West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association

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Cemetery Name:

Mt. Tabor Chapel

 

Mt. Tabor Church Cemetery, Mason Co., WV

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County: Mason
USGS Quad: Cottageville
Coordinates: 38.7641ºN  -81.8625ºW
Maintained by: Mt. Tabor Chapel Congregation
Land owner: Mt. Tabor Chapel Congregation
Date added to WVCPA register: October 2004
Condition of cemetery**: Excellent (November 2011)
Accessibility: This cemetery is located on Gunville Ridge between Deerlick and Gunville at Mt. Tabor Chapel church.  Easily accessible, with parking in the church parking lot adjacent to the cemetery.
** 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:
Baker A.H. 28 February 1825 2 November 1915 [Husband and wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Baker Anna 29 December 1829 11 October 1910
Baker D.B. 5 October 1904 29 October 1912 "Son of E.V. and N.E. Baker" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Baker E.V. 1859 1939 [Husband and wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Baker Ella 1859 1938
Baker F.D. 6 January 1898 14 June 1911 "Son of E.V. and N.E. Baker" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Baker G.E. 9 January 1914 2 February 1914   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Call Charles Elmer "Chuck"   3 February 2006 [30 years of age - son of Vernon Call and Betty Sue Arbaugh Baker - US ARMY RESERVE Veteran (Iraq) - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Feb. 5, 2006]   Source: WVCPA research
Cossin Curtis 14 January 1947 14 August 2008 [Son of Vinton and Barbara Cossin, husband of Linda Lou Cossin and Linda F. Jeffers Cossin - from his obituary in the Pt. Pleasant Register Aug. 15, 2008]   Source: WVCPA research
Cossin G. Russell 1913 1931   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Cossin Orville 28 October 1900 14 November 1918 "Son of W.A. & V Cossin" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Cossin Orville Vinton 3 December 1920 29 July 1994 "Precious Memories" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Cossin Vernon Ray 29 June 1929 20 May 1978   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Cossin Vinton Andrew 1894 1980 "Father"
"US ARMY WORLD WAR I"
[Husband and wife - shared stone]
"Mother"
"In My Father's House Are Many Mansions"		 Click for photo of tombstone
Click for photo of tombstone		 Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Cossin Barbara C. 1903 1995
Cossin William A. 1870 1958 [Husband and wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Cossin Virginia 1873 1940
McCloud R.K. 30 November 1903 23 April 1909 "Son of S.M. & M.F. McCloud"
"Gone But Not Forgotten"		 Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
McClure Isaac C. 9 June 1895 15 November 1912 "Son of A.N. & M.M. McClure"
"Aged 17Y 5M 6D"
[Inscription on side of stone:]
"Call not back the dear departed,
Anchored safe where storms are o’er.
On the border land we left him
Soon to meet and part no more;
There, beyond this earth of changes,
There, beyond this world of care,
We shall meet our loving Isaac
In our Savior’s Mansions there."		 Click for photo of tombstone
Click for photo of tombstone		 Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Riffle Carl Roy 1915 1921 [Son of Charles E. and Charity R. Riffle]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III' - Machir & Burdette
Shelton Clifford Earl 1931 1984 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"In Loving Memory"		 Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Shelton Phyllis L. 1932  
Stone Minnie 14 March 1886 1 April 1972   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Wilson David Michael "Dave" 13 September 1950 28 January 2000 "In Loving Memory"
"SP4 US ARMY VIETNAM"		 Click for photo of tombstone
Click for photo of tombstone		 Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Wilson Harvey Anderson 2 July 1906 24 March 1990 "PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
[Husband and wife - shared stone]		 Click for photo of tombstone
Click for photo of tombstone		 Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
Wilson Ella R. 2 July 1911 5 December 1983
Unable to identify:
[Image016]       "Daddy"
"Love Kay, Kenny, Joe, Sandy"
[Near Vernon Cossin's stone]		 Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004
[Image022]       [Looks like it might be a Cossin - need to re-examine inscription in person - could actually be Carl Riffle's tombstone - can anyone help identify this one?] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA reading of the cemetery in October 2004

Comments: 

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.

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