CEDAR GROVE GRAVEYARD
Wood Co. WV

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

The Cedar Grove Church stands on top of a high hill, up from
the first sharp bend of the Kanawha River, above the mouth
of Mill Run, and commanding a fine view of the lower valley,
the surrounding hill country and far over into Ohio.

Though high above the river, level, owing to the lay of the
west side of the hill, and situation of a small run, the spot is
easily approached by the Staunton Pike.  There is a strip of
woodland reaching almost to the church house, and a part of
the graveyard is new, the largest oak timber having been cut
about two years before I visited the spot in 1917.

There is a nice grove, but I saw no cedar.  The oldest gravestone
I noted is -
Sampson Musser - 1852.
Captain William Prince, died September 24th, 1825, aged fifty-one
years, one month.  He was, however, first buried elsewhere, and
removed to this graveyard.
Jeremiah Prince, April, 1886, aged forty-two - a Union soldier.
Adaline, wife of Robert Prince, died January 12th, 1876, aged
thirty-five years, two months.  She was a daughter of David and
Susanna Shearer.
David Shearer was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, July
30th, 1805, died December 11th, 1860.
Susannah Musser Shearer, born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania,
September 2nd, 1807, died July 2nd, 1892.
Cyrus Musser, 1878, aged twenty.
Sampson Musser, 1852, aged ten.
David Musser, September, 1878, aged fourteen.
Samuel Musser died in 1884, in his sixty-fourth year.
Ruth Musser, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, March 4th, 1824,
died 1898.  She was a Shearer.
I think the name is Shearer on the tombstones.  In the records, it
is sometimes Shearer, and sometimes Shears.  David, a son of
Samuel, told me Shears in correct.
Stanley Musser, Co. A., 13th W. Va. Inf.  (dates not taken)
Lucinda, his wife, 1851 - 1901.
Elizabeth A., wife of G. W. Taggart, February, 1834 - October, 1881.
Lewis Kraft, 1854 - 1906.
Emma Kraft, 1854 - 1901.
James Vandiver, 1830 -1901.
Rowena, wife of James Davis, December 3rd, 1815 - January 21st, 1887.
James M. Davis, October 17th, 1816 - February 1st, 1887.
John Amick  1862 - fifty-nine years.
Mary Gossage, 1834 - 1897.
Samuel Gossage, November 27th, 1900, aged seventy-four years, eight
months.
Mary, wife of George W. Brown, 1822 - 1907.
Joseph H. Williams, 1821 - 1861.
Susannah B. Williams, 1824 - 1889/
Mary Piersol, 1840 - 1898.
Thomas A. Glover, April 2nd, 1815 - March 4th, 1896.
Mary Van Wye, his wife, 1822 - 1890.
Of Union soldiers' graves, I noted:
Stanley Musser, Co. A., 13th (or 15th) W. Va. Inf., 1851 - 1901.
J. M. Price, Co. D., 14th W. Va.
J. A. Stineberger, Co. M., 6th W. Va.
J. M. Grier, Co. C., 6th W. Va.
J. W. Jenkins, Co. C., 15th W. Va.
James S. Bushman (M) Co. F., 2nd W. Va.
Jeremiah Prince, Co. D., 14th W. Va., died 1896, forty-two years.
G. W. Kinney, 1845 - 1911.  A G. A. R. man.
U. P. Postlewait, Co. B., 6th W. Va.