Index to Locations KingwoodMaplewood CemeteryMasontownMasontown Cemetery
MaplewoodCemetery
Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  William Mercer Owens Dawson (1853-1916) — also known asWilliam M. O. Dawson — of Kingwood,PrestonCounty, W.Va.Born in Bloomington,GarrettCounty, Md.,May 21,1853.Republican.Newspapereditor;lawyer;chair ofPreston County Republican Party, 1875-88; member ofWestVirginia state senate, 1881-88 (10th District 1881-82, 11thDistrict 1883-88); mayor of Kingwood, W.Va., 1890-91;West VirginiaRepublican state chair, 1892-1904;secretaryof state of West Virginia, 1897-1905;Governor ofWest Virginia, 1905-09.Died in Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.,March12, 1916 (age62 years, 296days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. | | William Gay Brown (1800-1884) — also known asWilliam G. Brown — of Kingwood,PrestonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.).Born in Kingwood,PrestonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),September25, 1800.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1832, 1840-43;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1845-49, 1861-63 (15th District1845-49, 10th District 1861-63);delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Virginia,1860;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Preston County, 1861;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1863-65; memberofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1872-73.Slaveowner. Died in Kingwood,PrestonCounty, W.Va.,April19, 1884 (age83 years, 207days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. | | William Gay Brown Jr. (1856-1916) — also known asWilliam G. Brown, Jr. — of Kingwood,PrestonCounty, W.Va.Born in Kingwood,PrestonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),April 7,1856.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia,1908;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1911-16;defeated, 1896; died in office 1916.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 9,1916 (age59 years, 337days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. | | James Clark McGrew (1813-1910) — also known asJames C. McGrew — of Kingwood,PrestonCounty, W.Va.Born near Brandonville,MonongaliaCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),September14, 1813.Republican.Delegateto Virginia secession convention from Preston County, 1861;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1863-65;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1869-73;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from WestVirginia,1880.Died in Kingwood,PrestonCounty, W.Va.,September18, 1910 (age97 years, 4days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. | | Robert Edward Lee Allen (1865-1951) — also known asRobert E. Lee Allen — of Morgantown,MonongaliaCounty, W.Va.Born in Lima,TylerCounty, W.Va.,November28, 1865.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1923-25;defeated, 1924, 1926.Baptist.Died in Mountain Lake Park,GarrettCounty, Md.,January28, 1951 (age85 years, 61days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. | | Melvin Claude Snyder (1898-1972) — also known asMelvin C. Snyder — of Kingwood,PrestonCounty, W.Va.Born in Albright,PrestonCounty, W.Va.,October29, 1898.Republican.Lawyer;mayor of Kingwood, W.Va., 1926;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1947-49;defeated, 1938, 1948, 1950; colonel in the U.S. Army during World WarII; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 18th Judicial Circuit,1953-71.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary.Died in Kingwood,PrestonCounty, W.Va.,August5, 1972 (age73 years, 281days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. | | Joseph Thatcher Hoke (1835-1910) — also known asJoseph T. Hoke — of Martinsburg,BerkeleyCounty, W.Va.; Keyser,MineralCounty, W.Va.; Kingwood,PrestonCounty, W.Va.Born inBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),February6, 1835.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor;poet;member ofWestVirginia state senate 11th District, 1867-69; delegate toRepublican National Convention from West Virginia,1868,1872(alternate),1880;circuit judge in West Virginia, 1869-72, 1889-96 (5th JudicialCircuit 1869-72, 3rd Judicial Circuit 1889-96); candidate forU.S.Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1880; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1887-88;U.S. Consul inWindsor, 1897-1907.Member,OddFellows.Died in Kingwood,PrestonCounty, W.Va.,July 27,1910 (age75 years, 171days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.  | Archie L. Reed (b. 1898) — also known asA. L. Reed — of Newburg,PrestonCounty, W.Va.Born in Fellowsville,PrestonCounty, W.Va.,October6, 1898.Republican.Automobiledealer; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1941-44;member ofWestVirginia state senate 15th District, 1945-60.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Rotary.Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof J. Q. Reed and Virginia (Ridgeway) Reed; married,June 15,1919, to Madge Marie Morrow. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book1951 |
| | | Charles James Pindall Cresap (1836-1886) — also known asC. J. P. Cresap — ofPrestonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.); Beverly,RandolphCounty, W.Va.Born inPrestonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),August17, 1836.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Preston County, 1861;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from West Virginia,1876;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Randolph County, 1881.Died in Beverly,RandolphCounty, W.Va.,October21, 1886 (age50 years, 65days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. | | P. J. Crogan — ofPrestonCounty, W.Va.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for West Virginia,1889(voted forGroverCleveland andAllenG. Thurman).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
MasontownCemetery
Masontown, Preston County, West Virginia
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