Tavenner Cemetery

Located in south Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va.

Situated along the 2200 block of Camden Avenue, Tavenner Cemetery is the oldest surviving cemetery on the south side of Parkersburg, West Virginia. It is close to the site of Neal's Station, a pioneer fort and the first permanent settlement in the area. The cemetery's establishment date of 1821 is based upon the death and burial of the fort's builder Captain James Neal. (He was disinterred from Tavenner in 1916 and relocated to Mt. Olivet Cemetery.) Neal's son-in-law, Col. Hugh Phelps (large landholder of the area, including the cemetery's property at that time), and his wife Hannah Neal Phelps, were buried there in 1823 and 1824, respectively. Even though the graveyard was used by many families of the early Tygart district, it earned its name "Tavenner" from the internment of the Colonel Thomas Tavenner family (Thomas, his wife Elizabeth Beauchamp Tavenner, his son Thomas Jefferson Tavenner, and several other members of Thomas Jefferson's family).



In 1948, a group of descendants formed the Tavenner Cemetery Association. All of the association members have since passed away. Plans are currently underway for the association to be revived.



The Tavenner family plot, near the center, was for a time partitioned off from the rest of the cemetery by a fence. The partition was installed, perhaps, when the perimeter of the cemetery was fenced by the Tavenner Cemetery Association in 1952. In 2006, the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society, seeing the need to replace old dilapidated 1950s fence, raised $7,000.00 for a replacement, which was installed in the fall of 2007. The WCHS is currently raising money for a perpetual cemetery maintenance fund for Tavenner, Dils, and Holliday cemeteries.



Below is a list of known burials, compiled from headstone readings, newspaper obituaries, etc. Each entry contains the following information (if available): decedent's name, date of birth, date of death, parents' names, spouse's name, military service, headstone notation, source notation, and obituary information. The "headstone" or "footstone" notation indicates the presence of a gravestone for that individual as of 2010. The source notations (the numbers following each entry) correspond to the sources used. A complete list of the sources appears at the end of this list.

All remaining gravestones have been photographed and can be viewed here. Names that are underlined are linked to a photo. To see the photo, just click on the name.

