Riverview Cemetery  (aka Cook Cemetery)
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia



  
This cemetery is located at Ann and 13th Streets in Parkersburg WV.  It is well kept and is enclosed by 6 
foot chain link fencing on most sides.  It slopes uphill and is divided by a sidewalk making an upper and 
lower section.  Indexed below are some of the tombstone inscriptions from the lower section.

Riverview Cemetery is a historic place and is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places as part of the Juliana Square Historic District.



[?] = Illegible by me
s/m = Shared Monument

  

 Click on the person's name to go to their epitaph.


Acker, Emeline B. & W. Franklin
Adams, Sarah E. 
Anderson, Junius Brown


Baldwin, Charles R.,(Rev.), Ann Elizabeth, Charles T. & Thomas T.
Beeson, Jonas & Rebecca 
Bell, S.M., M.A. 
Bell, Jennie M.   [Death certificate]  Dtr. of S. M. & Melvina Bell  
Blackford, Thomas & Harriett  
Brent, William 
Burns, Frank
Butcher, Clementine Lee 
Butcher, John A., Eleanor & Betsy Butcher Smith   


Caldwell, John T., & Sarah Cook
Caldwell, Roger G.
Clemens, Oliver M. India E. (Lowther), Hill H., Carrie L., Olive R. & Elizabeth B.
   Elizabeth B's death certificate
Clothworthy, Jane   
Cochran, C.P. & Fannie D.
Cole, Bertie & Emma Peters 
Cook, John
Conley, Thomas, Elizabeth J. (Hall) & Kate Conley Hall 
Croft, Elizabeth (Thomas), Harry, Walter Lincoln & William Anderson 
   Elizabeth's death certificate
   Walter's death certificate
   William's death certificate
   
Davidson, George (Rev.) & Elizabeth Ann
Dudley, John William
Dudley, John Willis & Olive Kibler
   John Willis's death certificate
Dudley, Lysander (Deacon) & Betsey Hull memorial
Dudley, Lysander, Betsey, Bessie Hull & Mary F. (Burdette) & Francis V. 
   Mary's death certificate
   Bessie's death certificate
Dulin, Dorothy Shrewsbury


Ebert, Charles B. & Clara Agusta (Ripley)
   Charles' death certificate
   Clara's death certificate
Ebert, John R. & Francis B. (Cook)  
   Francis' death certificate
Ebert, Olive J. (Johnson) & J. Gale   
   *Olive was the wife of Charles W. Ebert and dtr. of Joseph & Nancy Johnson.
   Charles W's death certificate


Fischer, John George & Jacobine
Franklin, Isabella Farrow
Freidrich, William H. & Katherine P.  


Grose, Lucy Smith 


Harper, Frank & Mable Louise
   Mable's death certificate
Hillard, Ann Elizabeth Meazelle & daughter, Lavina
Hiteshew, Columbia A. 
Hull, Samuel B. & Nancy


Karns, Samuel D. (General) & Wilson C.
Kinnaird, John L. & Mary
Kyger, George & Ruth 

  
Leonard, Albert Galatin & Elizabeth A. Shaw
Logan, Henry & Lavina 


McCosh, Wm. A. Mary Port & Birdie Kellar
   Birdie's death certificate
McCreary, George Edward & Katie 
McCreary, Sophie F. & Edward
Moffett, George B. (Dr.) & Margarete 
Murray, Susan E. Conley


Neal, Benjamin T. & Sally Shrewsbury
Neal, John R.
Neal, Thomas S. & Virginia 
Niswander, Fannie C., George W. & Katie E.
   George's death certificate
Nixon, Mary Kyger 


O'Neil, Lawrence Lee & Helen Dudley
   Helen's death certificate
   Lawrence's death certificate


Patterson, Louise Dudley & Harold L.
   Harold's death certificate
Pleasants, Jane Elizabeth 
Prickitt, Susanna M.


Reppert, Mary C. Conley


Sands, Walter S.
Shannon, Catherine
Shannon, Anna Louise
Shannon, Ernest Spence
Shannon, Ernest Thomas   [Death certificate]
Shannon, Pearl Hainor
Shannon, Maude Spence   [Death certificate]
Shrewsbury, James Melvin
Sigafoose, Emma W.
Simpson, J.L. (Major) & Lucy
Sims, Martha Rector   [Death certificate] 
Stebbins, Samuel H., Mary A. & Carrie L. 
Stephenson, Theodore A. 
Stephenson, Wm. E., Flora V. & Sarah C.
Stringer, Albert G.
Stringer, Caroline Adams, John C. & Elizabeth
Swain, May C. 


