RIVERVIEW CEMETERY
Wood Co. WV

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

Honor is purchased by the deeds we do,
Honor is not won until some honorable deed is done.
** Sir Christopher Marlow.

This cemetery adjoins the Cook cemetery.

The Van Winkle lot is just inside the new cemetery, and under
one of the finest elm trees on the grounds.  It is enclosed with
iron railing, and is kept in good condition.

I noted graves of -
Peter G. Van Winkle, September 7th, 1808 - April 15th, 1872.
Juliette, wife of P. G. Van Winkle and daughter of William P.
and Martha M. Rathbone, born July 9th, 1812, died February
10th, 1844.
William P. Rathbone, died December 12th, 1862, in seventy-ninth
year.
Martha M. Rathbone, died November 26th, 1846, in fifty-third year.
Goodwin Van Winkle, born June 1836, died September 22nd, 1883.
John Graham Blackford, November 16th, 1830 - September, 1884.
Mary V., wife of J. G. Blackford, and daughter of Peter G. and
Juliette Rathbone Van Winkle, died February 2nd, 1927.
There are in the graveyard two lots fenced off by the Jacksons,
with tall columns, marking the last resting place of -
John Jay Jackson, 1800 - 1877.  This was General Jackson, who
lived at the corner of Ann and Court Streets.  He was for years
Prosecuting Attorney of Wood County, and one of the leading
business men.  His wife was Emma Beeson.
Judge J. J. Jackson, May 4th, 1824 - September 1st, 1907.  He was
for years Judge of the U. S. District Court of West Virginia.
Harriet Catherine  Gleim, his wife, was born April, 1813.
In the same lot are buried -
Elizabeth, wife of John Gleim, 1791 - 1850.
Elizabeth Gleim Gillum, 1835 - 1882.
Sarah Gleim Hockaday - 1829.
The Gleims were of German descent.  John Gleim, the founder of
the family, kept a "Tavern" at or about the site of the old Spencer
house, corner of Ann and Kanawha Streets.
James Monroe Jackson was born December 3rd, 1825, in Parkersburg.
Died February 14th, 1901.  He was a prominent Wood County lawyer,
and Judge of the Circuit Court for two terms.  He married a Miss
Seelye, of Warren, Ohio, in 1851, and Lucy, daughter of George W.
Kincheloe, in 1864.
Helen Seelye Jackson - 1827.
Jacob Beeson Jackson, born April 6th, 1829, died in 1893.  Was named
for his grandfather, Jacob Beeson.  His wife, Maria, was a daughter of
the great real estate man, Benjamin Willard.
Emma B. Dent, a daughter of J. J. Jackson, Jr., died January 15th, 1877,
in her twenty-second year.
Anna E. Neal, daughter of J. J. Jackson, died January 13th, 1882, in her
fortieth year.
Emma G. Jackson, April, 1800 - July, 1842.
Jane E. B. Jackson, December, 1817 - September, 1885.
Eliza Church Jackson, wife of J. S. Dickinson, born in 1825, died in
1881.  Probably the daughter of J. J. Jackson, Sr.
In north side of the cemetery -
Col. George Jackson, 1833 - 1883  (was a brother of Wm. L.)
Lettie Stinchcourt, 1848 - 1901.
Henrietta B. Stinchcourt, 1805 - 1899.
Rev. Thomas Stinchcourt, 1806 - 1862.
R. W. Jackson, died 1861, aged thirty-four.
Of the Neal family, first permanent settlers of Wood County, I noted
the names of descendants of John Neal -
Cincinnatus J. Neal, born 1803 - died 1859.
Mary A. Collins, his wife, 1817 - 1908.
Two children, one eleven years, the other eleven months old.
George B. Neal, born February 2nd, 1816, died December 24th, 1872.
Name George E. on tombstone.  This was son of John Neal.
Caroline McKinley, wife of George E. Neal, born February 6th, 1829,
died April 13th, 1896.
Maggie Brown.
Edward Martin Neal, a son.
Bettie Neal Bowles (daughter) 1858 - 1910.
