The Political Graveyard: Kanawha County, W.Va.

Kanawha County
West Virginia

Kanawha County information:

Population: 200,073 (2000); 207,619 (1990)
Land area 903 square miles.
County seat: Charleston
Kanawha County official web site.
Capital Impact: Kanawha County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
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Kanawha County WVGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
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Kanawha County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

North: Jackson County
Northeast: Roane County; Clay County
Southeast: Fayette County; Raleigh County
Southwest: Boone County; Lincoln County
Northwest: Putnam County

The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Kanawha County
Politicians who were born in Kanawha County
Politicians who lived in Kanawha County
Politicians who died in Kanawha County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Kanawha County

Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error. The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries. If you don't find what you're looking for, check other nearby counties, the unassigned page, or the Gazetteer. Any corrections to county locations would be greatly appreciated. See contact information on the Main Page.

Selected officials of Kanawha County

(not intended to be complete)

John E. Kenna (Prosecuting Attorney, 1872-77) William E. Chilton (Prosecuting Attorney, 1883-84) B. Kemp Littlepage (Prosecuting Attorney, 1916-20) D. Earl Brawley (Sheriff)

Unknown Locations
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Charles Edward Hodges (1892-1968) — also known as Charles E. Hodges — of Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va. Born in Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va., September 27, 1892. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of West Virginia state senate 11th District, 1931-38; President of the West Virginia State Senate, 1935. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., May 1, 1968. Interment somewhere.
R. P. DeVan — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Republican. Mayor of Charleston, W.Va., 1934. Interment somewhere.
C. Lance Marshall (died c.1974) — of Mt. Hope, Fayette County, W.Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1936. Interment somewhere.

Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

John Edward Kenna (1848-1893) — also known as John E. Kenna — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born near St. Albans, Kanawha County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 10, 1848. Son of Edward Kenna and Margery (Lewis) Kenna; married 1870 to Rosa Quigg; married 1876 to Anna Benninghaus; father of Joseph Norris Kenna. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney, 1872-77; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1877-83; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1883-93; died in office 1893. Died in Washington, D.C., January 11, 1893. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Pleasant View Cemetery
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

James Hall Huling (1844-1918) — also known as James H. Huling — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa., March 24, 1844. Republican. Mayor of Charleston, W.Va., 1884-88; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1895-97. Died in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., April 23, 1918. Interment at Pleasant View Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Spring Hill Cemetery
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

George Wesley Atkinson (1845-1925) — also known as George W. Atkinson — of Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born near Charleston, Kanawha County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 29, 1845. Son of James Atkinson and Miriam (Rader) Atkinson; married, December 3, 1868, to Ellen Eagan (died 1893); married, June 24, 1897, to Myra H. Camden; father of Florence Miriam Atkinson (who married Samuel Brashear Avis). Republican. Postmaster; lawyer; West Virginia Republican state chair, 1884-88; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1890-91; Governor of West Virginia, 1897-1901; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1901-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1904; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1905-16. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., April 4, 1925. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
Cornelius Clarkson Watts (1848-1930) — also known as Cornelius C. Watts — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born April 23, 1848. Democrat. West Virginia state attorney general, 1881-85; U.S. Attorney for West Virginia, 1886-89, 1893; member of West Virginia state senate 9th District, 1891-94; candidate for Governor of West Virginia, 1896. Died in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., May 28, 1930. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Adam Brown Littlepage (1859-1921) — also known as Adam B. Littlepage — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born near Charleston, Kanawha County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 14, 1859. Democrat. Member of West Virginia state senate 8th District, 1907-10; U.S. Representative from West Virginia, 1911-13, 1915-19 (3rd District 1911-13, 1915-17, 6th District 1917-19); defeated, 1912. Died in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., June 29, 1921. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John Henry Hatcher (1875-1950) — also known as John H. Hatcher — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Bland, Bland County, Va., June 29, 1875. Son of Wilson Cary Hatcher and Anne (Bulman) Hatcher; married, April 12, 1900, to Leona Lyle Bowman. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Beckley, W.Va., 1903; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 10th Judicial Circuit, 1921-24; judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1924-40; defeated, 1940. Methodist. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners. Died June 20, 1950. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Joseph Holt Gaines (1864-1951) — also known as Joseph H. Gaines — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Washington, D.C., September 3, 1864. Son of Theophilus Gaines and Ariadne (Stockton) Gaines; married, November 23, 1898, to Marjorie Lewis Gentry. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for West Virginia, 1897-1901; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1901-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1920, 1924, 1932. Died in Montgomery, Fayette County, W.Va., April 12, 1951. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Charles Philip Snyder (1847-1915) — also known as Charles P. Snyder — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Charleston, Kanawha County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 9, 1847. Democrat. U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1883-89. Died in Vineland, Cumberland County, N.J., August 21, 1915. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Samuel Augustine Miller (1819-1890) — also known as Samuel A. Miller — Born in Shenandoah County, Va., October 16, 1819. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1875. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., November 19, 1890. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
William Sidney Laidley (1839-1917) — also known as William S. Laidley — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Cabell County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 27, 1839. Son of John Osborn Laidley; brother of Amacetta Laidley (who married George William Summers); uncle of John B. Laidley. Lawyer; historian; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1872-73. Died in 1917. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
- See also Laidley family of West Virginia

Sunset Memorial Park
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Edward Theodore England (1869-1934) — also known as E. T. England — of Logan, Logan County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Gay, Jackson County, W.Va., September 28, 1869. Republican. Member of West Virginia state senate 8th District, 1909-16; President of the West Virginia State Senate, 1915; West Virginia state attorney general, 1917-25; candidate in primary for Governor of West Virginia, 1924; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1927-29; defeated, 1928. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 9, 1934. Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
- See also: congressional biography.
Houston Goff Young — also known as Houston G. Young — of Harrison County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Republican. Secretary of state of West Virginia, 1917-25; candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1942. Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.

Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
Cross Lanes, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Jesse S. Barker (1905-1977) — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Ashford, Boone County, W.Va., November 22, 1905. Son of William Cumberland Barker and Bernie Myrtle (Atkins) Barker; married, March 14, 1937, to Eleanor E. Baber. Democrat. Garage owner; gasoline retailer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1959-66, 1970; defeated, 1966, 1968; appointed 1970. Methodist. Member, United Commercial Travelers. Died December 10, 1977. Interment at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens.

Cunningham Memorial Park
St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

John Mark Slack, Jr. (1915-1980) — also known as John M. Slack, Jr. — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., March 18, 1915. Son of John Mark Slack and Jennie (Gilchrist) Slack; married to Frances Jean Reid. Democrat. U.S. Representative from West Virginia, 1959-80 (6th District 1959-63, 3rd District 1963-80); died in office 1980; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1960. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks; Sons of the American Revolution; Exchange Club. Died in Alexandria, Va., March 17, 1980. Interment at Cunningham Memorial Park.
- See also: congressional biography.
Leonard I. Underwood (c.1917-1999) — of St. Albans, Kanawha County, W.Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972; member of West Virginia state house of delegates, 1979-87; defeated, 1986. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died April 9, 1999. Interment at Cunningham Memorial Park.

Teay's Hill Cemetery
St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) — also known as William E. Chilton — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Colesmouth, Va. (now St. Albans, Kanawha County, W.Va.), March 17, 1858. Son of William Edwin Chilton and Mary Elizabeth (Wilson) Chilton; married, December 19, 1892, to Mary Louise Tarr; father of Joseph Eustace Chilton II (c.1895-1937; suicide) and William E. Chilton, Jr.; grandfather of W. E. Chilton III. Democrat. Lawyer; Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney, 1883-84; candidate for West Virginia state senate, 1886; West Virginia Democratic state chair, 1892-96; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1893-97; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1911-17; defeated, 1916, 1924, 1934. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Woodmen; Knights of Pythias; Moose. Died in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., November 7, 1939. Interment at Teay's Hill Cemetery.
- See also Chilton family of West Virginia
- See also: congressional biography.

Sunset Memorial Park
South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

William Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979) — also known as Chapman Revercomb — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Covington, Va., July 20, 1895. Son of George Anderson Revercomb; married to Sara Venable Hughes; father of George Hughes Revercomb. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1920; member of West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee, 1933-34; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1943-49, 1956-59; defeated, 1948, 1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1944, 1968, 1972; candidate for Governor of West Virginia, 1960. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Rho; Elks; Moose; Omicron Delta Kappa; Rotary. Died in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., October 6, 1979. Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
- See also Revercomb family of West Virginia
- See also: congressional biography.
Leonard Sidney Echols (1871-1946) — also known as Leonard S. Echols — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Madison, Boone County, W.Va., October 30, 1871. Son of George A. Echols and Cartha Grace (Atkins) Echols; married, March 27, 1913, to Anne Campbell De Pue. Republican. Lawyer; Mason County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-09; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1919-23; defeated, 1922, 1924; postmaster. Member, Freemasons. Died in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., May 9, 1946. Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
- See also: congressional biography.
Joseph Harvey Farris (1922-1997) — also known as Joe H. Farris — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., April 14, 1922. Married to Mary Lou Corey (sister-in-law of Mario J. Palumbo; aunt of Corey Palumbo). Radio and television personality; sports announcer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1991-97; died in office 1997. Episcopalian. Lebanese ancestry. Member, Lions. Found dead in a hotel room probably from cardiac arrythmia, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 10, 1997. Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
- See also Palumbo-Corey family of West Virginia
John Thomas Copenhaver (1898-1959) — also known as John T. Copenhaver — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Kanawha County, W.Va., January 2, 1898. Father of John T. Copenhaver, Jr.. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1948; mayor of Charleston, W.Va., 1951-59; died in office 1959. Died in Kanawha County, W.Va., August 13, 1959. Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.

Spring Hill Cemetery
Spring Hill, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Samuel Brashear Avis (1872-1924) — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Harrisonburg, Va., February 19, 1872. Son of Braxton D. Avis and Harriet Elizabeth (Wilson) Avis; married, December 6, 1899, to Florence Miriam Atkinson (daughter of George Wesley Atkinson). Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1913-15; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1916. Episcopalian. Killed by lightning in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., June 8, 1924. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

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Selected officials of Kanawha County

Politicians who were born in Kanawha County

Politicians who lived in Kanawha County

Politicians who died in Kanawha County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Kanawha County