Submitted by Phyllis Slater.
This list of Cresap Family Cemetery graves was in the newspapers when they were moving the graves or wanting to move them. They were advertising for relatives to come forth in order to make re-burial arrangements.
According to the following newpaper article, the names of those buried at the Cresap Family Cemetery were:
Michael Cresap, Jr., Hannah Ogle Cresap, David R. Cresap, Quincy Cresap, R. K. Cresap, Benjamin Ogle Cresap, William Cresap, Rebecca Cresap, Friend Cox, Michael Cox, Mary Ellen Cox, Robert Woods Cox, James Smith, Mary W. Cresap Smith, and Elizabeth Price CresapSome of the remains were interred at Riverview and Mt. Rose cemeteries.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MARSHALL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY,
a corporation,
Plaintiff
vs,
PROCEEDING TO OBTAIN PERMISSION TO REMOVE, TRANSFER AND DISPOSE OF
REMAINS IN GRAVES LOCATED UPON PRIVATELY OWNED LANDS.
They were being sought in order to make re-burial arrangements. | ||
| Robert Augustus Woodward | Theresea Alethea Woodward | Robert Wortham Woodward |
| James Preston Woodward | Mary Emma Woodward | Eugene Gates Woodward |
| Augustus Monroe Woodward | Julianna Woodward | Willie Rentz Woodward |
| Preston Edgar Woodward | Eleanor Cresap Woodward Bryan | Minerva Ellen Boyd Winston |
| Mattie Ruth Winston | Frances Roberta Winston | Arthur Boyd Winston |
| Minerva Ellen Winston | Charley Ann Winston | Henry Leslie Boyd |
| John Henry Boyd | Leslie Gene Boyd | Bessie Jane Boyd |
| Robbie Boyd Cobbs | James Henry Cobbs | Albert Woodward Cobbs, Jr. |
| William George Boyd | William George Boyd, Jr. | Kyle Kaufman Boyd |
| Annie Wortham Woodward Stewart | Otis Woodward Stewart | Claude Cammack Stewart, Jr. |
| Ellen Keene Woodward Alexander | Robert Edward Alexander | Virginia Ellen Alexander |
| Annie Nora Alexander | Mary Florence Wortham Zimmerman | Jewell Eleice Wortham Dumas |
| Lenox Eugene Wortham | Clifford McCrae Wortham | Robert B. Wortham |
| Dorothy Jean Dumas | Martha Ann Wortham | Mary Nell Wortham |
| Thomas Wortham | Rose Wortham McNamara | Anetta Gene Wortham |
| Janice Wortham | James Clifford Wortham | Maude Wortham Stewart |
| Kathleen Stewart Scott | Lenora Stewart | Virginia Stewart |
| Annette Stewart | Kay Scott | Lulu Rentz Rose |
| Josephine Rentz Woodward | Mable Rentz Waddell | Gilford Scott, Jr. |
| T. G. Scott | Mary Jane Scott | Ina Rose Scott McNamara |
| Margaret Scott Dilworth | Fortson Scott | Maurine McNamara Johnson |
| Bettie McNamara Johnson | Thomas Parnell McNamara | Margaret Dilworth |
| Cecelia Dilworth | Vada Lanette Scott | Gates Scott Codell |
| Ora Mae Scott | William Scott | Curtis Scott |
| T. Don Scott | Nora Scott Sturdivant | Maggie Scott Pogue |
| Morgan Scott | Fannie Gene Scott Sims | Vancil Sturdivant |
| Cecelia Sturdivant Moore | John Olin Moore | Louise Moore |
| Robert Judson Moore | Edgerly Sturdivant | Richard Sturdivant |
| Jean Morgan Sturdivant | Joseph Logue | Dorothy Logue |
| Helen Logue | Elizabeth Logue | Thomas J. Logue |
| J. William Logue | Margaret Rose Scott | Hubert Rose |
| Edna Rose Lyle | Lillian Rose Lee | Josephine Rose Heulett |
| John K. Rose | Virginia Rose | Francis Lyle |
| Cecelia Lyle | Josephine Lyle | Virginia Lee |
| John Aubrey Lee | Estell Orr Merrideth | Kate Orr Cypert |
