West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Greenlee (Lewis) Cemetery, Mason Co.

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	West Columbia Hill	Click on image to enlarge
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	Cheshire Map
Coordinates:	38.9829ºN -82.0616ºW
Maintained by:	not maintained
Land owners:	unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	July 2009
Condition of cemetery**:	Abandoned (July 2009)
Accessibility:	The accessibility to this cemetery is very poor.
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**

Probable Burials

Last Name:	First Name:	Born:	Died:	Inscription:	Photo:	Source:
Altice	John W.		13 July 1856	"Son of W. & C. Altice" "Aged 8Yr ___" [Son of William and Catherine - drowned]
Arthur	William		20 November 1877	"Son of Joseph Arthur" "Aged 7Mo 5D"
Aumiller	S. H.		4 February 1878	"Aged 48Yr 21D" [Father & daughter - shared stone] "Aged 25Yr 10Mo 11D"
Aumiller	Margaret		10 February 1864
Austin	Ann		22 December 1865	"Aged 54Yr 1Mo 8D" [Wife of A.A. Austin]
Battrell	John Wm.	17 July 1830	15 January 1909
Battrell	Mary Burnside	8 May 1834	14 May 1908	[Wife of John W. Battrell, dau. of Joseph Burnside, Sr.]
Booth				[Plot marker - 2 unmarked graves behind, 2 in front - possibly Booth family graves?]
Booth	Anastia		26 July 1877	"Dau. of J.P. & S. Booth"
Booth	F. E.		24 March 1853	"Aged 80Yr 3Mo 7D" [Husband and wife - shared stone - illegible]
Booth
Booth	H. E.		3 June 1890	"Son of J. & S. Booth" "Aged 1Yr 7 Mo 0D"
Booth	J. Preston	1855		[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Booth	Sallie	1855	1918	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Booth	Sivia		17 September 1892	"Aged 22Y" [Dau. of Andrew and Elizabeth (probable)
Booth	Wesley	1919	1919	"Son of John & Alpha Husher Booth"
Bromley	Joseph	1826		"LT CO. F 13th W.VA. INF"
Brumley	Emanuel G.		5 December 1857	"Son of J. & C. Brumley" "Aged 2 Years"
Burnside	Joseph	9 April 1839	10 September 1869
Byrne	Thomas M.		1887	"Aged 1Yr 4M 3D"
Bumgardner	Thomas	1891	1938	[Shared stone/plot - funeral home markers - graves located in front of Foglesong family graves]
Bumgardner	Son	1921	1921
Bumgardner	Edward	1919	1920
Bumgardner	Beatrice	1918	1918
Bumgardner	Ralph M.	1915
Bumgardner	Pat	27 March 1935	13 February 1936
Bumgardner	William	1927	1936
Bumgardner	Emma Orrilla	1916	1937
Carlin	Jane		9 June 1888	[Wife of Samuel Carlin, Sr.] "Aged 63Yr 8Mo 9D"
Carlin	Samuel Jr.		24 June 1864	"Aged 8Yr 10Mo 4D"
Carlin	Samuel Sr.		27 October 1887	"Aged 70Yr 7Mo 11D"
Cartwright	Arthur J.		1 July 1869	[Shared family stone] "9Mos 6D" "1Yr 6Mo 8D" "9Mo 29D" "1Yr 1Mo" "1Yr 9Mo 6D" "Children of W.H. & D.A. Cartwright"
Cartwright	Fred L.		24 November 1868
Cartwright	Otto W.		22 July 1879
Cartwright	Walter		September 1876
Cartwright	Elmer		8 July 1880
Chapdu ?	Robert L.			"CO. K 7th OHIO CAV"
Chester	Infant Dau.		19 April 1838 or 1859?	"Infant dau. of H.L. & H. Chester" "Aged 3 Days"
Childs	Robert		22 January 1853	"Aged 27Yr 1Mo 22D"
Clay	Freddie		9 June 1876	"Aged 1Yr 1Mo 11D" "Son of J.R. & R. Clay"
Davis	Nathan	1802	1882	[Husband, wife and son - shared stone] "Wife"
Davis	Lycretia	1821	1894
Davis	Abie
Dixon	Wm. M.	1858	1916	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Wife"
Dixon	Elizabeth M.	1862	19__	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Wife"
Dunn	Thomas	1814	28 November 1866	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Dunn	Nancy C.	1828	1913	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Edwards	Harrison	1843		"CO. F 13th W.VA. INF"
Elswick	Andrew		29 June 1853	"Son of J. & E. Elswick" "Aged 1Yr __M."
Foglesong	Claude	1895	1917	[Shared stone]
