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/ hARLESS OR PETER CAVE CEMETERYWOODVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA

The Harless Cem(tery is located on the hill near the lumbercompany in Woodville. Bill Bowman said the train station whichwas located there was called "Fork Junction". The cemetery ison the other side of State Road # 3 from WhittenQs Grocery.

Fences divided family sections. Therefore, this record isgiven in sections rather than rows. There were more than thirtyunmarked graves in tl.ecemetery. One unmarked grave was that ofthe infant son of Pea ster- and Mary (Griffith) Vickers.

The cemet er-y was recorded by Angie (Pauley) Williams, Nellie(Williams) McClure and Ruth (Williams) Cornell on Jan. 25, 1981.

MARGIE MARIE ADAMSMartha Smith.)

JAIVIESFARLEY AD.\.MS J905-1957 (Jim m. Margie Smith. He was the sonof Robert and ?Narcy (,Sigmon) Adams. Robert was the blacksmithin Woodvilla for nany years. Robert is in the Harless/BeechGrove Cemetery.)

LAWRENCE DEAN ADN~S WV Sgt. Signal Corps; Korea. b. 1 Aug. 1931d. 22 May 1966. Dean was the son of Jjm and Margie (Smith) Adams.Dean m. Hooger from Boone County. He died in Ohio. Children:Jackie efT; Jimmit; Michael; and Tina.

1908-1973 (Margie was the daughter of Bi1~and

W.H. BILL SMITH 21 June 1875-5 June 1949MARTHA SMITH 16 Sept. 1877-4 Dec. 1955 (Parents of Margie Adams)Lucy Booth 22 May 1911- 20 April 1958MARTIN WAYNE COOPER 1964THOMAS B. LINVILLE :0 Oct 1893-1 May 1965VINNIE (SMITH) LINVILLE 10 July 1898 - 2l Apr. 1977 (Vinnie was the

dau. Bill and Mar~ha Smith; sister to Margie Adams.)VOLA SUSAN WALtS 1912 - 1966JERRY DALE WALLS 21 daysINFANT WALLS 1954 - 1954INFANT NELSON

MRS HELEN LOUISE JACOBS NAPIER d. Thursday 24 May 1979 48 yrs.MARSHA SUE JACOBS d. 7 Jan. 1952 6 days.BILLIE RICHARD JACOB~: 1933 - 1941 OUR SON 8 Yrs. 1 Mo. 6 days.

PATTIE SUE ELKINS 2J Aug. 1956 - 1 Oct. 1956AUTHER T. JOHNSON «v. PVT 101 Inf Tng BN 28 Nov 1928- 16 Aug 1955OLLIE ELKINS 26 Nov. 1901 - 13 Apr. 1948 CYe> \V.H, 'SV'Y\:~ -\- ffic..r-\-ho... ~

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HARLESS CEMETERY: WOODVILLE, WV. (Cant. ) \\ELLIAS H. HILL

GEORGE W. HILL (GeGrge m. # 2 Caroline Griffith)CAROLINE HILL 18 Aug. ,1865 - Jan. 19_9 (?1949) (Esta Stone dau. George

and C~.roline gave Andy and Lucretia (Miller) Griffith as the parentsof Caroline. She gave the parents of George as Washington and BetsyHill.)

W. E. HILL 15 Jan. 1886 - 21 Feb. 1942VERGIE HILL 14 Nov. 1889 - 20 Oct. 1929VIONA TAYLOR 19 Sept. 1907 - 1 Sept. 1932WJ:? SHEEf,S lL~ Dec. 1857 - 18 Dec. 1909 'w.JI:Ar:!) VC;"t'tI~S Sh~f!-+s ~+~-er of.DURANT ADKINS 1898 - 1970 f\"IQt'+~4shc:eh s",r+ltDEWEY A. HARLESS B. 9 April 1902 - 23 May 1964 (s. John W. Harless)CHARLEY DONDU3 1885 - 1956 AT RESTIN MEMORY OF LUCY .~.HARLESS WIFE OF EVERETT E. PAULEY: SHE WEARS

A CROWN OF GLORY 3 July 1886 - 20 Nov. 1836 •MRS J. W. HARLESS 1-_ge75 (Margaret Harless had two markers.)MARGARET HARLESS lE:bl - 1936 (Mrs. J. W. Harless)JOHN W. HARLESS 1854 - 1928 (John had t"vVomarkers, also.)J. W. HARLESS (JahreW. Harless)O. E. HArtLESS (Son of John W. and Pansy (Pauley) Harless)SIDNEY V. BOWLES lr) .Iune 1915 - 13 Nov , 1928TIM HARLESS. '? May :1.885- 16 Jan. 1928

~ WALTER E. MONDAY 1019 - 1952NAN E. MONDAY 10 r,:ay1896 - 15 April 1970 (Nan was a Sigmon:

believed to be the sister of Robert Adams' wife.)WALTER E. MONDAY lLi· Jan. 1893 - 26 May 1922DULCY PAGE 1903 - 1911JIM EANES WK3T VIRGINIA Pvt. 168 Inf. 42 Div. 17 March 1895 -

26 O~tohec 1934 (Pronounced £ens)MARK A SEARLS 1968 - 1970CHRISTY ANN SEARLS 1970 - 1970E. FRANK BIAS 1890 -1971 (From Lick Creek in Boone County)VONNIE M. BIAS 1896 - 1963 (Dau. George and Caroline (Griffith) HillREV. HOMER T. STONE 1893 - 1963 (Son __ and Ul Stone)ESTA STONE (reserved) (Dau. George and Caroline (Griffith) Hill.)JOHN M. KINGERY 28 April 1861 - 1 July 1942 (M. Letilla Hill dau.