Georgia Carr (a daughter) 1868 - 1895.
Elizabeth Neal, daughter of John, married Derrick Pennybacker.
Lawrence Perry Neal, son of John and Ephlis, born in 1814, died in
1891.
Mary H. Talbott, his wife, 1824 - 1887.
Daniel Rowell Neal, May 18th, 1805 - April 7th, 1898, aged ninety-two
years and eleven months.
Caroline Bealer Kyger, daughter of George Kyger, born February 22nd,
1808, died August 11th, 1846.  Married D. R. Neal in 1829.  His second
wife was Elizabeth Beeson.
Hardin Neal, December 29th, 1820 - December 16th, 1855.  He was the
fourth child of Nohn Neal, married Elizabeth Collins.  They have two
children buried near him -
H. Neal - 1844.
R. Neal - 1849.
Also Joseph B. Neal, son of H. and E. Neal, October 6th, 1852, aged
five.
James J. Neal, born January 5th, 1824, died November 18th, 1862.
Virginia Harriet Neal Murdoch, daughter of James B. Neal, wife of
John R. Murdoch, born December 12th, 1810, died October 3rd, 1849.
John R. Murdoch, Sr., October 29th, 1804 - December 10th, 1872.
John R. Murdoch, Jr., May 13th, 1840 - September 21st, 1906.
Elizabeth Clark, November 17th, 1816 - 1891.  (Given as wife of John R.
Murdoch - is it senior or junior.)
Harriet, daughter of John R. Murdoch, 1833 - 1907.  Married Thomas
Blackford, born 1827, died 1905.
Richard Neal, April 5th, 1807 - October 11th, 1839.
Elizabeth Cook (wife) 1804 - 1892, eighty-eight years old.
Alfred Neal was a son of Thomas Neal.  He was born March 27th,
1809, died June 30th.
A son of Alfred Neal, and a daughter, Mary Schoeling, are buried in
the same row nearby.
C. E. Neal, Co. E., 1st W. Va., was killed at Romney, February 15th,
1863.
In the Riverview cemetery, Tillinghast Cook lands, western part, I note
the graves of -
Isaac Tavenner, 1817 - 1892.
Harriet Tavenner, his wife, 1813 - 1891.
Charles B., 1845 - 1911.
Carrie B., 1870 - 1883.
John T., 1839 - 1895.
Sallie C., 1847 - 1913.
An Elizabeth Tavenner, a sister of Isaac, above, married Rev. Charles
Baldwin, an M. E. preacher.  She was born October 2nd, 1817, died
January 18th, 1845.
Charles Baldwin, born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, November 19th,
1803, died November 9th, 1839, nearly thirty-six years old.
(Were Isaac and Elizabeth twins?)
George Kyger, 1767 - January 21st, 1825.
Ruth, his wife, March 18th, 1774 - February 11th, 1861.
Mary Kyger, wife of Johnathan N., died November 26th, 1805, aged
twenty-six years.
Elizabeth Kyger, wife of John G. Stringer, born August 2nd, 1801, died
December 3rd, 1850.
John G. Stringer, died May 27th, 1853.
Caroline Adams, second wife of J. G. Stringer.
By side of Caroline Adams Stringer -
Sarah E. Adams, 1810 - 1898.
Albert G. Stringer (a son of John G. and Elizabeth), died October, 1804,
aged six.
Caroline Bealer Neal was a daughter of George and Ruth Kyger.
Hugh and Raleigh Kyger, of Reedy, were sons of George Kyger.
Henry H. Dils, born in 1808, once Sheriff of Wood County, and
youngest son of William.
Ann Logan, daughter of Henry Logan, Sr., married H. H. Dils, in 1833.
Milan Dils (son of Philip W. and Lucy Foley Dils, grandson of William
and great grandson of Philip) was born November 9th, 1811, died June
10th, 1871.
Lucinda Murray, April 20th, 1815 - May 16th, 1872.
Henry Logan, October 6th, 1812 - March 28th, 1895.
Lavina Holliday, wife of Henry Logan, May 15th, 1814 - January, 1849.
He was a son of the Tanner H. Logan, was a leader of Parkersburg
business man.  He had no children, but distributed much of his property
for public benefit.  Endowed the children's home.  Donated the colored
