Canaan Cemetery, Upshur Co West Virginia Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives October 29, 2002 by Kathleen M Fitzgerald ======================================================= USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the written consent of the author/contributor and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The contributor has given the USGenWeb Archives permission to store the file permanently for free access. ======================================================= The following list is a transcript of all engraved headstones for those buried in the Canaan Cemetery in the Banks District of Upshur County, West Virginia as of October, 2002. It does not contain the names of living persons with headstones in place at the cemetery. Directions: This cemetery can be reached from Buckhannon, WV by driving abt. 14 miles south on WV-20. Then make a slight left at the fork near Rock Cave onto WV-20/Kanawha Head Buckhannon. Take this road about 3 miles till you get to Laurel Run Ganes Craddock/CR-40. Turn left onto Drive Laurel Run Ganes Craddock/CR-40, taking it not quite 6 miles up to the Canaan Church/cemetery. This is a fairly steep and isolated local, get your gas and drinks before you start up Laurel Run Ganes Craddock/CR-40 and make sure your vehicle is in good repair. Please note: headstone transcripts are listed in alphabetical order and not according to their placement in the cemetery. =========================================================== Aberham, Lewis, Jul.22,1823, Mar.23,1904 Aegan, Dana C., 1905 ~ 1975 Aegan, Joe, Feb. 2. 1932, Dec. 9, 1997 Aegan, Mabel E. (Mrs. Dana C.) 1907 ~ 1981 Alkire, Infant Son, (of R.T. & A.E.) June 28, 1922, June 28, 1922 Ancell, Charlie C., 1888- 1968 Ancell, Helen V, 1920- 1926, (d/o C. C. & M. B) Ancell, Maude W. 1884- 1971 Arbogast, Amy, (Friend) (Mrs. Peter A.) Oct. 15, 1869, Jan.12, 1897 Arbogast, Sandra Louise (d/o Basel & Wilda) Apr. 2, 1957, Jan. 25, 1958 Arbogast, Ida M., (Mrs. Jacob M.) 1867- 1929 Arbogast, Jacob M., 1864- 1947 Arbogast, Gay R., 1903 ~ 1962 Arbogast, Zenna M. (Mrs. Gay R.) 1911 ~ 1985 Bean, Daris Paul, 1915- 1943 Bennett, Brenice, 1929 ~ 1950 Bias, Joan C., July 18, 1936, Oct. 24, 1989 Bias, Virginia Douglas, 1914 ~ 1944 Bowman, Wilda R. Arbogast, May 21, 1935, Oct. 23, 2001 Brecke, Sarah Beth, June 6, 1989, July 17, 1989 Bryson, Clyde, Dec. 1, 1884, July 16, 1894 Butcher, Jennie L.. (d/o H.L. & J.) May 22, 1884, Aug. 18, 1914 Carroll, Martha L., June 1, 1863, Mar. 