Find A Grave - Cabell County

Adams, James Frank b. August 26, 1844 d. March 12, 1922
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the Civil War as a Private in Company D, 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, enlisting at age 17 on September 12, 1861. He was awarded the CMOH for capturing the State flag of the 14th Virginia (CSA) Cavalry at Nineveh, Virginia, on November 12 1864. He himself was captured during the war, and spent some time as a prisoner of the Confederates. His Medal was awarded to him on November 26, 1864, and he was honorably mustered out...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Oaklawn Memorial Park, Barboursville, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Plot: Lot 160, Space 1
Baumgardner, George Washington b. July 22, 1891 d. December 13, 1970
Major League Baseball Player. He was a right handed pitcher making his debut with the St. Louis Browns on April 14, 1912. He played as a member of the Browns for five seasons, from 1912 to 1916. He finished his career with a record of 38 wins, 49 losses, 2 shutouts, 1 save, 283 strikeouts and a 3.22 eared run average. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Barboursville Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Egnor, Virginia Ruth 'Dagmar' b. November 29, 1926 d. October 9, 2001
She was an actress and singer who parlayed her dumb blonde act into television fame. In 1950 she debuted on the TV show "Broadway Open House." She was so popular that her mail averaged 2000 fan letters a week. She starred briefly in her own show "Dagmar's Canteen" and appeared on "Hollywood Squares." She also recorded a duet with Frank Sinatra. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Ellis, Hubert Summers b. July 6, 1887 d. December 3, 1959
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War I. Elected to represent Virginia's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to 1949. He was defeated as Republican in 1948, and 1950. (Bio by: K)
Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Gibson, Eustace b. October 4, 1842 d. December 10, 1900
US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent West Virginia's 4th District in the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses, he served from 1883 to 1887. At age 14 Gibson went to Kansas with a group of pro-slavery agitators and participated in the "Bleeding Kansas" unrest before returning to his native Culpeper County in 1857. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861, but had scarcely begun practice when the Civil War erupted. In June 1861 he volunteered for Confederate service as...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Hatfield, Henry Drury b. September 15, 1875 d. October 23, 1962
West Virginia Governor, US Senator. Served as a Major in the United States Army during World War I. He served as the Governor of West Virginia from 1913 to 1917, and United States Senator from West Virginia from 1929 to 1935, being defeated as Republican in 1934. Also served as a Member of the West Virginia State Senate from 1908 to 1912, and Delegate to the Republican National Convention from West Virginia in 1916. (Bio by: K)
Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Plot: Woodmere Abbey of Remembrance Mausoleum Interior, North Side.
Hoard, Charles Brooks b. 1805 d. 1886
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 23rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1857 to 1861. Also served as a Member of the New York State Legislature.
Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Hughes, James Anthony b. February 27, 1861 d. March 3, 1930
US Congressman. Elected to represent West Virginia's 4th and 5th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1901 to 1915, and 1927 until his death in 1930. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1887 to 1888, and Member of the West Virginia State Senate from 1894 to 1898. (Bio by: K)
Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Jenkins, Albert Gallatin b. November 10, 1830 d. May 21, 1864
US Congressman. Elected to represent Virginia's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1857 to 1861. Also served as a Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress in 1862. Served as a General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was mortally wounded during the Battle of Cloyd Mountain, near Dublin, Virginia, and died on May 21, 1864. (Bio by: K)
Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Lipton, Clifford Carwood b. January 30, 1920 d. December 16, 2001
United States Army Solider. Veteran of World War II. Member of the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, E Company. One of the main characters in the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers." He, along with the rest of the 147-member company, landed in Normandy, liberated French towns from the Nazis, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, stormed the Landsberg concentration camp and attacked Hitler's fortified Eagle's Nest.
Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Marshall University Football Team Memorial [memorial]
Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, suffered collegiate sport's worst catastrophe on November 14,1970 when a chartered jet crashed while returning the football team, coaches, athletic officials and supporters from a game with East Carolina University. Seventy five people perished during an attempted landing at Huntington's Tristate Airport. Seven members of the team are buried at the memorial site located at the twentieth street entrance of the cemetery.
Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Neal, William Elmer b. October 14, 1875 d. November 12, 1959
US Congressman. Usually called Will E. Neal, he taught school in Ohio and Kentucky while attending Lebanon, Ohio's National Normal University, from which he graduated in 1900. In 1906 Neal received a medical degree from the University of Cincinnati, afterwards beginning a practice in Huntington. From 1925 to 1928 he served as Mayor of Huntington. He was a member of Huntington's Park Board from 1931 to 1952 and the West Virginia Public Health Council from 1936 to 1940. Neal served in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Oley, John Hunt b. September 24, 1830 d. March 11, 1888
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served first in the Civil War as a Private in the 7th New York State Militia. He was then commissioned Colonel and commander of the 8th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry. Later he was transferred to the cavalry, and served as Colonel and commander of the 7th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services during the campaigns in West Virginia and the Shenandoah...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Plot: Range 1, Lots 34-35
Pancake, Breece D'J (Breece Dexter) b. June 29, 1952 d. April 8, 1979
Writer. His collection "The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake," published posthumously, is considered by many a high-water mark of 1980's American fiction.
Cause of death: Suicide by gunshot
Milton Cemetery, Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Tyler (Myrick), T. (David Luke) Texas b. June 20, 1916 d. January 23, 1972
Known as the "Man with a Million Friends," T. Texas Tyler combined his ability to sing a pleasant song and a charismatic personality into a successful Country music career in the late 40's and early 50's. Born in the same area of the Arkansas Ouachitas that gave America the Lum and Abner radio characters, T. Texas Tyler learned to play guitar at an early age and began aspiring to a show business career. Since his older brother was in the U.S. Navy and stationed in Rhode Island for a time, young...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Hansche)
Cause of death: Stomach cancer
Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Plot: Section K, Lot 16, Grave 1. Behind the Woodmere Abbey Mausoleum

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