church, Ann and Littleton Streets, etc.  Locally known as Boss Logan.
William Tefft was one of the leading business men of Parkersburg at
the time of its organization in 1810, and for many years after.  He died
February 22nd, 1850, aged fifty-nine.
Betsy Tefft, wife of William, March 18th, 1854, in sixty-first year.
Sarah Elizabeth, wife of William A. Tefft, died February 26th, 1850,
aged twenty-six.
Paradise Tefft, son of William A. and Sarah E., died May 5th, 1848.
In northern side, William Dils, November 9th, 1811.
Lucinda, wife, 1815 - 1872.
Other inscriptions taken are -
Andrew Grim, born in Washington County, Maryland, 1792, died
June 23rd, 1854.
Richard Bayly, June, 1817 - August 25th, 1854.
Margaret Hill, relict of William Prince, June 13th, 1881, in her
eightieth
year.
Albert G. Beeson, died 1848, aged thirty years, eight months.
William G. Simpson, of Washington Bottom, 1814 - 1854.
William A. Collett, born in Loudoun County, Virginia, died August
12th, 1852, aged thirty-nine.
James A. Collett, died August 13th, 1815.
John W. Collett, born in 1838.
Alexander Lowther, 1816 - 1893.
Emily, his wife, 1819 - 1892.
Harriet A. Foster, April, 1827 - July, 1819.
James M. Boyd, died July 17th, 1842, aged twenty-eight.
John W. Carpenter, born in Harrison County, 1825 - 1852.
West of the driveway is a soldier's grave.  "Charles M. Rankin
Lies Here".  He fell in the Battle of Antietam, September 17th, 1862,
while fighting in defense of the Union, aged thirty years.
Major Joshiah Steed, 1st W. Va., Cav., died May 3rd, 1863.
Sergeant E. W. Wilcox, Co. 1, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Aaron Hollingshead, Co. K., 2nd W. Va. Inf.
Dellicker Bell - a flag.
Lieut. Clark Criswell, Co. L., 8th W. Va. Inf.
William E. Stevenson, born at Pittsburgh, Pa., March 18th, 1820,
died November 29th, 1888.
Sarah, his wife, born at Philadelphia, Pa., May 1st, 1830, died in
1885 (or 1888).
Stevenson was the second Governor of West Virginia.
John A. Butcher, 1819 - 1883.
Martha V. Wright, daughter of J. A. and Ellinor Butcher, 1865 - 1902.
Oliver M. Clemens, 1838 - 1902.
India E. Clemens, 1848 - 1897.
J. W. Davidson, 1829 - 1892.
Helen (wife) 1838 - 1910.
Joseph Schultz, 1860 - 1902.
In the northwest corner of cemetery, east of the drive -
John F. Snodgrass, 1802 - 1854.
Louisa Kinnaird, wife, 1811 - 1853.
Kinnaird Snodgrass, 1836 - 1907.
Sallie B., wife, 1848, 1907.
Virginia, wife of Beverly Smith.
Kinnaird was a son of John F. Snodgrass.  He was a Parkersburg
lawyer, and married Sallie Bukey.
Mary Kinnaird, September 17th, 1786 - Mary 16th, 1783, ninety-six
years.
Sarah Wilcox, 1848 - 1911.
Rev. J. W. Carter, the eminent Baptist preacher, born in 1835, died
in 1907.
George Deming, master marine (a ship carved on headstone), born
in New Haven, Connecticut, September 10th, 1806, died May 10th,
1860, aged fifty-four years and seven months.  "Was a direct
descendant of Miles Standish".
Samuel Warren, 1811 - 1881.
Charlotte Stewart (wife), 1830 - 1900.
Samuel Stewart, 1829 - 1891.
Letitia (wife), 1825 - 1889.
Ellen Rhodes, wife of James D. Harwood, died at Belleville, May,
1849, born in May, 1817.
John Timms.
Sarah E. Timms, August, 1866.
Some child graves, then -
J. C. Payne, born in Valley of Virginia, February 11th, 1802, died
August 3rd, 1863.
John Simpson, died April, 1864, in seventieth year.
Henrietta (wife), May, 1793 - March, 1870.
By side - N. Simpson Beeson, 1851 - 1888.
Next, (east) J. D. Timms, born in Loudoun County, 1795, died 1875.
Hannah, wife of J. D. Timms, 1795 - 1879.
G. G. Schofield - 1891.