10, 1950 Chidester, Bernard H., 1921 ~ 1983 Chidester, Blanchie May, 1923 ~ 1952 Chidester, Bonnie, (d/o Orval & Icie) Nov. 30.1940 Chidester, Daris C., 1919 ~ 1988 Chidester, Gene, 1938 ~ 1994 Chidester, Hartsel Keith II, July 19, 1988, July 26, 2000 Chidester, Icie M., (Mrs. Orval C.) 1908 ~ 1987 Chidester, Lafe W., 1880 ~ 1946, Chidester, Mae, (Mrs. Santford) 1915 ~ 1983 Chidester, Norman, May 9, 1938, Dec.3, 1993 Chidester, Orval C., 1903 ~ 1970 Chidester, Patricia Eileen, b/d May 27, 1953 Chidester, Raymond, June 29, 1926, Sept. 4, 1982, married Oct. 16, 1953 Chidester, Ronald D. 1955 ~ 1976 Chidester, Santford, 1905 ~ 1993 Chidester, Sarah E., (Mrs. Lafe W.) 1883 ~ 1963 Chidester, Tony Ross, July 25, 1958, Sept.28, 1977 Chidester, Vernon G., 1961 ~ 1961 Chidester, Victor E., Sept. 8, 1963, Oct. 9, 1984 Chidester, Violet, (d/o Orval & Icie) 1928 ~ 1936 Chidester, Virgil J., Feb. 9, 1907, Feb. 28, 1989 Chidester, Wellington F., June 4, 1909, Dec. 30, 1991 Cogar, Gary, Jan. 26, 1952, May 9, 1986 Cogar, George, Sept. 10, 1879, June 14, 1936 Cogar, Harvey "Perk", Sept. 25, 1926, Jan. 10, 1987 Cogar, Otto D. May 13, 1905, Dec. 21, 1968 Coger, Emma, (Mrs. G. L) 1882 ~ 1912 Cutright, Henry J. Jr., Apr.24, 1944, June 12, 1979, married Nov.27, 1962 Davis, Jemima, 1857 ~ 1935 Davis, John R., 1857 ~ 1931 DeGarmo, Charles Michael, Jan. 2, 1951, June 13, 1992 DeGarmo, Charles W., 1896 ~ 1981 DeGarmo, Edward, May 28, 1919, May 28, 1919 DeGarmo, Fannie, (Mrs. Charles W.) 1896 ~ 1981 Dever, Delores J. "Dee", (Mrs. Gilbert E.) 1946 ~ 1993 Dever, Gilbert Ernest "Ernie", Apr. 9, 1940 , Jun. 9, 2000 Douglas, Burk, Feb. 20, 1844, Mar. 22, 1885 Douglas, Denzel (s/o S.V. & Z.F.) Aug. 9, 1912, May 10, 1918 Douglas, Sylvanious V., 1878- 1963 Douglas, Zillah F., 1886- 1963 Farrar, Charles B., 1885 ~ 1978 Farrar, Coy James John, June 12, 1923, Feb. 3, 1995 Farrar, Sadie F., (Mrs. Charles B.) 1887 ~ 1943 Farrar, Troy B., Feb.16, 1921, June 20, 2000 Fisher, Charles M. 1885- 1976 Fisher, Mary O. (Mrs. Charles M.) 1904- 1988 Fitzgerald, Amos Franklin (s/o Wyatt) 1873 ~ 1948 Fitzgerald, Arnett B. (s/o Amos F.) Feb. 07.1907, Jan. 17.1951 Fitzgerald, Clifford Charles (s/o Opha B.) 1911 ~ 1970 Fitzgerald, Denzil R. (s/o Opha B.) Dec. 1, 1918, Apr. 24, 1946 Fitzgerald, Dwight H. 1905 ~ 1943 Fitzgerald, Edna M. (McKissic) (d/o John Thomas)(Mrs. Amos F.) 1878 ~ 1943 Fitzgerald, James T. Aug.29.1912, Mar.14.1993 Fitzgerald, John B. 1913 ~ 1974 Fitzgerald, John Lewis (s/o Wyatt ) Jan.05.1861, Jan.07.1900 Fitzgerald, Ella (Hefner)(d/o J.B.)