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UnknownLocation
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
Mt. CarmelCemetery
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Joseph Paul Albright (1938-2009) — also known asJoseph P. Albright — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,November8, 1938.Democrat.Lawyer;furniturebusiness; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates, 1971-72, 1975-86 (Wood County1971-72, 8th District 1975-86); defeated, 1972;Speaker ofthe West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1985-86;judge ofWest Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1995-96, 2001-; appointed1995.Catholic.Member,Elks;Knightsof Columbus.Died, in University of PittsburghMedicalCenter, Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March20, 2009 (age70 years, 132days).Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Melvin Paul 'Jinks' Albright and Catherine Alberta (Rathbone)Albright; married,August16, 1958, to Patricia Ann Deem; married1995 to Nancie(Gensert) Divvens. | | | | Epitaph: "He stood for justice / Livedhis faith / and loved his family." | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
Mt. OlivetCemetery
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) — also known asAlbert B. White — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.; Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,September22, 1856.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher;banker;vice-president, George Washington LifeInsuranceCompany;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Parkersburg, West Virginia,1889-93, 1897-1901, 1921; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom West Virginia,1896(speaker),1924,1928(ConventionVice-President);Governor ofWest Virginia, 1901-05; West Virginia State Tax Commissioner,1907-08; member ofWestVirginia state senate 3rd District, 1927-30.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.DiedJuly 3,1941 (age84 years, 284days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. (1912-1962) — also known asJohn D. Hoblitzell, Jr. — of Ravenswood,JacksonCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,December30, 1912.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from West Virginia, 1956;West VirginiaRepublican state chair, 1956-58;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1958; defeated, 1958; delegate toRepublican National Convention from West Virginia,1960.Episcopalian.Member,Jaycees;Lions;Elks;Sons ofthe American Revolution;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;PhiKappa Psi.Died of aheartattack in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, W.Va.,January6, 1962 (age49 years, 7days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Charles Brooks Smith (1844-1899) — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Elizabeth,WirtCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),February24, 1844.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof Parkersburg, W.Va., 1878-80; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from West Virginia,1888;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1890-91.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,December7, 1899 (age55 years, 286days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Glen B. Gainer Jr. (1927-2009) — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,July 4,1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;schoolteacher;athleticcoach;mayorof Parkersburg, W.Va., 1968-70;WestVirginia state auditor, 1977-93.Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,September8, 2009 (age82 years, 66days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  | Spencer K. Creel (b. 1896) — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Freeport,WirtCounty, W.Va.,April27, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;engineer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1939-40,1943-64, 1967-70; defeated, 1934, 1940, 1964; resigned 1970;West VirginiaRepublican state chair, 1952-54.Lutheran.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;FarmBureau.Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John A. Creel and Isabella (Foutty) Creel; married,November28, 1918, to Bertha Gillman. | | | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book1951 |
 | William Morrill Parker (1889-1970) — also known asW. M. Parker — of Vienna,WoodCounty, W.Va.; Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,June 13,1889.Republican.Electricalinsulation manufacturer; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1951-54;chair ofWood County Republican Party, 1952-54.Episcopalian.Died in Sarasota,SarasotaCounty, Fla.,April 6,1970 (age80 years, 297days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Henry Parker and Anna (Cruickshank) Parker; married,October1, 1913, to Anna Hall Jones. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book1951 |
| | | Gordon Butcher Gibbens (1842-1907) — also known asGordon B. Gibbens — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),February19, 1842.Republican. Postmaster atParkersburg,W.Va., 1902-07; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from West Virginia,1904.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,August31, 1907 (age65 years, 193days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Clarence Cecil Woolard (1873-1923) — also known asClarence C. Woolard — of Idaho. Born in Grafton,TaylorCounty, W.Va.,January12, 1873.U.S. Vice Consul inCape Hatien, 1915-23, died in office 1923.Died, frommalaria,in Port-au-Prince,Haiti,December22, 1923 (age50 years, 344days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Odd FellowsCemetery
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
ParkersburgMemorial Gardens
(formerly Odd Fellows Cemetery)
1912 Market Street (zip 26101)
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Arthur Inghram Boreman (1823-1896) — also known asArthur I. Boreman — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Waynesburg,GreeneCounty, Pa.,July 24,1823.Republican.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1855-61; circuit judge in Virginia,1861-63;Governor ofWest Virginia, 1863-69;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1869-75; circuit judge in WestVirginia, 1889-96; died in office 1896.Methodist.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,April19, 1896 (age72 years, 270days).Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | | Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) — also known asJohnson N. Camden — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born inLewisCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),March 6,1828.Democrat. Candidate forGovernor ofWest Virginia, 1868, 1872; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from West Virginia,1876,1888,1892,1904(HonoraryVice-President);U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1881-87, 1893-95; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from West Virginia, 1888-92.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,April25, 1908 (age80 years, 50days).Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | | Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. (1874-1916) — also known asHunter H. Moss, Jr. — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,May 26,1874.Republican. Circuit judge in West Virginia, 1904-12;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1913-16; died inoffice 1916.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died in1916(ageabout42 years).Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | | Reese Blizzard (1863-1941) — ofCalhounCounty, W.Va.; Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born inNicholasCounty, W.Va.,October17, 1863.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;newspapereditor;banker;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1901-10;circuit judge in West Virginia, 1920.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,November10, 1941 (age78 years, 24days).Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | | Edgar R. Staats (1878-1961) — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.BornJanuary27, 1878.Republican. Member ofWestVirginia state senate 3rd District, 1919-22; alternate delegateto Republican National Convention from West Virginia,1956.DiedDecember3, 1961 (age83 years, 310days).Entombed in mausoleum at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens.| | Relatives: Sonof George Washington Staats and Dianna (Waugh) Staats; married toMargaret Elizabeth Jackson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Miller Boreman (1821-1895) — also known asJames M. Boreman — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Pennsylvania,May 26,1821.Republican. Postmaster atParkersburg,Va., 1861-63;Parkersburg,W.Va., 1863-78.Died inWoodCounty, W.Va.,June 17,1895 (age74 years, 22days).Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | | John B. Easton (1880-1961) — of Williamstown,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born inAlleghenyCounty, Pa.,September28, 1880.Republican.President,West Virginia Federation of Labor, 1924; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1927-28;Republican Presidential Elector for West Virginia,1929(voted forHerbertHoover andCharlesCurtis).DiedDecember20, 1961 (age81 years, 83days).Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | | Williamson S. Blizzard (1865-1941) — also known asWilliam S. Blizzard — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born inNicholasCounty, W.Va.,1865.Republican.Lawyer;Republican Presidential Elector for West Virginia,1925(voted forCalvinCoolidge andCharlesG. Dawes).Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,July 29,1941 (ageabout 76years).Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens. | | Dorr Clayton Casto II (1915-1958) — also known asDorr C. Casto — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,February19, 1915.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1941-42;defeated, 1942; candidate forWestVirginia state senate 3rd District, 1950; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from West Virginia,1952.Methodist.Member,ThetaChi;SigmaNu Phi.DiedJune 2,1958 (age43 years, 103days).Entombed in mausoleum at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens.