Foglesong	Ella	1871	1935
Foglesong	Robert	1871	1949
Forbis	Peter		19 July 1860	[Aged 52 years - husband of Ann - born in Scotland]
Fowler	Richard F.	25 October 1850	13 October 1897	[Son of Charles & Catherine, husband of Rachel Catherine Mason]
Fox	Molly J.		20 May 1886	"Aged 20Yr 1Mo" [wife of William Fox]
Francis	James		2 July 1870	"Aged 11Yr 3Mo 23D" "Son of T. & E.D. Francis"
Francis	John	5 July 1835	24 November 1912	[Shared family stone] "Aged 6Yr 28Ds"
Francis	Hannah M.	25 August 1834	1 March 1909
Francis	Rosa Hannah		February 1872
Francis	Thomas Sr.		26 November 1869	"Aged 69 Years"
Gentila	Murl Stewart	1890	1948
Gibbons	Roy H.	24 July 1870	13 August 1884	"Son of Matt & Ida Gibbons"
Gillis	Elizabeth		10 August 1859	"Aged 2 Years" [Dau. of Thomas & Ann Gillis]
Gillis	Joe			[Funeral home marker]
Gillis	John W.	1861	1943	[Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Draper Gillis]
Gillis	Roger	8 April 1846	27 May 1898	[Shared stone] "CO. F 174 OHIO INF" "Son of Thomas & Ann" "Wife" "Aged 17Yr 3Mo 2D"
Gillis	Emma V.	25 August 1852	6 February 1888
Gillis	Myrtie May		14 May 1887
Gillis	Thomas	April 1819	25 October 1907	"Corp. CO B 4th W.VA. INF" [Husband and wife - shared stone - natives of England] "Dau. of Richard and Isabell Draper"
Gillis	Annie W.	1 March 1822	7 June 1902
Gower	Jacob		1924	[Son of Peter Gower]
Gower	Minnie Bell		November 1886	[Dau. of J.T. & A. Gower] "Aged 3 Years"
Greasy	Willy		8 February 1877	"Aged 10Mo 27D"
Guthrie	Achsah		23 March 1866	"Wife of Erastus Guthrie" "Age 63"
Guthrie	Julius		22 July 1867	"Son of E. & A. Guthrie" "Age 39 Yr. 5 Mo."
Hannan	Anna L.	3 December 1866	___	[Shared stone]
Hannan	John	21 September 1958	28 November 1933
Hannan	Thomas E.		5 September 1889	"72Yrs 5Mos 27Ds" [Husband, wife and children - shared stone] "Aged 79Yr 9Da" "Age 5Yr 6Mo" "Age 7Yr"
Hannan	Jane E.		18 November 1898
Hannan	Thomas Jr.		1865
Hannan	Roda F.		December 1868
Harpold	Elizabeth		23 July 1877	"Aged 52Yr 11Mo 27D" [Wife of L. Harpold]
Harris	Josiah		15 September 1860	"Aged 4 Months" [Son of John & Sally Harris]
Harris	Julia		17 July 1881	"Aged 2Yr 2Mo 2D" "Dau. of T.D. & J.A. Harris"
Harris	Sally A.		12 June 1865	"Wife of John Harris" [Mother & infant - shared stone]
Harris	Infant		15 May 1855 (or 1865)	"Wife of John Harris" [Mother & infant - shared stone]
Harrison	Harry	1855	1931	[Son of Henry Harrison]
Harrison	Henry		25 August 1866	"39Yrs 2Mo 2D"
Hazelwood	John			"CO F 7 W.VA. CAV"
Henry	Ernest Oscar	29 May 1898	8 October 1900	[Son of Lottie & Ernest B. Henry]
Henry	Morris		20 July 1868	"Aged 1Yr 11Mos 19Ds" "Children of D.H. & E. Henry" "Aged 2Yrs 11Mos 16Ds"
Henry	Andrew		17 February 1882
Hoffman	James			[Shared stone - funeral home marker illegible]
Hoffman	Cicero			[Shared stone - funeral home marker illegible]
Hoops	Vincent			"3RD W.VA. CAV"
Hudson	Alfred		July 1870	[Shared stone]
Hudson	Dora A.		15 July 1870	[Shared stone]
Hudson	Bradford	1858	1931	[Son of John Hudson]
Hudson	Melissa	1861	1930	[Dau. of W. Arthur Hudson]
Hudson	Nelson	1842		"CO E 13th W.VA. INF"
Hudson	Raymond	1875	1931	[Son of Nelson Hudson]
Hughes	Eliza J.		22 August 1872	"Aged 2Yr 8Mo 21D" [Dau. of Lafayette & S.J. Hughes]
Hughes	Sarah		11 February 1874	[Wife of Robert Hughes] "Aged 63Yr 11Mo"
Hughes	Surrilda		16 May 1876	"Aged 33Yr 10Mo 11D" "Wife of Lafayette Hughes"
Johns_?	John M.		17 February 1873	"Aged 31Yr 11Mo"
Johnson	Elizabeth		21 February 1853	"Aged 58Yr 2Mo 10D"
Johnson	J.M.		21 February 1862	"Age 58Yrs 2Mo. 10D"
Johnson	Josephine	15 May 1866	1900	"Wife of Van D. Johnson"
Jordan	Christopher			[Husband, wife and son - shared plot] [Dau. of Wm. & Mary Shank]
