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CYNTHIA

WIFE OF R.S. DUNBAR

__________ 1844

APRIL 14, 1909

Cynthia McCormick was born in 1844, in Virginia, according to Census records. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth McCormack. She married Robert Sylvester Dunbar [1827-1897] on 07 Dec 1865 at the home of her parents in Monroe County. They had nine children: Jasper, Mary, Edna, John, Charles, Samuel, Walter, Oty and Bervie.

Cynthia died 14 April 1909.

DAISY BELL SMITH

1906    1992

Daisy was born 1906. Her parents unknown. She married Harry Smith [1899-1957] about 1922. The couple had five children: Marcine, William, Fred, Mirian and Barry.

DEWEY

LAFON

BORN

Apr. 8

1890

Died

Oct. 7

1899

No other information known at this time.

DR. WILLIAM T.
DUNBAR

BORN

SEP. 24, 1821

DIED

DEC. 24, 1892

71 YRS. & 3 MOS.

Farewell my wife and

children all,

From you a father Christ

doth call.

William T. Dunbar was born on 24 Sep 1821 to William Dunbar and Nancy Jarvis, founding families of Monroe County. He was one of fifteen children born to this couple.

William Dunbar married Rebecca C. Brown [1839-1919] in Monroe Co. He died 24 Dec 1892.

Obviously a Dr. from the tombstone, and a father, no other information is known at present.

EDWIN POWELL

SON OF

J.P. & R.A.

McCORMACK

Born Feb. 20, 1902

Died Oct. 29, 1905

[illegible]

Edwin Powell McCormack was the son of Joseph Preston McCormack and Roena Ann Porterfield. He was born in Monroe County, WV. He was the middle child of five children born to the couple.

He died on 29 Oct. 1905, at the age of 3 years.  I have been unable to locate a death certificate to discover the COD.

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Bertha May

Dau of

S.W. & M.J. Bean

Died

Aug 11 1883

Aged 11 DS

Little flower of love

That blossomed

but to die

Transplanted now above

To bloom with God

on high

Little Bertha May Bean was only 11 days old, having been born on August 1, 1883 to Samuel Waite Bean ["Sam"] and Martha Jane Crosier Bean ["Mattie"]. Bertha May was the first of eight children born to this couple.

Her little tombstone is currently laying on the ground as you see it here, but will be repaired this spring, with a new marker placed with it, as well.

Sam and Mattie are my Dad's aunt and uncle, so I always refer to them Uncle Sam and Aunt Mattie. And I hold an especially dear spot in my heart for these two. When my Grandpa [Sam's brother] lost his first wife to tuberculosis, he was left with three small children. One practically a newborn. Uncle Sam and Aunt Mattie took the tiny baby, who was also sickly with tuberculosis, and cared for her in their home for many years. My Dad's sister, Pauline, is said to have referred to Aunt Mattie as her "First Mommy", having never known her birth mother. Uncle Sam and Aunt Mattie had a houseful of children of their own at the time they took in Pauline. But they gave her the love of a real mother and father. How can I not feel such a tenderness for them?

And so, my Dad and I take on the task of repairing little Bertha's May stone this spring. In honor of the man and woman that were her parents.

MOTHER

BETTIE E.

WISEMAN

JAN 15, 1868

JUNE 10, 193 [3/8/or 9]

No further information.

PAPA

CALVIN C DOSS

1846 - 1898

No further information.

CROSIER

MARRIED DEC. 22, 1934

CARY CALVIN                   LIMA LEE

SEPT. 15, 1907                 MAY 18, 1914

OCT. 23, 1980                        MAR 5, 1998

Cary Crosier was the son of James E. and Emma A. Crosier. No other info available at this time.

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Annie McCormick Bradley

Wife of F.P. Bradley

Sept. 1, 1872

Sept. 8, 1934

Annie McCormick was born in Monroe County, WV [probably in Waiteville] to Joseph Preston McCormick and Martha "Caroline" Bean. She was the third born of their four children.

Annie married F. Pennington Bradley probably across the state line in Virginia [no record has been found in WV] about 1898 or 1899. She was the mother of five children: Russell, Sidney, Delbert, Virgil and Roxie.

Kessinger

Arminta H.          Sylvester W.

Nov. 15, 1877     Feb. 1, 1876

Oct. 13, 1955     Apr. 17, 1939

No known information.

B.H. McCormick

October 16, 1876

July 26, 1947

The only known information is that his name was Bern H. McCormick, and he was married to Nanie Bush Doss [1876-1939]. It is not known at present if they had children.

Berkley Alfred Eppling

PVT - US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

FEB 27 1915    MAY 8 1994

No known information.

Bertha Caldwell

1887 - 1976

Bertha Bostic Caldwell was born 11 Sep. 1887 in Monroe County, WV to Henry A. Bostic and Araminta Skippy Baker. She married William Robert Caldwell on 29 Oct 1907 in Monroe County.

The couple had 9 children: Marshall, Geraldine, Virgil, Leona, Eula, Cordelia, Hazel, Roscoe and an un-named child.

