Putnam County WV Archives Photo Tombstone.....Frazier, Aaron L. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William S. McDowell will-mac@msn.com August 15, 2011, 11:46 am Cemetery: Frazier Cemetery III Name: Aaron L. Frazier Date Of Photograph: October 7, 2009 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/putnam/photos/tombstones/frazier/frazier106ph.jpg Image file size: 238.0 Kb Birth: Jul., 1889 in Putnam County, West Virginia, USA Death: 1934 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA Note: 1900 US Federal Census shows date of birth as July 1889. Wife Dora M. Wiseman, married Oct. 22, 1912 in Cabell County, WV. Death Record from LDS Online Search: Name: Aaron L. Frazier Titles & Terms: Death Date: 29 Sep 1934 Death Place: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio Birth Date: 13 Jul 1891 Estimated Birth Year: Birthplace: Frazier Bottom, West Virginia Death Age: 43 years 2 months 16 days Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Race or Color: Caucasian Street Address: 278 E. 12th Ave. Occupation: Forman Construction Residence: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio Burial Date: 01 Oct 1934 Burial Place: Frazier Bottom, W. Va. Cemetery Name: Spouse's Name: Carmen Smith Frazier Father's Name: Walter Frazier Father's Title & Terms: Father's Birthplace: Putman Co. West Virginia Mother's Name: Sarah Dunn Mother's Titles & Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Film Number: 1993042 Digital Folder Number: 4001909 Image Number: 1240 Certificate Number: fn 54457 Collection: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Additional Comments: Frazier Cemetery III 1850 Old Rt. 35 (now Rt. 817) on rear of property behind Memory Lane Antique Shop in Fraziers Bottom, Putnam County, West Virginia USA Cemetery notes and/or description: Cemetery of Samuel & Ann Frazier, founders of Fraziers Bottom, West Virginia. Also the cemetery of Samuel & Ann's oldest son, Samuel Frazier (1796-1873) & family. Located behind the Memory Lane Antique Shop off old Rt. 35 (now Rt. 817) next to the home of Steve Frazier in Fraziers Bottom, West Virginia. NOTE: There has always been a controversy over where Samuel & Ann Frazier is buried. Some say their graves might be over on the Buffalo side of the Kanawha River by some locks. Others have different opinions. Boyde Burnette Frazier (known as B. B. Frazier on the new markers which he placed) was convinced that Samuel & Ann was buried in this cemetery. Many disagreed with this. After having visited this cemetery and inspecting the graves there, I am convinced old B. B. Frazier was right. Although he was trying to do the right thing by adding new markers to graves, he replaced the old tombstones of Samuel & Ann with a newer marker, bad mistake. He should have kept the old tombstones, even if broken & unreadable. However, he did leave the original footstones. Although the footstone for Samuel is broken off and missing, it is consistant with footstones of the time when Samuel died. Ann's footstone (A F) is intact and is very readable upon close inspection. Based on the location of this cemetery, the cemeteries of the other sons of Samuel & Ann, the fact that the oldest son (Samuel) is buried here and most importantly Ann's footstone, I am at least 80% confident this is indeed the final resting place of Samuel & Ann (Gay) Frazier, founders of Fraziers Bottom, WV. URL at FAG: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2326221 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/putnam/photos/tombstones/frazier/frazier106ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/wvfiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb