Minor Cemetery, aka Hibbs, Pentress, Monongalia Co., WV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted Jan 30, 2005 by Bonnie Wilson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read: 1992 This cemetery is on Rt. 25, (Days Run Road), at Pentress. From the intersection of Rt. 7 and Rt. 25 at Pentress it is about .2 miles to the cemetery. It can be seen from the road, on the right and is marked by pines. Ammons, Rose Marie - 1900 ~ 1973 Connor, William H. - 1919 ~ 1982 Connor, Ethel Mae - June 15, 1901 ~ March 8, 1981 Eddy, Fred Clay - 1901 ~ 1969 Eddy, Rae M. - 1925 ~ 1967 Martin, Jasper R. - 1878 ~ 1962 Martin, Sara M. - 1896 ~ 1980 Martin, Robert L. - 1927 ~ 1929 Martin, Edsel W. - 1923 ~ 1923 Martin, Wash'n - Co. D. 3rd WV CALVARY, no dates Martin, Christina - 1845 ~ 1920 Martin, Perry - s/o W. and C., died June 8, 1894, 18y 7m 26d Martin, Ida D. - d/o W. & C., died June 24, 1902, 21y 2m 16d Martin, Cora B. - d/o W. and C., died April 22, 1901, 30y 2m 9d Martin, George M. - September 20, 1866 ~ June 1, 1867 Martin, Joseph L. - March 29, 1868 ~ Feb 20, 1870 Martin, Opal M. - 1936 ~ 1937 Minor, _____ - died August 27, ____ , 2y 27d Minor, Tho. V. - s/o Joseph and Elizabeth Minor, died April 9, 1853, 1y 1m 3d Minor, Joseph W. - s/o Joseph & Elizabeth Minor, died October 26, 1854, 1y 3m 9d Minor, Lancaster - died Jan 8, 1861, 36y 1m 21d Minor, Abigail - died April 5, 1852, 30y 6m 28d Minor, John L. - s/o Lancaster & Abigail, died October 22, 1854, 5y 2m 21d Minor, Samuel - died May 10, 1859, 81y 10m 14d Moore, John I. - Jan 11, 1847 ~ Sept 12, 1894 Moore, Eliza Jane - Dec 4, 1852 ~ July 22, 1894 Moore, Russell C. - Sept 29, 1893 ~ July 30, 1894 Moore, William N. - Feb 14, 1879 ~ Dec 26, 1898 Strosnider, Myrtle S. - d/o G.F. & S.V., died Sept 1, 1882, 2y 7m 11d Strosnider, Moses Elias - s/o G.F. and S.V., b&d August 10, 1870 Strosnider, Frank M. - s/o G.F. & S.V., died July 25, 1877, 20d old Tennant, Edwin Carl - 1922 ~ 1982, WWII KOREA VIETNAM Tennant, John L. - April 15, 1861 ~ Nov 9, 1937 Tennant, Rosallee - died Dec 5, 1896, 34y 9m 23d Yeager, W.L. - June 11, 1843 ~ December 7, 1884 Yeager, John M. - 1841 ~ 1882 Yeager, Lawrence - Feb 12, 1847 ~ Feb 17,1932 Yeager, Manerva - 1842 ~ 1915 Yeager, Samuel - died Sept 11, 1872, 23y 2m 12d Yeager, Elizabeth - 1814 ~ 1882 Yeager, George - 1806 ~ 1879 NOTE: William H. Connor was the son of Morgan & Ethel Olson Connor. Ethel Mae Connor was the daughter of Johnas and Margaret Olson. Fred Clay Eddy was the son of Alpheus and Helen Cumberledge Eddy. Rae M. Eddy, was the daughter of Gilbert & Rose King Tennant. Sara M., wife of Jasper R. Martin, was a Sine. Robert L. was the son of Jasper and Sara. George Washington Martin was born about 1822 and died between January and June of 1891. (Courthouse records) His second wife, Christina was a Piles. Perry, Ida D., Cora B., George M., and Joseph L., were their children. If Sarah, his first wife is here, she doesn't have a stone. Thomas V. Minor died of a cold. His brother, Joseph W., died of dysentery. John L. Minor died of dysentery. Samuel Minor was the son of pioneer settler, Captain William Minor. Samuel's wife, Susan, is probably here also, with no stone. She was captured by Indians along with her father, Alexander Clegg, and another sister in 1791. The sister & Alexander escaped and he later purchased the release of Susan After Susan's death, Samuel married Millie Lancaster. John I. Moore was the son of John & Rebecca Varner Moore. His wife, Eliza Jane, was the daughter of Washington and Sarah Martin. William N. Moore was the son of John I. and Eliza Jane Moore. John L. Tennant was the son of Solomon & Cassandra Tennant. His wife, Rosallee, was the daughter of Washington and Christina Piles Martin. Sarah Yeager was the wife of George Yeager.