
Boggs Family Cemetery
Big Otter, Clay County, West Virginia

I
have inventoried the cemetery from the
back, looking towards the James Martin “Mart” Boggs family
homeplace across Rt 16, from right to left. the photograph
of the cemetery is from the front, entering the cemetery.
There is very good access (black top road). Turn left off
Rt. 16, across from the Go Mart, and go to the top of the
hill. I would also like to thank Jean Boggs for
making sure that the cemetery is well maintained. Jean is
the secretary & treasurer of the Boggs family cemetery trust
fund. If anyone would care to help with the
upkeep, they can send a donation to the Boggs family
cemetery
c/o Jean Boggs, HC 75 Box 160, Ivydale, WV. 25133.
--Saran
Huffman--
Please click on thumbnails to
view full size photos.
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ROW 1

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boggs – double headstone
1. willie boggs, b: 1909 d: 1978
2. irene boggs, b: 1917 d: nDG
“Married
November 25, 1938”
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Boggs
3. elmer boggs, b: July 4, 1943 d:
september 29, 1943
(son
of willie and irene boggs)
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ROW 2

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metheny
4. clarence metheny, b: december,
1910 d: december 11, 1910 |
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boggs
5. sarah ann elizabeth boggs, b:
october 15, 1905 d: july 20, 1906
“our
darling baby” |
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boggs – double headstone
6. emma izora boggs, b: 1880 d: 1935
7. isaac owen boggs, b: 1877 d:
1959
“thy memory
shall ever be a guiding star to heaven”
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cottrell – double headstone
8. jenes cottrell, b: 1901 d: 1980
9. andrew cottrell, b: 1862 d:
1941
“life’s work well done, then comes rest”
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O'Brien
10. Sylvia O'Brien, B.
October 23, 1908 D: December 26, 2001
"Mountain Musician, Dead Fall Mountain are my home where bobcats holler and wild
deer roam"
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ROW 3

