West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Given Cemetery, Jackson Co., WV

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Given Cemetery (a.k.a. Moore Cemetery or Parsons Cemetery)	Click images to enlarge
County:	Jackson
USGS Quad:	Kenna
Coordinates:	38.7331ºN 81.7364ºW
Maintained by:	Given Cemetery Association
Land owner:	Given Cemetery Association Rt. 1, Box 298 Given, WV 25245
Date added to WVCPA register:	7 April 2003
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent (October 2007)
Accessibility:	Easily accessible - located on hill to the west of, and overlooking, Given and Parchment Chapel. Good, solid lawn/driveway area by cemetery gate to park. Turn around on road only, unless you open the gate and drive in to the cemetery (good, firm driveway in cemetery, so if you have limited mobility, driving in through the gate is certainly an option).
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:
Antal	Thomas Louis	11 April 1926	26 December 2005	"TEC5 US ARMY WORLD WAR II" "Father" [Son of Louis & Elizabeth Pastorky Antal - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Dec. 28, 2005] [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Antal	Sally Ethel	5 January 1938
Barnett	Alva P. "Case"	1911	1969	[Husband & wife -shared stone]
Barnett	Aulene M. (Boswell)	1915	1969	[Husband & wife -shared stone]
Barnett	Arch R.	4 March 1899	7 February 1990	[Husband & wife -shared stone] "Married 65 years"
Barnett	Marvella M.	8 April 1908	14 June 1995	[Husband & wife -shared stone] "Married 65 years"
Barnett	C. Darrell	1936	1958
Barnett	G. Charles	24 November 1926	22 February 1934	[Son of Arch & Marvella Barnett]
Barnett	Della Leon	21 May 1896	26 October 1972	"WEST VIRGINIA PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I"
Barnett	Infant J.F.	4 February 1906	29 December 1906	"Infant son of J.B. and I.I. Barnett"
Barnett	J.B.	1858	1942	[Husband & wife - shared stone - his death year from death record] [Dau. of Archibald S. & Elizabeth (Waugh) Skidmore]
Barnett	Ida I.	1866	1936
Barnett	James Floyd	11 August 1943	14 August 1967	"WEST VIRGINIA A1C US AIR FORCE"
Barnett	Michael David	18 July 1954	26 April 2003	"PVT US MARINE CORPS" [wooden handmade memorial painted: "We Love You Pop Paw"]
Barnett	Parvin B.	10 April 1934	12 May 1995	"Wed August 15, 1953"
Barnett	Freda M.	10 September 1932		"Wed August 15, 1953"
Barnette	Carroll Austin	26 October 1934	10 November 2001	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Married October 16, 1971" "Together Always"
Barnette	Effie Mae	26 May 1940
Barnette	Melissa Ann	1965	1965	[Dau of Boyd Ray & Barbara (Dunlap) Barnette]
Bennett	John F.	1842	1888	"Father" "At Rest"
Boggs	George		29 February 1917	"Son of Rev. Anderson Boggs"
Boswell	Allen Wade	15 August 1961	26 November 2013	[Son of Deloris Boswell - from his obituary from Casto Funeral Home, Evans, WV]
Boswell	Austin Wade	3 February 1910	8 January 1993	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Boswell	Martha E.	22 January 1922		[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Boswell	Clyde V.	26 November 1913	22 December 1987	"US NAVY WORLD WAR II" [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Boswell	Lucy Alice	1915	1956	"US NAVY WORLD WAR II" [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Boswell	Lloyd Asbury	27 November 1911	21 July 1978