(Mrs. William D.) 1880- 1965 Fitzgerald, Esther Evalene (Daff)(d/o Syrus Jacob)(Mrs.Carl Grayden) 1913 ~ 1939 Fitzgerald, Norman L.(s/o John B.) Jan.21, 1946, May.16, 1972 Fitzgerald, Mary Jane (Marple)(d/o Amos Franklin)(Mrs. Wyatt ) 1841- 1922 Fitzgerald, Opha Burton, (s/o Wyatt) 1878- 1949 Fitzgerald, Sarah Ellen (Friend)(d/o Hanson)(Mrs.Opha B.) 1887- 1967 Fitzgerald, William Douglas (s/o Wyatt) 1870- 1942 Fitzgerald, Wyatt (s/o Edmund) 1832- 1901 Flint, Roy P. 1892- 1967 Flint, Sadie E. (Mrs. Roy P.) 1892- 1968 Friend, Daisy L. (Mrs. Elijah) 1885- 1956 Friend, Elijah Emery, (s/o Hanson) 1889- 1947 Friend, Flora C. (Mrs. Lloyd T.) 1892- 1966 Friend, Hanson (s/o Henry of N) 1862 ~ 1905 Friend, Jasper A. (s/o Hanson) 1882- 1964 Friend, Lloyd Tambolyn "Tamlen" (s/o Hanson) 1885- 1966 Friend, Nathaniel, (s/o Hanson) 1895- 1915 Friend, Oscar Lloyd, Feb. 21, 1917, Oct. 14, 1990 Friend, Ollie J. (Strader) (Mrs. Jasper A.) 1886- 1977 Friend, Playford H.(s/o Jasper A.)1912- 1971 Friend, Rebecca Cecelia (Strader)(d/o Salathiel E.)(Mrs. Hanson) 1864 ~ 1935 Friend, Ruben J. May 16.1909, June 11, 1989 Gregory, Calla Gertrude (Degarmo) (Mrs. George E.) 1885 ~ 1960 Gregory, George E. (s/o Thomas A.) 1879 ~ 1952 Gregory, Kenneth J., Aug. 14, 1931, Oct. 24, 1995 Gregory, Minnie Eliza (Sines)(d/o David)(Mrs. Wyatt R.) 1875- 1959 Gregory, Ronald 1954 ~ 1954 Gregory, Vernie, (Mrs. Roy) July 3, 1912, Sept. 6, 1988, "married Dec.12, 1939" Gregory, Wyatt Rufus (s/o Thomas A.) 1870- 1967 Gillispie, M. Florence, (Mrs. W. Frank) Feb. 9, 1873, Jan. 20, 1963 Gillispie, Robert F., 1913 ~ 2000 Gillispie, Sidney W., 1908 + 1979 Gillispie, W. Frank, Dec. 1, 1861, Oct. 9, 1934 Hanline, Andrew, 1902 ~ 1987 Hanline, Carrie, (Mrs. Andrew) 1917 ~ 1995 Hawkins, Lucinda (?) (Mrs. L. H) died Dec.14, 1879, Aged 23 Ys 11 Ms 4 Ds Hawkins, Virginia C. (d/o L. H.) died July 18, 1888, age 20 YS. 9 MS Hawkins, Sarah E. (d/o L.H) died Mar.17.1889, age 17 YS. 7 MS. 8 DS. Haymond, Arnett Gerald, (s/o Wade H.) May 15, 1912, Dec. 30, 2000 Haymond, Bettie Rose, (d/o Wade H.) 1928 ~ 1943 Haymond, Maccie Rachel (Carpenter)(Mrs. Wade H) 1880 ~ 1917 Haymond, Oscar, (s/o Wade H.) 1927 ~ 1928 Haymond, Wade Hampton, 1879 ~ 1964 Heater, Katherine, (Mrs. William F.) 1924 ~ 1962 Heater, Shirley, `1941 ~ 1999 Heater, William F., March 10, 1919, Feb. 13, 1954 Heath ~ Sears, David M., 1962 ~ 1972 Heath ~ Sears, Sarah V., 1938 ~ 1972 Helmick, William A., (s/o L.M. & S.D.) Feb.17, 