History of the Restoration Movement


Grave Locations Of Restoration Movement Leaders In West Virginia

Below Is An Incomplete List Of Leaders In The Restoration Movement Now Deceased Whose Remains Have Been Located And Kept On Record For Future Restoration Study. Photos And The Locations Are Sketchy. As Further Investigation Comes To Light, Updates Of Photos And Directions To Locations Will Be Made. Some Of The Names Listed Below Represent A "Wish-List" Of Graves I Hope To Visit Someday. If You Would Care To Assist In Producing Pages For Any Listed Below, Contact Me And Ask How You Can Help! For A Complete Listing Of Pages That Have Been Produced See The Master Index

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Sorted By City/County
Sorted By Region

Sorted By Name

Allbright, Samuel (06.04.1830-01.20.1924) Wetzel County, Mount Olive Cemetery, GPS:39.6581,-80.7228, (Find-A-Grave) (Steve Higginbotham's 3-great grandfather)
Altizer, Archie Lowell (03.24.1917-07.05.2002) Princeton, Mercer County, Roselawn Memorial Gardens, (Find-A-Grave)

Baber, Powhatan Bolling "P.B." (09.14.1824-02.03.1900) Indian Mills, Summers County, Indian Mills Cemetery, GPS: 37.52519,-80.81701, (Find-A-Grave) (Sketches of our Mountain Pioneers, West, p.58)
Barclay, James Turner (1807-1874), Bethany, God's Acre
Brown, John , Father Of Margaret (1761-1835), Bethany, God's Acre
Bullard, Willard Stone (11.22.1842-03.20.1922) Bluefield, Mercer County, Walnut Grove Cemetery, GPS: 37.256214, -81.221822, (Find-A-Grave) (son of Chester Bullard)

Calfee, James (03.28.1817-05.28.1886) Bluefield, Mercer County, Calfee-Bailey Cemetery, GPS: 37.252942, -81.231088, (Find-A-Grave)
Campbell, Alexander (1788-1866), Bethany, God's Acre (Find-A-Grave) *lp
Campbell, Margaret Brown (1791-1827) - A.C.'s 1st wife, Bethany, God's Acre
Campbell, Selina Bakewell (1802-1897) - A.C.'s 2nd wife, Bethany, God's Acre
Campbell, Wickliffe Ewing (1827-1847), Bethany, God's Acre
Campbell, Thomas (1766-1854), Bethany, God's Acre (Find-A-Grave) *lp
Castleberry, Dr. Ottis L. (7.4.1921-4.23.2007) Littleton, Wetzel County, Littleton Cemetery (Find-A-Grave)
Cowgill, James A. (04.22.1813- 11.18.1882) Forks of Cacapon, Hampshire County, Evan Hiett Cemetery, GPS: 39.33686, -78.46779, (Find-A-Grave) (Sketches of Our Mountain Preachers, West, p.243)

Foster, James (03.01.1785-03.12.1869) Marshall County, Foster Cemetery, (Find-A-Grave).
Fonner, Franklin P. (12.19.1854-04.10.1923) Buffalo, Putnam County, Buffalo Memorial Park, GPS: 38.608827,-81.971774, (Find-A-Grave)

Gresham, Perry E. (1907-1994), Bethany, God's Acre

Harless, Augustus William (08.28.1845-03.09.1925) Lincoln County, Alkol, Donley Fork Harless Cemetery, GPS: 38.158536, -81.898759, (Find-A-Grave)
Hatfield, William Anderson "Devil Anse" 09.09.1839-01.06.1921) Logan County , Omar, Hatfield Family Cemetery, GPS 37.703765, -81.990927, (Find-A-Grave)
Heinselman, Billy Gean (12.06.1929-03.08.2002) Parkersburg, Wood County, Mount Olivet Cemetery (Find-A-Grave)

Johnston, Jimmie H. (02.02.1836-11.25.1918) Princeton, ??? (Sketches of Our Mountain Preachers, West, p.125)

