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Cemetery Name:

West Columbia Hill


 

County: Mason
USGS Quad: Cheshire    Map
Coordinates: 38.9829ºN  -82.0616ºW

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Only basic information provided here - see the book
"Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions" Vol. I, pages 74-77 and Vol. 5, pages 175-176 for further detail

Last Name: First Name:

Born:

Died:

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Source:

Knight Dr. Aquilla L. 24 December 1823 1897     Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Knight Clarence Leighton 1867 1867     Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Knight George Willis 1862 1874     Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Knight Susan Francis Willis   abt 1900 [Wife of Dr. Aquilla L. Knight - concrete slab said to cover their graves, but no monument found in 1971 reading]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Knight William Oscar 1865 7 August 1868 [Aged 3Yr 7Mo 25D]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Sturgeon Elizabeth         Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Sturgeon Reuben         Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
The following are from death records & West Columbia post office, not necessarily buried here. Per the reference source book, residents stated that some of these were in Adamsville, little family cemeteries, or possibly moved from this cemetery.
             
Aumiller Samuel   26 July 1869 [Aged 65 years - son of J. & C. Aumiller]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Bowling Dora Bell   8 September 1868 [Dau. of J.M. and Mary Bowling, aged 5Mo 3D]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Bowling Mary   14 August 1868 [Aged 422Yrs 9Mo 24D - wife of J.M. Bowling, dau. of Pryor & Mary Pendleton]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Bowling R. W.   May 1873 [Aged 1Yr 8Mo - son of Z.T. & S.E.C.]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Camden Wm. Alexander   5 December 1866 [Aged 13Yr 11Mo 9D - son of John and Delila Camden]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Cooper Wm. A.   4 August 1866 [Aged 14Yr 1Mo 10D]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Fields Alford   17 November 1868 [6 months old - son of David B. & Sarah Fields]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Francis Lilla Bell   12 December 1867 [Dau. of Thomas & Eliza Francis]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Garmen Rebecca Catherine   8 October 1866 [Aged 1Yr 3Mo 16D]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Garrett Wm. S.   15 August 1868 [Aged 1Yr 6Mo 8D - son of James H. & F. H. Garrett]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Gower Mariah   12 November 1866 [Aged 51Yr 9Mo]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Hogg Averill   23 October 1867 [Aged 1 year - son of H.H. & Mary Hogg]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Jordan Mary   28 July 1868 [Aged 20 days - dau. of John & Sarah Jordan]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Lucas John   July 1868 [Aged 7 months - son of James & Mary Lucas]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Martin Minta   5 January 1867 [Aged 2 months - dau. of Wm. & C. Martin]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Mason Lorena Jane   21 August 1868 [Aged 4Yr 8Mo 3D - dau. of A.C. & F.E. Mason]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Mason Rachel   17 December 1869 [Aged 70Yr 7D - dau. John & E. Lewis]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
McCollister James C.   24 September 1866 [Aged 11Yr 8Mo 6D - son of Allen and Harriett McCollister]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Meeks Wm. Lovett   20 February 1867 [Aged 1 month - son of R.W. & Lelia M. Meeks - one of several Meeks infants in the death records]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Miles Rev. W.H.   20 January 1868 [Aged 47Yr 10Mo 20D]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Rader Una E.   12 August 1871 [Aged 10 Mo - dau. of L.A. & America Rader]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Reppito [girl]   9 February 1855 [Aged 8 months - dau. of Wm. H. & Elizabeth Reppito]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Roseberry John Peter 24 May 1847 15 June 1920  [Husband of Martha Roseberry - probably was in old Roseberry cemetery]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Roseberry Martha Jane Hawkins 1850   [Wife of John Peter Roseberry - probably was in old Roseberry cemetery]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Roseberry Samuel E.   17 August 1868 [Aged 18 days - son of E.M. & S.A. Roseberry]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Roseberry Wm. E.   19 August 1868 [Aged 20 days - son of E.M. & S.A. Roseberry]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Smith Sarah C.   18 November 1868 [Aged 38 years - dau. of J. & S. Wesley, wife of Martin Smith]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Sturgeon Leoni Leoti   18 November 1868 [Aged 13Yr 9Mo 6D - dau. of J.P. & E.A.J. Sturgeon]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Turner Mary Anna   19 September 1868 [Aged 2Yr 10Mo - dau. of Van B. & Arena Turner]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
White Sarah Lucinda   21 February 1868 [Aged 1 year - dau. of C.W. & J.B. White]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Whiteside Elizabeth   16 September 1869 [Aged 66 - dau. of H. & C. Row]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Wilson Mary E.   12 May 1868 [Aged 2Yr 2Mo - dau. of Robert & Sarah Wilson]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Wings Mary   4 July 1867 [Dau. of F.R. & Phebe Wings - aged 8 years]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
             