| Watkins Orr | Rex Cypert | Jean Merrideth |
| Vivia D. Merrideth | Elaine Merrideth | Ann Merrideth |
| Minnie V. Cresap Williams | James Edward Williams | Cora Cecelia Cresap Snow |
| Cecelia Snow Jewell | Richard Warren Snow | Helen Snow |
| Ellen Rentz Ivy | George Rentz | Mina Rentz Honea |
| Nadine Rentz Brumfield | Edwin Rose | Martha Rose Price | Earl Rose | Mary Rose | Robert Rose |
| Edwin Rose | Lillian Price | Kathleen Price |
| Helen Price | Ruth Woodward Sessams | Mattie Woodward |
| Warren Woodward | T. A. Sessams | James Howard Sessamis |
| John Waddell | Josephine Waddell Barton | Audrey Waddell |
| Mabel Clair Waddell Owen | Joseph Barton | Jack Barton, Jr. |
| Betty Ruth Barton | Bobbie Jean Barton | Virginia Waddell Rodman |
| Bertha Waddell | T. J. Ivy | Ward Rentz |
| Rosemond Rentz | Dude Rentz | Scott Rentz |
| Gladys Honea | Hubert Honea | Thurman Honea |
| Douglas Honea | Mattie Brumfield | Virginia Brumfield |
| Francis Brumfield | Sybel Brumfield | Travis Brumfield |
| Robert Lawrence Zimmerman | Cecil Scott | Gilford Scott |
| Vada Scott Wortham | Dell Scott Rose | C. C. Scott |
| Dorothy Scott | Honsell Scott | Harry Scott |
| Kenneth Scott | Mary Elizabeth Scott | James Cresap Snow | Rachel J. Cresap Ashton | Margaret Whittaker Ashton Tucker | Cresap Brent Cox |
| Virginia Ashton | James David Ashton | Mary Rosalie Ashton Pappas |
| Betty Cresap Tilton Herb | Charles L. Cresap | Thomas Quincy Cresap |
| Beverly Ann Bergoff, Jr. | Benjamin Ogle Cresap, Jr. | William Simpson Cresap |
| Richard George Cresap | Elizabeth Cresap Gatts | Richard T. Cresap |
| Joseph E. Cresap | Robert W. Cresap | William T. Beam |
| Eugene Cresap Beam | George Beam | Janet Beam Detmer |
| Kenneth S. Beam | Sterling Beam | Donald Cresap Beam |
| Stanley Beam | Betty Beam | Faith Beam |
| Dorothy Beam | Mary L. Beam Pinkerton | Nellie V. Beam |
| Mary V. Alexander Williamson | Charles Williamson | Thomas Williamson |
| Ruth Williamson Southan | Davis Grubb | Louis Grubb |
| William R. Cox | Elizabeth Jane Cox Wood | Suzanne Ruth Edwards |
| Robert Evans Edwards | Charles Trever Edwards | James F. Cox |
| Mary Frances Cox Emmerth | Robert Cresap Cox | Charles Quincy Cox |
| Michael Cresap Cox | Robert Cresap Cox, Jr. | Katherine P. Cox |
| Roberta May Cox | Frank Hurst Weaver | Jane Cresap Weaver Wilson |
Also any unknown surviving next-of-kin, heirs-at-law, administrators, executors or personal representatives of Michael Cresap, Jr., Hannah Ogle Cresap, David R. Cresap, Quincy Cresap, R. K. Cresap, Benjamin Ogle Cresap, William Cresap, Rebecca Cresap, Friend Cox, Michael Cox, Mary Ellen Cox, Robert Woods Cox, James Smith, Mary W. Cresap Smith, and Elizabeth Price Cresap, each of whose remains are believed to be interred within graves located in the Cresap Family Cemetery In Franklin District, Marshall County, West Virginia. Also any unknown surviving next-of-kin, heirs-at-law, administrators, executors, or personal representatives of any unknown person or persons whose remains may be interred within any grave located in the Cresap Cemetery in Franklin District, Marshall County, West Virginia.
Respondents.
These photos, provided by Randy Hewitt and submitted to this page by Vernon Anderson, were taken during the removal/moving of remains.
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