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| Cemetery Name: |
Curtin |
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| County: | Nicholas | |
| USGS Quad: | Craigsville | |
| Coordinates: | 38.2810ºN 80.6335ºW | |
| Maintained by: | unknown | |
| Land owner: | unknown | |
| Date added to WVCPA register: | January 2008 | |
| Condition of cemetery**: | Fair - possibly some vandalism occurring | |
| Accessibility: | According to WVCPA contributor of this cemetery information, Paul Greathouse, the cemetery is located northwest of Richwood off Rt. 55 (20), on the west side of the road, near the top of a hill above a substation about a mile up from the mouth of the Cherry River. While not far from the highway, it is not easily accessible - there is only an old path leading up the mountainside to the cemetery, and getting there on foot is about the only way. Last read by WVCPA contributors Richard & Paul Greathouse on Dec. 25, 2007. Most of the graves are located beyond the fenced area as shown in the photo above. | |
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** Condition of cemetery as
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| Last Name: | First Name: |
Born: |
Died: |
Inscription: |
Photo: |
Source: |
| ? | Janet N. | 6 December 1914 | 27 January 1915 |
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| Blake | Brooks C. | 16 June 1929 | 10 August 1930 | "Our
Darling" "To die is gain" "Asleep in Jesus" [note: this marker is inside the fenced area seen in the photo above - first photo of this marker from the 1970's, the second from December 2007] |
 
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| B.L.C. | [Sandstone marker - no other inscription] |
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| Cummings | Benjamin | 3 November 1914 | 3 November 1914 | [Son of Edd L. & Sarah C. Boggs Cummings - unmarked grave - from family records] | |
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| Knight | Burb | [unmarked grave - information from S. B.] | |
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| Lake | Marie | 1915 | 1916 | "Dau.
of J.E. & A.L. Lake" "Of such is the kingdom of heaven" |
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| Peters | Lee | 1894 | 1921 | "Son
of C.C.L. & R.J.B. Peters" "Gone but not forgotten" |
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| Smarr | Infant | 15 April 1924 | 28 April 1924 | "Infant son of S.A. & S.A. Smarr" |
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| W.B.W. | [Sandstone marker - no other inscription] | |
| Comments:
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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.
Our thanks to Paul Greathouse for sharing this cemetery information with us! If you have any questions about this cemetery, you may contact Paul directly at dulcimerman @ gmail.com Paul also recommended a web link to a history of Curtain, WV - note that in the text the author refers to the cemetery in Curtain having 26 graves in in, most marked with fieldstones. As you can see from the list above, this is far short of 26, being the only ones that are marked and positively identified by family records (according to research to date). If you have any further information on this cemetery and its history, please contact WVCPA with the details and we'll gladly post it on this page. |
Updated: 07 September 2012