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

Index to Locations

• Parkersburg Unknown location
• Parkersburg Mt. Carmel Cemetery
• Parkersburg Mt. Olivet Cemetery
• Parkersburg Odd Fellows Cemetery
• Parkersburg Parkersburg Memorial Gardens
• Parkersburg Riverview Cemetery
• South Parkersburg Evergreen Cemetery South

Unknown Location
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia

Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
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| | Joseph Paul Albright (1938-2009) — also known as Joseph P. Albright — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., November 8, 1938. Democrat. Lawyer; furniture business; member of West Virginia state house of delegates, 1971-72, 1975-86 (Wood County 1971-72, 8th District 1975-86); defeated, 1972; Speaker of the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1985-86; judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1995-96, 2001-; appointed 1995.Catholic. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus. Died, in University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., March 20, 2009 (age 70 years, 132 days). Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. |

Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
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| | Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) — also known as Albert B. White — of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind.; Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 22, 1856. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; banker; vice-president, George Washington Life InsuranceCompany; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, 1891; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1896(speaker),1924,1928(Convention Vice-President); Governor of West Virginia, 1901-05; West Virginia State Tax Commissioner, 1907-08; member of West Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1927-30.Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;Shriners. Died July 3, 1941 (age 84 years, 284 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. |
| | John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. (1912-1962) — also known as John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. — of Ravenswood, Jackson County, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., December 30, 1912. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia, 1956; West Virginia Republican state chair, 1956-58; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1958; defeated, 1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1960.Episcopalian. Member, Jaycees;Lions;Elks; Sons of the American Revolution; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi Kappa Psi. Died of a heart attack in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., January 6, 1962 (age 49 years, 7 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | |
| | Charles Brooks Smith (1844-1899) — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Elizabeth, Wirt County, Va. (now W.Va.), February 24, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1878-80; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1888;U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1890-91. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., December 7, 1899 (age 55 years, 286 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | |
| | Glen B. Gainer Jr. (1927-2009) — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., July 4, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school teacher; athletic coach; mayor of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1968-70; West Virginia state auditor, 1977-93.Baptist. Member, American Legion. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., September 8, 2009 (age 82 years, 66 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | |
| | Spencer K. Creel (b. 1896) — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Freeport, Wirt County, W.Va., April 27, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1939-40, 1943-64, 1967-70; defeated, 1934, 1940, 1964; resigned 1970; West Virginia Republican state chair, 1952-54.Lutheran. Member, Freemasons;Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;American Legion; Forty and Eight; Farm Bureau. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. |
| | William Morrill Parker (1889-1970) — also known as W. M. Parker — of Vienna, Wood County, W.Va.; Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 13, 1889. Republican. Electrical insulation manufacturer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1951-54; chair of Wood County Republican Party, 1952-54.Episcopalian. Died in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla., April 6, 1970 (age 80 years, 297 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. |
| | Gordon Butcher Gibbens (1842-1907) — also known as Gordon B. Gibbens — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, Va. (now W.Va.), February 19, 1842. Republican. Postmaster at Parkersburg, W.Va., 1902-07; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1904. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., August 31, 1907 (age 65 years, 193 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | |
| | Clarence Cecil Woolard (1873-1923) — also known as Clarence C. Woolard — of Idaho. Born in Grafton, Taylor County, W.Va., January 12, 1873. U.S. Vice Consul in Cape Hatien, 1915-23, died in office 1923. Died, from malaria, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,December 22, 1923 (age 50 years, 344 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | |

Odd Fellows Cemetery
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia

Parkersburg Memorial Gardens
(formerly Odd Fellows Cemetery)
1912 Market Street (zip 26101)
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
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| | Arthur Inghram Boreman (1823-1896) — also known as Arthur I. Boreman — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa., July 24, 1823. Republican. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1855-61; circuit judge in Virginia, 1861-63; Governor of West Virginia, 1863-69; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1869-75; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1889-96; died in office 1896.Methodist. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., April 19, 1896 (age 72 years, 270 days). Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. Relatives: Son of Kenner Seaton Boreman and Sarah (Inghram) Boreman; brother of William Inghram Boreman, James Miller Boreman and Jacob Smith Boreman; married, November 30, 1864, to Laurane (Tanner) Bullock; granduncle of Herbert Stephenson Boreman. Political family: Boreman family of Parkersburg, West Virginia. See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial Image source: West Virginia and Its People (1913) |
| | Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) — also known as Johnson N. Camden — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Lewis County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 6, 1828. Democrat. Candidate for Governor of West Virginia, 1868, 1872; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1876,1888,1904(Honorary Vice-President); U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1881-87, 1893-95; member of Democratic National Committee from West Virginia, 1888-92. Slaveowner. Died in Baltimore, Md., April 25, 1908 (age 80 years, 50 days). Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | |
| | Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. (1874-1916) — also known as Hunter H. Moss, Jr. — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., May 26, 1874. Republican. Circuit judge in West Virginia, 1904-12; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1913-16; died in office 1916. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in 1916(age about 42 years). Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | |
| | Reese Blizzard (1863-1941) — of Calhoun County, W.Va.; Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Nicholas County, W.Va., October 17, 1863. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; newspaper editor; banker; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1901-10; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1920. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., November 10, 1941 (age 78 years, 24 days). Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | |
| | Edgar R. Staats (1878-1961) — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born January 27, 1878. Republican. Member of West Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1919-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1956. Died December 3, 1961 (age 83 years, 310 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | |
| | James Miller Boreman (1821-1895) — also known as James M. Boreman — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Pennsylvania, May 26, 1821. Republican. Postmaster at Parkersburg, Va., 1861-63; Parkersburg, W.Va., 1863-78. Died in Wood County, W.Va., June 17, 1895 (age 74 years, 22 days). Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | |
| | John B. Easton (1880-1961) — of Williamstown, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Allegheny County, Pa., September 28, 1880. Republican. President, West Virginia Federation of Labor, 1924; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1927-28; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. Died December 20, 1961 (age 81 years, 83 days). Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | |
| | Williamson S. Blizzard (1865-1941) — also known as William S. Blizzard — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Nicholas County, W.Va., 1865. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 29, 1941 (age about 76 years). Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | |
| | Dorr Clayton Casto II (1915-1958) — also known as Dorr C. Casto — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., February 19, 1915. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1941-42; defeated, 1942; candidate for West Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1952.Methodist. Member, Theta Chi; Sigma Nu Phi. Died June 2, 1958 (age 43 years, 103 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | |

Riverview Cemetery
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
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| | Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872) — also known as Peter G. Van Winkle — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 7, 1808.Delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1863; member ofWest Virginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1863; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1863-69. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., April 15, 1872 (age 63 years, 221 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
| | Jacob Beeson Jackson (1829-1893) — also known as Jacob B. Jackson — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born April 6, 1829. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1875-76; mayor of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1879; Governor of West Virginia, 1881-85. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., December 11, 1893 (age 64 years, 249 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
| | William Erskine Stevenson (1820-1883) — also known as William E. Stevenson — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Warren, Warren County, Pa., March 18, 1820. Republican. Cabinetmaker;farmer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1860;delegate to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1863; member ofWest Virginia state senate 5th District, 1863-68; President of the West Virginia State Senate, 1865-68; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; Governor of West Virginia, 1869-71; defeated, 1870.Irishancestry. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., November 29, 1883 (age 63 years, 256 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
| | John Jay Jackson Jr. (1824-1907) — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, Va. (now W.Va.), August 4, 1824. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1851-57; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1861-64; U.S. District Judge for West Virginia, 1864-1901; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Virginia, 1901-05. Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., September 1, 1907 (age 83 years, 28 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
| | John Fryatt Snodgrass (1804-1854) — also known as John F. Snodgrass — of Parkersburg, Wood County, Va. (now W.Va.). Born in Berkeley County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 2, 1804. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1853-54; died in office 1854. Slaveowner. Died suddenly, while arguing a case in court, in Parkersburg, Wood County, Va (now W.Va.), June 5, 1854 (age 50 years, 95 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. |
| | James Monroe Jackson (1825-1901) — also known as James M. Jackson — of Wood County, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, Va. (now W.Va.), December 3, 1825. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1870-71; delegate to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1873-88; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1889-90; criminal court judge in West Virginia, 1891-1901. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., February 14, 1901 (age 75 years, 73 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. Presumably named for: James Monroe Relatives: Son of Emma (Beeson) Jackson and John Jay Jackson; brother of John Jay Jackson Jr. and Jacob Beeson Jackson; grandson of John George Jackson; cousin *** of William Thomas Bland. Political family: Jackson-Lee family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial |
| | Milton P. Amiss (1813-1888) — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in 1813.Mayor of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1861-62. Died in 1888(age about 75 years). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
| | Allen C. Murdoch — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Democrat. Mayor of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1929, 1934. Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
| | John Jay Jackson (1800-1877) — also known as John J. Jackson — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now W.Va.), February 13, 1800. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1838-44; delegate to Virginia secession convention from Wood County, 1861.Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., January 1, 1877 (age 76 years, 323 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
| | John Douglas Ayers Jr. (1917-1981) — also known as J. Douglas Ayers — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va.; Vienna, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., October 29, 1917. Democrat. Building contractor; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1965-66; defeated, 1966.United Brethren. Member, Elks; Moose. Died in May, 1981(age 63 years, 0 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
| | Daniel Rowell Neal — of Virginia. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1856-60. Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |

Evergreen Cemetery South
South Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia

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