MT. ZION CEMETERY, JACKSON CO., WV Grant District This file is part of the WV Tombstone Transcription Project http://www.usgwtombstones.org/westvirg/westvirg.html ******************************************************** http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ******************************************************** Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by: George W. Archer (garcher@wdn.com) Church is active. Location: From Toppins Grove, go east .8 mile on Co., Rt. 6/3 to Co. Rt. 2/1; turn left (north on 2/1 and go 1.6 miles to church and cemetery on right side of the road. Condition: Fenced, very well manicured, in orderly rows. Bessie L. SMITH November 21, 1898-February 26, 1959 (in a row) Angeline BOSO SMITH 1869-1945 Mother Clara KIMES WILSON 1881-1965 (in a row) Floyd N. BOSO 1898-1919 Carol E. PETTY 1943-1977 Denzil D. PETTY 1947-1957 (2) James SMITH 1859-1928 Jennie B. SMITH 1860-1936 (2) Kinsman D. BOSO 1913-(no death date) Lora A. BOSO 1916-1971 Betty Lou CARDER December 7, 1930-January 15, 1931 (next to Betty Lou Carder) (2) William E. CARDER 1908-1971 Lizzie BOSO CARDER 1911-(no death date) (behind William and Lizzie Carder, left to right) (2) Violetta BOSO 1878-1955 Mother George N. BOSO 1871-1948 Father Janie BOSO 1919-1920 Daughter Leroy BOSO 1910-1919 Son Nile Wayne MILLS West Virginia SGT 80th AAF Repair Sq. WW II April 25, 1921-January 28, 1947 (2) Robert R. MOREHOUSE 1885-1948 Anna R. MOREHOUSE 1879-1959 (2) James M. ALEXANDER 1861-1931 Sarah C. ALEXANDER 1861-1920 (behind James and Sarah Alexander are footstones with dates) May 18, 1861-December 14, 1931 November 8, 1861-March 31, 1920 Margaret, wife of Francis M. WATKINS November 24, 1850-May 20, 1917 Francis M. WATKINS, Co. I 11th West Virginia INF. 1842-1927 (Odd Fellows symbol in front) (next to Margaret and Francis Watikins) Charles WATKINS 1930-1930 (2) Julia F. PICKERING 1866-1961 Andrew B. PICKERING 1862-1932 Herman J. DAWSON 1918-1946 (2) L. Blanche NORRIS 1872-1964 John A. NORRIS 1868-1926 "Parents of William and Bessie" Baby of J. A. & Bessie NORRIS, died February 5, 1913 (2) P. A. BURDETT 1843-1918 Olive J. BURDETT 1845-1915 (behind P.A. and Olive Burdett) Peter A. BURDETT Co. D, 17th West Virginia INF SWAIN (plot, left to right) (2) Mollie B. SWAIN 1870-1958 Hezekiah SWAIN 1867-1948 (2) Floyd SWAIN 1894-1897 Lucretia SWAIN 1905-1906 Howard T. SWAIN 1908-1920 Garnett E. SWAIN 1906-1920 (in a SWAIN plot) Lenora Anice SWAIN, wife of H. R. FLINN 1900-1924 (2) Emily C. PETTY 1853-1941 Mother Ervin C. PETTY 1852-1942 Father Kendal I. PETTY February 19, 1896-December 19, 1974 Charles W. PETTY November 3, 1879-April 12, 1961 George William LOGSTON 1889-1963 Father Myrtle MILLS LOGSTON 1893-1919 Mother Aubrey L. LOGSTON 1911-1913 Son Howard W. LOGSTON 1913-1914 Son Mona DAILEY MILHOAN 1898-1924 (2) Thomas J. MILLS June 1, 1863-September 26, 1914 Luella J. MILLS March 12, 1866-June 25, 1932 (2) Joseph A. SMITH 1865-1918 Indianola SMITH 1866-(no death date) Wife (2) Mayme SMITH 1900-1938 George W. SMITH 1898-1955 Carl Francis ANDERSON 1923 Fletcher BOSO 1888-1950 SWAIN (plot) (2) Talitha SWAIN 1859-1943 John SWAIN 1855-1940 (2) Bernard O. SWAIN 1894-1972 Margaret M. SWAIN 1900-(no death date) (2) Lora A. CLARK 1851-1925 Mother James W. CLARK 1840-1921 Father Co. D 12th West Virginia INF. (2) James BOSO 1863-1942 Mary C. BOSO 1867-1923 Wife Deborah BOSO, wife of John A. BOSO September 6, 1831-December 9, 1910 John A. BOSO December 17, 1824-January 15, 1900, age 76 years, 29 days Infant Son of Glen & Ada NOHE May 25-25, 1934 PICKERING (plot) (2) Luella PICKERING 1872-1961 C. Henry PICKERING 1869-1940 William R. PICKERING May 23, 1891-January 2, 1967 Veteran of World War I In Memory of George R. PICKERING 1864-1927 (2) Mary E. FULTON 1867-1938 John C. FULTON 1867-1949 (Temporary marker) Sarah Marie SCHICK 1908-1972 Lara C. PICKERING, wife of Charles R. PICKERING 