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SAMUEL B.

BURDETTE

1846 - 1880

No further information.

MAXWELL BEAN

BORN

APRIL 27, 1919

DIED

DEC. 16, 1923

Samuel Maxwell "Max" Bean was born 27 Apr 1919 to John M. Bean and Ada Burdette. He was one of 15 children born to John.

Max died on 16 Dec. 1923 at the age of 4 years from whooping cough.

FAUDREE

SPURGEON PIERCE                    RUTH HUFFMAN

1888 - 1962                    1904 - 1963

Spurgeon Pierce Faudree "Spurge" was born 13 Nov 1888 in Sweet Springs, Monroe, West Virginia to Stephen Ledford Faudree and Elizabeth "Eliza" Carnefix. He was one of 10 children born to the couple.

He married Clara Ruth Elizabeth Huffman on 10 Sep 1927. "Ruth" was born 06 Jun 1904 to William Henry Huffman and Annie Griffith, in Sweet Springs. The couple had four children: William Pierce, Irene Omega, Ralph Austin, and Marvin Eugene.

Spurge died 19 Sep 1962 in Sweet Springs. Ruth died 10 Jan 1963 in Sweet Springs.

WILLIAM J.

BURDETTE

APR. 2, 1863

MAR. 26, 1914

BURDETTE

No further information.

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At this time these are all of the photographs I have of the Carmel cemetery. I hope to get there and take a complete catalogue of stones in the next few months.

Tomorrow we will begin a few photographs of the Old Rehobeth Church Cemetery. Again, these are limited, and a complete catalogue of stones will be forthcoming.

Carmel Cemetery - Continued

ROY E.

BEAN

1942 - 1945

Roy Edwin Bean was born on 22 Apr 1943 in Hollywood, Monroe, West Virginia. [His birth and death dates as recorded on his tombstone are incorrect.] He was the 15th born child of John M. Bean. His mother was John's third wife, Mary Elizabeth Faudree.

Roy died 02 Jul 1946 in Ronceverte, Greenbrier, West Virginia due to a burst appendix. He was 3 years of age.

WISEMAN

RUFUS W.                    ANNA R.

JUNE 4, 1877                    JUNE 7, 1892

MAY 6, 1958                    DEC. 4, 1971

Rufus Wheeler Wiseman was born 04 Jun 1877 in Monroe County to Benjamin Green "Shannon" Wiseman and Clara Kessinger. He was one of at least 2 children born to the couple.

He married Anna Roony Carr on 3 Sep 1913 in Union, Monroe, WV. The couple had at least two children: Bessie and Albert.

No known further info on Anna Carr.

HEDRICK

WARD C.                 MARIE D.

1899 - 1987                    1901 - 1986

Ward Cecil Hedrick was born 08 Sep 1899 in Fort Springs, Greenbrier, WV to George Harvey Hedrick and Nancy Emma Shepherd. He was one of at least 11 children born to the couple.

He married Marie Dransfield, born 02 Nov 1901 to Beirne Dransfield and Annie Elizabeth Young in Centennial, Monroe, WV. The couple were married on 19 Jun 1935 at the Methodist parsonage in Ronceverte, Greenbrier, WV. They had one child, Jeanette.

Ward died 17 Feb 1987 in Fairlea, Greenbrier, WV. Marie died 11 Sep 1986 at Low Moor, Alleghany, Virginia. 

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PAULINE BEAN

DAUGHTER OF

J.M. & BLANCHE BEAN

JULY 19, 1902

JUNE 27, 1925

V. Pauline Bean was born 19 July 1902 to John Monroe Bean and Blache Crosier. She was one of 15 children born to John Bean.

Pauline never married. She studied to become a missionary at God's Bible School in Cincinnatti, Ohio. She died on 27 Jun 1925 from tuberculosis.

DOSS

PORTER BOWMAN                    HATTIE DRANSFIELD

FEB. 29, 1908                    MAY 29, 1906

APR. 23, 1986                    JAN. 5, 1987

No further information.

PRESTON

MCCOMACK

JULY 26,

1820

JULY 26,

1868

No further information.

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WITHROW

LUTHER J.          WED          ESTHER E.

1925          DEC. 3          1924

1945

This couple are still living at this time.

MARGARET

ANNE

BURDETTE

1850 - 1863

No known information.

OWEN NEEL

DIED

FEB. 27, 1876

77YRS 4MOS 20DS

Owen Neel was born 20 Sep 1798 in Monroe County, [W]VA to Owen Neel and Isabella Maxwell. He was one of at least eight children born to the couple.

He married Mary Brown Patton [1810 - 1891] on 01 Oct 1831 in Monroe County. The couple had one child, Austen. He died 27 Feb 1876.

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HATTIE PORTERFIELD

DOSS

MARCH 22, 1886

APRIL 13, 1968

YOU PAINTED NO MADONNAS

ON CHAPEL WALLS IN ROME

BUT WITH A TOUCH DIVINE

YOU LIVED ONE IN OUR HOME.