Boswell	W. Austin	1884	1977	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Boswell	Mary E.	1886	1964	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Brotherton	T. Clinton	November 1893	November 1966	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Brotherton	Hattie Helen (Rhodes)	November 1893	August 1977	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Brotherton	Pauline Jewell	23 May 1924	18 April 2004	[Dau of Clinton & Hattie Rhodes Brotherton - information from her obituary in Charleston Daily Mail 28 April 2004]
Brotherton	Tommy W.	29 June 1936	10 November 1999	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Brotherton	Pauline M.	1 August 1929	18 April 1992	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Carter	Elvon L., Jr.	16 February 1937	30 May 2009	[Son of Elvon L. and Mary Butcher Jones Carter, husband of JoAnn Carter - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail June 1, 2009]
Carter	JoAnn	1 January 1936	6 May 2007	[From her obituary in the Jackson Herald in early May 2007]
Casto	Everett Floyd "Buss"	21 December 1929	12 April 2005	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Casto	Edith M.	1935		[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Casto	Luther Floyd	17 April 1899	24 August 1983	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	Oma Myrtle	22 June 1905	23 May 1986	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	Mary Don Boswell	16 March 1926	16 April 2010	[Dau. of Wiley Austin and Mary Etta Hanning Boswell, wife of Arnold Casto - from her obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Apr. 21, 2010]
Faber	Analene	31 August 1917	26 September 1987
Faber	Christopher C.	1869	1942	[Son of William F. & Louisa Jane (Boggess) Faber] [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Faber	Cora A. Wingett	1884	1958
Faber	Versie	1914	1920	"Dau. of C.C. & Cora A. Faber"
Faber	Youdoris	30 September 1926
French	Howard Austin	5 February 1909	11 August 1994	"SC2 US NAVY WORLD WAR II" [Husband & wife - shared stone]
French	Katherine Rosalee	5 July 1927		"SC2 US NAVY WORLD WAR II" [Husband & wife - shared stone]
French	Howard Steven	15 December 1947	7 August 2009	[Son of Howard Austin and Katherine Rosalee French, husband of Karen Cecelia French - from his obituary in the Jackson Herald Aug. 11, 2009]
French	J. Allen	1840	1926	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
French	Esther J.	1842	1928	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
French	Perry A.	1873	1950	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
French	Rosella (Hanning)	1884	1967	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Hager	Golden	1902	1993	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "We Will Meet Again"
Hager	Hattie S.	1904	1983	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "We Will Meet Again"
Halstead	John Keith	3 July 1955	17 March 2010	[Son of John Halstead and Geneva Hager Halstead Kinley, husband of Elizabeth Carter Halstead - from his obituary in the Jackson Herald Mar. 22, 2010]
Hanning	Charles E.	15 June 1878	1 February 1935	"Father"
Hanning	Florence Parsons	5 October 1879	27 September 1908	"Mother"
Hanning	Delsie	10 April 1916	18 July 1916	"Sisters" [Shared stone]
Hanning	Dollie	10 April 1916	18 July 1916	"Sisters" [Shared stone]
Hanning	Minne E. (Bessie)	10 December 1883	9 June 1971	"Mother" [Elizabeth]
