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

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Roanoke	Click on photos above to enlarge
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	Mt. Alto
Coordinates:	38.8635ºN -81.9116ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner:	unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	September 2007
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent (September 2007)
Accessibility:	The cemetery is located about 2 miles out Chestnut Ridge Road from Rt. 2 on the left side of the road. The turn-off for Chestnut Ridge is just before junction with Rt. 87 as you head east from Pt. Pleasant. Easily accessible, with off-road parking for a couple of vehicles.
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:
Brinker	Jerome	1843	1905	"CO. K. 18 OHIO INF." [Husband, wife and children - shared stone] "His Wife" [Minnie actually not buried here - just a memorial - she is buried behind the former home of James Oliver, according to "Mason Co. Cemetery Inscriptions"]
Brinker	H. Virginia	1851	19__
Brinker	Minnie E.	1880	1881
Brinker	Robert J.	1883	1918
Buffington	Baby
Dizzywood				[unspecified number of children - buried in unmarked grave near the persimmon tree]
Deweese	Scott			[unmarked grave]
Deweese	Mrs. Scott			[unmarked grave]
Dyke	Gertrude	1889	1963
Dyke	Robert W.	1912	1912
Graham	Anna B.
Graham	Fred W.	1873	1889
Graham	G.W.	1880	1900	[Aged 20 Y 11 M]
Graham	Wesley
Jones	John			[unmarked grave]
Jones	Mack	1905	1962	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Jones	Ernestine	1922	1995	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
King	Woodrow W. "Woodie"	16 February 1916	18 January 1992	"PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II" [Husband and wife - shared stone]
King	Shirley I. Smith	16 May 1928	12 October 1998
Mason	Gordon G.	1899	1921
Mason	Marsellous C.	1870	1909
Mason	Miriam Victoria	23 November 1858	5 August 1929
Ohlinger	Curtis Edward	30 October 1982	3 December 1983	"Our Son" "At Rest"
Ohlinger	Strawford Ray	25 April 1935		[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Nook"
Ohlinger	Orilla Elizabeth	23 February 1940	23 February 2001	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Nook"
Pauley	Alonzo	1912	1967
Pauley	Dorothy (Ruth)	1916	7 July 1965
Sayre	Archie L.	1904	18 June 1965	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Sayre	Rachel F.	1909	1997	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Sayre	Charles E.	1888	1920
Sayre	Corp'l. D.W.			"CO. A. 2 W.VA. INF."
Sayre	David A.	1851	1915	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "His Wife"
Sayre	Mina	1871	19__	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "His Wife"
Sayre	Don			[unmarked grave]
Sayre	Ernest Raymond	1897	28 June 1966
Sayre	Everett	1898	1946
Sayre	Infant			[Infant child of Con & Charlotte Sayre]
Sayre	Lillian May	17 November 1894	6 July 1900	"In Loving Remembrance of Lillian May, dau. of G.E. & L.F. Sayre" "Aged 5Y. 7M. 19D." "We loved her, yes, we loved her, but angels loved her more. And then her ... called her to ..."
Sayre	Louise Frances	6 June 1868	15 March 1946	"Mother" "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Sayre	Myrtle	September 1897	23 January 1898	[4 months of age - buried here per death record]
Sayre	Nancy	July 1820	22 September 1890	[Aged 70Y 2M - buried here per death record]
Sayre	Nina Edith	1893	1893
Sayre	Pauline	1903	1904
Sayre	Robert F.	22 January 1822	20 December 1895	"Aged 73Y. 11M." [According to death cert., died 20 Dec. 1894 at 72Y 10M 28D of age] [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Wife of R.F. Sayre" "Aged 65Y. 10M. 22D."
Sayre	Nancy	31 October 1832	22 September 1898
Sayre	Robert F.	1862	1921
Sayre	Ruby Lee	5 October 1891	13 September 1976
Shirley	Earl	1888	1915
Shirley	Ephriam B.	1852	1943
Shirley	Era C.	1907
Shirley	Hannah Sayre	1860	1946
Shirley	Mary A.	1911
Shirley	Paul R. "Jay"	28 January 1925	1 January 2008	[Son of Rush Robert “Rader” and Ethel (Thomas) Shirley, husband of Janice C. Shirley - from his obituary in the Pt. Pleasant Register Jan. 4, 2008]
Shirley	Paul Ray, Jr.	1960	1967
Shirley	Ralph H.	1897	1956
Shirley	Ralph H., Jr.	1927	1999	"Wren" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Ardie"
Shirley	Ardis (Smith)	1934		"Wren" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Ardie"
Shirley	Robert, Jr.	February 1929	March 1929
Shirley	Rush R.	1890	1961
Smith	Connie Sue	1954	1955
Smith	Bertie M.	1893	1954
Smith	Wm. T.	1890
Snyder				[unspecified number of children - buried in unmarked grave near the persimmon tree]
Weigand	John Franklin	27 June 1914	15 December 1991	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Weigand	Rachel Doris	8 January 1923	25 June 1993	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Associated Burials:
Shirley	Infants			[according to one time caretaker of this cemetery, also 2 infants of Ephriam and Hannah Shirley are buried as well behind the Oliver Home like Minnie Brinker]

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.

Roanoke Cemetery, Chestnut Ridge, Mason Co., WV

This is a beautiful little family cemetery - descendants of Robert Sayre - that sits on a high point of Chestnut Ridge with magnificent views between the trees over the surrounding valleys. Very well-cared for. Our thanks to WVCPA volunteers Karl & Alice Click for showing it to us!

Updated: 07 September 2012