RiverviewCemetery
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872) — also known asPeter G. Van Winkle — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September7, 1808.Delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850;delegateto West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1863; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1863;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1863-69.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,April15, 1872 (age63 years, 221days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | | Jacob Beeson Jackson (1829-1893) — also known asJacob B. Jackson — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.BornApril 6,1829.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1875-76;mayorof Parkersburg, W.Va., 1879;Governor ofWest Virginia, 1881-85.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,December11, 1893 (age64 years, 249days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | | William Erskine Stevenson (1820-1883) — also known asWilliam E. Stevenson — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Warren,WarrenCounty, Pa.,March18, 1820.Republican.Cabinetmaker;farmer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1857; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Virginia,1860;delegateto West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1863; member ofWestVirginia state senate 5th District, 1863-68;Presidentof the West Virginia State Senate, 1865-68; RepublicanPresidential Elector for West Virginia,1864(voted forAbrahamLincoln andAndrewJohnson);Governor ofWest Virginia, 1869-71; defeated, 1870; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from West Virginia,1872(delegation chair); Republican Presidential Elector for WestVirginia,1872(did not serve).Irishancestry.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,November29, 1883 (age63 years, 256days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | | John Jay Jackson Jr. (1824-1907) — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),August4, 1824.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1851-57;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1861-64;U.S.District Judge for West Virginia, 1864-1901;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Virginia, 1901-05.Died in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,September1, 1907 (age83 years, 28days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | | John Fryatt Snodgrass (1804-1854) — also known asJohn F. Snodgrass — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, Va. (now W.Va.).Born inBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),March 2,1804.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51;U.S.Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1853-54; died inoffice 1854.Slaveowner. Died suddenly, whilearguing acase in court, in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, Va (now W.Va.),June 5,1854 (age50 years, 95days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | James Monroe Jackson (1825-1901) — also known asJames M. Jackson — ofWoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),December3, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1870-71;delegateto West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; circuitjudge in West Virginia, 1873-88;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1889-90; criminalcourt judge in West Virginia, 1891-1901.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,February14, 1901 (age75 years, 73days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | | Milton P. Amiss (1813-1888) — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in1813.Mayorof Parkersburg, W.Va., 1861-62.Died in1888(ageabout75 years).Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | | Allen C. Murdoch — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Democrat.Mayorof Parkersburg, W.Va., 1929, 1934.Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | | John Jay Jackson (1800-1877) — also known asJohn J. Jackson — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),February13, 1800.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1838-44;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Wood County, 1861.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,January1, 1877 (age76 years, 323days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | | John Douglas Ayers Jr. (1917-1981) — also known asJ. Douglas Ayers — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.; Vienna,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,October29, 1917.Democrat.Buildingcontractor; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1965-66;defeated, 1966.UnitedBrethren. Member,Elks;Moose.Died in May,1981(age63years, 0 days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | | Daniel Rowell Neal — of Virginia. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1856-60.Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
EvergreenCemetery South
South Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Perry Amos Nicely (1922-1991) — also known asWilliam P. A. Nicely — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,October23, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;banker;real estatedeveloper; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates, 1955-58, 1964-70, 1983-85(Wood County 1955-58, 1964-70, 8th District 1983-85); resigned 1970;delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia,1968,1972(alternate);mayorof Parkersburg, W.Va., 1970-77, 1986-89.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;AmericanLegion;Lions;UnitedCommercial Travelers.DiedJuly 26,1991 (age68 years, 276days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery South.| | Relatives: Sonof Perry Nicely and Anna E. (Posey) Nicely; married,June 12,1947, to Marjorie Faith Meadows; nephew ofAlbertJennie Nicely. | | | | Epitaph: "He was a warm and kindperson, who genuinely cared for the people in hiscommunity." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Albert Jennie Nicely (1868-1948) — also known asA. J. Nicely — ofWoodCounty, W.Va.Born inWoodCounty, W.Va.,January20, 1868.Republican.Farmer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1921-22;defeated, 1926.Died inWoodCounty, W.Va.,May 10,1948 (age80 years, 111days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery South.
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