THE OLD STOVER CEMETERY
ON SANDLICK ROAD WV (RALEIGH CO)
THE SMALL, OLD STOVER CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON SANDLICK ROAD, RALEIGH CO.,
WV. APPROXIMATELY 1 ½ MILES BEYOND BOTTOM OF SPRUCE MOUNTAIN, TURN LEFT
ONTO SANDLICK ROAD. AFTER PASSING STOVER HOMEPLACE ON RIGHT, TURN AT FIRST
RIGHT TURN. PARK AND WALK TO AREA ADJACENT TO HOLDING POND ON LEFT. LOOK
FOR CEMETERY PATH, WHICH CUTS DIAGONALLY BACK TOWARD MAIN ROAD. AREA WAS IN
DISREPAIR IN APRIL 1998, BUT CEMETERY WAS WELL KEPT.
IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL UNMARKED GRAVES, THE CEMETERY CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING
MARKED GRAVES:
SILAS STOVER JUN 6, 1832 -- DEC 24, 1909 (son of John and Nancy Harper
Stover)
MARY (WIFE OF SILAS) 1837 - 14 SEP 1911 (d/o Moses & Elizabeth Workman)
JOHN W. (WARD) STOVER, 1865----1917 (SON OF SILAS AND MARY STOVER)
SOLA STOVER 1892 -1921 (SON OF JOHN W. AND ELIZA TONEY STOVER)
OTIS STOVER OCT 8, 1861 -- JAN 20, 1910 ( son of Silas and Mary)
GENEVA STOVER OCT 17, 1871 -- OCT 12, 1912 (WIFE OF OTIS)
PETER N. STOVER 25 JUN 1879 -- 4 APR 1907 (SON OF SILAS AND MARY)
JAMES A. STOVER 1 JUL 1877 - 10 NOV 1964 (SON OF SILAS AND MARY)
ATHA M. STOVER 4 AUG 1887 --- 4 FEB 1976 (WIFE OF JAMES A.)
SKELTON SHORT, CO H., 7 WV CAV(husband of Nancy, d/o of Henry Williams.
Nancy is said to be buried in an unmarked grave in this cemetery)
COON SHORT 10 NOV 1882 - 16 JUN 1952
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