Known Burials

• Adams, Louise - b:Dec. 15, 1912, d:Feb. 20, 1920, 7y 2m 3d, dau. of Waitman T. and Anna (Barker) Adams ⁵
• Amick, Frank - d:Nov. 21, 1918, 50y ⁵
• Anderson Infant (female) - b:Sept. 17, 1914, d:Sept. 17, 1914, dau. of A. J. and ___ (Edwards) Anderson ⁵
• Anderson Infant (female) - b:March 12, 1919, d:March 12, 1919, dau. of Frank Anderson ⁵
• Armstrong, Margaret - d:April 17, 1866, 76y, wife of George Armstrong ^{headstone 1 2}
• Atkinson Infant (male) - b:May 15, 1918, d:May 15, 1918, son of James S. and Bessie (Wilson) Atkinson ⁵
• Atkinson, Harold - b:Feb. 9, 1916, d:Aug. 9, 1916, 6m, son of Samuel T. and Bessie Bell (Burg) Atkinson ⁵
• Barrett, Annie - d:May 1, 1898, 19y ⁴
• Baxter, Thornton - [Civil War soldier - Company "D", Eleventh W.Va. Infantry] ²
• Bear, Pearl - b:May 18, 1914, d:March 18, 1915, 10m, dau. of Richard and Jennie (Ball) Bear ⁵
• Betz Infant (male) - d:Dec. 28, 1891, 6d ⁴
• Biles, Fleming - b:ca. 1830, d:Dec. 8, 1910, son of Alexander P. and Ann (Chester) Biles, husband of 1) Barbara Hendricks, 2) Rachel Riggs, and 3) Eliza Ann Sprouse [Civil War soldier - Company "L", Fourth W.Va. Cavalry] ^{veteran's headstone 2}
• Biles, Lillie Dale - b:April 1891, d:Dec. 10, 1902, 10y, 6m, dau. of Fleming P. and Eliza Ann (Sprouse) Biles ^headstone
• Bonnett Infant - b:Jan. 12, 1918, d:Jan. 12, 1918, child of George William and Rena Catharine (Morehead) Bonnett ⁵
• Bower, David - b:March 25, 1822, d:Jan. 26, 1904 ^{headstone 2 [shares marker with Janette Bower]}
• Bower, Janette - b:Oct. 15, 1826, d:Jan. 27, 1915 ^{headstone 2 [shares marker with David Bower]}
• Brown, Carrie Rebecca - b:1882, d:1913, dau. of William F. and Louisa (Howard) Stewart, wife of Lewis Scott Brown ^{headstone 2}
• Buckheimer, Mary J. - d:Feb. 27, 1888, dau. of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Barrett, wife of Henry Buckheimer ⁶
• Burgy, Virginia Pearl - b:March 22, 1914, d:April 11, 1914, 20d, dau. of James and Jennie (Webb) Burgy ⁵
• Calhoun, Lollie - d:July 15, 1917, 10m, child of George W. and Anna (McGill) Calhoun ⁵
• Canter, Raymond - d:April 21, 1916, 11m, son of Susie Canter ⁵
• Carpenter Infant (female) - b:Sept. 19, 1916, d:Sept. 24, 1916, 5d, dau. of F. and Anna (Miner) Carpenter ⁵
• Charlton, Arthur Luther - b:Aug. 2, 1919, d:April 20, 1920, 8m 18d, son of A. R. and Mary (Goodwin) Charlton ⁵
• Davis, Katherine Louise - b:Feb. 18, 1917, d:Feb. 19, 1917, 1d, dau. of Floyd Franklin and Mary L. (Williams) Davis ⁵
• Dellinger, Charles R. - b:1913, d:1921 ^{headstone 2}
• Divine, Mrs. - d:Feb. 2, 1893, 60y ⁴
• Dobbins Child - d:Oct. 14, 1888, child of Michael Dobbins ⁶
• Dobbins, J. W. - [Civil War soldier - Company "F", Thirteenth ? Cavalry] ^{veteran's headstone 2}
• Douglas Family - ²
• Farnsworth Infant - b:June 22, 1919, d:June 25, 1919, 3d, child of N. A. and Catherine (Webb) Farnsworth ⁵
• Finn, Orval - b:June 2, 1917, d:Aug. 11, 1917, 2m 9d, son of Anna Finn ⁵
• Flinn Infant - b:Jan. 1, 1915, d:Jan. 1, 1915, child of M. G. Flinn ⁵
• Fortner, George - d:July 29, 1919, 73y ⁵
• Fortner, Matilda - d:1854, dau. of D. and V. Fortner ^{1 2}
• Fry, Ray - b:July 21, 1914, d:Sept. 28, 1914, 2m 7d, son of John and Emma (Elliott) Fry ⁵
• Fuget, Ann - b:Nov. 5, 1782, d:Aug. 17, 1856, wife of Jarred Fuget ^{headstone 1 2}
