SWANN CEMETERY
Cabell County, West Virginia
(Hezekiah Swann)
Latitude: N 38° 20.956
Longitude: W 082° 13.084
Elevation: 639 feet
Accuracy: 25 feet
From Barboursville, WV take McComas Rd. toward Roach.
After you cross the second railroad
tracks go 02. mile to the last house on your Left (Red Brick). The
cemetery is up on the hill behind
the house and is in a field. It is very overgrown and some of the
markers are laying on the ground.
At one time it had a fence around it but not much left of it now.
The following list was compiled by actual reading of the tombstones. All the information, excluding annotation, is written on the tombstone.
Read December 22, 2005.
| AVIE DAVIS |
| 1886 —— 1954 |
Footstone: MOTHER
| DAVIS |
| D |
| CLARK DAVIS |
| 1907 —— 1930 |
| Gone but not forgotten. |
| GERALDINE |
| JOYCE |
| DAU OF |
| J. L. & AVIE |
| DAVIS |
| 1926 —— 1927 |
| A bud too soon faded. |
| CYNTHIA A. KEENAN |
| BORN |
| SEPT. 24, 1831 |
| DIED |
| MAY 25, 1902 |
| ———— |
| A angle from our household is gone. |
| A voice we loved is stilled. |
| ANZANETTA |
| WIFE OF |
| W. B. SPURLOCK |
| BORN JUNE 11, 1865 |
| DIED FEB. 6, 1898 |
| INFANT |
| Son of |
| W. E. & F. E. |
| SWANN |
| Born & Died |
| Oct. 2, 1898 |
| ——— |
| B. S. SWANN |
| BORN OCT. 1, 1828 |
| DIED FEB. 2, 1908 |
| IN LOVING MEMORY |
Footstone: FATHER
| H. L. SWANN |
| SON OF |
| B. S. & N. SWANN |
| DIED |
| FEB. 28, 1881 |
| AGED |
| 19ys, 9ms, 10ds. |
| —————— |
| O' think that while you're weeping here |
| His hand a golden harp is stringing |
| And with a voice serene and clear |
| His Saviour's praise id singing |
| NANCY WIFE OF |
| B. S. SWANN |
| BORN DEC. 23, 1833 |
| DIED AUG. 31, 1911 |
| MOTHER HAS GONE FROM OUR HOME, |
| BUT NOT OUR HEARTS, SHE IS |
| NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPETH. |
Other possible graves:
From Cabell Cemeteries books by "Carrie Eldridge".
1. Swann, Hezekiah -- Dec. 28, 1871 -- 55ys. &
6ds.
2. Swann, Catherine -- Dec. 2, 1877 -- 74ys. &
9ms. & 3ds.
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© Copyright 2005-2007 by Candace Freeman
Read: December 22, 2005
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