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nicholas
11. isaac nicholas, ndg “co c – 10
w.va. inf” |
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Nicholas
12. floyd nicholas |
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13.
Fieldstone |
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14.
Fieldstone |
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15.
Fieldstone |
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16.
Fieldstone |
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wright – double headstone
17. isaac wright, d: 1890
18. sis wright, d: 1936
“erected by their grandaughter, ruth stump”
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wright
19. hyer clay wright, b: january 2,
1887 d: september 25, 1958
“father”
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ROW 4
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belcher
20. nancy belcher, b: march 29, 1891
dca 1892
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boggs
21. james martin boggs, jr., d:
january 9, 1888 aged 2 yrs 9 months 17 days
(son
of
james martin
&
margaret ann byrne boggs
)
“ a little life on earth he
spent till god for him his angels sent”
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boggs – double headstone
21. margaret ann byrne boggs, b: june 19 1846
d: february 24, 1896
(daughter of john peyton &
sabina creigh sterrett byrne)
22. james martin “Mart” boggs, b: january 15,
1842 d:march 22, 1934
(son
of james anderson & susan cutlip boggs)
“parents
of 13 children |
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mealy – double headstone
23. sabina creigh boggs mealy, b: 1863 d: 1952
(daughter
of james martin & margaret ann byrne boggs)
24. william rudolph mealy, b: 1857 d: 1940
“not my will but thine be done”
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orndorff
25. kenneth
lee orndorff, b: 1925 d: 2005
(husband of helen lee
paintiff orndorff)
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ROW 5
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boggs
26. susan estel boggs, b: december 7, 1909 d:
november 10, 1984
(daughter of john peyton
byrne & susan estel boggs)
“ sister – she loved her fellow men” |
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boggs
27. russell yancy boggs,
b: november 18, 1890 d: july 8, 1950
(son
of john peyton byrne & susan estel boggs)
“ he did unto others as he would have them do unto him” |
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boggs – double headstone
28. susan estel boggs, b: 1867 d:
1939
(daughter
of henry clay & sarah ann
elizabeth garee
boggs)
29. john peyton byrne boggs, b: 1866
d: 1948
(son
of james martin & margaret ann byrne boggs)
“Lifes work well done, then comes rest” |
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30. pointed
fieldstone as if someone had tried to make a headstone
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boggs
31. john byrne boggs, b: 1908 d: 1932
(son
of john peyton & susan estel boggs)
“ gone but not forgotten” |
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boggs
32. abel , b: 1902 d: 1903
(son
of john peyton & susan estel boggs) |
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boggs
33. ella augusta,
b: 1895 d: 1895
(daughter of john peyton & susan estel boggs) |
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boggs
34. infant son , b: 1894 d: 1894
(son
of john peyton & susan estel boggs)
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boggs
35. anna may, b: 1893 d: 1893
(daughter of john
peyton & susan estel boggs) |
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mollohan
36. william
woodrow mollohan, b: december 15, 1915 d: february 28, 1916
(son
of thurman
& grace bernice boggs mollohan)
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mollohan
37. frederick
norman mollohan, b: 1918 d: 1934
(son
of thurman & grace bernice boggs
mollohan)
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mollohan – double headstone
38, grace bernice boggs mollohan, b: January
29, 1892 d: december 3, 1985
(daughter of john peyton byrne & susan estel boggs)
39. thurman mollohan, b: september 2, 1891 d:
march 14, 1970
(son
of william martin, jr. &
louisa roena wilson mollohan)
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nottingham
40. dale f. nottingham, b: january 10, 1960 d:
april 1, 1975
(son
of helen paintiff nottingham orndorff & carl roscoe nottingham)
“beloved – brother – son – friend” |
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nottingham – double headstone
41. robin eugene nottingham, b: october 9, 1956
d: january 3, 1980
(twin sons of helen paintiff
nottingham orndorff)
42. ronald carl nottingham b: october 9, 1956
(still living)
“love forever” |
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mollohan – double headstone
43. Icie estelle mollohan, b: august 18 1913
D:April 21, 2003
44. virgel eugene mollohan, b: January 30, 1917
d: june 14, 2001
(daughter & son of thurman &
grace bernice boggs mollohan)
“ brother and sister” |
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mollohan – double headstone
45. myrtle ruth metz mollohan, b: july 11, 1915
d: july 9, 1994
(daughter of rev. heber mathias & elmira rachel mccourt metz)
46. thurman roscoe mollohan, b: october 17, 1914
d: may 12, 1986
(son
of thurman & grace
bernice boggs mollohan)
“we are still
together in the silent memory of god”
“married june 16, 1935 – mother – daddy” |
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ROW 6
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boggs – double headstone
47. edna vaughan boggs, b: 1876 d: 1961
48. guy holt boggs, sr., b: 1872 d: 1961
(son
of james m & margaret ann byrne boggs) |
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boggs – double headstone
49. cora l. boggs, b: july 18, 1897 d: july 14,
1898
50. guy holt boggs, jr., b: december 7, 1907 d:
december 8, 1907
(daughter & son of guy
holt & edna
vaughan boggs)
“our darlings
together in heaven” |
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nottingham
