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Higginbotham Cemetery – Near Rock Camp
The cemetery is located about a mile beyond Big Run,
Wetzel Co., WV on the Willey Fork Road. It is across the stream from the
Herbert Higginbotham home.
Read by Debra King, Joyce Yowler & Carol Dulaney in May
2007.
Family descriptions by Debra King. Photographed by
Joyce Yowler |
| Anderson, Wilson Walter |
1919 |
1935 |
Never married. s/o John
Anderson & Sarah Utt |
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| Dent, Duke |
18 Apr 1873 |
17 March 1958 |
s/o Marmaduke "Duke" Dent
(s/o Dudley Evans Dent & Mahala Berkshire) & Margaret Reed. NOTE:
Sisters Annara Francis Dent m. Capt. Henry Minor Ice & Sarah Ann Dent m.
Oliver Perry Ice.. |
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| Dent, Molly (Mary Catherine) |
11 Jul 1873 |
18 Dec 1941 |
d/o Joseph Jasper Higgins "J.J."
(s/o Joseph Higgins & Elizabeth Long) & Elizabeth Willey (d/o William Willey
& Clarinda Anderson). Sister to Rosa Lavena (Higgins) Higginbotham. |
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| Higginbotham, Francis Laten |
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19 Feb 1918 |
Born 1 Sep 1859. s/o
Isaac Newton Higginbotham & Matilda Jane "Millie" Poe. 3rd h/o Mary
Dulaney Morris. (she m. 1. Martin "Bub" Bartrug & 2. Henry Watson. d/o
of James Morgan Morris & Gillie Jane Moore. Note: Dulaney is middle
name.) |
(No Headstone) |
| Higginbotham,
H.M. |
7 Feb 1866 |
24 Jul 1933 |
Herbert Memnon "Mem"
Higginbotham. s/o Isaac Newton Higginbotham & Matilda Jane "Millie"
Poe. h/o Rosa Lavena Higgins (d/o Joseph Jasper Higgins "J.J." &
Elizabeth Willey and sister to "Molly" Higgins Dent). |
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| Higginbotham, Herbert |
22 Sep 1911 |
3 Nov 1993 |
James Herbert. s/o
Herbert Memnon "Mem" Higginbotham & Rosa Lavena Higgins. h/o Susie
Haught (d/o James A. Haught & Mary Sole). |
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| Higginbotham, Lil Ann |
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Lydia Ann "Lilly" (16 Dec
1860-23 Apr 1874). Never married. d/o Isaac Newton Higginbotham
& Matilda Jane "Millie" Poe. NOTE: Headstone is hard to read. |
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| Higginbotham, Lucretia |
22 Dec 1804 |
16 Mar 1885 |
Lucretia White. w/o
Thomas H. Higginbotham. d/o Unknown. NOTE: Headstone is hard to
read. |
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| Higginbotham, Rachel Ellen |
26 Mar 1904 |
26 Mar 1904 |
d/o FL & MD. Francis
Laten Higginbotham & Mary Dulaney Morris. |
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| Higginbotham, Rosa L. |
11 Nov 1875 |
18 Apr 1963 |
Rosa Lavena Higgins.
w/o Herbert Memnon "Mem" Higginbotham. d/o Joseph Jasper Higgins "J.J."
(s/o Joseph Higgins & Elizabeth Long) & Elizabeth Willey (d/o William Willey
& Clarinda Anderson). Sister to "Molly" (Higgins) Dent. |
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| Higginbotham, Susie |
13 Jul 1909 |
29 Mar 1991 |
Susie Haught. w/o James
Herbert Higginbotham. d/o James A. Haught & Mary Sole. NOTE:
Seen as: Susie Duskey Haught. She didn’t have a middle name & unknown
where Duskey comes from, per daughter Jane Higginbotham. |
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| Higginbotham, T.H. |
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Thomas H. Higginbotham (abt.