1857, Apr. 29, 1873 Huskey, Penny Rae, Aug.13, 1970, June 27, 1995 Lewis, Celia C., Nov. 29, 1869, June 9, 1937 Lewis, Susan (Mrs. A. E.) died, July 25, 1875, aged 42 years Long, Infant Son, (s/o Garland & Leona) b/d Apr. 29, 1946 Long, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" (Sines)(d/o William Jonas) (Mrs. Jarrett S.) 1867 ~ 1937 Long, Jarrett S. Apr.19.1858, May.05.1944 Marks, Amy Gregory, 1906- 1968 Mealy, Okey L., May 26, 1894, Aug. 17, 1918 Mealy, Rachel Jane, April 26, 1871, October 29, 1959 Morrison, Jay L., Dec.22.1908, Sept.28, 1983 Morrison, Vocie I., (Mrs. Jay L.) Oct.17.1908, Mar.29.1995 Mulnix, Minnie, (d/o I.L. & F.B.) b/d 1896 Nethken, Arden R. Jan. 18, 1938 + Jun. 17. 1985, married Feb.14, 1958 Nethken, Sarah A., July 2, 1850, Feb. 1, 1930 Nethken, Wanda M., (Mrs. Arden R.) 1938 ~ 1999, married Feb.14, 1958 Nethken, William Francis, (s/o Meshach Alfred) 1870 ~ 1951 Nixon, Charlie, 1871 ~ 1879 Nixon, Clida E. (s/o J. & M.J.) Jan.6, 1892, Apr. 29, 1907 Nixon, Dora C., (d/o J. & M.J.) Jan. 4, 1879, Jan. 31, 1881 Nixon, Howard T., 1884 ~ 1955 Nixon, Jessie 1857 ~ 1941 Nixon, Louisa (Mrs. Thomas G.) 1843 ~ 1914 Nixon, Malinda (Lewis) (Mrs. Jessie) 1857 ~ 1942 Nixon, Omer 1896 ~ 1978 Nixon, Otha H, (s/o J. & M.J.) Jan. 4, 1887, Nov. 24, 1900 Nixon, Thomas G., 1846 ~ 1902 Nixon, Ressie (Mrs. Omer) 1903 ~ 1993 Ogden, Ellen Hildreth, 1924 ~ 1990 Osborne, R. Fern, (Mrs. James R.) July 30, 1938, Aug. 5, 1996 Peck, Amos B., July 27, 1938, Mar. 2, 1983 Peck, Arthur C. Sept. 6, 1907, Sept, 15, 1987 Peck, Bessie J. (?) (Mrs. Arthur C.) Sept. 7, 1903, July 14, 2001 Peck, Catherine (Hancle) (Mrs. Henry) died, age YS MS Peck, Dollie M. (Sines) (Mrs. Tillman E.) Oct.07.1907, Apr.27.1998 Peck, Edward H. 1879 ~ 1958 Peck, Emma O. Mar. 12, 1872, June 7, 1909 Peck, Henry, died July 9, 1876, aged 80 Ys Peck, Hurlden E., May 12, 1930, Nov. 25, 1995 Peck, Mary F., 1872 ~ 1912 Peck, Laura Belle (?) (Mrs. Edward H.) 1876 ~ 1926 Peck, Ralph N. (s/o Tillman E) Mar. 2, 1942, Oct.10, 1961 Peck, Saloma A., (d/o Thomas & T.) June 5, 1876, Jan. 29, 1894 Peck, Talitha 1840 ~ 1932 Peck, Thomas, CO. M, 6 W.VA. INF Peck, Tillman E. Nov. 5.1903, Dec.13.1986, "Wed July 4, 1926" Peck, Velva E. (Mrs. William C.) 1897 ~ 1974 Peck, Willard D 1913 ~ 1978 Peck, William C. 1874 ~ 1951 Perrine, Lloyd A., Mar. 28, 1917, Jan. 11, 1995 Perrine, John Lee, Feb.2, 1951, Sep. 26, 1977 Poplett, Charles J., 1968 ~ 1974 Propst, Gleny Oliff, Mar. 2, 1889, Oct. 2, 1910 Ramsey, E. A., Sep. 23, 1891, June 