51. carl roscoe nottingham, b: june 19, 1935 d: march 19, 1995;
“A2C – us air force – korea” |
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rOW 7
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ball
52. rosamund ann ball, b: january 30, 1945 d:
february 21, 2001 |
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ball
53. beatrice smith ball, b: july 16, 1904 d:
august 20, 1952
(wife of j. andrew ball)
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ball
54. j. andrew ball, b: june 14, 1902 d:
october 17, 1988 |
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boggs
55. james m. boggs, b: august 31, 1899 d:
january 6, 1901
(son
of andrew s., m.d. & e. s. boggs) |
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boggs
56. andrew sterrett boggs, m.d., b: 1875 d: 1962
(son
of james martin & margaret byrne boggs)
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ball – double headstone
57. katie boggs ball, b: 1873 d: 1965
(daughter
of james martin & margaret ann
byrne boggs)
58. george w. ball, b: 1865 d: 1948
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ball – double headstone
59. george w. ball, jr., b: 1900 d: 1986
60. olive ball, b: 1897 d: 1978 |
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ROW 8
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Steortz
61. thelma c. steortz, b: 1904 d: 1910 |
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Hyer
62. myrtle c. hyer, b: july 8, 1886
d: april 29, 1902
(daughter
of jacob m. & mary s. boggs hyer) |
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ross
63. mary halsey hyer ross, b: 1894 d:
1943
(daughter
of jacob m. & mary
s. boggs hyer) |
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hyer
64. charles e. hyer, b: 1919 d: 1922
(son
of dora & james earnest hyer) |
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hyer – double headstone
65. mary s. boggs hyer, b: april 5, 1865 d:
february 10, 1944
(daughter of james
martin & margaret ann byrne boggs)
66. jacob m. hyer, b: april 8, 1859 d: april
1, 1950
“life’s work well done, then comes rest” |
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67. charles e. hyer, b: 1885 d: 1957
(son
of jacob m. & mary s. boggs hyer)
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mccue
68. hazel p. hyer mccue, b: september
20, 1914 d: march 4, 1987
“in memory of” |
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hyer
69.
john
wendell hyer b: 1909 d:1976
tec 5 us army,
world war 11, 1905–1976 |
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hyer – double headstone
70. james earnest hyer, sr., b: october 6,
1898 d: may 23, 1987
(son
of jacob m. & mary s. boggs hyer)
71. dora smith hyer, b: january 19, 1899 d: january 31, 1984 |
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ROW 9
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boggs
72. iscie d. williams boggs, b: october 21,
1879 d: december 31, 1907
(wife of charles anderson
boggs) |
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boggs – double headstone
73. phoebe elizabeth lough boggs, b:
july 16, 1872 d: june 27, 1903
74. charles anderson boggs, b: april 5, 1877
d: august 24, 1958
(son
of james martin & margaret
ann byrne boggs)
“Married September 24, 1898” |
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boggs
75. ora temple boggs b: 1881 d: 1971
(wife
of charles anderson boggs)
“mother” |
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boggs
76. anna “dice” boggs, b: november 2, 1906 d:
december 24, 2000
(there is no headstone,
only the funeral
home marker) |
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boggs
77. laura elizabeth boggs, b: october 12,
1902 d: august 30, 1984
(daughter of frederick
& laura belle lough boggs) |
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boggs – double headstone
78. laura belle lough boggs, b:
november 29, 1869 d: january 24, 1906
79. frederick
boggs, b: may 9, 1870 d: september 6, 1946
(son
of james martin & margaret ann byrne boggs)
“blessed are the dead which die in the
lord” |
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boggs – double headstone
80. carrie anne boggs, b: 1900 d: 1971
(daughter
of frederick & laura belle lough Boggs)
81. hugh hyer boggs, b:1894 d: january 29,
1984
(son
of edward & emma boggs)
footstone – hugh h. boggs, sr. – pfc us army –
march 24, 1894 – january 29, 1984
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criscoe – double stone
82. janet boggs criscoe , b: 1925 ndg
83. telford e. criscoe, b: 1927 d:
1986
“in god’s care” |
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ROW 10
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boggs
84. infant son, b: september 23, 1956 d:
september 23, 1956
(son
of roscoe & evelyn boggs) |
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boggs
85. emma lucille boggs, b: may 9, 1929 d:
october 3, 1929
(daughter of earl l. & elizaj. boggs)
“at
rest
our darling” |
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boggs – double headstone
86. eliza j. boggs b: december 10,
1903 d: october 24, 1984
87. earle l. boggs b: august 9, 1900 d: april
7, 1983
(son
of edward & emma boggs) |
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gilligan
– double headstone
88.
william l. Gilligan b: august 17,
1924 d: ndg
89.
ruth boggs Gilligan b: november 19,
1924 d: november 3, 2000
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boggs – double headstone
90. emma della hyer boggs, b: 1866 d:
1944
91. edward lemasters boggs, b: 1869
d: 1952
(son
of james & margaret byrne boggs)
“god’s ways are just”
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callaghan – double headstone
92. gertrude boggs callaghan, b: january 18,
1896 d: 1986
(daughter
of edward & emma Boggs)
93. eulai brooks callaghan, b: july 16, 1895 d:
december 24, 1969
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meyer – double headstone
94. joan callaghan meyer, b: january
14, 1930 d: july 27, 1978
95. charles edward meyer, iii., b:
august 26, 1930 ndg
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ROW 11

