New Zion Union Church Cemetery - Continued

WILLIAM PRESTON                    ROWENA BEANE

BEANE                    ALIFF

1860----------1893                    1865----------1956

William Ballard Preston Beane was born 06 Jun 1859 in Monroe County, [West] Virginia to William McHarvey Bean and Margaret Smith Parkins. He was the fourth born of eight children to the couple.

He married Rowena Ann Porterfield [1856-1965] in 1881 in Monroe County. The couple had five children: Margaret, Effie, Nettie, Ammie and Willie Eulalia.

"Billy" died at the age 33 from bleeding ulcers.

Rowena Ann Porterfield was born 06 Apr 1865 to James Allen Porterfield and Isabella Frances Ballard. She was one of seven siblings.

Following Billy's death in 1893, Rowena married [2] Joseph Preston McCormick [1842-1915]on 28 Nov 1896 in Monroe County. The couple had five children: Arbana, Norah, Edwin, Mary and James.

After Joseph's death in 1915, Rowena married [3] Samuel Lewis Bruffey [1858-1926] in Monroe County in 1917. They had no issue.

Following Samuel's death in 1926, Rowena married [4] Calvin Aliff [1856-1941]. No issue.

Rowena died 09 Dec 1956 in Union, Monroe, West Virginia. She was layed to rest here, beside her first husband. [Her second husband, Joseph Preston McCormick was layed to rest beside his first wife, Billy's aunt, Martha Caroline Bean.]

ZERNIE JACOB

CALDWELL

SEPT. 22, 1898

JAN. 6, 1966

Zernie Jacob Caldwell was born 22 Sep 1898 to Jacob Francis Caldwell and Betty J. Huffman, in Waiteville, Monroe, West Virginia.

He married Betty Unknown [date unknown]. The couple had at least three children: Annie, Lee and Elizabeth.

"Zern" died 06 Jan 1966.

This concludes the current amount of inventory I have on the New Zion Union Church.

It is my desire that during the coming summer I will be able to do a complete catalog of the graves currently there.

New Zion Union Church Cemetery - Continued

WM. M. BEAN

DIED MAY

14, 1890

Aged 58 Yrs.

1 Mos. & 4 Ds.

William McHarvey Bean was born on 26 Aug 1832 near Zenith, Monroe, [West] Virginia. He was the 12th born of 13 children children to William Bean and Rachel Wiseman.

He married Margaret Smith Perkins [1826-1891] on 16 Aug 1852 in Monroe County. The couple had eight children:  Unnamed infant; Viranda C.; Samuel; William; Viranda Elizabeth ["Betty"]; John; Alice "Allie"; and Nancy "Nan".

William and shot and killed by a county constable over the dispute of a lien on a buggy. He was shot through the back window of the buggy he was driving, in the back of the head and died shortly thereafter. William was a double-agent during the Civil War, and was a U.S. Marshall at the time he was shot and killed. [His father was also shot in the head and killed in 1864 while heading the "Home Guard".] His wife, Margaret, died one year later on 11 Jun 1891. Official cause of death is "weak heart"; the family story is that she "grieved herself to death". The couple share the same stone, he listed on one side, she on the other.

 

WILLIAM MADISON LaFON

MAR 20, 1888

FEB. 4, 1941

FRIEND   CITIZEN   STATESMAN

William Madison Lafon was born on 20 Mar 1888 to Sylvester Lafon and Sena Ann Williams in Wiateville, Monroe, West Virginia. It is currently unknown if he had siblings.

It is unknown if he ever married or not. The following is taken from "The Political Graveyard" located at : http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html and found on 12 Mar 2010, 2:43 PM:

William Madison Lafon, also found as William M., William, and as Bill Lafon was the son of Sylvester Seberg Lafon and Sena Ann Williams. He was a Democrat, and a Lawyer. He was the Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney from 1917-1921; a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1924 (alternate) and 1940. He was a member of the West Virginia State Senate House of Delegates from Monroe County, 1933-1938; a member of the West Virginia State Senate, 10th District, 1939-1942 (died in office in 1941); and was President of the West Virginia State Senate in 1939.

William Madison Lafon died 4 Feb 1941.

WM. ROBERT CALDWELL

1883-1950

William Robert Caldwell was born 15 Nov 1883 in Craig County, Virginia, the son of Jacob Francis Caldwell and Betty J. Huffman. He was one of at least twelve children. He was a farmer.

He married Bertha Bostic [1887-1976] 29 Oct 1907 in Monroe County. The couple had nine children: Marshall, Geraldine, Virgil, Leona, Eula, Cordelia, Hazel, Roscoe, and an unnamed male infant.

He died 24 Feb 1950.

WM. L. DUNCAN

MAY 13, 1821

JUNE 13, 1906

William Lawson Duncan was born 13 Nov 1821 in Gravel Hill, Giles County, Virginia to John Lawson Duncan and Hannah Tillet. He was one of at least eight children.

He married [1] Susannah Miller [1824-1857] in 1844 in Giles County, Virginia; he married [2] Jane Wiseman [d. 1859] in 1858; and he married [3] Mary Thompkins Thurmond [1824-1903] in 1863 in Amherst County, Virginia.

William died 13 Jun 1906 in Monroe County. His stone is shared by himself and all three wives.

New Zion Union Church Cemetery - Continued

WALTER W. BELL

SEPT. 3, 1875

DEC. 22, 1932

No known information.

OUR DARLING

WILLARD

HARMON

HARLESS

DEC. 22, 1930

DEC. 26, 1930

Another little Angel

before the Heavenly

throne.

No known information.

WILLIE C.

SON OF

W.A.   A.B.

