McDOUGLE CEMETERY
(The Walker Cemetery)
Wood Co. WV

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

A short distance below the old Lewis graveyard at Lock Nineteen,
lying back nearly a half mile from the river, and on a little point
south of the stream which crosses the road of today, is an old
private or family graveyard known locally as "the Walker Cemetery".

Like nearly all family burying grounds which have passed out of
the hands of the immediate household, it is in a sadly neglected
condition, stones and markers are mostly broken down, or leaning
at all sorts of angles, some I had to pry from beds prone in the earth,
and gouge and scrape away the earth, roots and rubbish that hid
the inscriptions.

The ground was a tangle of trees, brush, briers and weeds.  The
earliest date is 1841, the latest 1897.

I noted the names, but not always the graves, of:
Eddie Lee, second son of B. and K. M. Walker, died 1872, aged six.
Angeline, wife of Benjamin Walker, died June 29th, 1854, aged
forty-seven.
Johnnie, son of B. and A. Walker, 1844, seven days.
Vesta, 1841, a child.
Amanda, June 20th, 1847, one year old.
Other gravestones are marked:
"Our Father, John McDougle, December 5th, 1805 - February
15th, 1861, aged fifty-six years, two months."  (I think fifty-five
the correct age.)
Joannah McDonald (Is it McDougle?) August 16th, 1854, aged
fifty-seven years, three months.
Elizabeth, wife of A. J. Packard, April 24th, 1839 - March 4th, 1897.