Harrison	Clara (Parsons)	4 February 1866	8 March 1891	"Wife of O.B. Harrison" "Aged 25y 1m 4d"
Harrison	Jessie B.	9 October 1890	13 March 1891	"Dau. of O.B. & C. Harrison" "Aged 5ms 4ds"
Hickman	Alma (Barnette)	1901	1930	"Wife of C.E. Hickman"
Hickman	Beulah D.		5 April 2009	[88 years of age - wife of Clair Hickman - from her obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Apr. 7, 2009]
Hickman	Charles E.	1897	1946
Hickman	Clair	21 January 1914	30 January 1978
Hickman	Harold Lee	29 October 1928	16 July 1950	"WEST VIRGINIA CPL 19 INF 24 INF DIV WORLD WAR II KOREA" [Son of C.E. & Alma Hickman - killed in action - among the first casualties of the Korean War]
Hickman	Howard Edward "Eddie"	18 February 1969	17 June 1994	"In God's Care"
Hickman	Infant	1922	1922	"Infant of C.E. & Alma Hickman"
Hickman	Infant	1930	1930	"Infant of C.E. & Alma Hickman"
Hickman	James Lee	1955	1956	[no marker for this baby yet]
Hickman	William H.	23 September 1911	30 July 1949	"WEST VIRGINIA SGT 356 AAF BASE UNIT WORLD WAR II"
Hickman	William T.	1869	1915	[Son of Zechariah & Sophia (McCune) Hickman] [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Hickman	Rebecca H.	1871	1941
Holmgren	Mamie E. Skidmore	19 January 1909	17 April 1979
Jividen	Erma P.	22 March 1909	24 December 1997	"Mother"
King	Gregory Allen	10 January 1963	10 January 1963
Kinser	Baby Son	1920	19 December 1920	"Our Baby Son" "Mr. & Mrs. G.F. Kinser"
Landfried	Daniel P.	11 November 1907	17 July 1963	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Landfried	J. Marie	2 April 1911	23 September 1994	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Landfried	George M.	1864	1918	[Son of Philip & Sarah Ann (Ables) Landfried] [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Landfried	Anna (Parsons)	1877	1935
Landfried	Jessie	26 September 1899	26 November 1901	"Dau. of G.M. & Annie Landfried"
Landfried	Russel	28 August 1911	20 May 1987	[Shared stone]
Landfried	Ersil	17 February 1911	31 December 1987	[Shared stone]
Lanham	Preston	1865	1940	"At Rest"
Moore	Andrew	1804	1879	[Son of Levi and Nancy Sharp Moore]
Moore	Arvil	20 October 1887		"Son of Samuel & Alice Moore"
Moore	Belle			"Daughter of Samuel & Alice Moore"
Moore	Cleo	[Inscription barely legible in 1971 - according to research by the Given Cemetery Assoc., there are thought to only be three Moore children buried here (this additional name was listed in Jackson Co. Cemetery Inscriptions). All markers are recent, from the 80's. Not sure on the confusion with the names, and there is a birth record identified for Lidia in 1877]
Moore	Lidia			"Daughter of Samuel & Alice Moore"
Moore	Rebecca Waugh	1802	1888	[Dau. of Samuel and Ann McGuire Waugh, wife of Andrew]
Morton	Dorcas Hanning	23 January 1914	21 August 1995
Nuckles	Belle	1855	1914
Nuckles	C.E.	1872	1928	[Charles E. Nuckles] [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Nuckles	Eva	1873	1919	[Charles E. Nuckles] [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Nuckles	[child]			[Funeral home marker located between the graves of Charles & Eva Nuckles and Ethel Nuckles - said to mark the graves of two Nuckles children]
Nuckles	[child]
Nuckles	Ethel Mae	1905	1928
Nuckles	James H.	1840	1927
Nuckles	John B.	1869	1932	"At rest"
Parsons	Aaron Dewey		23 October 1934	"Fireman 2Cl. U.S.N.R.F."