19, 1893 Ramsey, Eliza Jane (Friend) Mar.24, 1866, Aug. 2, 1893 Ramsey, James Ervin, May 8, 1846, October 3, 1922 Reger, Naomi Heater, 1897 ~ 1979 Rexroad, Eliza R., 1856 ~ 1871 Rexroad, Julia A., (Mrs. M.E.) died Mar.9, 1899, aged 28 y, 1 m, 18 d Rexroad, Paul Orvil (s/o R.B.) Sep.29, 1904, Apr. 9, 1910 Rexroad, Sarah 1822 ~ 1892 Rexroad, Thomas 1818 ~ 1892 Rice, Bertha (Mrs. William M.) Apr.29, 1879, May 21,1911 Rice, Charles Everett 1896 ~ 1981 Rice, Clinton 1909 ~ 1959 Rice, Dora L. (d/o William M. Rice) 1899 ~ 1915 Rice, Henry, (s/o Lewis H.) 1877 ~ 1951 Rice, Mamie E. 1905 ~ 1967 Rice, Mary H. 1902 ~ 1985 Rice, Retha (Mrs. Henry) 1890 ~ 1980 Rice, Velmer Clinton (s/o Clinton) May 4, 1934, Sep. 29, 1934 Rice, William M. 1857 ~ 1925 Rice, Zella M. Woods Sept. 15, 1902, Oct. 19, 1949 Sears, Matthew, July 31, 1968, July 31, 1968 Shaw, Clarence Cecil 1892 ~ 1893 Shaw, Infant (s/o R.D. & E.P.) 1915 ~ 1915 Shaw, Jasper N. 1861 ~ 1949 Shaw, Martha V. 1864 ~ 1956 Sines, Della Maude (Friend, Rice) (d/o Jasper A.) 1914 ~ 1967 (Note: Della Friend m: 1. Clinton Rice, 2. James Q. Sines. She is buried next to 1st husband) Sines, Mabel (Miles) (Mrs. William Taylor) 1909 ~ 1982 Sines, William Taylor (s/o Ulysees Grant ) 1904 ~ 1999 Stout, Fenton, Oct. 13, 1894, Oct. 31, 1976 Strader, David H. 1900 ~ 1934 Strader, Ezra, 1949 ~ 1949 Strader, Jacob S. Jan.01.1810, Jan.29.1876 Strader, June, (Mrs. Oscar) 1928 ~ 1999 Strader, Lina Bennett. (Mrs. Davie H.) 1903 ~ 1988 Strader, Otha Wade, 1884 ~ 1962 Strader, Olive Belle, (Mrs. Otha Wade) 1883 ~ 1952 Strader, Robert, b/d Sept. 6, 1961 Strader, Samuel Foster, Aug. 2, 1873, Aug. 27, 1959 Strader, Wildia K., (d/o S.M. and C. M.) b/d Oct. 24, 1950 Thomas, Emeline (Friend)(d/o Henry of N) (Mrs. Thomas Thomas) 1872 ~ 1899 Thomas, Jane, (Mrs. Joseph) died Apr. 17, 1891 in her 58 y. Thomas, Joseph, died June 1, 1915 in his 86 y. Waugh, Charles B. (s/o James E. J. B.) Nov.09.1887, Apr.01.1921 Waugh, Florence Bird (Fitzgerald)(d/o Wyatt)(Mrs. James E. J. B.) 1862 ~ 1909 Waugh, Harold G. (s/o James E. J. B.) b/d Oct.05.1893 Waugh, James E. J. B. (s/o Brown Morgan) 1860 ~ 1901 Waugh, William J. (s/o James E. J. B.) 1890 ~ 1972 White, Ruth, Oct. 8, 1917, Sep. 20, 1985 Williams, Eula Annabelle, 1915 ~ 1974 Williams, James D., Apr. 21, 1916, Aug. 23, 1982 Wilson, Ellis, 1866 ~ 1956 Wilson, Iva E., 1883 ~ 1962 ================================== Submitted by: Kathleen M. Fitzgerald Gmak@in-touch.net 4907 Second Creek Road Blanchester, Ohio 45107