Jordan	Mary C.	10 September 1849
Jordan	Frank
Kay	Julius		11 October 1863	"Aged 28Yrs 1Mo 27D"
Knapp	James F.		1957	"Age 70Yr 8D"
Laney	??	1885	1940 ?	[Not clearly legible when last read in late 1960's/early 1970's]
Lewis	Mark			[Husband and wife - shared plot - funeral home marker illegible]
Lewis	Almedia
Lloyd	Anna		16 August 1889	"Daughter of James & Maggie Lloyd" "Aged 7Yr 9Mo 25D"
Lloyd	Frank	27 May 1875	7 December 1902
Lloyd	James	4 May 1855	13 March 1903	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Lloyd	Margaret	5 February 1861		[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Mason	Allen C.		27 May 1883	"SGT CO. F 13th W.VA. INF, CAPT CO G. 13th" [husb. of Fannie]
Mason	Barbara	5 June 1856		"Dau. of John & Barbara Mason" "Aged 11Yr 1Mo 1D"
Mason	Lorena J.		21 August 1867	"Aged 4Yr 7Mo 21D" "Dau. of A.C. & E.E." [Shared stone] "Aged 24Yr 3Mo 16D"
Mason	A. G.		9 December 1869
McCartney	Hanna Dixon	1882	1910
McGuffin	Baby
McGuffin	Delila		12 March 1878	"Aged 16 Years"
McGuffin	Francis Adelaide		17 February 1878	"Aged 16Yr 2Mo 7D"
McGuffin	John Filmore	19 October 1856	28 March 1894	[Died in a boat explosion]
McGuffin	Lucinda Burnside	9 April 1839	26 November 1926	[From family Bible record]
McGuffin	William L.	1826	1913
Molden	Clara	26 August 1867	15 May 1901
Molden	Franklin			"CO. G 184 OHIO INF"
Oliver	John N. D.			"CO. B 7th W.VA. CAV." [May read "CO. D" - uncertain]
Potts	Wm. H.			"CO. B 4th W.VA. INF."
Randall	Thomas		11 July 1861	"Son of John Thomas" "Aged 15Yr 10Mo 22D"
Riley	Eva	1875	1959	[Shared stone/plot]
Riley	Pat	1878	1951
Riley	Joan L.	1933	1933
Russell	Henry	23 January 1867	28 May 1935	[Husband and wife - shared stone[ "Wife"
Russell	Mary	12 December 1865	2 July 1939	[Husband and wife - shared stone[ "Wife"
Russell	Kate	1857	1918	"Mother"
Shank	Wm. P.	16 November 1820	abt. 1890	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Aged 65 Years"
Shank	Mary C.	19 February 1821	28 April 1886	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Aged 65 Years"
Shell	William H.	1878	1943
Smith				[Fenced plot - no names, only the following:] "Father" "Brother" "Infant" "Mother" "1st Wife"
Sprouse	Woodward	1841	19__	"CO. D VA. INF" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Wife"
Sprouse	Anna Rebecca	26 July (1841)1842	22 June 1925	"CO. D VA. INF" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Wife"
Stewart	Ballard	1851	1931	[Husband, wife and son - shared stone]
Stewart	Emily	1854	1920
Stewart	James	1884	1901
Stewart	Charles Edward	1874	1948	[Shared stone]
Stewart	Leonard	1902	1953	[Shared stone]
Stewart	Henry Albert	1895	1921	[WWI veteran]
Stewart	John Wm.	1898	1964
Stewart	Mary Ann		14 February 1855	[Dau. of J. & H. Francis, wife of W.M. Stewart] "Aged 25Yr 6Mo 24D"
Stobert	John		12 October 1866	"Aged 80Yr. 10D"
Strimbeck	A. D.		23 January 1860	"Aged 38Yr 10Mo 7D"
VanMatre	David Levi	1866	1923	[Son of Wm. & Delia Lewis VanMatre]
VanMatre	Wm. Jr.	1834	1911	"CO. F 13th W.VA. INF" [Husband and wife - shared stone]
VanMatre	Zebbiah E.	1835		"CO. F 13th W.VA. INF" [Husband and wife - shared stone]
VanMeter	Charles H.	1864	1923
VanMeter	Frank	1889	1951	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
VanMeter	Dovie M.	1903	1948	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
VanMeter	Hester Rich	1924	1924	[Dau. of Frank]
VanMeter	Lewis		2 February 1878	"7 OHIO CAV"
VanMeter	Urnillia		21 May 1889	"Aged 35Y 1M 17D"
Varian	Herman	1925	1933
Wheeler	Paul Andrew	1909	1909
Whitney	Susan Eliza	6 November 1845	25 May 1917	"Wife of James Whitney"
Whitt	John C.	16 August 1844	8 August 1918	"73Yrs 11Mos 22Ds"
Whitt	Lena G.		27 September 1900	"65Yrs 6Mos 3Ds"
Wiley	Cynthia Windsor		18 April 1866	[Wife of Rankin Wiley, Sr.] "Aged 49Yr 9Mo 20D"
Wiley	Mary Ellen Harrold	1859	1877	[Dau. of James T. & Jane M. Harrold, wife of Wm. T. Wiley, presumed to be buried here as well, though no marker for him found in 1971 reading of the cemetery]
Wilson	J. B.			"CO. B 13th W.VA. INF"
Wilson	John	1792	1876	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Wilson	Ellen	1794	1882	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Wilson	Mary Ellis	1866	1869	"Dau of Emmet & Sarah"
Withers	Wm. L.		8 August 1869	"5Mo 22D"
Woodrum	Archibald	1845		"CO. F 13th W.VA. INF"
Woodrum	Cora A.	1872	1917
Woodrum	Helen	20 July 1884	18 August 1885
Woodrum	Oscar Leighton	22 September 1874	20 March 1876
Woodrum	Richard	1834	1904	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Woodrum	Sarah	1849	1933	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Woodrum	Richard	1834		"SERGT CO. F 13 WVA INF" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Aged 33Yr 7Mo 12D"
Woodrum	Eliza Russell		7 March 1871
Young	Dessie Mae	1900	1947
Young	Remus		1924
Zuspan	Flora A.		15 March 1871	"Dau. of C.J. & E. Zuspan" "Aged 1Yr 10Mo 20D"
Zuspan	Nora M.		29 April 1875	[Dau. of Charles John and Elizabeth Hoffman Zuspan - see Zuspan-Somerville Cemetery]
Unmarked or Unidentified Graves:
Unmarked				10 unmarked graves noted behind John C. Whitt's grave in ca. 1971
Unidentified				14 adult graves, 7 infant graves, near William H. Shell's grave per reading in 1971
Unidentified				2 unidentified graves alongside James F. Knapp's grave per reading in 1971
Unidentified				11 unmarked or unidentified graves near Pat & Eva Riley's graves per reading in 1971
Unidentified				4 unmarked graves in a line by Morris & Andrew Henry's graves per reading in 1971
Unidentified				4 unmarked graves behind Ballard & Emily Stewart's graves per reading in 1971
Unidentified				1 unidentified grave alongside John Wm. Stewart's grave per reading in 1971
Unidentified				2 infant, 1 child, and 5 adult unidentified graves alongside Remus Young's grave per reading in 1971
Unidentified				1 unidentified infant grave alongside Dessie Mae Young's grave per reading in 1971
Unidentified				1 unidentified infant grave alongside J. Preston & Sallie Booth's graves per reading in 1971
Unidentified				4 adult and 3 infant unidentified graves across from Lewis and Urnilla VanMeter's graves per reading in 1971
Unidentified				10 unidentified graves in a row by Frank & Dovie VanMeter's graves per reading in 1971

Probable Burials

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.

The majority of information on this page comes from the book "Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions" Vol. I, published by The Quality Print Shop in 1972. It appears that many of the records have come from research into death records in combination with reading of the grave markers themselves, so until a new reading is done of this cemetery, whether or not the above information is inscribed on the stone or not is in question. Because of the research method, many additional "probable" burials are listed for this cemetery, in harmony with the above-mentioned book, on a separate web page that can be found by clicking on the link to "Probable Burials" above. With the numerous unidentified or unmarked graves, it is not surprising that there are so many "probables" to be found.

If you have any corrections or additions to this page that can be proven, please email us and we will add them to this page. If they are only probabilities, please specify that when corresponding with us.

Updated: 07 September 2012