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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Wetzel County, W.Va.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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G. Calvert — of Silver Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel 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/1830/09-29.html">September 29, 1830</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wetzel County, 1877-80. Died in Silver Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-died.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/index.html">1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galland-gallman.html#163.13.60">Albert Gallatin</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Clare Calvert and Elizabeth (Johnson) Calvert; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/">1852</a> to Mary A. (Polly) Cain.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms09057">Greenlawn Memorial Park</a> New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia Founded 1933 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=78509&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/269/71.73.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="Walter F. Burgess"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Walter Forest Burgess (1877-1958) — also known as Walter F. Burgess — of Reader, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va.; Moundsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va. Born in New Martinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-born.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/04-29.html">April 29, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Oil and gas producer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 2nd District, 1917-20, 1945-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/11-04.html">November 4, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 189 days</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Son of William Martin Burgess and Rachel Evelyn (Garner) Burgess; married to Rosa May McHenry.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/125201545">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1919</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8413564060/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/558/20.69.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Lee Cusack"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lee Cusack (1885-1951) — of New Martinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va. Born in Uniontown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-born.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/08-26.html">August 26, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Locomotive engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wetzel County, 1927-32; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 2nd District, 1948. Member, <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/labor-unions.html">Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers</a>. Died, in Wetzel County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, New Martinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-died.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/03-28.html">March 28, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Son of Patrick Kinsey Cusack and Jennie (Hunt) Cusack; married to Dora Jane Watson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929</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> Andrew Walker Finley (1903-1986) — also known as Andrew W. Finley; Andy Finley — of New Martinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va. Born in Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-born.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-09.html">September 9, 1903</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/newmartinsville.html#2">New Martinsville, W.Va.</a>, 1963-72 (acting, 1963-65); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-parties.html">chair of Wetzel County Democratic Party</a>, 1983. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/03-31.html">March 31, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 203 days</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Son of James Gilbert Finley and Anna Verona (White) Finley; married to Marie Hunt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/32591294">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms09185">Northview Cemetery</a> New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=79424&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Justus Oren Eakin (1883-1958) — also known as Justus O. Eakin; Jess Eakin — of New Martinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va. Born in New Martinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-born.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/11-11.html">November 11, 1883</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/newmartinsville.html#2">New Martinsville, W.Va.</a>, 1934-46. Died in New Martinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-died.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/08-08.html">August 8, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 270 days</a>). Interment at Northview 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">Relatives: Son of Justus Eakin and Laveda (Wright) Eakin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/12-06.html">December 6, 1911</a>, to Sarah D. Wells.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/114558511">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08734">Williams Cemetery</a> New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=80306&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Septimius Hall (1847-1926) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RI-born.html">Ritchie County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/02-14.html">February 14, 1847</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to West Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1872; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 2nd District, 1873; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wetzel County, 1881-84, 1907-26; died in office 1926. Died in New Martinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-died.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/02-27.html">February 27, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at Williams 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">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall3.html#596.67.75">Fannie Anshutz</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38354348">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Reuben Harvey Sayre (1837-1919) — also known as Reuben H. Sayre — of New Martinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/11-23.html">November 23, 1837</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/newmartinsville.html#5">New Martinsville, Va.</a>, 1861-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/newmartinsville.html#2">New Martinsville, W.Va.</a>, 1863-66, 1867-72, 1875-78; served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/10-29.html">October 29, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 340 days</a>). Interment at Williams 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">Relatives: Son of Mercer Sayre and Margaret (Winget) Sayre; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/07-30.html">July 30, 1867</a>, to Martha Russell Hill.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38403838">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Fannie Anshutz Hall (1848-1936) — also known as Fannie A. Hall; Fannie Anshutz — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va. Born in Moundsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-born.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/09-14.html">September 14, 1848</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wetzel County, 1926; appointed 1926. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in New Martinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-died.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/02-10.html">February 10, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at Williams 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">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall8.html#656.77.87">Septimius Hall</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38354372">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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