1798 PA-aft. 1880). h/o Lucretia White. s/o William Higginbotham
(s/o Ralph Higginbotham I & Mary Henthorn?) & Sarah Watson (d/o George
Watson & Elizabeth Henthorn). NOTE: Headstone has chipped & is now
hard to read. |
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| Higginbotham, Thomas Winfred |
6 Nov 1915 |
7 Aug 1949 |
s/o Francis Laten
Higginbotham & Mary Dulaney Morris |
(No Headstone) |
| *Isaac Newton Higginbotham &
Matilda Jane "Tillie" Poe had 12 children. Herbert Memnon "Mem" &
Francis Layton were the only ones to raise families. It is supposed
that seven of the children are buried here, there are several fieldstones
marking them. Herbert "Mem" & Lidia Ann "Lil" being the only ones with
headstones. SOURCE: Debra King |
| King, Alfred Wayne |
15 Apr 1937 |
11 Feb 1985 |
h/o Jum Soon Pak. s/o
Charles Herman King (s/o John Webster King & Francis Goodnight) & Elva
Rosetta Higginbotham (d/o Herbert Memnon "Mem" Higginbotham & Rosa Lavena
Higgins). NOTE: father of Debra King |
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| King, Charles H. |
17 Dec 1908 |
16 Sep 1982 |
Charles Herman King.
s/o John Webster King & Francis Goodnight. f/o Alfred "Wayne" King. |
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| King, Elva R. |
21 Jul 1914 |
11 Jun 1992 |
Elva Rosetta Higginbotham.
m/o Alfred Wayne King. d/o Herbert Memnon "Mem" Higginbotham & Rosa
Lavena Higgins |
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| Matthews, A.J. |
1830 |
1887 |
Andrew Jackson Matthews
(Unknown Parents. h/o Mary Elizabeth Anderson (Unknown Parents).
f/o Amy Jane Matthews (m. Albert Glendower "Squire" Higginbotham). |
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| Matthews, M.E. |
1831 |
1910 |
Mary Elizabeth Anderson .
w/o Andrew Jackson Matthews. mf/o Amy Jane Matthews (m. Albert
Glendower "Squire"Higginbotham). |
(See Photo Above) |
| Morris, Gillie Jane |
24 Mar 1852 |
15 Aug 1925 |
w/o James Morgan Morris.
d/o Huey Crawford Moore (s/o Anthony Moore & Elizabeth Steele) & Tabitha
Eaton (d/o Henry Eaton & Lena Unknown). |
(No Headstone) |
| Utt, Mary Pauline
|
26 Jan 1923 |
19 Feb 1923 |
d/o James Thomas Utt (s/o
John Franklin Utt & Sarah Wright) & Gillie Jane Higginbotham (d/o Francis
Laten Higginbotham & Mary Dulaney Morris). |
(No Headstone) |
| Utt, George Francis
|
27 Dec 1940 |
21 Oct 1941 |
s/o James Thomas Utt (s/o
John Franklin Utt & Sarah Wright) & Gillie Jane Higginbotham (d/o Francis
Laten Higginbotham & Mary Dulaney Morris). |
(Initially buried here. later removed to Knights of
Pythias Cem.) |
| Utt,
Bessie Loraine |
20 Dec 1931 |
26 Sept 1939 |
s/o James Thomas "Tom" Utt &
Gillie Higginbotham. |
(Initially buried here. later removed to Knights of
Pythias Cem.) |
| Stout, A.C. |
19 Oct 1872 |
11 Jul 1907 |
Unknown – See Note below |
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| Stout, Margaret |
10 Apr 1841 |
9 May 1914 |
w/o W.M. |
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| Stout, W.M. |
1847 |
1918 |
Unknown – See Note below |
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NOTE: I am not sure about the Stout family. Possibly this family on
1880 & 1900 census:
*1880 Census: Possible: Wm. STOUT 30, farmer, b. 1850 WV. Margaret
28, keeps house, b. 1852 WV. Their parents were b. in WV. Children:
Clearence 7 b. 1873 WV. Asa 5, b. 1875 WV. SOURCE: 1880
Census. Grant Dist., Wetzel Co., WV. Roll: T9-415; Film: 1255415;
Pg. 141.3000; Dist. 107. Transcribed by Joyce Yowler
*1900 Census: William Stout 52 b. abt.1848. Wife: Margaret Stout
59 b. abt. 1841. Children: Asa C. Stout 28 b. abt. 1872.
Arthur C. Stout 27 b. abt. 1873. Wife of Arthur C. Stout: Indiana 17
b. abt. 1883. Nephew: Willie Liston 8 b. abt. 1892. Grandson:
M. Watter 10 mos. b. abt. 1899-1900. SOURCE: Grant Dist., Wetzel Co., WV.
Roll: T623-1775; Pg. 1A; Dist. 97. Transcribed by Joyce Yowler
NOTE: Asa Ostin Stout m. Oaty Belle Gump d/o George Gump & Emmaline Taylor.