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hicks
96. nan hicks, b: 1891 d: 1937
(husband of sabina
bing boggs) |
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boggs
97. theresa lynn boggs, b: july 26, 1962 d:
july 28, 1962
(daughter
of earle l. & eliza j. boggs)
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ROW 12

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linkenogger
98. dorcas boggs linkenogger, b: march 2, 1928
d: december 17, 1971
“to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die”
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boggs
99. albert guy boggs, b: july 27, 1902 d:
january 12, 1957
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boggs
100. mary irene boggs, born: 1910 d: 1941
“shes safe at home”
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boggs – double headstone
101. virginia blanche lough boggs, b: 1878 d:
1961
102. earnest albert boggs, b: 1878 d: 1951
(son
of james martin & margaret byrne boggs)
“ asleep in jesus, peaceful rest”
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boggs
103. william harold boggs, b: 1904 d: 1968
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boggs
104. john lyle
boggs, b: june 8, 1933 d: may 22, 1960
(son
of eugene & christina sirk boggs)
“gone but not forgotten”, johnny lyle boggs, west virginia - gm3 us navy, june 8, 1933 – may 22, 1960 |

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sams
105. shaton ashley
marie sams b: March 8, 1998 d: January 26, 2003
106. shila rachelle
sams b:July 25, 1998 d:January 26, 2003
107. tyler gavlin
sams b:January 8, 1986 d:January 26, 2003 |



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ROW 13
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brannon
108. christina e. brannon, b: 1933 d: 1980 |
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brannon
109. jake o. brannon, b: 1914 d: 1969 |
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brannan – double headstone
110. nina M.
hyer brannan, b: june 23, 1888 d: february 12, 1963
(daughter
of jacob m. & mary s.
boggs hyer)
111. okey r. brannan, b: february 7, 1884 d:
mar 6, 1961
“Married December 28, 1907” |
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gassaway
112. deborah
douglas gassaway, b: june 23, 1958 d: may 20, 1999
“have faith in god” |
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dawson – double headstone
113. annamae dawson
b: june 11, 1938
(Still
living)
114. nelson p. dawson
b: september 23, 1936 d: february 28, 1998
married october 11, 1954 |