Tavenner, James & Ella L. King 

  
Vinson, John (Rev.), & Ada
   John's death certificate
Virts, Fannie, Harry, Joseph, Mary & Molly
Virts, Vinson & M. Henrietta
Vinton, Nannie   [Death certificate]


Warder, Samuel & Arabella
Wilkinson, Eliza Davis   
Woodyard, Ephraim  N.   [Death Certificate]
Worman, Stephen, Harry & Lulie A. 

 
Yeardley,George W. & Sarah E.  


----------------------------------------------------------------------


Rev. John Vinson   1874 - 1935
Ada VIRTS VINSON   1868 - 1950




Virts VINSON no dates or inscriptions
M. Henrietta VIRTS   1862 - 1936




Ernest Thomas SHANNON   1874 - 1946
Anna Louise SHANNON     1905 - 1914
Pearl Hainor SHANNON     1896 - 1969
Ernest Spence SHANNON     1902 - 1990
Maude Spence SHANNON     1871 - 1928




Emma W. SIGAFOOSE
wife of Lemuel GRIFFIN     Sept 24, 1845 - May 30, 1899




Dorothy SHREWSBURY DULIN 1902 - 1959




s/m [shared monument]
Dr. George B. MOFFETT 
Born Oct 20, 1820    Died Aug 21, 1887

Margarete MOFFETT 
wife of Dr. G. B. MOFFETT 
Born Oct 29, 1830    Died Nov 1 1887




NISWANDER 
s/m
In memory of Katie E., Daughter of G.W. & F.C. NISWANDER
Born April l, 1876    Died June 19, 1876.

In memory of Fannie C. LONG wife of Geo. W. NISWANDER
Born May 27, 1848    Died Feb 25, 1886

Geo. W. NISWANDER 
Born Oct 21, 1845    Died Mar 4, 1925




HILLARD
s/m
In Memory of Ann Elizabeth MEAZELLE, wife of Jas. W. HILLARD 
Born Oct 26,1826   Died Aug 14, 1891

In Memory of Lavina Auge[?] dau of J W & A.E. HILLARD
Born July 25, 1868    Died May 20, 1896




May C. wife of Hiram SWAIN 
Died March 2, 1887




Emaline B. ACKER 
1845 - 1886

W. Franklin ACKER    
1862 - 1886




s/m
Susanna M. PRICKITT  
March 6, 1814 - Jan 27, 1898

S. H. PRICKITT M.D. 
Died June 8, 1885
45 Yrs 5 Mos 11 Days
Beloved son and brother

Isaia[h?] T. PRICKITT M.D.  
Feb 8, 1847     May 18, 1916




Mary C. CONLEY wife of Geo P. REPPERT   1857 - 1884




Susan E. CONLEY wife of J.F. MURRAY   1864 - 1909


Olive J. EBERT   1848 - 1937
J. Gale EBERT   1872 - 1948




Eliza DAVIS WILKINSON   1804 - 1840




Frank BURNS   1885 - 1885



John William DUDLEY   1910 - 1980
John Willis DUDLEY   1879 - 1946
Olive KIBLER DUDLEY   1881 - 1965




In memory of 

HITESHEW (this was a HUGE Monument) 
Columbia A. HITESHEW   1845 - 1926
I.W. HITESHEW   1820 - 1890




Clara A. EBERT   1869 - 1942
Charles B. EBERT   1864 - 1936




William BRENT    1850 - 1904
Lucinda Lee BRENT    1853 - 1930
Caroline M. BRENT    1820 - 1891




Junius Brown ANDERSON    1891 - 1947




Jane Elizabeth PLEASANTS
1812 - 1893




Martha RECTOR SIMS    1822 - 1919



Lucy SMITH GROSE 
Dec 22, 1854 - April 30, 1914



McCREARY 
Katie McCREARY    Sept 25, 1884
Geo. Edwd. McCREARY    Mch 29, 1892
Sophie Louise dau. of [?]




Sarah E. ADAMS    Born 1830    Died 1908



Caroline ADAMS, wife of John C. STRINGER    1825 - 1893
In memory of John C. STRINGER    DIED May 24, 1853
Elizabeth wife of John C. STRINGER   Born Aug 2, 1801    Died Dec 2, 1850
Albert G. STRINGER    Died Oct 18, 1884  Aged 61 years



s/m
Croft 
William M. CROFT    1835 - 1904
Elizabeth CROFT    1841 - 1930
Harry J.    1865 - 1883
Walter L.    1861 - 1917




YEARDLEY 
George W.   1836 - 1884
Sarah E.   1824 - 1884




CALDWELL 
Roger G. 1847 - 1903




William H. FRIEDRICH   1851 - 1918
Katharine P. FRIEDRICH   1853 - 1925




s/m
FISCHER
John George FISCHER
Born in Leun Rheuish Prussia Nov 27, 1823     died April 19, 1885

