West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Ward Cemetery, Mason Co., West Virginia

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Cemetery Name:	Ward-Aten	Click on photos above to enlarge
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	Mount Alto
Coordinates:	38.8615ºN -81.9471ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner:	unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	September 2007
Condition of cemetery**:	Good (June 2007)
Accessibility:	The cemetery is located out Tomblinson Road off Rt. 2, a little ways before it splits off for Rt. 87 when driving from Pt. Pleasant. Tomblinson Road will be on your left. The cemetery itself is located on a small, but very steep hill just off Tomblinson Road on your right hand side as you come upon it. On a dry summer day, you may be able to drive up the slope with a four-wheel drive (if you are unable to walk up the hill under your own power), but we would not recommend attempting it under any other conditions.
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:
Aten	Almon Reed	3 November 1868	1 December 1889
Aten	Frances Matilda	15 October 1880	14 September 1963
Aten	Hannah Elizabeth Reed	3 November 1845	6 February 1913
Aten	Mary Ida	4 December 1878	9 November 1957
Aten	Peter Millard	4 September 1915	27 January 1941
Aten	William McCune	6 September 1824	28 June 1902
Aten	Zellie Edith	20 January 1886	3 September 1905
Bartrum	Bernard	1879	1947
Bartrum	Georgie Thompson	1882	1938
Bostic	Amanda Oliver	1881	1941
Bosworth	James M.		1905 ?	"Aged 4 M. & 2 D." [Shared stone] "Infant sons of W.V. & Cora M. Bosworth"
Bosworth	[Infant son]
Bosworth	Ursin	1880	1915
Carpenter	Ella	1889	1957
Carpenter	[Infant son]			[First burial in this cemetery]
Daugherty	[Infant]		1881	[Infant son of H.E. Daugherty]
Duncan			1929
Grimm	Ellen	16 April 1841	27 February 1925	"Wife of J.M. Grimm" "Resting till the resurrection morn"
Hart	Hobart	1900	1978	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Hart	Hazel	1902	1987	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Hart	Hobart L.	31 July 1922	26 September 1997	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Married Aug. 20, 1957" "Mother"
Hart	Bernadine L.	9 March 1923	24 May 2006
Hodges	Charles William	1878	1955
Hodges	John	1842	1908
Hodges	Sarah Ann Jones	1847	1930
Hodges	Stella Bush	1881	1925
Howard	Hannah
Howard	Maggie		11 March 1892	[2 years of age]
Howard	Molly M.
Howard	Nathaniel
Howard	William H.
Hull	T.E.M.	7 May 1886	19 January 1900
	T.E.M.H.			[appears to be the footstone for T. Hull above]
Jones	Cadwallader	3 September 1865	4 February 1920	"How desolate our home bereft of thee"
Knapp	Albert W.	1860	1939	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Knapp	Lelia V.	1865	1922	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Knapp	Beulah Francis	1913	1934
Knapp	George H.	1892	1967
Knapp	Mary Hazel	1933	1934
Knapp	Myrtle G.	1895	1961	[Wife of George H. Knapp]
Knapp	Willard Lester	1922	1940
Knappenberger	Bert
Knappenberger	Jacob	1 January 1814	9 January 1898	"A Soldier of Co. I. 11. Reg W.Va. Vol. Inft." "Aged 84 Y. 8 D." "At Rest" [Husband and wife - shared stone]
Knappenberger	Elizabeth	1832	1916
Knappenberger	Mathias	1859	1928
Knappenberger	Milissa	1874	1929
Miller	Luther E.	16 March 1911	21 December 1978	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Gone home to Jesus"
Miller	Freda Ward	14 February 1911	27 September 1965	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Gone home to Jesus"
Miller	Paul Wilford	15 April 1944	17 September 2008	[Son of Luther and Freda Ward Miller - from his obituary in the Pt. Pleasant Register Sept. 18, 2008]
Oliver	Elmer W.			[2 years of age]
Oliver	Eli			[Civil War veteran]
Oliver	Mary E.		1883	[36 years of age]
Oliver	Matilda	1859	1923
Reed	Elizabeth Edwards	10 October 1807	1 January 1892	"Wife of Wm. Reed" "Aged 84 Y. 2 M. 22 D." "... for the Lord ... shield" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Rock	Cora Bosworth	1878	1963
Rock	J. Orval	1882	1958
Roush	Ervin
Roush	Jennie
Roush	Maggie
Smith	Richard C.	1868	1932
Steele	Walden M.	1836	1900	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Steele	Sarah J.	1845	1908	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Sword	J.G.	1927	1932
Thomas	Rachel A.
Vanmeter	William			[Died at 7 years of age]
Ward	Beachtel	1868	1938
Ward	Birdie		1887	[7 years of age]
Ward	Birdie	8 April 1896	10 July 1896
Ward	Deborah		1895
Ward	Emma Hodges	1875	1949
Ward	Eva Pearl	1922	1989	"At peace with Jesus"
Ward	George	1837	1905
Ward	Ida May	1881	1951
Ward	Lloyd Hamilton	4 April 1865	20 June 1937	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Our Parents" "At Rest"
Ward	Lizzy J. Elizabeth Jane Aten	4 March 1867	2 January 1914	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Our Parents" "At Rest"
Ward	Raleigh Pearl	26 November 1890	3 October 1965
Ward	Robert Aten	19 February 1923	10 March 1923
Ward	Sarah	1837	1908
Ward	Theodore	1876	1954
Identified burials per death records, from "Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions":
Kennedy	Anna		25 October 1928	[54 years of age]
Knappenberger	Eureka		6 June 1890	[28 years of age]
Oliver	Mary S.		24 November 1892	[24 years of age]
Quivey (Quibly?)	Nathaniel		11 March 1892	[Son of Nathaniel and Lizzy Howard Quivey(?)]
Ward	Bessie A.		14 December 1890	[Dau. of G.C. and S.C. Ward - 2 years of age]
Ward	Peter		19 December 1884
Unidentified or Unmarked Graves:
Knappenberger ?				[3 unidentified graves, assumed to be of Knappenberger family members]
Roush				[3 additional Roush family members buried here, near Ervin, Jennie & Maggie's graves?]
Shields				[Unmarked grave]
Shields				[Unmarked grave]
Shields				[Unmarked grave]
				[2 unidentified graves in row with the Knappenberger's]
				[4 unidentified graves near Albert Knapp's]
				[2 unidentified graves near Bernard Bartrum's grave]
				[2 unidentified graves near C. Jones and Ella Carpenter's graves]

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 cemetery sits pretty much all on the top of the hill in a more or less flat area. It is well cared-for, and is high enough above the surrounding forest to catch a nice little breeze on a hot day! There were a few good sized pine trees on top to provide shade as well. A pleasant little cemetery to visit!

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Updated: 07 September 2012