Hattie Porterfield was born 22 Mar 1886 in Monroe County, West Virginia to Camden Crea Porterfield and Annie Furrow.

She married Ira K. Doss [1886-1944] on 25 Jul 1910. The couple had at least four children: Ira Arnott; Norene Jemima; Charlee Elaine; and Dorothy Jean. Hattie died on 13 Apr 1968.

IRA ARNOTT DOSS

JULY 16, 1912

JAN. 14, 1980

Ira Arnott Doss was born 16 Jul 1912 in Waiteville, Monroe County, West Virginia. He was the son of Ira K. Doss  and Hattie Porterfield.

Ira Arnott married Alberta Reber [1917-2000] on 24 Jan 1948. The couple had three children: David Arnott; Susan Jane; and Karen Jean. "Arnott" died 14 Jan 1980 in Gap Mills, Monroe County.

IRA K. DOSS

MAR. 2, 1886

JUNE 26, 1944

SERVANT OF GOD WELL DONE.

THY GLORIOUS WARFARE'S PAST;

THE BATTLE'S FOUGHT, THE RACE IS WON,

AND THOU ARE CROWNED AT LAST.

Ira K. Doss was born 2 Mar 1886 in Monroe County, West Virginia to George Washington Doss and Arabella Steele.

Ira married Hattie Porterfield [1886-1968] on 25 Jul 1910. [See their children listed above under Hattie Porterfield Doss.] He died 26 Jun 1944 in Monroe County.

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WHITLOCK

FRED J.                    CLARICE A.

1911 - 1988                    1909 - 1999

No information known at present.

FRED O. BELL

US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

OCT 19 1914                   FEB 2 2006

Fred O. Bell was born 19 Oct 1914. He married Dorothy Jean Doss [b. 1925] on 3 Jul 1946 in Covington, Alleghany, VA. It is unknown if the couple had children. He died 2 Feb 2006.

GUY H. CROSIER

SON OF

RANDOLPH AND AMMIE

CROSIER

BORN

AUG. 13, 1889

DIED

APR. 30, 1909

Tho lost to sight

to memory dear.

Guy H. Crosier was born 13 Aug 18889 to Randolph Crosier and Annie Rebecca Smith. He was one of at least five children born to the couple.

It is believed that Guy did not marry.

he died 30 Apr 1909. COD: accidental discharge of gun.

HARVEY P. CROSIER

APRIL 10, 1867

FEB. 15, 1951

Harvey Phillip Crosier was born 10 Apr 1867 to Phillip B. Crosier and Agnes Clark. He was one of at least 4 children born to the couple.

He married Conia S. Talbott [1876-1933] on 24 Dec 1891 in Monroe County, WV. The couple had at least one child: Talma.

Harvey died 15 Feb 1951.

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ELIZABETH

WIFE OF

E. NEEL

BORN

MAR. 13, 1823

DIED

MAY 8, 1861

No known information.

ELOISE BEAN

DAUGHTER OF

 J.M. & A.B. BEAN

OCT. 22, 1923

FEB 14, 1925

Dorothy Eloise Bean was born on 22 Oct 1923 to John Monroe Bean, Sr. and Ada L. Burdette, in Gap Mills, Monroe, West Virginia.

"Eloise" contracted tubberculosis and died 14 Feb 1925 at the age of 15 months and 22 days.

EPHRAIM NEEL

BORN

OCT. 25, 1829

DIED

FEB. 27, 1913

AT REST

No known information at this time.

FAYE B. HARLESS

JUNE 22, 1911

MAY 18, 1978

No information known at this time.

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DAVID ARNOTT DOSS

INFANT SON OF

ARNOTT & ALBERTA DOSS

NOVEMBER 19, 1948

David Arnott Doss was born and died on 19 Nov 1948. He was the first of three children born to Ira Arnott Doss and Alberta Reber.

DOROTHY DOSS BELL

APRIL 28, 1925

Dorothy Jean Doss was born 28 Apr 1925 in Gap Mills, Monroe, WV to Ira K. Doss and Hattie Porterfield.

She married Fred O. Bell [1914-2006] 03 Jul 1946 in Covington, Alleghany, VA. It is unknown if the couple had children.

CROSIER

EARL E. (DON)                    ROSSIE M. WICKLINE

MAY 28, 1893                    APRIL 13, 1894

SEPT. 27, 1976                    JAN. 20, 1974

Earl Edwin "Don" Crosier was born [according to his birth record] on 24 May 1893 in Monroe County to Randolph Crosier and Annie Rebecca Smith. He was one of at least 5 children born to the couple.

He married Rossie M. Wickline 28 Jul 1920 in Union, Monroe, WV. Rev. W.D. Eye, officiant.

Rossie M. Wickline was born 13 Apr 1894 to Monroe Jackson Wickline and Lorenda S. Workman in Centennial, Monroe, West Virginia [near present day Sweet Springs]. It is unknown at present if she had siblings.

Don and Rossie had 3 daughters: Alma, Gaynelle and Jean Marie [1928-1929].