Parsons	Arden	15 February 1922	3 February 1926	"Son of C. & F.A. Parsons" [Clayton Arden Parsons]
Parsons	Asbury Alexis	1878	1958	"Father"
Parsons	Baby	1933	1933	[Infant son of Clayton & Freda Parsons]
Parsons	Bonnie Mae	21 November 1900	1 July 1951	"Daughter of Enoch & Maggie Smith" [2nd wife of Clayton Parsons]
Parsons	C. Webster	1911	1984	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Mildred H.	1911	1986	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Charles	1 May 1840	5 June 1911	[Son of Henry & Lavinia (Turner) Parsons] [Husband & wife - shared stone] [Dau. of Andrew & Rebecca Moore, married Charles Parsons Jan. 4, 1863]
Parsons	Alice R.	10 August 1838	16 May 1918
Parsons	Charles J.	1915	1955	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Docia Roberta (Casto)	23 March 1929	4 September 1974	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Chester O.	17 November 1910	17 April 2009	[Husband & wife - shared stone] [Exact dates from Lucille's obituary in Charleston Gazette July 27, 2002, and from Chester's obituary in the Jackson Herald Apr. 21, 2009]
Parsons	Lucille E.	19 February 1918	25 July 2002
Parsons	Clayton	1 August 1895	26 January 1967	"WEST VIRGINIA PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I" [Ruby M. Rhodes, 3rd wife of Clayton] [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Love is love forever more"
Parsons	Ruby	25 April 1929
Parsons	Delpho	September 1898	11 August 1901	[Son of Okey & Emma Parsons - note: death record states August death month, though stone inscribed 'December']
Parsons	Eslie W.	1903	1941	"Son"
Parsons	Freda A.	12 December 1902	19 July 1933	[Freda Alice, 1st wife of Clayton Parsons]
Parsons	George W.	13 December 1918	23 July 2000	"S2 US NAVY WORLD WAR II" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "In Loving Memory"
Parsons	Belle D.	12 April 1924
Parsons	Gratton	1873	1941	[Gratton S., son of Charles & Alice Parsons] [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Clara M.	1884	1955
Parsons	Infant		16 May 1909	"Infant of G.S. and Clara Parsons"
Parsons	Infants	May 1914	May 1914	[Infant twins of Okey & Emma Parsons]
Parsons	Jessie	January 1904	January 1905	[Dau of Okey & Emma Parsons]
Parsons	Londes A.	1900	1972	[Husband & wife - shared stone] [Iva G. Lathey]
Parsons	Iva G.	1902	1997	[Husband & wife - shared stone] [Iva G. Lathey]
Parsons	Lorna Don	6 June 1899	1 September 1972	[Lorna Don Rhodes]
Parsons	Lowen	8 July 1928	February 1929	[Lowen Alva, son of Clayton and Freda Parsons]
Parsons	Martha E.	1885	1963	"Mother"
Parsons	Martha Ellen	1916	1917	"Dau."
Parsons	Okey	25 December 1875	23 June 1945	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Emma Moore	18 March 1880	13 July 1919	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Thomas Tilden	4 August 1876	7 October 1958	[Husband & wife - shared stone] [Olivia A. Moore]
Parsons	Olivia A.	15 September 1871	18 October 1966	[Husband & wife - shared stone] [Olivia A. Moore]
Paxton	Waitman T.	1874	1954	[Husband & wife - shared stone] [Corda E. (Boswell) Paxton Koontz]
Paxton	Corda E.	1889	1975
Pringle	Hilda E.	2 April 1932	12 October 1975	[Hilda Eileen Casto] "In Loving Memory" [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Pringle	James Ray	April 1930
Randolph	James R. Sr.	20 February 1936	10 November 1997	"Wed June 12, 1954"
Randolph	B. Mae	18 March 1935		"Wed June 12, 1954"
Randolph	Keith D.	1958		"Dad" "Married Nov. 24, 1973" "In Loving Memory" "Mom"
Randolph	Sharon K.	1958	1990	"Dad" "Married Nov. 24, 1973" "In Loving Memory" "Mom"
Rhodes	Georgia B.	1896	1960	"At Rest"
Rhodes	Luther V.	26 April 1899	July 1972	[Husband & wife - shared stone] [Ivy Frances Braham]
Rhodes	Ivy F.	5 September 1909	1983	[Husband & wife - shared stone] [Ivy Frances Braham]
Rhodes	Robert	1869	1944	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Rhodes	Minnie	1869	1957	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Skeens	Archie Everett	18 August 1884	20 November 1952