Bertha died June 1976 in West Virginia.

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Alvey H. McCormick

West Virginia

Pvt Co L 46 Infantry

World War I

Dec 25 1895   Aug 30 1966

Alvey Hovey McCormick was born 25 Dec 1895 to Leonidas Wellington McCormick and Josie Anne Williams in Monroe County, West Virginia. [For those of you who follow the Bean family history, he was the grandson of Joseph Preston McCormack and Martha Caroline Bean.] From his stone we know that he served as a Private [rank] in Company L of the 46th Infantry in World War I. He married Leola Opal Clark [1899-1990] on 23 Sep 1922. They had one child: Shirley Dawn McCormick. He died 30 Aug 1966.

Andrew Jack and Nannie Beane McCormick

Andrew "Jack" McCormick was born in 1871 to Jonathan McCormick and Margaret Counts in Giles County, Virginia. "Nannie" [Nancy Malinda M.] Beane was born 20 Jun 1872 to William Bean and Margaret Smith Perkins in Waiteville, Monroe County, WV. Jack and Nannie were married 15 Nov 1893 in Waiteville. The photograph below was taken about 1935.

The couple had nine children: Ethel, John, Ella, Clarence "Okey", Kathleen, Margaret, Ralph, Virginia and Charles. Jack died 1948. Nannie died 22 Dec 1945

Anna Pharr Sarver

Dau of

J.P. & R.A.

SARVER

Feb. 26 1888

Died

June 14 1914

From mothers

arms to the

arms of Jesus

(Base of stone) SARVER

ANNIE M.

EPLING

BORN

MAR.15,1903

DIED

NOV.28,1908

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LORETTA G.

EPLING

BORN

SEPT.28,1906

DIED

NOV.28,1908

Annie and Loretta were two of the daughters of William and Alice "Allie" Epling [see yesterdays post]. According to the memoir's of Rita Bean Holland [Allie's niece], the girl's contracted fever [not sure if it was influenza, etc.] and died the same evening. They were so small that they buried the two girls in the same coffin together. And so they share the same stone. Another sister, Mary, is listed on the other side of the stone

MARY H.

EPLING

BORN

NOV.13,1907

DIED

JAN.11,1908

Little Mary had died just 10 months before Annie and Loretta, also from a fever or virus. Will and Allie lost five children, in all, as small children. Only two of their seven reached adulthood. These three share the same stone.

A Cemetery Visitor

In the fall of 2008, while visiting the Mt. Vernon ME Church Cemetery at Fort Spring, in Greenbrier County, my dear hubby and I were pulling around the new cemetery loop and preparing to leave when this visitor was noted on the edge of the cemetery grounds.

It is not know whom they were visiting in the cemetery, although we are certain they were most welcome.

What a lovely tranquil moment this was!

Perhaps this lovely lady is a "guardian" for this place of rest.

New Zion Union Church Cemetery

New Zion Union Church Cemetery is located on the Ray Siding Road in Waiteville, West Virginia.

The Church was established in 1863, however, the graveyard appears to have been there sometime before that date.

While the photo files I have are not complete of the cemetery, at the time of this writing we are under nearly 28-inches of heavy snow, so it will be spring before I get over to Waiteville to add more photos to the file. When I do, I will update them here.

I will begin by listing the tombstones as I have them in my files. These are from my personal family tree, and will update with others on my next visit to the cemetery. So, at present I can give you some background on each individual stone I list.

I will begin with four or five stones per post.

This little lamb is obviously that of a child. The name on the stone is either A.E. Doss, or Ida/ Ora E. Doss. The engraving has worn nearly completely smooth.

In enlarging the photo this morning, it appears the birth date is July 4, 18 [??]. And the date of death is Feb. 8, 1901. However, in searching through WV death indexes, I have been unable to locate this child.

Albert Lafon. Only part of this stone remains legible. His date of death is listed as 1898. It does appear that the stone has been placed on a newer pedestal, and not on the original [the stone appears to be granite, while the pedestal is marble].

Alice B. and William A. Epling. William A. Epling was born 2, Feb 1867 in Giles County, Virginia to Jacob Epling and Harriet Sibold. He died on 22 Aug 1949 in Gap Mills, Monroe, West Virginia. He married Alice "Allie" Bean on 21 Oct 1894 in Monroe County.

Alice Bean ["Allie"] was born on 10 Apr 1870 to William McHarvey Bean and Margaret Smith Perkins. She died 02 Nov 1960 in Gap Mills, Monroe County.

Will and Allie had seven children. Only two living to adulthood.

Alice Mary Crosier Furrow. Born 29 Dec 1863 in Monroe County, she was the daughter of John McIlhenny Crosier and Nancy C. Chapman.

Alice married Oscar Wiley Furrow on 22 Feb 1883 in Monroe County. She and Oscar had three children, Mabel, Ivy and Fred.

Alice died on 22 May 1939 in Monroe County.

We will continue with our New Zion Union Church Cemetery  tombstones with the next post.