Offutt / Haines Graveyard, Recorded July, 1976: Slanesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Daniel S. Cowgill - Copyright (c) < http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm > ************************************************************************ Offutt / Haines Graveyard Location - 1&1/2 miles off of Rt. 29 on Voit Rd. (turn left onto Martinsburg Grade Rd. in Slanesville, WV - located in a farm field on the left hand side of the road. Katie Voit Cowgill, (my mother and great-granddaughter of Benjamin M. and Nancy E.Haines) and Voit family members recorded the names on the headstones on July 4th weekend, 1976. We had cleared a lot of brush and trees from the graveyard that weekend. Katie, (my mother) was actively pursuing geneology information on the Haines, Foltz / Fultz and Offutt families at the time. The following are inscriptions of the gravesites found. Ambrose K. Son of B.M. & N. E. Haines (Benjamin M. Haines and Nancy Elizabeth Offutt Haines) Born April 21, 1878 Died Jan. 10, 1879 Maggie F. Daughter of B.M. & N. E. Haines(Benjamin M. Haines and Nancy Elizabeth Offutt Haines) Born Jan. 25, 1877 Died Sept. 6, 1877 William H. Son of Z & E.J. Offutt (Zepheniah and Elizabeth) Born Jan. 16, 1847 Died Sept. 6, 1863 Zepheniah Offutt Born Oct. 20, 1821 Died Dec. 23, 1848 Elizabeth (Offutt) Wife of Solomon Died Sept. 13, 1870 In the 85 years of her age Solomon (Offutt) Died Feb. 7, 1848 Aged About 72 years Jonathan Pugh Died Feb 29, 1832 Aged 36 years 10 mos. 1 day Anna Daughter of J & N Pugh Died Nov. 13, 1864 Aged 2 yrs 1 mo. Solomon E. Pugh June 12, 1844 Oct. 29, 1923 In my father's house are many mansions Robert O. Pugh Dec. 30, 1851 March 30, 1908 Aged 56 years 3 mo. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal Azberina Pugh Died May 4, 1811 Aged 78 years 1 mo 18 days John N. Pugh Died May 19, 1887 Aged 86 years 4 mos 2 days Nancy daughter of S & E Offutt (Solomon and Elizabeth) Married Jonathon Pugh June 14, 1827 Departed by death Married again John Patterson May 3, 1836 Died Jan. 2, 1872 She was a tender mother and in her life The lord did fear. We trust our loss will be her gain And that with Christ she's gone to reign Sarah Wife of John N. Pugh Died May 26, 1880 Age 71 yrs. 5 mos 1 day Owen O. Offutt Born April 5, 1807 Died April 31, 1848 Brady M Son of D. A. & A. S. Haines Born May 29, 1910 Died July 17, 1911 Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven Irvin Son of D.A. & A.S. Haines Aged 1 yr 5 mos 7 days Budded on earth to Bloom in Heaven Infant son of D.A. & A.S. Haines Born and died June 20, 1911 R.J. Offutt Died Nov. 1, 1801 Aged 37 years 4 days Gone but not forgotten Infant daughter Of R.J. & L. Offutt Died Oct. 1, 1880 Sarah D Daughter of Lulu S. Hannah Snapp Wife of Thornton W. Offutt Died Dec. 1, 1871 Aged 39 years 6 mos 4 days (1st sentence unreadable) physicians were vain at length God pleased to give me ease and freed me from my pain Thornton W. Offutt Died may 12,1907 77 years & 17 days for 35 years deprived of his earthly companion Lonely, but not alone I'll never forsake thee Nor leave thee alone Howard G. Son of R.J. & L. Offutt Died June 9, 1889 Aged 9 months 3 days Eliza J. (Jane) Wife of J.H. Daugherty (Married to Zepheniah Offutt until his death in 1848) Born Nov. 10, 1820 Died Aug 30, 1891