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Boone County
West Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Boone County

Index to Locations Hager Cemetery Private or family graveyards DrawdyDrawdy Cemetery MadisonUnknown location MadisonBoone Memorial Park HagerCemetery Boone County, West Virginia See alsoFindagravepage for this location.Elmo Edgar Hager (1917-1989) — also known asElmo E. Hager;"Saint" —of Ramage,BooneCounty, W.Va.Born in Ramage,BooneCounty, W.Va.,May 16,1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidateforWestVirginia state senate 7th District, 1946.Died in Huntington,CabellCounty, W.Va.,June 15,1989 (age72 years, 30days).Interment at Hager Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof William Edgar Hager and Mary Estil (Sanders) Hager; married toElaine Cooper.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

St. Clair Ballard (1802-1873) — of Virginia. Born inMonroeCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),August14, 1802.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1847.Introduced the legislation to name Boone County, Virginia (now WestVirginia) for Daniel Boone, who had rescued his mother from Indianswhen she was a child.Died inBooneCounty, W.Va.,December26, 1873 (age71 years, 134days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

	Relatives: Sonof John C. Ballard and Chloe (Finn) Ballard; second cousin ofLewisBallard; second cousin twice removed ofOscarHampton Ballard,JohnReginald Ballard andShermanHart Ballard; second cousin thrice removed ofWadeHampton Ballard III; second cousin four times removed ofPeytonRandolph; third cousin once removed ofColebyChew; third cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminChew,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andMeredithNicholson; fourth cousin once removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk.
		Political family:Ballardfamily of Peterstown, West Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).

Jacob Conrad Edelman (1835-1918) — also known asJ. C. Edelman;Jacob ConradEdelmann —of Peytona,BooneCounty, W.Va.Born in Rainrod,Germany,May8, 1835.Member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Boone County, 1889,1905-06.Died in Peytona,BooneCounty, W.Va.,May 17,1918 (age83 years, 9days).Interment at Drawdy Cemetery.

Joel E. Stollings (1833-1897) — ofBooneCounty, W.Va.Born inLoganCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),August12, 1833.Lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state senate, 1872, 1881-84 (8th District 1872, 1881-82,7th District 1883-84).DiedSeptember27, 1897 (age64 years, 46days).Interment somewhere.

Alney McLean Hall (1886-1965) — also known asAlney M. Hall — of Ramage,BooneCounty, W.Va.Born in Kentucky,April17, 1886.Democrat. Member ofWestVirginia state senate 7th District, 1943-46.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;Redmen.DiedApril29, 1965 (age79 years, 12days).Interment at Boone Memorial Park.

Politicians buriedhere:
	Manderville Tildon Miller (1879-1943) — also known asM. T. Miller — of Madison,BooneCounty, W.Va.Born in Lowgap,BooneCounty, W.Va.,December31, 1879.Republican.Ordainedminister;schoolteacher;BooneCounty Superintendent of Schools, 1919-23;postmaster;member ofWestVirginia state senate 8th District, 1929-32.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Died, from acoronaryocclusion, in Madison,BooneCounty, W.Va.,December2, 1943 (age63 years, 336days).Interment at Boone Memorial Park.   Relatives: Sonof Susan Ann (Pauley) Miller and Sylvanus Miller; married to FloraAnn Roberts.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book1929

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