Jack Cut Cemetery
JACK CUT CEMETERY
Arcola, Webster Co., WV
Directions: Located at Arcola across the road from McAvoy
(Mack) Run. Sits on the hill on the left, about six miles below Cowen
going towards Erbacon on the Erbacon Road. No road or path up a steep hill.
Site of two train wrecks, was covered up by coal for years. After the second
train wreck the coal was loaded back into coal cars by an endloader and
the tombstones were discovered in the coal when it was processed at the
coal tipple. The railroad returned the markers to the grave yard but made
no effort to return them to their proper locations. Only three stones
survive, all lying flat, three bases for tombstones are also visible but
don't match the surviving stones. It is possible that some of the stones
remain buried. Several people who remember the cemetery state that it contained
about a half dozen graves. The following information comes from a list
made by a descendant before the cemetery was destroyed. The McElwain marker
is missing, the two Crosby stones are broken, the Adkisson stone is badly
scratched but is still clearly legible. Due to the layer of coal, overgrowth
is minimal and location was recently logged.
Amos S. Crosby Jr. 10/2/1827-11/19/1891
Ollie Rebecca Crosby 10/2/1873-6/4/1893
Charles P. McElwain 3/28/1882-11/6/1882
Enos W. Adkisson 12/20/1859-4/21/1894
JACK CUT CEMETERY read Summer 2000 by Michael
Henline
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