Linkletter, Andrew (1852-02.18.1920) Moundville, Marshall County, Greenlawn Cemetery, GPS: 39.926912, -80.738979, (Find-A-Grave)

McKeever, Jane (1800-1871), Bethany, God's Acre
McKeever, Matthew (1797-1884), Bethany, God's Acre
McLean, Archibald (1849-1920), Bethany, God's Acre
Moore, Commodore Dupont "Dora" (7.31.1861-10.6.1933) Sisterville, Tyler County, Greenwood Cemetery, (Find-A-Grave) *lp
Moore, Ira Corwin (3.27.1860-02.18.1938) Sisterville, Tyler County, Greenwood Cemetery (Find-A-Grave) *lp
Mullins, Vernon (died 3.20.1999) Godby Heights, Logan County, Highland Memory Gardens

Ogden, George Washington (05.07.1849-04.02.1932) Berkley, Raleigh County, Sunset Memorial Park, Plot: Hillcrest 1-9 Section, GPS: 37.790412, -81.210999, (Find-A-Grave)
Oliver, R.C. (04.19.1918- 12.23.1998), Parkersburg, Mt. Olivet Cemetery

Pendleton, W.K. (1817-1899) Bethany, God's Acre
Plum, Challen Dewey (06.05.1898-07.03.1977) Parkersburg, Wood County, Sunset Memory Gardens, Plot: Chapel of Peace Mausoleum; (Find-A-Grave
Powell, William (1815-1891) Elizabeth, Wirt County, Merrill Chapel United Methodist Cemetery, GPS: 39.125998,-81.437586, (Find-A-Grave)

Rine, James Miller "J.M." (10.04.1856-03.21.1958) Glen Easton, Marshall County, Salem Cemetery, GPS: 39.821769,-80.669038, (Find-A-Grave) *lp
Richardson, Robert (1806-1876), Bethany, God's Acre

Stanley, Harold Joseph (02.11.1913-01.21.1997) South Parkersburg, Wood County, GPS: 39.24420,-81.54610, (Find-A-Grave)

Varner, George Washington "G.W."(03.07.1839-06.22.1921) Saint Marys, Pleasants County, Cloverdale Cemetery, GPS: 39.363430, -81.142063, (Find-A-Grave) *lp

Watson, Elmer Porter (1884-1945) Huntington, Cabell County, Spring Hill Cemetery (Find-A-Grave)
Watts, William John (02.12.1823-03.18.1879) Sod, Lincoln County, Watts Cemetery, 38.251793,-81.885406 (Find-A-Grave) (Sketches of Our Mountain Preachers, West, p.257)
Woolery, Wilson Kirk (07.20.1888-05.20.1946) Bethany, Brook County, Campbell Cemetery, (Professor of History, wrote Bethany Years, The Story of Old Bethany From Her Founding Years Through a Century)

Yoho, John Winfield "Win" "J.W." (09.13.1884-01.23.1959) Moundsville, Marshall County, Riverview Cemetery, GPS:39.902194, -80.766363, (Find-A-Grave)

Sorted By City

Alkol, Lincoln County
Augustus William Harless (08.28.1845-03.09.1925) Lincoln County, Alkol, Donley Fork Harless Cemetery, GPS: 38.158536, -81.898759, (Find-A-Grave)

Berkley, Raleigh County
George Washington Ogden (05.07.1849-04.02.1932) Sunset Memorial Park, Plot: Hillcrest 1-9 Section, GPS: 37.790412, -81.210999, (Find-A-Grave)