George and .JiL Hill. Letilla was the whole sister of WhitmanRamie Hill who m. Ethel Williams.)

WILEY S. RICHIE NORTH CAROLINA PVT 115 MG BN 30 Div. 6 July 1925DEBORAH L. KINGERY 8/26/62EDMUND KINGERY 192J - 1975 (Son of'John and Letille (Hill) Kingery.)

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-,.---,}{ILLlAMS SECT 10N"" /I". WILLIAMS 26 .Iun..187,9 - 23 Sept. 1947 (Georgia Ann Nutter

Williams was born in Clay County; the daughter of ThomasHamilton and Synthid Emoline (Hughes) Nutter. Georgia wasmarried to John Alexander Williams in Clay County on 15 Aug. 1896.She died in the heme of her son, Romie, at Julian, Boone County.

J. A. WILLIAMS 11 Aug. 1874 - 25 Aug 1926 (John Alexander Williamswas born in Ni choLas County; the son of Samuel Fowler and Eli zabethMary (Bailes) Willi:lms. Samuel was a soldier in the Civil War. Heis buried in the Wood Cemetery on Pisgah Mountain about five milesfrom the city of Cl"y. Mary is buried beside him but has no marker.John was fatally injured at the Warner Block Coal Company tippleat 2:14 P. lVI.Wednesday, Aug. 25. He was put on a hand car in orderto be trans~orted down Coal River to a hospital in Kanawha County.He died near 1VI8Corkiebefore reaching the hospital. His son-1n-law,Whitman Romie "Peg" Hill,was with him. John was a minister in theBaptist Church.On his headstone was placed: HE DIED AS HE LIVED _ A CHRISTIAN

ADELENEJORD~~ 21 July 1927 - 23 Dec. 1927 A LITTLE BUD OF LOVETO 13~ljIDi1-WITHGOD AJjOVE (Dau , Ira and Dimple (Williams) Jordan:Grandchild of John arid Geoi·-gia-~{ltrlams.) ,- -".---~-----

DIMPLE FRANCES .;JOJIDAN(Reserved) 1904 Dau , -Iohn and Georgia Williams.-Wffe-.DL.Ir.a JQr.cian. Lives in'Char-Le st on in 1951.) \IRA CLARK JORDAN 1883 - 1953 (Ira was the son of Winfield and Electa

~'--CJarrem-Jorjan. 1. 1 Nov. '18846. 17 Feb. 1'953at" .fuTfaii--:----He--~, was a mine -tclririan.M. # 2 Dimple Williams.)

GONE BUT NO'llFORGOT1'ENDOSS ESTEP 1905 - 1936 (Doss was a brother to Norma Estep Thompson.)."RTHUR JACK THOIVl2S0N I.ABY 8 May 1932 - 8 .JuLy 19J2NORMA ESTEP THOMPSON ~.JTHER 22 Sept. 1895 - 22 April 19J6T.B. NT~TER 1851 - 19~6 (Thomas Hamilton Nutte~ was born in

Nicholas County; the son of Thomas "Tall Tom" Nutter and Elizabeth"Betsey" (Knight) Ni.tt er .)

S. E. NUTTER 1953 - 1933 (SYNTHIA EMOLINE was born in Clay County;the dau~hter of George W.-a soldier in ths Civil War- and Margaret

(Spencer) Hughes. Hamilton and Emoline were charter members of the _Enoch Antioch Baptist Church in the Buffalo District of Clay County .•-J----/

ETHEL ELIZABETH HILL (E. 4 Sept. 1897 in Clay County; the dau. Johnand Georgia Williams. Ethel d. 13 Jan. 1975. She M. 15 March 191JWhitman Romie Hill son of George Hill.)

WHITMAN R. HILL (Son of George Hill and his first wife.)ESTON BURN WILIJIAMS 1902 - 1960 (B. 7 May 1902 in Clay County; the son

of ,Johnand Georgia (Nutter) Williams. M. March 1925 Mabel E.Turley; the dau. Kate Turley.)

MABEL WILLIAIv1S 1907 - 1973 (Wife of Eston Burn; dau. Kate Turley)I,30NARD W. HILL (Adopted son of Whitman and Ethel Hill'; the natural

son of Homer McComic~.):'f!.JLDA MAE HILL (D3.u.v~:litman and Ethel Hill)

~DAVID OWEN McCLURE 195)-1959 (S. Owen and KathLorie (Hill) McClure:Grandson of Whitman ~nd Ethel Hill.)

INFANT DAUGHTER. U[cCLURE 1962-1962 (Dau. Owen and Kathlene McClure.)FRANK OXIER 1B70 - 1927 (Pronounced Ox-yers)3VZRE OXIER 1913 - 1933 (Coal miners)

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