STEPHENS CEMETERY, Mineral Wells, Wood Co., West Virginia Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives March 24, 2003 by Teresa LeMaster Fordyce Take Rt. 21 south out of Mineral Wells for about 3 ˝ miles to Stephens Fork Rd. Take Stephens Fork about 3/4 mile. Sign for the cemetery is on the right side of the road. There is a short gravel driveway, the cemetery is at the top of the hill. This cemetery is very old and not used much anymore. It is kept mowed by members of the Stephens family. This transcription was done on April 7, 2002. ASH Glen Barbara Jean Nov 12, 1939 Dec 5, 1941 June 25 1996 Infant James B. DeVaughn April 1898 Son John D. DeVaughn 1894 – 1915 DEVAUGHN Father Mother N.B. Mary 1857 – 1926 1961 – 1932 John Stephens Born: Sept 6, 1812 Died: July 7. 1886 Eliza daughter of J. and E. Stephens Died: Jan 2, 1866 Aged: 2y 2m (Not positive about the death date. This stone was very worn and hard to read.) Infant daughter of D.B. and G. Grim Died: April 10, 1885 Lydia L. daughter of D.B. and G. Grim Born: Dec 10, 1876 Died: Dec 5. 1878 (This inscription was on the other side of the Infant’s stone.) Grave marked only with a rock. Unreadable stone Stone with the initials L.L. C. (No other name or dates.) Grave marked only with a rock. Elen A. wife of ? Died: April 12, 1861 (This stone was broken in half. The break was right through the center of the husband's name. I could not tell what his name was.) John Stephens Died: Dec 19, 1838 Aged: 81y 1m 1d (Not positive about the days in the age. This stone was very worn and hard to read.) Francis wife of John Stephens Died: Aug 24, 1876 Aged: 87y 8m 12d W.H. Stephens Died: July 5, 1868 Aged: 29y 8m 16d Samuel L. son of J. and * Stephens Died: March 18, 1801 Aged: 1y 7m 14d (I couldn’t make out the initial of the mother. This stone was very worn and hard to read.) Margaret wife of Benj Barnes Died: Oct 2, 1882 Aged: 14y 10m 17d Jas M. Leach Born: Jan 15, 1818 Died: March 4, 1889 Lucinda Leach 1821 – 1905 Enoch R. Leach 1859 – 1949 (This inscription was on the other side of Jas M. Leach’s stone.) Fielden Leach Dec 30, 1856 April 27, 1913 Sarah A. Hains 1851 – 1920 7 concrete markers all in a row. None of them have any names or dates. Emmert Russell Stephens Dec 7, 1913 June 23, 1923 Belvia Stephens April 23, 1891 Sept 15, 1967 2 Concrete markers. No names or dates. Robert D. Stephens Jr. March 19, 1949 Rondell Eugene son of Eugene and Clara Beckett July 6, 1949 Clara F. Beckett Sept 19, 1923 Dec 4, 1975 Donald M. Burroughs US Navy Vietnam July 18, 1944 – Aug 3, 1989 Hazel Irene Stephens June 5, 1920 – Dec 4, 1984 Zelma R. Stephens Feb 17, 1930 – Sept 11, 1975 3 small stones together. One has the initials F.S. Luther B. Stephens 1876 – 1949 6 concrete markers in a row. None of them have any names or dates. Broken Stone The top is missing. No name or dates. Unreadable stone Unreadable stone Stone with only the initials R.A.H. Concrete marker, no name or dates. Nancy J. daughter of E.C. and A.M. ? Died: Oct 3, 1872 Aged: 3y 5m 18d (Couldn’t read the last name of the parents. This stone was very worn and hard to read.) Stone with only the initials J.S. Stone with only the initials I.C. W.O.W. J.B. Stephens Born: Jan 9, 1857 Died: Aug 17, 1929 Grave marked with a large concrete flower pot. No name or dates. Rushia HerbertC. Wife of Herbert C. April 17, 1901 Hoffman April 30, 1897 Jan 9, 1929 Grave marked with a large concrete flower pot. No name or dates. Bertha C. Leasure Sept 6, 1898 Nov 11, 1918 Unreadable Stone Georgia E. Sept 3, 1887 – Jan 30, 1891 Zanie E. Dec 13, 1892 – July 20, 1893 Children of J.B. and M.J. Stephens Unreadable Stone 5 concrete markers in a row. None had any names or dates. Mary wife of Isaac Roberts Drowned July 17, 1889 Aged: 52yrs. Concrete marker. No name or dates. William R. son of C.M. and Mintie S. Phillips July 8, 1910 – Sept 18, 1910 Charlie Kerps (No Dates) Fannie his wife Died: Jan 9, 1918 Aged: 75 yrs. (This inscription was on the other side of Charlie Kerps’s stone.) 3 Graves in a row marked only with rocks. Daughter Viloa E. Stephens 1921 – 1922 Mother Lottie M. Stephens and Infant Son Nov 6, 1900 Jan 2, 1929 Father Thomas Monroe Stephens Nov 31, 1892 Aug 27, 1933 There appeared to be around 6 to 8 other graves that were not marked in any way. (These areas were not photographed or counted in the total, because I was not positive that they were actual burials.)