The Political Graveyard: Monroe County, W.Va. (original) (raw)

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyard
Monroe County, West Virginia

Ballard Church Cemetery
Ballard, Monroe County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Mt. Hedding Methodist Church Cemetery
Lillydale, Monroe County, West Virginia
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| T. G. Matney | Thomas Graham Matney (1889-1976) — also known as T. G. Matney — of Peterstown, Monroe County, W.Va. Born in Card, Buchanan County, Va., April 19, 1889. Democrat. Physician; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1959-64; defeated, 1952, 1956.Methodist. Member, Freemasons;Odd Fellows; American Medical Association. Died June 11, 1976 (age 87 years, 53 days). Interment at Mt. Hedding Methodist Church Cemetery. |

Lewis Family Cemetery
Sweetsprings, Monroe County, West Virginia
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| | John Floyd (1783-1837) — of Newbern, Pulaski County, Va. Born in Jefferson County, Ky., April 24, 1783. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1810; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1817-29 (5th District 1817-21, 20th District 1821-29); Governor of Virginia, 1830-34; received 11 electoral votes for President, 1832. Slaveowner. Died in Sweetsprings, Monroe County, Va (now W.Va.), August 17, 1837 (age 54 years, 115 days). Interment at Lewis Family Cemetery. Relatives: Son of John Floyd (1750-1783) and Sallie Jane (Buchanan) Floyd; half-brother of James Douglas Breckinridge; married 1804 to Letitia Preston (daughter of William Preston; sister of Francis Smith Preston and James Patton Preston); father of John Buchanan Floyd, George Rogers Clark Floyd and Nicketti Buchanan Floyd (who married John Warfield Johnston); first cousin twice removed of Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr.. Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Johnston-Floyd family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Floyd County, Ind. is named for him. See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial |

Sweetsprings Cemetery
Sweetsprings, Monroe County, West Virginia

Green Hill Cemetery
Union, Monroe County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave page for this location.
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| | Allen Taylor Caperton (1810-1876) — also known as Allen T. Caperton — of Monroe County, Va. (now W.Va.). Born near Union, Monroe County, Va. (now W.Va.), November 21, 1810. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1841-42; member of Virginia state senate, 1844-48; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to Virginia secession convention from Monroe County, 1861; Senator from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1872;U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1875-76; died in office 1876. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., July 26, 1876 (age 65 years, 248 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. |
| | Francis Hereford (1825-1891) — also known as Frank Hereford — of Union, Monroe County, W.Va. Born in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., July 4, 1825. Democrat. U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1871-77; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1877-81; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. Died in Union, Monroe County, W.Va., December 21, 1891 (age 66 years, 170 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. |
| | William Porcher Miles (1822-1899) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C. Born in Walterboro, Colleton District (now Colleton County), S.C., July 4, 1822. Democrat. Mayor of Charleston, S.C., 1855-57; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1857-60; delegate to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St. Michael's, 1860-62; Delegate from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Died near Burnside, Ascension Parish, La., May 11, 1899 (age 76 years, 311 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. |
| | Andrew Beirne (1771-1845) — of Virginia. Born in Dangan, County Roscommon, Ireland,1771. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1807-08; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829; member of Virginia state senate, 1831-36; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1837-41 (1st District 1837-39, 3rd District 1839-41). Slaveowner. Died in Gainesville, Sumter County, Ala., March 16, 1845 (age about 73 years). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. |
| | Augustus Alexandria Chapman (1803-1876) — of Virginia. Born in Union, Monroe County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 9, 1803. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1840; U.S. Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1843-47. Slaveowner. Died in Hinton, Summers County, W.Va., June 7, 1876 (age 73 years, 90 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. |
| | Hugh Elmwood Caperton (1781-1847) — also known as Hugh Caperton — of Virginia. Born in Greenbrier County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 17, 1781. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1810-18, 1826-30; U.S. Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1813-15. Slaveowner. Died near Union, Monroe County, W.Va., February 9, 1847 (age 65 years, 298 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. |
| | James C. Shanklin (1884-1958) — also known as Jim Shanklin — of Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, W.Va. Born in Willow Bend, Monroe County, W.Va., August 6, 1884. Democrat. Manager of hoteland movie theaters; postmaster; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1941-42; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944,1952.Protestant. Member, Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary. Died in 1958(age about 73 years). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. |

New Zion Cemetery
Waiteville, Monroe County, West Virginia

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