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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Monongalia 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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Farland</b> — of West Virginia. Born in Clarksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HA-born.html">Harrison County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/08-11.html">August 11, 1914</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">FBI special agent</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-diplomats.html ">Dominican Republic</a>, 1957-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PM-diplomats.html ">Panama</a>, 1960-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PK-diplomats.html ">Pakistan</a>, 1969-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IA-diplomats.html ">Iran</a>, 1972-73. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CF-died.html">Chesterfield County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/01-28.html">January 28, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 170 days</a>). Interment at East Oak 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 Richard Ashville Farland and Grace (Simpson) Farland; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/">1939</a> to Virgina Christopher.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/farland-joseph-simpson ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/974/000127593">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17762637">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00958">Oak Grove Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Morgantown, Monongalia 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>Waitman Thomas Willey (1811-1900)</b> — also known as <b>Waitman T. Willey</b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia 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/1811/10-18.html">October 18, 1811</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1850-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Virginia secession convention</a> from Monongalia County, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from West Virginia</a>, 1863-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to West Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1872. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-died.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/05-02.html">May 2, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 196 days</a>). Interment at Oak 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 'Blint' Willey and Sarah (Barnes) Willey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/10-11.html">October 11, 1834</a>, to Elizabeth Evans Ray; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willauer-william.html#488.63.99">William Patrick Willey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#199.87.50">Henry Scudder</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willauer-william.html#500.38.22">Calvin Willey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter</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 families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0078.html">Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family</a> of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets 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=W000484">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411641">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7619402">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 Ellsworth Glasscock (1862-1925)</b> — also known as <b>William E. Glasscock</b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born near Arnettsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-13.html">December 13, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-officials.html">Monongalia County Superintendent of Free Schools</a>, 1887-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/WV.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/WV.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/04-12.html">April 12, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 120 days</a>). Interment at Oak 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 Daniel Glasscock and Prudence (Michael) Glasscock; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/08-15.html">August 15, 1888</a>, to Mary Alice Miller.</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/william-e-glasscock/">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>Ralph Lazier Berkshire (1816-1902)</b> — also known as <b>Ralph L. Berkshire</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/04-08.html">April 8, 1816</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">Judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1863-66, 1868-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 10th District, 1875-77. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/11-08.html">November 8, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at Oak 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>Epitaph:</i> "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints."</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/8404618">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>George Cookman Sturgiss (1842-1925)</b> — also known as <b>George C. Sturgiss</b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born in Poland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MA-born.html">Mahoning County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/08-16.html">August 16, 1842</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Monongalia County, 1870-72; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for West Virginia</a>, 1889-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 2nd District, 1907-11; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1912-20. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-26.html">February 26, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at Oak 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001049">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410503">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 Llewellyn Bowman (1879-1936)</b> — also known as <b>Frank L. Bowman</b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born in Masontown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/01-21.html">January 21, 1879</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/morgantown.html#3">Morgantown, W.Va.</a>, 1911-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/morgantown.html">mayor of Morgantown, W.Va.</a>, 1916-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 2nd District, 1925-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/09-15.html">September 15, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 238 days</a>). Interment at Oak 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 J. A. Bowman and Sue (Llewellyn) Bowman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/06-03.html">June 3, 1903</a>, to Pearl Silveus.</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=B000704">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401666">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 Cox (1862-1940)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/06-18.html">June 18, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">Judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1905-07; resigned 1907. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/09-18.html">September 18, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 92 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Wilson (1765-1826)</b> — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/sn-born.html">Staunton</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/09-11.html">September 11, 1765</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1792-95, 1800-04; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1799-1800, 1816-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 1st District, 1811-13. Died in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-died.html">Monongalia County</a>, Va (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/01-24.html">January 24, 1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at Oak 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 James Wilson and Rebecca (Wilson) Wilson; married to Mary Belle Poage; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#037.55.36">Edgar Campbell Wilson</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#892.96.78">Eugene McLanahan Wilson</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/10001-0699.html">Morris-Willing-Wilson-Griffin family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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=W000615">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411769">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7619438">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>Edgar Campbell Wilson (1800-1860)</b> — of Virginia. Born in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/10-18.html">October 18, 1800</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 21st District, 1833-35. Slaveowner. Died in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-died.html">Monongalia County</a>, Va (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/04-24.html">April 24, 1860</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 189 days</a>). Interment at Oak 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson8.html#605.68.17">Thomas Wilson</a> and Mary Belle (Poage) Wilson; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#892.96.78">Eugene McLanahan Wilson</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/10001-0699.html">Morris-Willing-Wilson-Griffin family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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=W000574">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411729">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7619464">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 Marshall Hagans (1838-1900)</b> — also known as <b>J. Marshall Hagans</b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born in Brandonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PR-born.html">Preston County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/08-13.html">August 13, 1838</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-officials.html">Monongalia County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1862-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/morgantown.html">mayor of Morgantown, W.Va.</a>, 1866-69; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to West Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1871; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 2nd District, 1873-75; defeated, 1874; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Monongalia County, 1879, 1887; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/WV.html">1880</a>; district judge in West Virginia, 1888-1900; died in office 1900. Died in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-died.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/06-17.html">June 17, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 308 days</a>). Interment at Oak 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>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</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=H000011">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404896">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>Charles S. Armistead (1914-1997)</b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born in Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-born.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/07-21.html">July 21, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Monongalia County, 1959-60, 1965-68. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/08-19.html">August 19, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at Oak 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 F. S. Armistead and Anne Aileen (Akers) Armistead; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/04-06.html">April 6, 1938</a>, to Betty Sue Baker.</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/8404526">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 Patrick Willey (1840-1922)</b> — also known as <b>William P. Willey</b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/05-24.html">May 24, 1840</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/WV.html">1872</a>. Died in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-died.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/12-19.html">December 19, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 209 days</a>). Interment at Oak 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willauer-william.html#069.18.67">Waitman Thomas Willey</a> and Elizabeth Evans (Ray) Willey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-28.html">May 28, 1873</a>, to Lida Baldwin Allen; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</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 families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0078.html">Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family</a> of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets 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/8406835">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06228">Woodlawn Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Morgantown, Monongalia 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>Virginia Dent Reay Kurtz (1904-1987)</b> — also known as <b>Virginia Reay Kurtz</b>; <b>Virginia Dent Reay</b> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-05.html">October 5, 1904</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Lewis County, 1939-40; appointed 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-kappa-gamma.html">Kappa Kappa Gamma</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/index.html">1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 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 David C. Reay and Marguerite K. Reay; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/08-17.html">August 17, 1928</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#485.89.56">Kenneth S. 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