West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Stephens Cemetery, Mason Co.

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Cemetery Name:	Stephens	Click on images above to enlarge
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	Elmwood Map
Coordinates:	near 38.7384ºN -81.8558ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner:	unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	August 2007
Condition of cemetery**:	Poor (August 2007)
Accessibility:	Not easily accessible - from directions conveyed by WVCPA volunteers Karl & Alice Click: "On the Withrow farm: Go between the barns on the right then be prepared to turn left on a path used by the gas company." The cemetery is back up on the hillside beyond the meadow field. The Withrow farm is located a short distance down the road that follows Thirteenmile Creek from Deerlick in Union District - it is a fairly large farm, located on the left side of the road as you drive upstream from Deerlick.
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:	Plot Ref:	Photo:	Source:
Bennett	Infant			[Infant child of Wade and Tad Bennett]	18
Cain	Hannah Siders	22 May 1898	18 February 1935	[Dau. of Aaron and Eliza Siders, wife of Harvey Cain - exact dates from her death record]	27
Cain	Infant			[Infant child of Harvey and Hannah Siders Cain]	28
Cain	Infant			[Infant child of Harvey and Hannah Siders Cain]	29
Cain	Bernetta Anna	11 April 1936	11 April 1936	[Infant daughter of Hoyt and America Casto Cain - from her death record and family researchers]	30 31 32
Cain	Christena Fay	8 March 1932	8 March 1932	[8 hrs old - Infant daughter of Hoyt and America Casto Cain - from her death record]
Cain	Everett Boyd	27 February 1931	28 February 1931	[1 day old - Infant son of Hoyt and America Casto Cain - from his death record - no cemetery specified, but this is probable place of burial]
Cain	Lula Janett	16 December 1934	31 December 1934	[Infant daughter of Hoyt and America Casto Cain - from her death record]
Hunt	Emaline Zearley	1846	1899		11
Pickens	Deborah Cain		21 January 1921	[Wife of Homer Pickens - some sources list her death date as Jan. 25, 1921]	22
Pickens	Dencil	9 June 1912	25 November 1936	[Son of Homer and Deborah "Debby" Pickens]	20
Pickens	Homer A.	22 April 1883	3 May 1955	[Son of Philip and Eliza Adeline Pickens]	21
Pickens	Infant		1921	[Infant child of Homer and Debby Pickens]	23
Pickens	Infant			[Infant child of Ervin and Ida Jividen Pickens]	24
Pickens	Philip H.	16 July 1855	10 May 1890	"Aged 34 Ys. 9 Ms. & 24 Ds." [Son of Spencer and Margaret Pickens - unlike the marker, his death record states 34ys, 8ms, 24ds] [Husband and wife] [Daughter of A.J. and Manerva Stephens, after Philip's death, became the wife of Laban Cain - dates from her death record] "At rest"	25 26
Pickens	Eliza Adeline Stephens	7 December 1857	2 December 1929		25 26
Rollins	Ola Hill		1918 (1919?)		19
Smith	[Children]			[Children or infants of Ike and Prissy Smith]	16 17
Smith	Infant			[Infant child of James and Jane Z. Smith]
Smith	Infant			[Infant child of James and Jane Z. Smith]
Smith	James T.			"Children Abel and Inez, Grandchildren Alva and Nina"	15
Smith	Minerva Zearley	1831	1870	[Wife of Scott Smith]	4
Stephens	Albert Andrew		16 December 1870	"Aged 4 Ys. 10 Ms. 15 Ds." [Son of Andrew and Manerva]	1
Stephens	Andrew Jackson		9 July 1906	[At one time owned the farm on which this cemetery is located - he and his wife Manerva ran a store close to their farm, near which was also located the Stephens Post Office] "Aged [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Aged 73 Ys. 4 Ms. 24 Ds." "Our loved one rests in slumber deep, in silent and eternal sleep"	7 8
Stephens	Manerva Minor	4 July 1831	29 November 1904		7 8
Stewart	Alexander	15 August 1865	1 July 1935	[Son of Charles and Catharine (Smith) Stewart - from his death record] [Husband and wife - shared stone]	10 9
Stewart	Mary Caroline Stephens	1870	1935		10 9
Zearley	Infant		1890	[Infant child of Ad & Elizabeth "Lizzie" Zearley]	14
Zearley	Jacob	1821	1881	[Husband and wife - shared stone]	3 2
Zearley	Carolina Minor	1829	1904	[Husband and wife - shared stone]	3 2
Zearley	Jacob Minor	1 November 1870	12 July 1871		6
Zearley	John	1865	1900		12
Zearley	Permelia Carolina	21 July 1855	14 February 1871		5
Zearley	Tina	1867	1894		13
Unidentified Graves (likely belonging to people listed above without photos)
Image01				[Grave marked with a fieldstone]
Image02				[Grave marked with a fieldstone]
Image15				[Grave marked with a fieldstone]
Image16				[Unidentified grave - inscription long worn away]

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.

This cemetery was recently (August 2007) explored by WVCPA volunteers and photographed at that time. There is also an early plot map (click here to view a copy), and burial locations matching the numbers on the map are listed for each entry above.

Updated: 07 September 2012