• Fuget, Elizabeth - b:Dec. 15, 1811, d:June 22, 1822, dau. of Jarred and Ann Fuget ^{headstone 1 2}
• Fuget, Jarred - d:July 26, 1849, 64y, husband of Ann ^{headstone 1}
• Fuget, William Lancelot - b:Dec. 9, 1813, d:Dec. 13, 1831, son of Jarred and Ann Fuget ^headstone
• Gibson, Newton - b:July 11, 1885, d:March 20, 1887, son of Mr. and Mrs William Gibson ⁶
• Goodna, James - d:July 26, 1894, 37y ⁴
• Grimm, Mrs. Jessie - d:April 4, 1887 ⁶
• Hall, Benjamin - d:March 17, 1919, 3d, son of B. H. Fletcher and Verna Hall ⁵
• Haught Infant (male) - d:May 16, 1889, 2d ⁴
• Haynes, Mildred B. - [African-American] b:1902, d:1903 ^{headstone 2 (Shares marker with Benjamin and Delphia Smith)}
• Hedrick Infant (female) - b:May 30, 1917, d:May 30, 1917, dau. of William Canter and Marie Hedrick ⁵
• Hendricks, Ralph Bennet - d:July 7, 1915, 5m 18d, son of James and Phoena (Manley) Hendricks ⁵
• Huber, Capt. George - [Civil War soldier - Company "G", 200 Pennsylvania Infantry and (Lieut.) Company "G", Twelfth Pennsylvania Reserves] ^{two veteran's headstone 2}
• Hupp - ²
• Isner, Richard Stewart - b:Feb. 1, 1919, d:July 31, 1919, son of Richard and Ada Isner ⁵
• Janes (or James) Infant - b:Feb. 13, 1917, d:Feb. 13, 1917, child of A. H. Janes (or James) ⁵
• Jones, David S. - d:Oct. 30, 1894, 65y ⁴
• Jones, G. S. - d:March 4, 1900, 69y 11m ^{headstone 2}
• Jones, O. K. - [U. S. Navy] ^{veteran's headstone 2}
• Kaech, John - d:Feb. 15, 1890, 50y ⁶
• King, E. H. - [Civil War soldier - Company "L", 32nd Ind. Infantry] ^{veteran's headstone 2}
• Leisure, Edward Casto - b:Nov. 10, 1915 (according to death certificate), 1916 (according to headstone), d:March 19, 1919, 3y 4m 9d, son of Harry M. and ___ (Williams) Leisure ^{headstone 2 5}
• Leisure, Laura - ²
• Mason Infant - b:Sept. 29, 1916, d:Oct. 2, 1916, 4d, child of Howard Wadkins and Elsie Mason ⁵
• Mathews, Okey - d:Aug. 15, 1893, 5y ⁴
• Mathews, Sarah - d:April 29, 1898, 62y ⁴
• Maxwell, Hannah - b:Feb. 17, 1827, d:April 12, 1873, 46y, 1m 25d ^{headstone 1 2}
• McDougle, Benjamin F. - d:Aug. 12, 1869, 32y 9m 14d ^{headstone 1 2}
• McDougle, Ida L. - d:May 8, 1871, 20y 2m 22d ^{headstone 1 2}
• McDougle, Mary F. - d:Oct. 6, 1873, 26y 5m 26d ^{headstone 1 2}
• McDougle, Samuel - d:April 27, 1853, 54y 10m, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth McDougle ^{headstone 1 2}
• McFarland, Mathew - b:June 15, 1848, d:May 16, 1915, 67y ⁵
• McGill, James - b:1832, d:May 6, 1914, 82y ⁵
• McGuire Infant (male) - b:Feb. 22, 1914, d:Feb. 22, 1914, son of Ethel McGuire ⁵
• Merinar Infant - b:July 28, 1915, d:July 28, 1915, child of George and Alma (Fitch) Merinar ⁵
• Miller, Verna "Vernie" Marie - b:Nov. 23, 1906, d:April 18, 1919, 12y 4m 26d, dau. of James H. and Mary (Leisure) Miller ^{headstone 2 5}
• Moats, Bob - ²
• Moats, Dick - ²
• Moats, Gus - ²
• Moats, Taylor - ²
• Morehead, Louise - Headstone unearthed Saturday, August 15, 2009, by Robert "Bob" Enoch ^{partial headstone 2}
• Morehead, Maggie - d:July 27, 1916, 2m, dau. of Clark and Annie (Canter) Morehead ⁵
• Mullines, Lula Rebecah (Runnion) - b:1890, d:1965, wife of Noah C. Mullines ^{headstone [shares headstone with Noah C.]}
• Mullines, Mack - b:1926 (according to headstone), Feb. 5, 1927 (according to death certificate), d:July 6, 1955, son of Noah and Lula (Runnion) Mullines ^{headstone 2 7}
