West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Sweet Springs Cemetery, Monroe Co., West Virginia

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Sweet Springs	Click on photos above to enlarge
County:	Monroe
USGS Quad:	Alleghany
Coordinates:	37.6260ºN 80.2453ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner:	unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	August 2007
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent (August 2007)
Accessibility:	The cemetery is located on the hillside above Rt. 3, at the base of Peters Mountain, to the west of the Old Sweet Springs Hotel. Easily accessible with an access road leading up to the cemetery. The grounds themselves are on a fairly gentle slope, easy to get around on. A well-kept 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**

Partial Reading - Corrections and Additions Welcome!

Last Name:	First Name:	Born:	Died:	Inscription:	Photo:	Source:
Adair	Nancy	11 January 1836	27 May 1911
Baker	Margaret L.		18 March 2009	[74 years of age - from her obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Mar. 20, 2009]
Beckner	Alfred		1880
Beckner	Amanda B.	30 April 1858	30 January 1927
Beckner	Catharine Wickline	1825	2 August 1888
Beckner	Ferdinand L.	26 September 1850	10 February 1925
Beckner	Josephene M.E.	16 January 1854	24 November 1860
Beckner	Lewis	27 January 1824	20 November 1861
Beckner	Myrtle Looney	8 February 1893	February 1988
Beckner	Napoleon L.	3 March 1849	14 July 1873
Beckner	Oliver	1888	1954
Beckner	Powell	1858	1 August 1893
Beirne	Lou Emma	16 November 1872	1 May 1947
Beirne	Samuel	13 October 1869	4 April 1928
Bolt	Elizabeth Howard	6 June 1862	August 1924
Bowden	Josie Griffith	1896	1932
Cabell	Elizabeth N.	20 August 1803	17 July 1822
Dillon	Martha Lee	11 March 1864	18 April 1848
Eggleton	Myrtle Smoot	29 October 1904	20 April 1988
Floyd	John	24 April 1783	17 August 1837	[US Congressman, Virginia Governor 1830-1834]
Folden	Bertha Mae	4 May 1893	13 May 1973
Folden	John Alexander	10 December 1877	26 June 1946
Goodall	Allene Griffith	5 August 1898	10 November 1979
Goodall	Clyde H.	1 November 1893	15 September 1926
Griffith	Anderson L.	18 October 1852	19 December 1926	"At Rest"
Griffith	Elizabeth Ann	10 August 1857	15 December 1944
Griffith	Grandville C.	22 September 1853	6 July 1927
Griffith	Joseph F.	2 June 1868	5 May 1949	"His memory is blessed" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Her end was peace"
Griffith	Nancy E.	6 February 1862	22 January 1950
Griffith	M.S.	1 May 1859	20 March 1949
Griffith	M.T.	8 September 1848	6 December 1931
Griffith	Mary Ann	26 July 1866	11 March 1907	"In My Father's house are many mansions" "Wife of A.L. Griffith"
Griffith	Nancy Meredith	7 March 1904	6 November 1911
Griffith	Stella Mae	21 January 1895	6 February 1973
Griffith	Virginia Caroline		21 April 1902
Harvey	Harriet	25 December 1838	5 August 1891	[Wife of G.W. Harvey]
Hepler	Lester	1905	1932
Hepler	Lettie	1880	1947
Hepler	Lonnie	1880	1945
Hepler	Paul L.	22 March 1916	31 December 1947
Hepler	Robert L.	1907	1966
Honaker	Ernest Lee	3 July 1801	8 October 1908
Howard	Alabama		1917	[Stone broken in several places - much of inscription illegible/missing]
Howard	Annie C.	20 April 1867	5 March 1931	"Wife of D.F. Howard"
Howard	B. Franklin	26 November 1912	24 May 1931
Howard	D.F.	16 April 1852	12 February 1930
Howard	Dora W.	19 March 1898	16 July 1961
Howard	Elizabeth Bolt	2 April 1892	16 December 1987
Howard	George Lewis	1870	1956	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Howard	Martha L. Sams	1874	1960	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Howard	John H.	25 December 1877	9 January 1944
Howard	Laura Letitia Smith	25 October 1870	8 March 1932	[Wife of Wm. H. Howard]
Howard	Mary Ellen Counts	30 March 1855	30 July 1947
Howard	Melvin Cicero	19 January 1891	10 September 1966	"A Great Horseman"
Howard	Otto	1897	1903	"He has.... mansions of rest" [Stone broke - inscription missing or illegible in places]
Howard	Ro__y _.			"Son of M.C. & L.S. Howard" [Rest of inscription illegible]
Howard	Roxie Anna	2 September 1904	23 November 1944
Howard	William H.	15 November 1865	27 October 1937	"At Rest"
