Hanson Family Cemetery, Kanawha Co, WV Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives August, 2003 by Tom Hanson Driving Directions: Exit I-64 onto Greenbrier Street (in Charleston) and proceed towards the Yeager airport. Turn right onto Oakridge Drive and follow until you reach Bakers Fork Road. Turn left onto Bakers Fork Road and proceed about 3/4 of a mile and turn right onto Hanson's Branch Road. Follow this road until you reach the top of the mountain. The Hanson Family Cemetery is the first cemetery on the left. The property is fenced. The following graves are marked with readable tombstones: C.A. Hanson Born: Sept. 1, 1844 Died: July 23, 1929 Remarks: He is not dead but sleepeth Octavie Hanson Born: April 28, 1853 Died: May 10, 1939 Remarks: Wife of C.A. Hanson Resting in hope of a glorious resurrection William J. Hanson Born: August 31, 1907 Died: June 10, 1985 Stella M. Hanson Born: Sept. 4, 1905 Died: August 15, 1967 Remarks: Wife of W. J. Hanson Till we shall meet and never part Jersey Hanson Born: August 18, 1883 Died: Sept. 27, 1963 Annie F. Hanson Born: December 8, 1883 Died: February 16, 1948 Remarks: Wife of Jersey Hanson W.H. "Harbert" Hanson Born: 1885 Died: 1962 Lailey Hanson Born: 1891 Died: 1964 William H. Hanson Born: Sept. 8, 1923 Died: Sept. 26, 1978 Remarks: Pvt. U.S. Army, World War II Gordon A. Lacy Born: Nov. 10, 1898 Died: Feb. 14, 1986 Remarks: Beloved husband and father Sylvia H. Lacy Born: March 28, 1910 Died: June 22, 1998 Remarks: Together again A. M. Mease Born: April 29, 1827 Died: June 23, 1905 Remarks: Lord remember me and let me depart in peace. "Confederate War Veteran." Special note: Father of Octavie Hanson Elizabeth J. Mease Born: Oct. 1, 1828 Died: Oct. 7, 1901 Remarks: Wife of A.M. Mease Hazel Hanson Childs Born: June 25, 1896 Died: July 30, 1922 Remarks: Gone to a bright home where grief can not come May Louise Howse Born: 1921 Died: 1959 Deborah K. Handy Born: August 26, 1963 Died: Sept. 23, 1963 David Lee Handy Born: Feb. 8, 1962 Died: March 25, 1962 Charles H. Mease Born: Oct. 1, 1869 Died: Feb. 27, 1921 Remarks: Age 81 years, 4 mos. 19 days. St. Clair Skiles Born: 1865 Died: 1921 Remarks: Father Ida O. Skiles Born: 1872 Died 1910 Remarks: Mother ( Daughter of C.A. and Octavie Hanson) Victoria Hanson Born: June 3, 1902 Died: April 17, 1925 Remarks: Daughter Mary H. Hanson Born: March 23, 1901 Died: May 20, 1901 Michael McClure Hanson Born: May 19, 1953 Died: May 19, 1953 Josephine Henson Born: 1912 Died: 1922 Remarks: Daughter of Jersey B. & Annie F. Henson, "Darling Josephine she has left us" Cora Hanson Born: Sept. 6, 1874 Died: Jan. 10, 1927 Remarks: Wife of Warren Durham. "Rest in quite sleep while friends in sorrow oer thee weep" (Daughter of C.A. and Octavie Hanson) Also in this cemetery are 12 additional graves that are marked with fieldstones only. Other graves that are on Hanson Cemetery property but outside the main cemetery gate. William B. Cox Born: 1866 Died: 1939 Etta S. Cox Born: 1883 Died: 1948 Remarks: In loving memory Mary Cox Casto Born: 1874 Died: 1960 Tida Crowder McBride Born: 1887 Died: 1963 Delbert K. Crowder Born: 1911 Died: 1927 David C. Crowder Born: 1881 Died: 1918 Lexie M. Boner Born: Feb. 7, 1934 Died: Feb. 10, 1983 Laura Crowder Elswick Born: 1909 Died: 1956 William C. Vance Born: 1894 Died: 1960 Information provided by: Tom Hanson, 17046 Douglas Road Barboursville, VA 22923 540-832-5112 dadof3kids@aol.com