Skeens	Dempsey C.	1945	29 November 2005	[Aged 60 years - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Dec. 2, 2005] [Husband and wife - shared stone]
Skeens	Marilyn Joyce	1948
Skeens	Evelyn Jo		1942	[Daughter of Clarence & Lola Barnett Skeens]
Skeens	Lola Lee Barnett	1909	1986
Skidmore	Archibald S.	1840	1908	[Son of Archibald & Sarah (Anderson) Skidmore, married 1st Elizabeth, dau. of Arthur & Henrietta Waugh] [Husband & wife - shared stone] [Emma, 2nd wife of Archibald]
Skidmore	Emma R.	1862	1950
Skidmore	Brida A.	17 November 1925	21 February 1992	"Mother"
Skidmore	Eda Jones	1875	1968	"Mother" [Wife of John B. Skidmore]
Skidmore	Infant	1954	10 August 1954	"Infant son of Otis and Brida Skidmore"
Skidmore	John B.	1868	1944	"Father" [Son of Archibald S. & Elizabeth (Waugh) Skidmore]
Skidmore	John E.	1907	1942
Skidmore	Leona A.	1 April 1921	30 October 2005	[Wife of Virgil F. Skidmore]
Skidmore	Otis M.	7 May 1922	11 June 2003	"Father"
Skidmore	Virgil F.	14 January 1901	13 July 1975
Skidmore	Warren	16 June 1895	20 May 1949	"WEST VIRGINIA PHM3 US NAVY WORLD WAR I"
Smith	Albert M.	1879	1959	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Smith	Effie M.	1883	1961	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Smith	Delmas Ray	1908	1965	[Son of Albert & Effie W. Smith]
Smith	James Isom	11 February 1924	4 May 1924	"Son of A.M. & E.M. Smith"
Smith	Donald V.	29 July 1932		"Wife" "Husband"
Smith	Thelma M.	26 October 1932	August ___	"Wife" "Husband"
Stover	Howard "Tom"	10 April 1922	4 June 2002	"PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II" [Husband and wife - shared stone]
Stover	Martha	15 February 1925
Thaxton	Dale E.	9 April 1947	15 June 2000	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Thaxton	Joyce R.	7 January 1948		[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Wingett	Lemuel			"In Memory of Lemuel, His Wife Lydia, Their Infant Twin Daughters"
Wingett	Lydia
Wingett	Infant twins
Wingett	Sarah Carney	1857	1928
Wolfe	Cloyd F.	1944	1958	[Brothers - shared stone - Cloyd Franklin and Hoyt Darrell]
Wolfe	Hoyt D.	1932	1932
Wolfe	Kevin	9 February 1965		[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Dau. of Billie & Carolyn Spencer Casto - from her obituary in Charleston Daily Mail 21 May, 2005]
Wolfe	Virginia Lynn Casto	29 May 1969	19 May 2005
Wolfe	Lula B.	12 January 1915	27 June 2003	[Mother and daughter - shared stone]
Davis	Helen J.	1934	2002	[Mother and daughter - shared stone]

Comments:

Date in Red have been calculated based on death date and age at death, or are from research done on that individual. In addition to the above burials, there are known to be eight unmarked graves here pre-dating 1900, and likely are more that are no longer readily visible.

Much of the information on this page has been graciously provided by the Given Cemetery Association - particularly from the research and photography of Mrs. Maxine Landfried of Kenna, WV done in 2004 to compose a booklet to sell to raise funds toward the maintenance of the cemetery. An excerpt of the cemetery history, provided by Mrs. Landfried, may be viewed on the Given Cemetery History page. Our sincere thanks to the Given Cemetery Association for their dedication to the care of this cemetery, and to Mrs. Landfried for her excellent work and willingness to share it with us.

An online plot map of this cemetery is hoped for, but has yet to be completed. Any volunteers out there who like to sketch? This might be an opportunity to help us out! See the Josiah Harrison Cemetery Plot Map as an example of what we're looking for. Once complete, the numbered graves on the plot map are then linked to the photos of the tombstones as well. Contact us at the WVCPA if you'd like to try your hand and this "artistic" aspect of cemetery documentation!

Updated: 29 November 2013