Bethany
God's Acre - Campbell Family Cemetery
James Turner Barclay (1807-1874)
John Brown, Father Of Margaret (1761-1835)
Alexander Campbell (1788-1866) (Find-A-Grave) *lp
Margaret Brown Campbell (1791-1827) - A.C.'s 1st wife
Selina Bakewell Campbell (1802-1897) - A.C.'s 2nd wife
Wickliffe Ewing Campbell (1827-1847)
Thomas Campbell (1766-1854) (Find-A-Grave) *lp
Perry E. Gresham (1907-1994)
Jane McKeever (1800-1871)
Matthew McKeever (1797-1884)
Archibald McLean (1849-1920)
W.K. Pendleton (1817-1899)
Robert Richardson (1806-1876)
Wilson Kirk Woolery (07.20.1888-05.20.1946) (Professor of History at Bethany College, wrote Bethany Years, The Story of Old Bethany From Her Founding Years Through a Century)

Bluefield, Mercer County
Willard Stone Bullard (11.22.1842-03.20.1922) Walnut Grove Cemetery, GPS: 37.256214, -81.221822, (Find-A-Grave) (son of Chester Bullard)

James Calfee (03.28.1817-05.28.1886) Calfee-Bailey Cemetery, GPS: 37.252942, -81.231088, (Find-A-Grave)

Buffalo, Putnam County
Franklin P. Fonner (12.19.1854-04.10.1923) Buffalo Memorial Park, GPS: 38.608827,-81.971774, (Find-A-Grave) (Sent reports to FF)

Elizabeth, Wirt County
William Powell (1815-1891) Merrill Chapel United Methodist Cemetery, GPS: 39.125998,-81.437586, (Find-A-Grave)

Forks of Cacapon, Hampshire County
Evan Hiett Cemetery, GPS: 39.33686, -78.46779
James A. Cowgill (04.22.1813- 11.18.1882) (Find-A-Grave) (Sketches of Our Mountain Preachers, West, p.243)

Glen Easton, Marshall County
James Miller "J.M." Rine (10.04.1856-03.21.1958) Salem Cemetery (Find-A-Grave) *lp 39.821769,-80.669038

Godby Heights, Chapmanville, Logan County
Vernon Mullins (died 3.20.1999) Highland Memory Gardens, GPS: 37.934933,-82.011718

Huntington, Cabell County
Elmer Porter Watson (1884-1945) Spring Hill Cemetery, GPS: +38.40991667,-82.41590833, (Find-A-Grave)

Indian Mills, Summers County
Indian Mills Cemetery, GPS: 37.52519,-80.81701,
Powhatan Bolling Baber "P.B." (09.14.1824-02.03.1900) (Find-A-Grave) (Sketches of our Mountain Pioneers, West, p.58)

Littleton, Wetzel County
Dr. Ottis L. Castleberry (7.4.1921-4.23.2007) Littleton Cemetery (Find-A-Grave)

Moundville, Marshall County
Andrew Linkletter (1852-02.18.1920) Greenlawn Cemetery, GPS: 39.926912, -80.738979, (Find-A-Grave)
John Winfield Yoho "Win" "J.W." (09.13.1884-01.23.1959) Riverview Cemetery, GPS:39.902194,-80.766363, (Find-A-Grave)

Omar, Logan County
William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield ( 09.09.1839-01.06.1921)Hatfield Family Cemetery, GPS 37.703765, -81.990927, (Find-A-Grave)

Parkersburg, Wood County
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Billy Gean Heinselman (12.06.1929-03.08.2002) (Find-A-Grave)
R. C. Oliver (04.19.1918-12.23.1998)

Challen Dewey Plum (06.05.1898-07.03.1977) Sunset Memory Gardens, Plot: Chapel of Peace Mausoleum; (Find-A-Grave

South Parkersburg, Wood County
Harold Joseph Stanley (02.11.1913-01.21.1997) (Find-A-Grave) 39.24420,-81.54610

Princeton, Mercer County
Archie Lowell Altizer (03.24.1917-07.05.2002) Roselawn Memorial Gardens, (Find-A-Grave)

Sistersville, Tyler County
Greenwood Cemetery 39.553512,-80.978918
Commodore Dupont "Dora" Moore (7.31.1861-10.6.1933) (Find-A-Grave) *lp
Ira Corwin Moore (3.27.1860-02.18.1938) (Find-A-Grave) *lp