Jacobine Louise wife of J.G. FISCHER 
Born in Beershausen Prussia Aug 25, 1825     died May 28, 1895



Sophie F. McCREARY    1857 - 1897
Edward McCREARY   1854 - 1906




Catherine SHANNON    1854 - 1937




Mary KYGER wife of I[?]nathan NIXON
Died Nov 26, 1825  Aged 26 Years




s/m
George KYGER    
Born 1767    died Jan 21, 1825

Ruth wife of George KYGER 
Born March 18, 1774    died Feb 11, 1861





Bertie COLE    1870 - 1875
Emma Peters COLE    1879 - 1904




Walter S. SANDS    Born Dec 6, 1839 - Died Aug 25, 1885




Louise DUDLEY PATTERSON    1892 - 1980
Harold Lindsay PATTERSON   1889 - 1938




Helen DUDLEY O'NEIL   1874 - 1950
Lawrence Lee O'NEIL   1877 - 1937




DUDLEY
s/m
This was a very tall, Washington Monument styled monument with a white marble marker on each 
side stating "FATHER" & "MOTHER" and enclosed by wrought iron fencing. 

Deacon Lysander DUDLEY 
Born Aug 28, 1808    Died July 8, 1874
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
The memory of the just is blessed.

Betsey HULL wife of Lysander   1807 - 1903




s/m
Gen. Samuel D. KARNS   1813 - 1868
Wilson C. 1846 - 1874




s/m
VIRTS 
In memory of Mollie W. Daughter of J. & M. M. VIRTS
Born in Loudoun Co. VA  Aug 10, 1864   Died Oct 4 1888

In memory of beloved boy Harry C. son of J. & M. M. VIRTS
Born in Loudoun Co. VA March 3, 1870   Died Aug 26, 1878

Fannie Cecilia    Aug 28, 1860 - May 4, 1907
Joseph    June 19, 1830 - Nov 18, 1900
Mary Margaret    Oct 30, 1830 - Feb 28, 1892




s/m
Stephen WORMAN 
Born Feb 15, 1845 - Died July 11, 1897

Children of S & M WORMAN 
Harry W.    Died Sept 1, 1876 - Aged 1y 3m 25d
Lulie A.    Died Sept 15, 1879 - Aged 1y 6m




s/m
Samuel B. HULL 
Born Aug 2, 1828    Died Oct 18, 1892   Aged 64yrs 2mos 16Ds

Nancy Beloved wife of Samuel B. HULL 
Born Dec 29, 1825    Died Feb 19, 1901   Aged 75yrs 1mo & 20Ds




s/m
John COOK 
Born Sept 13, 1811    Died May 23, 1863    Aged 51years 8 mo. 10Ds



CALDWELL
John T. CALDWELL 
Born May 12, 1813    Died Feb 23, 1888    Aged 74y 9mo 11Ds

Sarah H. COOK CALDWELL 
Born May 23, 1828    Died June 12, 1886    Aged 58yrs 19Ds



SIMPSON
s/m
Major J. L.   11 WVA Inf 
Lucy, Wilhelmine, H.M. 




Samuel WARDER   1827 - 1899
Arabella WARDER   1842 - 1907




Sally SHREWSBURY  wife of B.T. NEAL 
Aug 11, 1841 - Dec 18, 1880

Benjamin T. NEAL    Feb 10, 1838 - Oct 6, 1917




James Melvin SHREWSBURY    1848 - 1882



Lysander DUDLEY    1846 - 1916 
Mary F. DUDLEY    1847 - 1923
Bess H. DUDLEY    1873 - 1925
Mary G. DUDLEY    1884 - 1965
Frances Victoria dau of L.[?].F. DUDLEY 
born Aug 2, 1876    died (ILL) 25, 1886




s/m
LOGAN 
Huge monument with a stone statue on top of it of Henry LOGAN 
Henry LOGAN Born Oct 6, 1812    Died March 28, 1880

Lavina A. wife of Henry LOGAN 
Born May 15, 1814 - Died Jany 9, 1892



s/m
Rev. George DAVIDSON    Born Feb 11, 1825
[?] this life Oct 1, 1883
Elizabeth Ann DAVIDSON    Born Jan 27 1831  Died May 10, 1897




s/m
Oliver M CLEMENS    Apr 17, 1838 - Mar 10, 1902
India E. CLEMENS    July 25, 1848 - Jan 17, 1897
Hill H. CLEMENS    Jan 23, 1874 - July 1, 1893
Carrie L. CLEMENS    Nov 28, 1878 - Aug 6, 1884
Olive Romayne CLEMENS    1887 - 1974
Elizabeth Belle CLEMENS    1870 - 1929




s/m
Wm. A. McCOSH    Born June 8, 1833   Died Feb 18, 1907
Mary PORT wife of Wm A. McCOSH    Died March 26, 1887
Birdie KELLAR wife of W.A. McCOSH    Died Apr 12, 1948




s/m
S.M. BELL    1814 - 1898
M.A. BELL    1819 - 1890
L.B. DELLICKER    1836 - 1907
A.T. DELLICKER    1844 - 1916
J.M. BELL    1846 - 1919   



C. P. COCHRAN    Born Mch 9, 1845   Died May 31, 1899

Fannie D. wife of C.P. COCHRAN entered into rest 
Feby 6, 1889 in her 34th year.