Rossie died 20 Jan 1974. Don died 27 Sep 1976.

ELAINE DOSS WICKLINE

DEC. 3, 1921

MAR. 13, 1992

Charlee Elaine Doss was born 3 Dec 1921 to Ira K. Doss and Hattie Porterfield in Gap Mills, Monroe, West Virginia. She was one of at least four children born to the couple.

Elaine married Claude Wickline, about 1943. The couple had at least three children: Larry, Jerry and Terry.

She died 13 Mar 1992.

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AUBREY FRANCIS REED

OCT. 12, 1904

SEPT. 29, 1989

A SECOND CREEK GRIST MILLER

IN THE GAP MILLS TRADITION

No other vital information know. Aubrey owned and operated the Second Creek gristmill known as Reed's Mill for most of his life.

WISEMAN

CHARLES A. SR.                    LORETTA G.

JULY 13, 1940                    JULY 27, 1945

                                          AUG. 11, 1979

Charles Wiseman Sr. [living].

Loretta Galford was born 27 Jul 1945 in Gap Mills. She married Charles Wiseman, Sr. They had one son, Charles Wiseman, Jr. She died 11 Aug 1979 in UVA, Charlottesville, Virginia.

CONIA S. CROSIER

JUNE 28, 1876

AUG. 19, 1933

Conia S. Talbott was born 28 Jun 1876 at Zenith, Monroe, WV to J. M. Talbott.

She married Harvey Phillip Crosier [1867 - 1951] on 24 Dec 1891 in Monroe County. Rev. G.W. Parker - officiant. The couple had at least one child: Talma.

Conia died 19 Aug 1933 at Ronceverte, Greenbrier, West Virginia.

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ANDREW H. SHIRES

BORN 1861

DIED 1926

No known information.

ANNIE E. NEEL

BORN

MAY 23, 1810

DIED

DEC. 26, 1901

No known information.

ANNIE REBECCA

CROSIER

JUNE 25, 1860

SEPT. 25, 1935

Annie Rebecca Smith was born 25 Jun 1860 in Monroe County to George W. Smith and Martha Lowry. It is unknown at present if she had siblings.

Annie married Randolph Crosier [1961-1939] on 29 Dec 1886 at the home of her father in Monroe County. Rev. J. W. Holt was the officiant. The couple had at least 5 children: Unknown, Guy Earl [Don], Della and Mary.

She died 25 Sep 1935.

REBER

ARMIN H.                    MABEL A.

1890 - 1963                    1893 - 1978

No known information except that they were the parents of Alberta Reber Doss.

Carmel Cemetery

CARMEL CEMETERY

Carmel Cemetery is located in Gap Mills, Monroe County, West Virginia. From Route 3 in Gap Mills, take the Zenith Road approximately one-half mile, and it sits on the left side of the road, directly between the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches.

I don't have many of these stones documented. Probably about a quarter or less, so be watching for a fully documented file later this year.

ADA B. BEAN

DEC. 15, 1883

AUG. 15, 1929

Ada L. Burdette was born 15 Dec 1883 to Hugh Burdette and Annie S. Level, in the community of Organ Cave, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. She was one of at least 12 children.

Ada married John Monroe Bean, Sr. on 04 Mar 1907 at Organ Cave, Greenbrier County. [John's first wife, Blanche Crosier, had died in 1902.] On her marriage she instantly became the mother of John's first three children from Blanche: Rita, Lama and Pauline. And they had 9 of their own children: John Jr., Emmette, Audrey, Margaret, Bill, Max, Eleanor, Eloise and Jack. Unfortunately, Pauline, Max and Eloise predeceased the couple.

Ada gave birth to Jack on 10 Aug 1929. She had not received proper prenatal care, and developed toxemia. She died 15 Aug 1929, just five days after his birth. As a result, Jack was sent to live with Ada's sister, and her husband, Isabelle and James Burton Ashley. [Jack adopted the surname Ashley when he became an adult, and is known as Jack Bean-Ashley today.]

WISEMAN

ALBERT CARL                    ELSIE M.

OCT. 24, 1919                    JUNE 12, 1921

JAN. 17, 1983                                               

Albert Carl Wiseman was born 24 Oct 1919 to Rufus and Annie Wiseman, in West Virginia.

He married Elsie M. Unknown about 1938-1939, also in West Virginia. The couple had at least four children: Charles, Robert, Roger and a daughter [name unknown].

He died 17 Jan 1983 in Gap Mills.

No ancestry or other information known on Elsie.

ALBERTA REBER DOSS

DEC. 12, 1917

DEC. 6, 2000

Alberta Reber was born 12 Dec 1917 to Armin H. and Mabel A. Reber, it is believed in West Virginia.

She married Ira Arnott Doss [1912-1980] on 24 Jan 1948. The couple had three children: David [1948-1948], Susan and Karen.

Alberta died 06 Dec. 2000.

ALBERT H.

BURDETTE

1844 - 1874

No known information.