West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Frazier Cemetery, Putnam Co., WV

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Cemetery Name:	Frazier	Click on image to enlarge
County:	Putnam
USGS Quad:	Winfield Map
Coordinates:	38.57309ºN -82.00225ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner:	unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	August 2010
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent (October 2009)
Accessibility:	This cemetery is located at 1850 Old Rt. 35 (now Rt. 817) on rear of property behind the Memory Lane Antique Shop at Fraziers Bottom.
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:
Boggs	Clifford E.	8 February 1889	22 February 1957	"OHIO PFC CO K 67 INF 9 DIV WORLD WAR I"
Boggs	Martha V. "Mattie" Frazier	7 June 1894	28 September 1956	[Birth and death dates from research - differs from those inscribed on stone]
DeVore	Howard Hillery	27 December 1893	12 September 1951	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
DeVore	Goldie Ethel Vance	27 January 1901	22 November 1970	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Frazier	Aaron	January 1852	15 October 1853	"Son of S. & V. Frazer" "Aged 1 year 8 mo 23 ds"
Frazier	Aaron L.	July 1889	1934
Frazier	Boyde Burnette (Hank)	6 September 1916	3 December 2003	[See photos for inscriptions]
Frazier	Carl P.	12 August 1895	9 September 1895
Frazier	Claude Arnold	25 August 1891	October 1978	"Husband" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Wife"
Frazier	Myrtle E. Wright	12 August 1892	May 1981	"Husband" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Wife"
Frazier	Donald K.	30 August 1929	26 June 1988	"Husband" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Wife"
Frazier	Mary Virginia McCallister	7 April 1925		"Husband" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Wife"
Frazier	E. "Infant"
Frazier	Forrest Nye	21 June 1931	15 March 1988	"Pop" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mom"
Frazier	Mona Joan Caldwell	1932		"Pop" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mom"
Frazier	Lewis	10 November 1856	27 June 1926	"At Rest" [Death date from death certificate - date on stone incorrect]
Frazier	Lovell	1859	1936
Frazier	Marshall Wayne	3 September 1921		[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Frazier	Faye Virginia (Droddy)	15 June 1921		[Husband and wife - shared stone]
	"Marshall Frazier attended San Diego State and Santa Clara Law School, was a farmer, chief yeoman, lawyer, and a private pilot" "Fay Frazier attended San Jose State, has a degree in Art History, member Daughter of the American Revolution No., 733600" "One son - Thomas Clayton Frazier" "Grandchildren: Kyle Clayton, 1969, Jason Claude, 1974, Alexandria Michelle, 1989"
Frazier	Melvin	15 January 1868	25 August 1868	"Son of A. & M.J. Frazier" "Aged 8M. & 10D."
Frazier	Nancy Lynn	14 June 1956	16 November 2003	"Daughter of Donald and Virginia Frazier" "Daughter"
Frazier	Noah Earl	4 April 1904	3 December 1971	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Frazier	Josephine	1913	3 February 1973	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Frazier	Ora	2 December 1874	10 February 1879	"Dau. of A. & M.J. Frazier" "Aged 3Ys. 2Ms. 9Ds."
Frazier	Preston	1830	31 March 1864	"Approx. 1825 - 1864" "Rebel Sams Brother" "Replaced 1991"
Frazier	Robert Lee	8 April 1868	8 January 1952	[Husband and wife - shared plot]
Frazier	Mary Ann Tanner	19 February 1874	20 November 1948	[Husband and wife - shared plot]
Frazier	Robert W.	7 May 1913	31 July 1991
Frazier	Samuel, Jr.	January 1823	1907	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "His Wife" "Gone But Not Forgotten" "Mother"
Frazier	Virginia Brown	3 September 1828	3 September 1882
Frazier	Samuel, Sr.	30 September 1796	28 September 1873	"Aged 77Y & 8D." [Rest of inscription illegible] "Husband" [Husband and wife - shared stone - dates proven through research] "Wife" "Wife of Saml Frazer"
Frazier	Nancy Ann Gillespie	21 December 1792	21 March 1864
Frazier	Samuel Craig	1770	1818	"Born approx. 1760s Died approx. 1818" "Wife Ann ? Frazier Born approx. 1770 Died approx. 1835" "4 Boys Samuel, William, Allen, Robert" "6 Girls No Record" "Replaced by B.B. Frazier 1992"
Frazier	Ann Gay	1774	1830
Frazier	Velma	1902	1932	"Daughter"
Frazier	Walter	2 April 1866	13 April 1943	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Frazier	Sarah "Sally" Dunn	26 January 1860	7 December 1938	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
McCallister	Martha "Minnie" Bay Vance	22 June 1887	24 August 1965
McCallister	Noah Alvin	17 November 1906	26 December 1981	"75-Years 1-Month 9-Days"
Moses	Charles Benjamin	15 February 1862	1945	"Father"
Vance	Elva E.	7 January 1895	16 September 1896	[second photo - foot stone]
Vance	Noah S.	9 May 1852	27 April 1935	[His birth year incorrect on stone - proven by research] Husband and wife - shared stone]
Vance	Nancy Elizabeth "Bettie" Frazier	14 March 1863	1951
Vance	Virgil M.	17 April 1884	31 October 1892	[second photo - foot stone]

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.

WVCPA thanks Frazier Family researcher Wm. Scott McDowell for providing the information and photos for this page. To view more details on those buried here, we recommend you visit his entries on Find-a-Grave for this cemetery by clicking here.

Note from Scott regarding this cemetery:

"There has always been a controversy over where Samuel & Ann Frazier is buried. Some say their graves might be over on the Buffalo side of the Kanawha River by some locks. Others have different opinions. Boyde Burnette Frazier (known as B. B. Frazier on the new markers which he placed) was convinced that Samuel & Ann was buried in this cemetery. Many disagreed with this. After having visited this cemetery and inspecting the graves there, I am convinced old B. B. Frazier was right. Although he was trying to do the right thing by adding new markers to graves, he replaced the old tombstones of Samuel & Ann with a newer marker, bad mistake. He should have kept the old tombstones, even if broken & unreadable. However, he did leave the original footstones. Although the footstone for Samuel is broken off and missing, it is consistent with footstones of the time when Samuel died. Ann's footstone (A F) is intact and is very readable upon close inspection. Based on the location of this cemetery, the cemeteries of the other sons of Samuel & Ann, the fact that the oldest son (Samuel) is buried here and most importantly Ann's footstone, I am at least 80% confident this is indeed the final resting place of Samuel & Ann (Gay) Frazier, founders of Fraziers Bottom, WV."

Updated: 07 September 2012