West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Wallace-McCallister Cemetery

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Wallace-McCallister	*Cemetery before clean-up in Aug. '05:* *Cemetery after clean-up in Aug. '05:* Click on images to enlarge
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	Mount Olive
Coordinates:	38.nnnnºN -82.nnnnºW (exact location unknown)
Maintained by:	Terry & Fred McCallister
Land owner:	Douglas Sturgeon
Date added to WVCPA register:	September 2005
Condition of cemetery per specified date**:	Fair (even after the clean-up, due to the condition of the tombstones)
Accessibility:	Located on Old 18 Mile Creek road, on what was the farm of John R. Sturgeon (now owned by Douglas Sturgeon). To get there, take CR 41 from Rt. 2 at Ashton. You will pass the Russell Terry Road on the left, and just past that road is a dirt road on the right with an old trailer beside the road. Turn onto that dirt road to get to the cemetery. A four-wheel drive vehicle is needed to get to the cemetery, located on the ridge behind the Sturgeon barn.
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:
Ball	David, Jr.
Ball	David, Sr.		abt 1887	[Unmarked grave]
Ball	Oretha		bet. 1890-1894	[Unmarked grave - wife of David]
Ball	Rachel			[Unmarked grave - aged 20 years]
McCallister	Harrison	22 November 1813	9 July 1883	"Aged 69Y. 7Ms. 17Ds." [First burial in this cemetery] [Basing the death day here on the newer stone, which has the calculated age in years and days, rather than the older, which has him dying on the 8th of July - unsure which date is the correct one]
McCallister	Rachel	3 October 1818	26 February 1904	"Wife of Harrison McCalister"
Patton	Annie			[Unmarked grave - died in infancy]
Scott	infant			[Unmarked grave - stillborn infant of "Bud"]
Wallace	Hobart			[Unmarked grave - aged 2 years - son of Roe & Elizabeth Wallace]
Wallace	Elizabeth	16 October 1865	23 June 1909	"Wife of W.M. Wallace" "At Rest" "She trusted in God"
Wallace	Elza		abt 1890	[Unmarked grave - died in infancy - dau. of Roe & Elizabeth Wallace]
Young	Elizabeth			[Unmarked grave - second wife of John W. Young]
Young	Ella		26 September 1886	[Aged 10 years - dau of John & Mary]
Young	Francis W.		25 September 1886	[Aged 14 years - son of John & Mary]
Young	James J.		8 October 1886	[Aged 19 years - son of John & Mary]
Young	John W.			"CO F 36 VA. CAV. C.S.A."
Young	Mary J.	21 June 1840	3 September 1884	"Meet me in Heaven" "Wife of J.W. Young" "Aged 44Ys. 2Ms. 12Ds." "Many are called, few are chosen" ??
Young	Oretha		25 September 1886	[Aged 8 years - dau of John & Mary]
Young	William J.		24 September 1886	[Aged 21 years - son of John & Mary]
*Unidentifiable Stones:*
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Comments:

Dates or information in Red type from research on the individual, not necessarily from inscriptions, the dates being based on age at death as indicated on the tombstone.

This cemetery was last read by the late Mrs. John Sturgeon in 1970, with additions in from records research done by Mrs. J.H. Taylor. It was Mrs. Taylor that saw to the fencing in of this cemetery in 1971 to help protect it from some of its potential further deterioration.

Work completed under auspices of WVCPA:

This cemetery is in the process of being rescued by WVCPA contributor and volunteer, Terry McCallister and his uncle Fred McCallister.

Updated: 07 September 2012