Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Chapel Cemetery

Wirt County, West Virginia
Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Chapel Cemetery

Also known as Rockhold Church Cemetery.

Located off State Route 53 by the Wesleyan Chapel.

Latitude 39° 4' 10.6" N / Longitude 81° 21' 28.1" W M

Sign Church Overview

Burials in the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Chapel Cemetery

Alice Virginia Ash, born 3 May 1919, died 17 October 2013, daughter of Roy L. Ash and Charity Ann Nutter. She married Charles Barrett Shears.

Jesse Backus, born 19 April 1847, died 12 November 1917, son of Jesse Backus and Elizabeth Morrison. He married Eliza Wilson. TD

Enoch Delbert Bailey, born 5 July 1847, died 18 November 1933, son of Frederick Bailey and Anna Maria Hitchcock. He married Mary Louvanchia Cox 9 February 1878. DD

Willie Bailey, born 13 March 1887, died 1 June 1932, son of Enoch Delbert Bailey and Mary Louvanchia Cox. TDD

C.C. Brinker.

Emma Ann Copen, born 29 November 1865, died 7 December 1956, daughter of James Marion Copen and Mary Ann Pickering. She married George L. Reynolds. She married John L. Deeg. TDD

James Marion Copen, born 16 April 1843, died 24 April 1924, son of Thompson Copen and Feba Wiseman. He married Mary Ann Pickering 11 September 1864. D

Minnie Avis Copen, born 27 April 1872, died 10 June 1963, daughter of James Marion Copen and Mary Ann Pickering. She married Harley H. Forshey. TDDDD

John L. Deeg, born 1849, died 14 June 1916. He married Emma Ann Copen. TD

Margaret Fought, born 1870, died 11 May 1936, daughter of Alford W. Fought and Louisa A. Parish. She married Samuel C. Wilson 22 January 1895. D

Samantha Harris, born 29 May 1848, died 4 September 1922, daughter of John Harris and Ellen (--?--). She married George Washington Rockhold 6 April 1872. DD

Daniel Pickering Higgins, born 21 November 1866, died 4 September 1956, son of Hezekiah Higgins and Jane (--?--). He married Cora Eugenia Braden 24 November 1888. He married Mary R. Wright 14 February 1906.

Donald Dual Higgins, born 7 March 1933, died 23 December 2000, son of Dual P. Higgins and Ruth V. Hill. He married E. Marie Marrs. T

Minnie May Hornish, born 5 December 1881, died 18 May 1946, daughter of Jacob M. Hornish and Harriet Moyer. She married Henry Isaac Shears. TDD

Charles Cassius Hutchinson, born September 1848, died 28 February 1911. D

Thomas Sullivan Hutchinson, born 8 January 1828, died 8 October 1908.

Eunice G. Kidwell, born 17 May 1908, died 14 October 1982, daughter of James Alex Kidwell and Lena Mae Mehl. She married Otis Earl Trader 28 April 1934. T

George B. Law.

Mary Elizabeth Law, is living.

Charles A. Leeson, born 24 November 1884, died 30 November 1936, son of Richard Leeson and Charlotte Rose. He married Jane Frey 14 September 1912. DD

Marcus Leeson, born 1861, died 28 November 1963, son of Richard Leeson and Charlotte Rose. He married Nancy K. Hunter 23 April 1882.

Marquis Leeson, born 21 May 1874, died 28 November 1963, son of Richard Leeson and Charlotte Rose. DD

Richard Leeson, born 21 June 1842, died 21 June 1917, son of John Leeson and Hulda Stout. He married Mariah McIntyre 4 March 1869. He married Charlotte Rose 8 August 1872. D

Reverend Phillip Edward Malone, born 15 October 1910, died 29 May 1964, son of Phillip Sheridan Malone and Alice Underwood. He married Ruby Helen Yeager. TDD

Phillip Sheridan Malone, born 9 August 1872, died 1 August 1955. He married Alice Underwood. He married Ora (--?--). DD

Sophia Nelson, born 11 October 1861, died 22 March 1924, daughter of Isaac Nelson and Hannah Deem. She married John T. Shears 20 May 1877. TDD

William M. Pickering, born 15 September 1852, died 6 March 1927, son of Lafayette Pickering and Hannah Foughty. He married Martha Virginia Rockhold. T

Charles L. Reeder, born 17 November 1841, died 29 November 1922. DD

Augustus Rockhold, born 12 December 1887, died 25 December 1959, son of Reuben Orten Rockhold and Mary Elizabeth Law. TTDD

Benjamin Carson Rockhold (Carson), born 26 April 1897, died 14 April 1978, son of Benjamin Franklin Rockhold and Minnie Nancy Wood. He married Margaret Nancy Rockhold 1929. T

David Lee Rockhold, born 11 March 1951, died 11 March 1951, son of William Lawrence Rockhold and Inez Mina Cross. D

George Washington Rockhold, born 13 October 1834, died 16 March 1914, son of John M. Wesley Rockhold and Mary Jane Morehead. He married Nancy Dunbar 7 March 1853. He married America H. Pickering 24 December 1868. He married Samantha Harris 6 April 1872. D

Margaret Nancy Rockhold (Nancy), born 23 September 1903, died 2 September 1964, daughter of Reuben Orten Rockhold and Mary Elizabeth Law. She married Benjamin Carson Rockhold 1929. DD

Martha Virginia Rockhold, born 28 February 1854, died 4 May 1946, daughter of John M. Wesley Rockhold and Mary Jane Morehead. She married William M. Pickering. TD

William Lawrence Rockhold, born 2 November 1906, died 13 October 1953, son of Benjamin Franklin Rockhold and Minnie Nancy Wood. He married Inez Mina Cross 22 November 1932. TDD

Harold Eugene Shears, born 20 September 1938, died 18 July 2019, son of Charles Barrett Shears and Alice Virginia Ash. He married Dolores Carole Smith 1 June 1957.

Henry Isaac Shears, born 18 May 1878, died 27 October 1956, son of John T. Shears and Sophia Nelson. He married Minnie May Hornish. He married Garnett Hickman 27 November 1948. TDD

John B. Shears, born 11 November 1883, died 25 May 1966, son of John F. Shears and Sophia Nelson. He married Maude Wilson. He married Frances M. Pickering. He married Arizona Copen. TDD

John T. Shears, born 19 September 1852, died 17 February 1924, son of Solomon Sealsbury Shears and Eliza Ogden. He married Sophia Nelson 20 May 1877. TDD

Kristy Sue Somerville, born 14 September 1957, died 14 September 1957, daughter of Roy William Somerville and Dorothy Virginia Watkins. T

Otis Earl Trader, born 4 May 1912, died 20 April 2002. He married Eunice G. Kidwell 28 April 1934. T

E.L. Tufts, born 17 August 1834, died 1904.

David Watson, born 17 December 1830, died 15 January 1875.

Eliza Wilson, born 1851, died 3 April 1935. She married Jesse Backus. TD

Samuel C. Wilson, born 1867, died 2 October 1916, son of Corporal William Wilson and Cerena Jane Foutty. He married Margaret Fought 22 January 1895.

Corporal William Wilson, born 18 March 1832, died 11 December 1904, son of David Wilson and Jane (--?--). He married Cerena Jane Foutty 17 November 1859. T

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