EPLING

BORN

JULY 18, 1895

DIED

DEC. 25, 1905

William Clinton Epling was born 18 July 1895 to William A. Epling and Alice "Allie" Bean, in Waiteville, Monroe, West Virginia. "Willie" was the eldest of seven children born to the couple [only two reached adulthood].

He died 25 Dec 1905 from diptheria. This tombstone has the other four children engraved on the remaining three sides [two of the daughters died the same night and are buried together; they share the stone's side.]

FATHER

WILLIAM EDWARD

TOLLEY

OCT. 1, 1881

MARCH 8, 1946

William Edward Tolley was born 1 Oct 1881 in Kokomo, Indiana, his parents are unknown.

He married Gillie M. Ray [1898-1973] about 1916. The couple had nine children: Mike, Patrick, Nora, Sherman, Richard, Dorothy, Mildred, Freda and Harold.

He died 8 Mar 1946 in Monroe County, WV.

Accepted As GYR Associate!

For those of you who might not have noticed, our logo above, and our mission statement, have changed slightly. We are now a member of the Graveyard Rabbit Association.

The footnote Maven, herself, welcomed us yesterday. Thank you Maven for your kind and warm welcome! We look forward to a very long, and always educational, journey with GYR!

New Zion Union Church Cemetery - Continued

FATHER

THOMAS G. CROSIER

FEB. 25, 1874

APR. 18, 1924

SON

NORVAL T. CROSIER

SEPT. 9, 1915

SEPT. 16, 1924

Thomas Gilbert Crosier was born on 25 Feb 1874. He was the son of William Henry Crosier and Sarah Jane Williams. He was one of ten children born to this couple.

Thomas married Emma Refunia Pelmir Christine Clarkson, 11 Apr 1900 in Monroe County. [Her marriage license lists her name as Emma Refunia Pelmir Clementine Clarkson.]

The couple had eleven children.

Thomas & Emma Crosier

Norval T. Crosier was born 9 Sep 1915 and died at the age of nine years on 16 Sep 1924. Cause of death is unknown, a death certificate has not been located.

McCORMICK

MOTHER                    FATHER

VIANNA A.                    R. LEE

MAY 1, 1866                    JAN. 11, 1864

OCT. 25, 1922                    JAN. 13, 1933

Vianna Anetine Dunbar was born 1 May 1866 [although her death certificate states she was born 1 May 1856; her mother would have only been 16 at the time - although not impossible of course, her mother was not married in 1856.] She was born to William T. Duncan and Rebecca Brown, in West Virginia. It is unknown at present if she had other siblings.

Vianna married Robert Lee McCormick, unknown when and where. It is unknown if the couple had children at this time. She died 25 Oct 1922. Cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage.

Robert Lee McCormick was born 11 Jan 1864 to Jonathon McCormick and Margaret Counts, in Monroe County. He had at least one other sibling [Andrew Jackson McCormick - 1871 to 1948]. He died 14 Jan 1933.

VIRGIL F.

CALDWELL

OCTOBER 23, 1912

MARCH 31, 2001

Virgil F. Caldwell was born 23 Oct 1912 in Waiteville, Monroe, WV to William Robert Caldwell and Bertha Bostic. He was one of at least nine children born to this couple.

Virgil never married. He died 31 Mar 2001.

W.B. DOSS

SON OF

C.W. AND ARBELLE DOSS

BORN

OCT. 2, 1888

DIED

MAY 29, 1906

(unable to read inscription)

 No further information is known regarding this young man or his parents at present.

New Zion Union Church Cemetery - Continued

SARAH J.

DAU OF

J.M. AND N.C.

CROSIER

FEB. 27, 1856

[?]  6, 1889

Sarah J. Crosier was the third born child of John McIlhenny Crosier and Nancy C. Chapman. Born in Monroe County [probably Waiteville], it is believed she never married. [A death record has not been located at this time.] I have been unable to determine the month of death due to wear on the stone.

LAFON

SENNA ANN          SYLVESTER S.

Sylvester Sebury Lafon was born 30 Sep 1858, Giles County, Virginia to William Harrison Lafon and Nancy Kelly. He was the 7th born of nine children. He married Senna Ann Williams [date unknown].

Senna Ann Williams was born 02 Dec 1859 in Pembroke, Giles, Virginia to Madison Williams and Katherine Doyle. [Siblings are unknown.]

Sylvester died 11 May 1940 in Waiteville, Monroe, West Virginia. Senna died 03 Feb 1945 in Lindside, Monroe, West Virginia.

DAD

SHERMAN C.

TOLLEY

JAN. 21, 1920

SEPT. 20, 1989

Sherman Catlin Tolley was born 21 Jan 1920 to William Edward Tolley and Gillie M. Ray. He was the 4th born of nine children.

He married Mabel Amanda Bowyer [1917-2000] about 1950. The couple had five children: Carolyn, Martha, Edward, Deborah and Sherman Stanley.

Sherman died 20 Sep 1989.

SUSAN, FIRST

WIFE OF

WM. L. DUNCAN

OCT. 11, 1824

APRIL 6, 1857

Very little is known regarding Susan. Her maiden name was Susannah Miller. She was born 11 Oct 1824 to G. & S. Miller in Montgomery County, Virginia.  She married William Lawson Duncan [1821-1906] 31 Mar 1844 in Giles County, Virginia. The couple had at least seven children: Elizabeth; Araminta Agnes; Missouri Ann; Harriet; George Clifton; Nancy L.; and Hannah E.

She died 6 Apr 1857. Her death record states she died from "puerperal fever". The definition for this ailment is "A serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth...(usually attributable to unsanitary conditions)" [Found here.] Her death was three weeks after the birth of Hannah, which is presumed to the source of the "fever".

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