Dates in RED
above have been calculated based on the age at death indicated on the
tombstone.
WPA surveyed cemeteries in Monongalia Counties
in late 1930’s. This cemetery was inventoried in 1937 and even then
the condition was rated poor. The report intimated that there may be
additional, but unmarked graves present.
In the summer/fall of 2004, almost 100 years
after the last known burial, Elaine and Bob Burrell made an up-to-date
assessment. What they were able to document and assess follows:
There were only two tombstones that could be
identified with certainty. One was that of Francis Worman. It is a
white, marble stone lying flat, face up. The other was Wilhemina
Jennewine's, a very aged marble stone, broken in half, but standing erect, the
broken half leaning against the other.
Although there were some stones lying flat in
which no inscriptions could be read on either side, no evidence could be found
to indicate the location of the four other graves. We did not attempt to
probe for stones covered with earth/debris.
But more importantly, we were able to document
at least 5 stones that were not accounted for in the 1937 inventory.
Either the original work was done very sloppily or else these stones even
nearly 70 years ago were covered up by vegetation. A third possibility,
although remote, is that someone in more recent times has moved these
previously unrecorded stones from other nearby cemeteries.
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