KEENE GRAVEYARD Wood Co. WV Some Pioneer Graveyards of Wood Co. by John A. House The moss and myrtle gently fold And clothe the rough and ugly mound Where lie the loved we could not hold Who rest and sleep with the ground. (R. H.) The old William Lewis, or Keene, Graveyard, is about eight rods square, and lies near the Ohio River, on top of a high bank above the lower, or first, bottom straight back fro Lock Nineteen. The grounds are well fenced with a good iron paling fence, but are uncared for and neglected, and grown up with grass and weeds. It lies by the side of the garden, but has no shade trees. I noted the following graves: Mary F. Lewis, wife of George G. Stout, died July 21st, 1893, aged twenty-eight years, ten months. *first penciled in before wife. Coulie Hanson Broughton, born October 1st, 1840 - died October 28th, 1918. *Coulie marked out and Condie penciled in. Adaline Lewis (his wife) died 1879, when thirty-two years old. William Lewis, born September 29th, 1777 - died December 30th, 1858. This makes him eighty-one years, three months old. He was a son of George and Violet Lewis, and came from Loudoun County, and was about thirty years old at the time he came to Wood County. Mary Lewis, April 28th, 1785 - July 9th, 1876. She lies by the side of her husband, and was, at time of her death, ninety-one years and two months old. Matilda Ann, daughter of William and Mary Lewis, born December 12th, 1808 - died July 24th, 1836. Oliver P. Lewis, died January 1st, 1851, aged thirty-one years, three months. Born October 16th, 1819. Luisa Jane, daughter of William and Mary Lewis, January 21st, 1818 - June 9th, 1840. *Louisa written in above Luisa. Sarah, wife of O. L. Bradford (daughter W. and M. Lewis) born August 5th, 1805 - died March 27th, 1849, aged forty-three years, seven months. Francis K. Lewis, January 3rd, 1807 - May 19th, 1862, age fifty-four years. He is said to be the first white child born on Washington's Bottom. His mother was Mary, daughter of Francis Keene. Marietta Sampson, wife of F. K. Lewis, died August 5th, 1889, aged seventy-six years. *Sampson marked out and Simpson penciled in. Martha, wife of S. W. Edelen, died November 10th, 1873, twenty- five years old. *first written in before wife. Sophia, a daughter of F. K. and M. Lewis, born August 3rd, 1845 - died May 5th, 1846. Jane Lewis (wife of a McDougle), 1841 - 1870. *first written in before (wife and A. A. written above McDougle. Samuel I. McDougle, 1866. Henry T. Coffer, June 28th, 1863. William Simpson died January 1st, 1815. The monument was erected by his daughter, Marietta Lewis, wife of Francis K. Lewis. (Simpson's wife was "Carom", daughter of Francis Keene.) *Karen written in above "Carom". Francis Keene, August 20th, 1824, aged sixty-three years. Elizabeth Keene, died June 20th, 1825, aged twenty-two. (Born 1803, so a daughter of Francis Keene, Sr.) Atkisson, William Francis, 1820 - 1906. Atkisson, Sarah Matilda, 1848 - 1889. Atkisson, Lelia, married 1869 - died 1870. (Probably wife of William F.) Another inscription looks like - Mary Vine, wife of James, (born or died) 1831.