant Beaver]

  Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III - J. Burdette'
[Negro] Unidentified female July 1916

[Unidentified female found at Arbuckle, buried in Leon Cemetery on July 5, 1916 - from records kept by Grant Beaver]

  Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III - J. Burdette'
[Negro] Unidentified [date unknown]

[Unidentified individual, died in Leon of typhoid when railroad was being built - date unknown, record source not documented in 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions]

  Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III - J. Burdette'
     

[2 unmarked graves beside Arminta Hill's grave]

  Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III - J. Burdette'
Probable Burials (in older section of cemetery)
Carney Luvernna   27 May 1884 [Aged 41 years, wife of Thomas Carney, dau. of J.B. and Emma McKinnis]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III - J. Burdette'
Crawford Roxy   5 September 1901 [Age 1 year]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III - J. Burdette'
Hill Malinda   28 April 1888 [Aged 2Ys 3Ms 10Ds]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III - J. Burdette'

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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.

Leon Cemetery, Mason Co., WV

 

 

 

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