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boggs – double headstone
115. gladys marie ball boggs, b: 1908 d: 1979
116. henry clay
boggs, b: 1906 d: 1984
(son
of john peyton byrne & susan estel boggs)
“in loving memory” |
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miller – double headstone
117. martha k. miller, b: october 14, 1952
118. kenneth w. miller, b: february 4, 1952 d:
april 26, 1985
“married – september 9,
1974 – our children – laura & shonna”
kenneth wayne miller, sp 4 us army,
1952 – 1985 |
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riley – double headstone
119. wanita boggs riley, b: september 21, 1933
(still
living)
120. harry floyd riley, b: april 25, 1929 d: may
1, 1987
“wed january 14, 1950” |
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ROW 14
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henry
121. james wendell, jr., b: 1942 d: 1968
(grandson of
margaret boggs henry)
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henry
122. sarah margaret boggs henry “maggie”, b:
1896 d: 1979
(daughter
of john peyton byrne & susan estel boggs)
“mother” |
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henry – double headstone
123. betty ann henry, b: july 9, 1931 d:
december 7, 1976
124. gerald wayne henry, b: april 29, 1930 ndg
(son
of margaret boggs henry)
“married january 17, 1954” |
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mollohan
125.
sabina bing boggs mollohan, b: june
30, 1903 d: june 24, 1983
(daughter
of john peyton byrne & susan estel
boggs)
“sunset and evening star, and one clear call for
me!” a. l. tennyson |
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boggs
126.
darrell delaney boggs, b: february 2, 1923 d:
october19, 2003
(son
of minnie o. &
walter e. boggs) |
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boggs – double headstone
127. minnie o.
boggs, b: 1903 d: 1994
128. walter e.
boggs, b: 1900 d: 1981
(son
of john peyton byrne & susan estel boggs)
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dulaney
129, anise b. dulaney, b: 1897 d: 1982
us army – world war i, 1897 - 1982 |
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ROW 15
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hamric
130. huldah eagle hamrick, b: 1833 d: 1923
(Married
in Clay Co., January 4, 1870) |
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hamric
131. gilson hamrick, b: 1831 d: 1918
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hamric
132. horten hamrick, b: 1882 d: 1904
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hamric – double headstone
133. oscar hamrick, b: 1877 d: 1964
father,
1877 - 1964
134. josephine burkhammer hamrick, b: 1888 d:
1989
mother, 1888 – 1989 |



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ROW 16

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boggs – double headstone
135. no name given for spouse
136. james camden, b: 1950 d: 1975 |
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boggs – double headstone
137. alvira morris boggs, b: 1914 d: 1979
138. J. woodrow boggs, b: 1912 ndg |
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ROW 17
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boggs – double headstone
139. eugene boggs, b: may 31, 1906 d: january
26, 1982
(son
of earnest albert & virginia blanche lough boggs)
140. christine sirk boggs, b: january 25, 1910
d: october 25, 1992
“together forever” |
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ROW 18
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mollohan – double headstone
141. hattie p.
mollohan, b: july 20, 1917
d:July
26, 2003
142. dennis o. mollohan, b: february 11, 1915
d: april 26, 1998
“wed January 30, 1935” |
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boggs – double headstone
143. waveline f.
boggs, b: march 9, 1939 ndg
144. john b. boggs, b: december 26, 1935 d:
august 6, 2000
“together
always john and waveline” |
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ROW 19
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mollohan – double headstone
145. maggie mollohan, b: may 26 1920
(Still
Living)
146. marvin a. mollohan, b: march 15, 1917 d:
february 5, 1986
“married may 31, 1936” |
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durham – double headstone
147. phyllis jean
mollohan durham, b: january 31, 1942 d: march 23, 2002
(daughter
of marvin a. & maggie mollohan)
148. robert lee
durham, jr., b: november 15, 1932
(still living)
“married february 28, 1961”
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burnside
149. roy
burnside, b: december 22, 1909 d: july 15, 1994
“father” |
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ROW 20
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smith – double headstone
150. james hugh
smith, b: 1911 d: 1990
“father”
151. lona boggs
smith, b: may 5, 1914 d: 0ct0ber 25, 2002
“mother”
“married december 23, 1933” |

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ROW 21
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metheny – double headstone
152. tom olaf metheny, b: july 16, 1918 d:
january 27, 1977
153. emma metheny, b: october 31, 1919 ndg
“wed january 15, 1940” |
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means
154.
louis “l.p.”
means b: april 24, 1930 d: february 16, 2004 buried: february
21, 2004 (son of rufus g. & norma bailey means; preceded in
death by mother of his children, dorothy louise means & son gary
lee means. survivors wife mary douglas means, sons robert gene,
tony steven, daughters deborah ann frazier, terry lynn means,
stepson jeremy ray gardner, stepdaughter mary lucinda curry.) |
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thomas
155.
benjamin g. thomas – capt us marine
corp , WW11, korea, vietnam, may 25, 1930–september 7, 2004. |
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foster
156. paul
thomas foster, sr., march 24, 1938-december 1, 2004 |
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