West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:

McLain


McLain Cemetery, Union Dist., Mason Co., WV - taken from the west side of the cemetery
McLain Cemetery, Union Dist., Mason Co., WV - taken from the south side of the cemetery

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County: Mason
USGS Quad: Robertsburg
Coordinates: near 38.6624ºN  -81.8979ºW
Maintained by: Unknown
Land owners: B. Rutledge family
Date added to WVCPA register: April 2006
Condition of cemetery**: Good (September 2005)
Accessibility: Permission required - on private land. Landowners live in the first house west of Manila Chapel on Manila Ridge. If unable to drive in to the cemetery, it will be a walk of just under a half mile.  Once the cemetery is reached, the terrain is fairly level and manageable, as you can see in the photos above. Do check with the Rutledges as to current road conditions before driving in, if you are unable to walk the distance, to be on the safe side.

** 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:

Craig James Edward 5 December 1915 31 October 1987 "PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II" Click for photo of tombstone
Click for photo of tombstone
Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Craig Joseph Albert 26 October 1879 14 August 1972 [Husband and wife - shared stone]
"Married April 30, 1905"
[Dau. of Larry and Mary McLain]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
Source: WVCPA research
Craig Annie Esther 27 April 1884 10 February 1972
Davis William E., Sr. 23 June 1931 4 September 2002 "US ARMY"
"Bill"
"Loving Father and Grandfather"
Click for photo of tombstone
Click for photo of tombstone
Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
McLain Larry Isaac 15 September 1858 17 December 1935 [Husband and wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer reading of the cemetery
McLain Mary Elizabeth 3 January 1858 16 December 1907

 

Comments: The McLain Cemetery is behind and to the north of the Manila Chapel on Manila Ridge outside of Robertsburg in Putnam County. You enter through a large gate on the west side of the Manila Chapel property. On the gate is a sign saying 'For Cemetery Use Only'. Continue back through fields and woods for about a half mile to the cemetery. This is on private property so you must get permission at the 1st house on Manila Ridge Road west of Manila Chapel. The cemetery is well kept and maintained.

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 Updated: 07 September 2012