Famous Graves in West Virginia
259 records found
William Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield
9 Sep 1839 – 7 Jan 1921American Folk Figure. Born in what is today Logan County, West...
Sarah Ann, Logan County, West Virginia, USA
Marshall University Football Team Memorial
unknown – 14 Nov 1970Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, suffered...
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Chief “Hokolewskwa” Cornstalk
1720 – 10 Nov 1777Shawnee Chieftain. Born in what is now Western Pennsylvania he...
Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Stanley Bender
31 Oct 1909 – 22 Jun 1994World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was in...
Oak Hill, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA
William Price Craighill
1 Jul 1833 – 18 Jan 1909Civil War Union Army Officer. A classmate of future Civil War...
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA
SSGT Frankie Zoly Molnar
14 Feb 1943 – 20 May 1967Vietnam War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in...
Chapmanville, Logan County, West Virginia, USA
Anne Bailey
1742 – 25 Nov 1825Revolutionary War Figure. Known as "Mad Anne" Bailey, she was...
Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Jonathan Hopkins Lockwood
19 Feb 1808 – 28 Mar 1892Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as...
Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
Eleanor Steber
17 Jul 1914 – 3 Oct 1990Opera Singer. She received her early training in voice and piano...
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Joseph Kimball
2 Feb 1836 – 26 Jul 1909Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a...
Centerville, Tyler County, West Virginia, USA
Francis Harrison Pierpont
25 Jan 1814 – 24 Mar 1899Politician. He was a lawyer, early coal industrialist, governor...
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Johnny Olson
22 May 1910 – 12 Oct 1985Television and Radio Announcer. Born in Windom, Minnesota, he...
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Thomas William Bennett
7 Apr 1947 – 11 Feb 1969Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the...
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
Jonah Edward “Ed” Kelley
13 Apr 1923 – 31 Jan 1945World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was in...
Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia, USA
TSGT Clinton M. Hedrick
1 May 1918 – 28 Mar 1945World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was in...
Riverton, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA
2LT Darwin Keith “Gus” Kyle
1 Jun 1921 – 16 Feb 1951Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was in the...
South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Herbert Joseph Thomas, Jr
8 Feb 1918 – 7 Nov 1943World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. An Ohio...
South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Gary Wayne Martini
21 Sep 1948 – 21 Apr 1967Vietnam War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in...
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Anna Marie Jarvis Cenotaph
1 May 1864 – 24 Nov 1948Founder of Mother's Day. Petitioned Congress to create a holiday...
Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia, USA
SGT Walter Fields McWhorter
14 Jul 1836 – 17 May 1877Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Commissary...
Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