Atkinson Hodgson   9 July 1857 [Aged 48 years - drowned - son of George & Mary Atkinson of Durham Co., England]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Bass Huldy Ann   11 July 1855 [Dau. of Jonathan Bass]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Bass Obediah   25 August 1855 [Son of Jonathan Bass]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Behans       [Members of the Behans family said to have been buried here]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Bird Mary F.   7 February 1855 [Aged 10 months - dau. of John E. & Margaret Bird]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Booth Andrew Franklin 4 June 1831 6 January 1914     Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Booth Betsy Elizabeth Garrett 6 May 1836 26 January 1903 [Wife of Andrew F. Booth]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Booth John W. 10 September 1852 18 May 1892     Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Booth Joseph Preston 31 March 1855 19 April 1945     Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Booth Margaret Lloyd   June 1893 [Wife of John W. Booth]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Booth Sallie Mae Hannigan 1855 1918 [Wife of Joseph Preston Booth]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Booth Samuel Peter 22 September 1857 16 June 1925 [Soin of Andrew and Bridget Booth]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Bumgardner Anna E. 30 January 1856 12 June 1938 [Dau. of Thomas & Gwendolyn Williams Bumgardner]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Brumley Mrs. E.E.   1917 [Aged 54 years - mother of H.E. Brumley]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Chapman Caswell   15 July 1855 [Aged 2Yr 10Mo 12D - son of Henry Chapman]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Chapman Nancy Jane   11 March 1855 [Aged 7 days - dau. of Joshua M. & Ellen Chapman]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Cockran Charles     [1st husband of Mabel Johnson]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Crawford Samuel   1924     Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Dalton Elizabeth   13 July 1857 [Dau. of Thomas & Pheba Dalton]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Darnall Peter     [He and his family said to have been moved to Lone Oak Cemetery]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Davis Eli   14 March 1857 [Aged 84 years]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Doyle [male]   25 September 1854 [Aged 1Yr 3Mo 2Da - son of Terrance and Rebecca Doyle]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Doyle Martha Jane 7 June 1855       Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Fleshman Feldeman   7 April 1857 [Aged 4 years - son of Charles C. & Mary Fleshman]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Fogelsong Robert Brown 14 February 1871 19 September 1949 [Son of Thomas & Narcissus Clendenin Foglesong]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Glover Mary A.   27 September 1869 [Aged 66 years - dau. of W. & H. Newell]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Gower Charley   1 January 1928 [Aged 73Yr 6Mo 18D - son of Peter & Myriah Law Gower]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Hall Richard H.   9 July 1858 [Aged 2Yr 1Mo - son of John & Mary Hall - several infants of this couple in the death records]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Harrison Thomas   10 December 1857 [Aged 7 months - son of Henry & Jane Harrison]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Hoffman       [brothers and sisters of James "Bob" Hoffman]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Hoffman Walter 1930       Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Hogg Peter Earl 1773 2 September 1823 [Husband and wife - moved from this cemetery by late Atty. Charles E. Hogg to Upper Lone Oak Cemetery]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Hogg Patsy 1780 24 April 1846
Hoschar Ernes W.   9 March 1915 [Aged 2 years - son of John H. Hoschar - may be at Fowler-VanMeter Cemetery with the rest of his family]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Johnson Nancy Ellen Sprouse     [Wife of Lew Johnson - Lew said to be buried in Somerville Cemetery]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Johnson Sarah Jane Booth 28 February 1861 7 March 1950 [Buried at Suncrest - her husband Alexander 1845-1921 moved from country cemetery to Suncrest, and their son Harry 1883-1942 also there]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Kirby Joanna   10 August 1855 [Aged 1Yr 1Mo 8D - dau. of Michael and Catherine Kirby]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Kirby Lucian   10 November 1855 [Aged 3Yr 6Mo 9D - son of John E. & Malinda Kirby]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Knapp [infants]     [Parents unknown]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Knapp Della Hoffman         Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Knapp Franklin         Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Lewis Amelia Ann Berthoff 15 January 1840 15 October 1925 [Wife of Morris Lewis]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Lewis Isaac     [CO. C 11 REGT USA - veteran of three wars, buried in an unmarked grave]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Lewis Morris 1 June 1840 17 November 1911 [More likely that he is buried at Fowler-VanMeter Cemetery with others of his family]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Lindsey Andrew   28 September 1857 [Aged 6 months - son of James & Unis D. Lindsey]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Nunley [Infants]   in 1884 or 1885 [6 infants of Taylor & Arabel Turner Nunley - names given in old obituary are Daisy, age 5; Freddie, age 3; Harry, age 18 months   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Robinson Elizabeth   25 October 1857 [Aged 1Yr 9Mo - dau. of John & Zella Robinson]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Russell Clayton     [Husband of Stella Johnson, the dau. of Lew & Nancy Johnson]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Russell Mabel     [Dau. of Wm. & Sally Shell - her husband John Russell - may be at Clifton Hill]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Shank Alvira I.   13 October 18__ [Aged 1Yr 24D - dau. of Charles & L.M. Shank]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Shell Grant 30 August 1904 8 April 1978 [Son of Wm. & Sally Shell]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Shell Hazel 25 November 1898 9 October 1965 [At Lone Oak? - dau. of Wm. & Sally Shell]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Shell Wm. 1878 1943 [1st husband of Sally Mayme Booth]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Sprouse James F. 27 November 1936 17 March 1927 [Son of James and Maud Booth Sprouse]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Stewart Mrs. Van   1914 [Aged 67 years]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Thompson Thomas 1814 1866 [Husband and wife - shared stone]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Thompson Nancy C. 1828 1913
VanMatre Susan Jane   September 1857 [Aged 11 months - dau. of Leonard & Elizabeth]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Wilson John   26 March 1857 [Aged 1Yr 11Mo - son of David & Fanny Wilson]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Wilson Robert   11 January 1857 [Aged 47Yr 11Mo - railroad death - son of John & Ellen Wilson of Dumfries, Scotland]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Winebrenner Hazel E. December 1932 April 1986 [Dau. of Wm. & Alice Thorpe]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions
Worley Alice N.   31 August 1857 [Dau. of John P. & Francis Worley]   Source: Mason Co., W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions

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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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