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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Marion County, W.Va.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Zion Cemetery</a> <li><b>Fairmont</b> <a href="cms02601">Woodlawn Cemetery</a> <li><b>Farmington</b> <a href="cms07616">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a> <li><b>Seven Pines</b> <a href="cms05305">Shaver Family Graveyard</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06302">Doolittle Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2290035&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ephraim Doolittle (1834-1918)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va. Born in Monongalia County, Va. (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/11-07.html">November 7, 1834</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">minister</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 2nd District, 1869-70. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/02-28.html">February 28, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 113 days</a>). Interment at Doolittle Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Doolittle and Sarah (McCausland) Doolittle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/10-20.html">October 20, 1870</a>, to Kizziah Echols.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02298">Fairmont Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Zedekiah Kidwell (1814-1872)</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.). Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ff-born.html">Fairfax</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/01-04.html">January 4, 1814</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1842-45, 1849-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1849; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 10th District, 1853-57. Died in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/04-27.html">April 27, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 114 days</a>). Interment at Fairmont Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000165">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406329">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03855">Maple Grove Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Sherwood Haymond (1794-1869)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas S. Haymond</b> — of Virginia. Born near Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/01-15.html">January 15, 1794</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 15th District, 1849-51; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-died.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/04-05.html">April 5, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 80 days</a>). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Haymond and Cynthia (Carroll) Haymond; married to Harriet A. Franklin; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#125.32.35">Alpheus Forest Haymond</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#554.52.48">Daniel Haymond</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#130.56.41">Creed Haymond</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#413.64.40">William Stanley Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#095.41.20">Thomas S. Haymond</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#229.13.22">Frank Cruise Haymond</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#947.89.85">Daniel Haymond Polsley</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#001.51.24">William Summerville Haymond</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maxwell.html#719.32.02">Edwin Maxwell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#023.78.96">Henry Haymond</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#089.39.60">William Edgar Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maxwell.html#378.82.42">Haymond Maxwell</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#476.10.38">Daniel S. Haymond</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#154.10.22">Guy D. Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#920.68.41">George S. Snodgrass</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0046.html">Haymond family</a> of West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000395">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405263">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6907784">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Mt. Zion Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Haymond Alpheus Alltop (1892-1979)</b> — also known as <b>Haymond A. Alltop</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in Cedarville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GI-born.html">Gilmer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-14.html">June 14, 1892</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/machinist.html">Machinist</a>; employed by Baltimore and Ohio <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, Monongahela Valley Trades and Labor Council; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">vice president</a>, West Virginia Federation of Labor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">vice president</a>, West Virginia Industrial Union Council; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Marion County, 1939-44. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., April, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/index.html">1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alpheus Alltop and Rebecca Jane (Miller) Alltop; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/05-15.html">May 15, 1912</a>, to Mona Ann Satterfield.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/47498823">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8413558630/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/953/80.94.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="W. Ellsworth Morgan"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>W. Ellsworth Morgan (1864-1938)</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/04-17.html">April 17, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">notary public</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Marion County, 1927-30; defeated, 1934. Died in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/08-24.html">August 24, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William C. Morgan and Louisa A. (Spicer) Morgan; married to Sarah Brown.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/96955507">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> West Virginia Blue Book 1929</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02601">Woodlawn Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/523/97.70.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Matthew M. Neely"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958)</b> — also known as <b>Matthew M. Neely</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/DO-born.html">Doddridge County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/11-09.html">November 9, 1874</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/fairmont.html">mayor of Fairmont, W.Va.</a>, 1908-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47; defeated, 1920, 1946; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from West Virginia</a>, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated, 1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/WV.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/WV.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/WV.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/WV.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WV.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/WV.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1941-45. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-chi.html">Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-sigma-kappa.html">Phi Sigma Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/01-18.html">January 18, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alfred Newlon Neely and Mary (Morris) Neely; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/10-21.html">October 21, 1903</a>, to Alberta Claire Ramage; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neale-neese.html#596.12.13">Richard Neely</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#414.00.37">George Arnold</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#022.19.52">Charles Lively</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000023">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408115">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/matthew-mansfield-neely/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew M. Neely">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/705/000214063">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> U.S. passport application (1919)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Francis Harrison Pierpoint (1814-1899)</b> — of Virginia. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/01-25.html">January 25, 1814</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1865-68. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/03-24.html">March 24, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 58 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HA-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/10-15.html">October 15, 1839</a>. Democrat. Circuit judge in West Virginia, 1878; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1890-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/10-13.html">October 13, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Third cousin by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall3.html#846.40.73">Ellery Robinson Hall</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12214.html">Hall-Fleming family</a> of Fairmont, West Virginia.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/aretas-brooks-fleming/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Clarence Wayland Watson (1864-1940)</b> — also known as <b>Clarence W. Watson</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/05-08.html">May 8, 1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal mining business</a>; trustee or director of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banks</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/WV.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/WV.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from West Virginia</a>, 1911-13; defeated, 1918; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">Democratic National Committee from West Virginia</a>, 1916-18. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/index.html">1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Otis Watson and Matilda (Lamb) Watson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/10-10.html">October 10, 1894</a>, to Minnie Lee Owings.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000198">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411369">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank Cruise Haymond (1887-1972)</b> — also known as <b>Frank C. Haymond</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/04-13.html">April 13, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Marion County, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 1st District, 1934, 1938; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 16th Judicial Circuit, 1939-45; appointed 1939; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1945-72; appointed 1945; died in office 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/06-10.html">June 10, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 58 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#413.64.40">William Stanley Haymond</a> and Agnes Cruise Haymond; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/">1922</a> to Susan Watson Arnett; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#095.41.20">Thomas S. Haymond</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#125.32.35">Alpheus Forest Haymond</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#158.84.48">Thomas Sherwood Haymond</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#554.52.48">Daniel Haymond</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#130.56.41">Creed Haymond</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#947.89.85">Daniel Haymond Polsley</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#001.51.24">William Summerville Haymond</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maxwell.html#719.32.02">Edwin Maxwell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#023.78.96">Henry Haymond</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#089.39.60">William Edgar Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maxwell.html#378.82.42">Haymond Maxwell</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#476.10.38">Daniel S. Haymond</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0046.html">Haymond family</a> of West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11576545">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alpheus Forest Haymond (1823-1893)</b> — also known as <b>Alpheus F. Haymond</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in Palatine, Va. (now part of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/12-15.html">December 15, 1823</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1853-54, 1857-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Virginia secession convention</a> from Marion County, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1873-82. Died in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-15.html">December 15, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#158.84.48">Thomas Sherwood Haymond</a> and Harriet A. (Franklin) Haymond; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/">1847</a> to Maria F. Boggess; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#413.64.40">William Stanley Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#095.41.20">Thomas S. Haymond</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#229.13.22">Frank Cruise Haymond</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#554.52.48">Daniel Haymond</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#130.56.41">Creed Haymond</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#947.89.85">Daniel Haymond Polsley</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#001.51.24">William Summerville Haymond</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maxwell.html#719.32.02">Edwin Maxwell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#023.78.96">Henry Haymond</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#089.39.60">William Edgar Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maxwell.html#378.82.42">Haymond Maxwell</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#476.10.38">Daniel S. Haymond</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#154.10.22">Guy D. Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#920.68.41">George S. Snodgrass</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0046.html">Haymond family</a> of West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11569189">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Herschel Hampton Rose (1877-1945)</b> — also known as <b>Herschel H. Rose</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in Mannington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/04-20.html">April 20, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1941-45; died in office 1945. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/06-17.html">June 17, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 58 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Martyn Rose and Mary Ann (Barton) Rose; married to Dessie Mae Miller; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rose.html#052.88.06">Herschel Hampton Rose (1912-1992)</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin Franklin Martin (1828-1895)</b> — also known as <b>Benjamin F. Martin</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-lived.html">Taylor County</a>, W.Va. Born near Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/10-02.html">October 2, 1828</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to West Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1872; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/WV.html">1872</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 2nd District, 1877-81; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. Died in Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-died.html">Taylor County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/01-20.html">January 20, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000169">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407191">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jesse Harper Meredith (1902-1984)</b> — also known as <b>J. Harper Meredith</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-06.html">December 6, 1902</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/WV.html">1940</a>; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 16th Judicial Circuit, 1945-69. Died in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/12-01.html">December 1, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 361 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Harry Brady Meredith and Myrtle (Hill) Meredith; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/10-27.html">October 27, 1928</a>, to Elizabeth L. Leavitt.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/88510358">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Stanley Haymond (1852-1928)</b> — also known as <b>William S. Haymond</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/08-26.html">August 26, 1852</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 14th Judicial Circuit, 1913-21. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/03-03.html">March 3, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#125.32.35">Alpheus Forest Haymond</a> and Maria (Boggess) Haymond; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#095.41.20">Thomas S. Haymond</a>; married to Agnes Cruise; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#229.13.22">Frank Cruise Haymond</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#158.84.48">Thomas Sherwood Haymond</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#554.52.48">Daniel Haymond</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#130.56.41">Creed Haymond</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#947.89.85">Daniel Haymond Polsley</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#001.51.24">William Summerville Haymond</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maxwell.html#719.32.02">Edwin Maxwell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#023.78.96">Henry Haymond</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#089.39.60">William Edgar Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maxwell.html#378.82.42">Haymond Maxwell</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#476.10.38">Daniel S. Haymond</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#154.10.22">Guy D. Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#920.68.41">George S. Snodgrass</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0046.html">Haymond family</a> of West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11569179">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ellery Robinson Hall (1834-1868)</b> — also known as <b>Ellery R. Hall</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/02-27.html">February 27, 1834</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/WV.html">1864</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/WV.html">1868</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/speakers.html">speaker</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>); candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/09-23.html">September 23, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">34 years, 209 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall3.html#678.17.71">Frank Pierpont Hall</a>; third cousin by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleming.html#214.70.87">Aretas Brooks Fleming</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12214.html">Hall-Fleming family</a> of Fairmont, West Virginia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Owen Sullivan McKinney (1849-1926)</b> — also known as <b>Owen S. McKinney</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/index.html">1849</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/WV.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/WV.html">1916</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/index.html">1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8413565310/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/960/63.86.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="M. L. Brown"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Martin L. Brown (1867-1947)</b> — also known as <b>M. L. Brown</b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va.; Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/03-20.html">March 20, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-officials.html">Monongalia County Superintendent of Schools</a>; warden, West Virginia Penitentiary, 1911-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Marion County, 1929-30. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/05-01.html">May 1, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 42 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jabez A. Brown and Mary Virginia (Galliher) Brown; married to Cora Duncan.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/89656938">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> West Virginia Blue Book 1929</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gillian J. Meredith (1877-1956)</b> — also known as <b>Gillian J. Jamison</b>; <b>Mrs. James A. Meredith</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in West Virginia, May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/index.html">1877</a>. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/index.html">1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of James Madison Jamison and Elizabeth Mariah (Boyers) Jamison; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meredith.html#668.15.07">James Alva Meredith</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/89257851">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Snodgrass Henshaw (1869-1957)</b> — also known as <b>John Henshaw</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-lived.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va. Born in Martinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-born.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-08.html">October 8, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Berkeley County, 1897-98. Died in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/01-29.html">January 29, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 113 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Snodgrass Henshaw and Nannie Bell (Snodgrass) Henshaw; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hensel-heraz.html#445.48.58">William Thornton Henshaw</a>; married to Sue Lewis; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#341.53.78">John Fryatt Snodgrass</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#751.58.49">Isaac Breathed Snodgrass</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hensel-heraz.html#783.43.09">Edgar Craven Henshaw</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hensel-heraz.html#708.66.04">Marion Lee Henshaw</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hensel-heraz.html#853.71.56">Harry Preston Henshaw</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0195.html">Henshaw-Breathitt-Snodgrass-Sappington family</a> of West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/88954945">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07616">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Farmington, Marion County, West Virginia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Antonio James Manchin (1927-2003)</b> — also known as <b>A. James Manchin</b> — of Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/04-07.html">April 7, 1927</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1949-50, 1999-2003; defeated, 1950; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WV.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of West Virginia</a>, 1976-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/trea.html">West Virginia state treasurer</a>, 1985-89; resigned 1989. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Following the disclosure of losses from the State Consolidated Investment Fund and accusations of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">mismanagement</a> in the State Treasurer's office, the House of Delegates, in 1989, brought <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeachment charges</a> against him, but he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> as State Treasurer before a trial could be held. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Fairmont General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/11-03.html">November 3, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 210 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joseph Manchin, Sr. and Kathleen (Rosco) Manchin; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/">1951</a> to Stella Machel; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#462.15.52">Mark Anthony Manchin</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#614.41.39">Joseph Manchin III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#215.65.27">Timothy J. Manchin</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23155.html">Manchin family</a> of Farmington and Fairmont, West Virginia.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A. James Manchin">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05305">Shaver Family Graveyard</a></b></span><br> Seven Pines, Marion County, West Virginia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/337/98.41.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Clem Shaver"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Clement Lawrence Shaver (b. 1867)</b> — also known as <b>Clem L. Shaver</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/01-22.html">January 22, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">West Virginia Democratic state chair</a>, 1913-16, 1916-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Chairman of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1924-28; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from West Virginia</a>, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. 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