BELMONT CEMETERY
Wood Co. WV

Some Pioneer Graveyards of Wood Co. by John A. House

Sometime in October, 1927, while driving up to St. Marys, I
visited a graveyard lying back of and a little above the village
of Belmont.  It lies above an old brick Church house above a
small run, which probably enters the river at the upper side of
the village.

In the early days of the county the settlements were made on
the river bank, where steamboats could land and the roads
connecting them followed in the main the bank of the stream.
Later, the road was moved back to the foot of the hill, with lanes
running back to the villages and farmsteads.

This cemetery is large and well kept.  The ground in practically
level, and it covers several acres.  I failed to note many early
pioneer names, but many fluttering American flags marked the
graves of patriot Americans.

I copied:

Daniel R. Dunn, 1841 - 1919.  Flag.
Nathaniel Garrison, 1837 - 1917.  Flag.
Minnie C. Rolston, wife of W. C. Rolston, November 11, 1881 - June 5,
1917.
Private Howard G. Ingraham, 1897 - 1918.  Pro. A. M. Co. A-A.M.O.T.C.
Leslie A. Wood, 1884 - 1922.  Flag.
William H. Core, 1858 - 1926.  Flag.
D. C. Westfall, May 23, 1927.  Aged 87.
William L. Reese, 1833 - 1908.
Elizabeth A., wife.  1840 - 1906.
Absalom Smith, September 5, 1837 - September 24, 1907.
Annie M., wife, 1845 - 1913.
Elizabeth Smith, 1821 - 1908.
Mary A., wife of Abraham B. Smith, 1876.  Aged 79.
William Baird Abbot, 1838 - 1910.
Bennett H. Thorn, 1844 - 1911.
Charles W. Adams, 1855 - 1867.

I noticed other names, such as:
Adams
Bell
Bumgardner
Bull
Carey
Craig
Cornell
Cochran
Cronin
Cautuer
Dunn
Dowell
Frink
Hanes
Janes
Kesterson
Lane
McTaggart
Moore
Martin
Naish
Phelps
Phillips
Pickens
Powell
Seckman
Shingleton
Sigler
Simmons
Smith
Thomas
Williamson
Wolee
Wright