Sod, Lincoln County
William John Watts (02.12.1823-03.18.1879) Sod, Lincoln County, Watts Cemetery/a.k.a. Owens Cemetery, GPS: 38.251793,-81.885406 (Find-A-Grave) (Sketches of Our Mountain Preachers, West, p.257)

Saint Marys, Pleasants County
George Washington "G.W." Varner (03.07.1839-06.22.1921) Cloverdale Cemetery, GPS: 39.36481,-81.142313 (Find-A-Grave) *lp

Wetzel County
Samuel Allbright (06.04.1830-01.20.1924) Mount Olive Cemetery, GPS:39.6581,-80.7228, (Find-A-Grave) (Steve Higginbotham's 3-great grandfather)

Sorted By Region

North

Bethany
God's Acre - Campbell Family Cemetery
James Turner Barclay (1807-1874)
John Brown, Father Of Margaret (1761-1835)
Alexander Campbell (1788-1866) (Find-A-Grave) *lp
Margaret Brown Campbell (1791-1827) - A.C.'s 1st wife
Selina Bakewell Campbell ( ) - A.C.'s 2nd wife
Wickliffe Ewing Campbell (1827-1847)
Thomas Campbell (1766-1854) (Find-A-Grave) *lp
Perry E. Gresham (1907-1994)
Jane McKeever (1800-1871)
Matthew McKeever (1797-1884)
Archibald McLean (1849-1920)
W.K. Pendleton (1817-1899)
Robert Richardson (1806-1876)

Glen Easton, Marshall County
James Miller "J.M." Rine (10.04.1856-03.21.1958) Salem Cemetery (Find-A-Grave) *lp 39.821769,-80.669038

Littleton, Wetzel County
Dr. Ottis L. Castleberry (7.4.1921-4.23.2007) Littleton Cemetery (Find-A-Grave)

Northwest

Elizabeth, Wirt County
William Powell (1815-1891) Merrill Chapel United Methodist Cemetery (Find-A-Grave) 39.12618, -81.43715

Parkersburg

R.C. Oliver (1918- Dec. 1998), Mt. Olivet Cemetery Section i Lot III Plot #5; Wife - Virginia died 15 July, 2005 at age 81 - laid in Plot #4

Sistersville, Tyler County
Greenwood Cemetery 39.553512,-80.978918
Commodore Dupont "Dora" Moore (7.31.1861-10.6.1933) (Find-A-Grave) *lp
Ira Corwin Moore (3.27.1860-02.18.1938) (Find-A-Grave) *lp

Saint Marys, Pleasants County
George Washington "G.W." Varner (03.07.1839-06.22.1921) Cloverdale Cemetery (Find-A-Grave) *lp 39.36481,-81.142313

Wetzel County
Samuel Allbright (06.04.1830-01.20.1924) Mount Olive Cemetery, GPS:39.6581,-80.7228, (Find-A-Grave) (Steve Higginbotham's 3-great grandfather)

West

Buffalo, Putnam County (NW of Charleston)
Franklin P. Fonner (12.19.1854-04.10.1923) Buffalo Memorial Park, GPS: 38.608827,-81.971774, (Find-A-Grave) (Sent reports to FF)

Huntington, Cabell County
Elmer Porter Watson (1884-1945)

Sod, Lincoln County (sw of Charleston)
William J. Watts (1823-1879) Watts Cemetery/a.k.a. Owens Cemetery 38.251793,-81.885406

Southwest

Godby Heights, Chapmanville, Logan County
Vernon Mullins (died 3.20.1999) Highland Memory Gardens 37.934933,-82.011718

South

Princeton, Mercer County
Archie Lowell Altizer (03.24.1917-07.05.2002) Roselawn Memorial Gardens, (Find-A-Grave)

*lp = Ligon Portraiture

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