1893-1936 (2) Sarah F. MOORE 1861-1931 T. A. MOORE 1862-1917 (2) J. A. MOORE October 20, 1889-October 26, 1913 Delma MOORE 1889-1915 Wife Joseph A. LOGSTON 1846-1912 Eliza L. LOGSTON 1856-1945 (2) Mary J. FERGUSON 1838-1914 Mother Deborah A. FLINN 1880-1909 Daughter John JORDAN August 25, 1820-January 25, 1912 (2) Llewllyn NOHE 1873-1939 Lula NOHE 1877-1961 (2) Edith M. KIMES 1896-1974 James I. KIMES 1885-1977 (2) St. Clair PETTY 1912-1934 Son Belle KING 1882-1936 Mother Anna Belle, wife of B. H. PETTY 1884-1909 (2) Inez L. KING 1900-1973 Richard W. KING 1894-(no death date) Pvt. US ARMY 1894-1975 (2) Sarah E. KING 1857-1939 Mother Winfield S. KING 1847-1926 Father Co. E 10th REG. West Virginia INF Isa Doris, daughter of W. S. & S. E. KING April 8, 1886-April 20, 1915 Ethel D., daughter of W. S. & S. E. KING August 23, 1882-February 7, 1933 Winfield S. KING, Jr., son of W. S. and S. E. KING June 29, 1879-March 4, 1950 MILLS (plot) Jennie Belle MILLS, born May 28, 1889; died January 13, 1912, age 22 years, 7 months, 15 days (2) James N. MILLS 1835-1918 Margaret I. MILLS 1846-1921 Wife (2) Alice MILLS PETTY 1882-(no death date) Birchard H. PETTY 1877-1963 (2) Ethel MILLS 1884-1966 Macom MILLS 1877-1961 Ira MILLS May 18, 1904 (2) Jennie B. SMITH 1891-1968 Caleb Alonzo SMITH 1881-1953 In Memory of Pfc Ralph Swain SMITH Co. A, 504th Military Police Batt. July 22, 1914- killed in action March 25, 1944 at Anzio Beach, Italy. Buried in US Cemetery, Nettune, Italy. (2) Thaddeus FARNSWORTH 1875-1956 His First Wife Emma Grace 1877-1910 Grace FARNSWORTH 1885-1930 (2) Samuel R. KIMES 1841-1921 Phoebe A. KIMES 1850-1936 (2) Frances L. SMITH 1889-1962 Charles T. SMITH 1883-1934 (2 stones together) Walter A. LANE 1885-1957 Father Mae LANE 1881-1956 Mother (next to Walter and Mae Lane) (American Legion marker) William D., son of W. H. & C. D. LANE April 17, 1890-October 9, 1918 Pvt. Co. B 125th INF Killed at Verdun, France. (2) Bessil LANE 1886-1951 C. D. LANE 1883-(no death date) (Temporary Marker) Howard LANE 1914-1971 Jess SWAIN 1874-1943 (below Jess Swain) Lora C. SWAIN & Infant 1905-1924 (2) Ethel MOORE 1910-(no death date) Richard W. MOORE 1906-1973 (next to Richard and Ethel Moore) Fay MOORE 1930 Earl GREENLEE 1892-1976 (next to Earl Greenlee) Lucy BOSO 1887-1977 William D. BAILEY 1893-1922 (2) Hiram WRIGHT 1867-1947 Dora WRIGHT 1870-1953 (next to Hiram and Dora Wright) Francis M. WRIGHT West Virginia Pvt ICL 318th INF 80th DIV. June 26, 1942 Minnie OREM 1871-1945 Mother OREM, Jr. 1863-1936 Father (2) Mary BELL PILCHARD 1877-1928 Wife of Charles T. PILCHARD 1872-1958 (in same plot) A. Darrell PILCHARD 1910-1928 (2) Mollie D. KIMES 1872-1946 Cass B. KIMES 1869-1963 Eva KIMES 1884-1970 (Temporary marker for Nora with same dates right in front of Eva Kimes' stone) Nora 1884-1970 Charles W. KIMES 1878-1961 Paul H. DELANEY June 16, 1942-December 07, 1969 (Temporary marker) Ronnie MILHOAN no dates Arthur R. MORRIS, Jr. West Virginia CPL Corps of Engineer Korea July 22, 1928-September 1, 1967 (Temporary marker) Edward L. MARTIN 1898-1967 Don PARSONS, died February 24, 1972, age (unreadable) James M. SWAIN West Virginia Pvt Hq. TRP 6 Army Corp. WW I February 7, 1897-March 6, 1967 Gene C. KIEFFER, April 25, 1925-February 08, 1937 Walter Rodney KIEFFER, March 14, 1899-October 20, 1940 Husband (2) William G. KIEFFER September 5, 1861-May 12, 1931 Elizabeth C. KEIFFER December 31, 1857-April 14, 1926 (2) William E. MILLS 1861-1943 Mary E. MILLS 1877-1961 (Temporary marker in front of William and Mary Mills) Mary BRANNO_, died February 24, 1958, age 83 years, 13 months? or days? (2) Sarah Ellen BOSO 1906-1957 Mother Theodore R. BOSO 1904-1953 Father (Temporary marker) Samuel SWAIN no dates Harry M. SMITH 1900-1942 (2) Ethel BOSO 1905-(no death date) Ferrell BOSO 1902-1973 Robert C. PIERCE 1901-1956 Catherine M. PIERCE NUNN 1932-1962 (Temporary marker) Eliza LAWSON 1890-1968