Carrie L. daughter of Saml H. & Mary A. STEBBINS    1869 - 1901
Mary A. STEBBINS    1837 - 1939
Samuel H. STEBBINS    1823 - 1892




Nannie VINTON    1854 - 1945 Teacher 





s/m
Frank HARPER    1885 - 1900
Mable    1901 - 1925



s/m
[Big monument just above sidewalk]
Theodore A. son of W.E. & S.C. STEPHENSON 
Born Dec 15, 1843    Died July 18, 1865

Orlando 1846 - 1926




W. E. STEPHENSON 
[small plaque in front on monument] 
"Governor of West Virginia 1869 - 1871 
Born at Pittsburg PA March 18, 1820    Died Nov 29, 1883 

Flora V. 1852 - 1937

Sarah C. wife of Wm. E. STEPHENSON
Born in Philadelphia PA    May 1, 1824   Died Dec 19, 1895




Jane CLOTHWORTHY    1838 - 1907 




In memory of Isabella FARROW wife of Wilson FRANKLIN
born in Shenandoah Co. VA  Oct 15, 1819   Died Oct 19, 1890




Thomas BLACKFORD    1827 - 1905
Harriett BLACKFORD    1833 - 1907




Virginia NEAL    1855 - 1902
Thomas S.    1864 - 1874
John R.    1854 - 1854




Elizabeth J. HALL  wife of Thos. S. CONLEY    1825 - 1883
Thomas S. CONLEY    1813 - 1895
Kate HALL dau. of T.S. & E.J. CONLEY    died 1878   aged 18yrs 7ms




John L. KINNAIRD    Born Sept 1, 1777   Died May 2, 1850
Mary KINNAIRD    Sept 17, 1785    Mar 16, 1873



Clementine Lee wife of Zelmant J. BUTCHER 
Born April 11, 1834 Died Oct 6, 1885




Rebecca BEESON   Born Apr 30, 1786 Died July 21, 1874 
In the 89th year of her age

Jonas BEESON    Born June 10, 1770    Died Feb 16, 1842
In the 72nd yr of his age




John R. EBERT   Died Feb 6, 1893   aged 55y 8m 5d
Frances B. wife of John R. EBERT    Died Oct 23, 1920   aged 78y 1m 24d




Ephraim N WOODYARD   1856 - 1941 
Cora WOODYARD O'NIELL   1852 - 1938
(I couldn't tell if her surname was Woodyard or O'Neill, if someone knows please let me know :)




Albert Galatin LEONARD Born in Loudoun Co. VA    Oct 14, 1807   Died Dec 29, 1891
Elizabeth Annis  dau of P. & L. SHAW and wife of A.G. LEONARD 
Born Sept 9, 1815    Died March 17, 1887




s/m
[Big shared monument]
Rev. Charles R. BALDWIN of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Born in Stockbridge Mass    Nov 19, 1803   Died Nov 9, 1839
He kept the faith and rec'd the crown of glory

Ann Elizabeth his wife    Born Oct 2, 1819    Died June 25, 1895

Thomas Tavennor son of Rev. C.R. & A.E. BALDWIN    Born May 28, 1838   Died Sept 2, 1842

Charles T. son of Rev. C.R. & A.E. BALDWIN    Born Nov 23, 1837    Died Sept 23, 1842




s/m
Eleanor wife of John A. BUTCHER    Born Dec 26, 1825    Died July 8, 1890

John A. BUTCHER Born Aug 9, 1819    Died Nov 24, 1883 

Beverly SMITH son of John A. & Eleanor BUTCHER    Born June 25, 1858    Died April 13, 1867
[there's another inscription on this mon. but it was totally illegible]




James TAVENNER   1846 - 19--
Ella L. KING    1846 - 1900

 

Go to Index Page

Wood County, Munchmeyer Cemetery ... Partial reading

Ritchie County, Nutter Cemetery ...Partial index w/photos
Ritchie County, Mt. Carmel Cemetery ... Index w/photos 
Ritchie County, Pine Grove Cemetery ... Partial index w/photos  

Wirt County, Knight of Pythias (aka K of P) Cemetery ...Partial index
Wirt County, Pribble Cemetery ...Reading w/photos
Wirt County Marriages 1854-55-56-57