Huffman	Annie S. Griffith	1864	1925	"Wife of W.H. Huffman" "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Huffman	James	10 March 1836	24 June 1921
Huffman	William H.	1860	1935
Hunter	Mary Margie Howard	27 January 1921	25 January 1985
Kelly	Hubert L.	1906	1928
Kelly	James Leonard	1910	1981
Kelly	John D.	1915	1978
Kelly	Mary Frances	25 October 1871	19 June 1943
Kelly	Mary N.	15 March 1919	21 June 1919
Kelly	Wood Houston	12 May 1875	31 March 1946
Kelly	Zula Mae	1902	1977
Kirk	Isaac Lilburn	22 May 1879	21 February 1948
Kirk	Maynard L.	1914	1962
Kirk	Nora Hight	8 March 1888	4 February 1937
Kitchen	Henry		24 July 1791	"In Memory of HENRY KITCHEN, Who departed this Life July 24th 1791 Aged 58 Years 3 Months & 8 Days" "Death thou hast conqured me, I By thy darts am slain, But Christ shall conquer thee, And I shall rise again"
Lee	Ernest T.	3 July 1903	8 October 1908	[Son of J.P. & Emma Lee]
Lydick	Blair T.	6 October 1915	14 April 1987
Masters	Charles	1849	1901
McCamant	Elizabeth Margaret	22 February 1851	25 February 1929
Meadows	Dorothy Madeline	18 January 1931	6 July 1948
Meadows	James Arthur	1894	1957
Myers	Jessie Claudine	18 November 1914	15 February 1915
Padgett	David Charles	11 October 1961	20 November 1977
Padgett	George Taylor	22 August 1895	18 November 1959
Padgett	Ralph Lewis	30 October 1924	23 December 1957
Padgett	Shirley Gale		7 August 1947
Padgett	Stephen W.	16 December 1949	16 December 1949
Padgett	Warren Franklin	14 October 1936	15 June 1958
Posey	J.	1924	1924	[Son of M.C. & L. Posey]
Shepherd	Lucy Payne			[Wife of P.D. Shepherd and her infant daughter]
Shepherd	Lucy Taylor		23 August 1814	"Consort of R.D. Shepherd of New Orleans who departed this life on the 23d day of August 1814, Aged 25 years"
Sullivan	Harriet		4 June 1902	[73 years of age - wife of John Sullivan]
Sullivan	John	9 August 1901		[95 years of age]
Taylor	Anna M.		1 November 1987
Terry	B.F.	13 June 1862	22 April 1925	"Rest in peace"
Terry	Daniel Washington	17 May 1891	16 April 1949	[Son of Ben and Mary Howard Terry
Terry	Joseph McDowell		9 December 1930	[Son of John and Louisa Griffith Terry - 62 years of age at death, and according to his death certificate, had died of a heart attack while in church. His wife, Bessie Dent Terry, preceded him in death and was buried near her family in the Gibson/Maddox Cemetery at Scott Depot in Putnam County]
Terry	Rosa Ann	21 December 1905	10 December 1905	"Infant daughter of L.J. Terry" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Thomas				[No inscription]
Thomas				"Aged 36 years" [Poss. 86 years? - located behind Anderson and Mary Ann Griffith's graves]
Thomas	A.
Thomas	J.A.
Tingler	James Bernard	11 July 1940	19 April 1977
Tucker	Caroline B.	1 January 1875	8 June 1943
Tucker	Thomas G.	1844	1922
Tucker	Thomas M.		20 February 1903	[Son of Thomas G. & Caroline B. Tucker]
Venable	Saml. W.		7 September 1821	"In the memory of Saml. W. Venable... Aged 65 Years"
Webb	Albert L.	16 March 1932	1 June 1933	[Son of C.W. Webb]
Webb	Marvin E.	8 February 1931	1 June 1935	[Son of C.W. Webb]
Whittaker	Mary E.	1878	1924
Worsham	Nora Bell	27 May ____	21 February 1963
Worsham	William C.	3 July 1873	9 March 1949

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.

This cemetery was visited by WVCPA volunteers in August 2007. It is a fairly "open" cemetery, in that there is a great amount of space between many of the graves. This, despite how old some of the marked graves are, normally leading to the conclusion that there could well be many unmarked (or no longer marked, due to age and deterioration of early grave markers) graves in this cemetery. The list above is most certainly an incomplete list of all the burials in this cemetery. If you have any additional information to add - additional burials based on other records or research - or general history of this cemetery and it's location near one of the earliest "tourist attractions" of (West) Virginia, namely Sweet Sulphur Springs, please let WVCPA know so that we may add it to this page. Additional photos are also desired and may be sent via email to WVCPA - with the subject line "Sweet Springs Cemetery"..

Updated: 07 September 2012