• Mullines, Noah C. - b:1888, d:1960, husband of Lula Rebecah Runnion ^{headstone [shares headstone with Lula R.]}
• Neal / O'Neall, Captain James - b:ca. 1736, d:Feb. 7, 1821, 85y, son of Hugh and Anne (Cox) O'Neall, husband of 1) Hannah Hardin and 2) Mary Phelps. His original grave marker, a ledger (a flat stone laid over the grave), was unearthed in Tavenner Cemetery on Saturday, August 15, 2009, by Robert "Bob" Enoch. The inscription reads: "Sacred to the memory of CAP^T JAMES NEAL Soldier of the Revolution who died 7 Feb. 1821 age 85 years". Capt. Neal's remains (along with the remains of his son John and daughter-in-law Ephlis Hook from Holliday Cemetery) were relocated to Mt. Olivet Cemetery November 1, 1916, by his great grandson Dr. Daniel R. Neal, Jr. A new large family stone was erected in Mt. Olivet at that time.¹
• Nicely, Benjamin - b:Oct. 1, 1858, d:May 1, 1861, 2y 7m, son of William and Lydia (Winning) Nicely ^{partial headstone 2}
• Nicely, Hannah - b:1792, d:July 23, 1854, wife of John Nicely ^{headstone 1 2}
• Nicely, John N. - b:Jan. 6, 1861, d:March 25, 1861, son of William and Lydia (Winning) Nicely ^{partial headstone 2}
• Nicely, Mary - d:1835, daughter of John and Hannah Nicely ^{headstone 1}
• Paugh, Henry - ²
• Phelps, Colonel Hugh - b:Feb. 14, 1766, d:Sept. 6, 1823, son of John and Mary (Converse) Phelps, husband of Hannah Neal
• Phelps, Hannah - b:Nov. 15, 1768, d:Sept. 15, 1824, dau. of Captain James and Hannah (Hardin) Neal, wife of Colonel Hugh Phelps
• Phillips Infant (female) - d:Dec. 7,1884, d:Dec. 25, 1884, dau. of J. F. and E. A. Phillips ^{headstone 2}
• Phillips, Horatio N. - b:June 25, 1819, d:Nov. 4, 1865, 46y, son of Daniel and Huldah Phillips, husband of Julia A. ^{headstone 1 2 [Horatio and Julia his wife are engraved on the front of the headstone, and Horatio's mother Huldah is engraved on the side]}
• Phillips, Huldah - d:Jan. 1865, mother of Horatio Phillips ^{headstone 1 2}
• Phillips, Julia A. - b:Jan. 16, 1814, d:Sept. 13, 1901, wife of Horatio N. Phillips ^{headstone 1 2}
• Proviance, Patience A. - b:Oct. 22, 1871, d:Nov. 7, 1907, wife of Uriah J. Proviance ^{headstone 2 [shares marker with Uriah Proviance]}
• Proviance, Uriah J. - b:June 16, 1868, d:April 14, 1911, husband of Patience A. Proviance ^{headstone 2 [shares marker with Patience Proviance]}
• Province, Rachel Jane - b:April 9, 1867, d:March 6, 1925, dau. of Simeon and Anna Province ^{headstone 2}
• Province, Simeon - b:Jan. 16, 1845, d:Jan. 31, 1931, 85y 15d ^{headstone 2 [shares marker with Uanna Province]}
• Province, Uanna - b:1844, d:1914 ^{headstone 2 [shares marker with Simeon Province]}
• Reynolds, Harrison - b:1891, d:1902 ^{headstone 2 [shares marker with Lillie Reynolds]}
• Reynolds, Lillie - b:1900, d:1902 ^{headstone 2 [shares marker with Harrison Reynolds]}
• Rife, George S. - d:June 26, 1917, 48y, son of Stephenson and Sophia (McCarty) Rife, husband of Mary E. Rife ⁵
• Riffel, William Arthur - b:July 22, 1913, d:Nov. 16, 1913, 3m 25d, son of C. A. and ___ (Eddy) Riffel ⁵
• Riffle, David - b:Sept. 2, 1838, d:May 28, 1917, 78y 8m 26d, son of Henry and Mary (Wilson) Riffle [Civil War soldier - Company "K", Ninth W.Va. Infantry] ^{veteran's headstone 2 5}
• Riffle, Mollie Bell - b:April 19, 1893, d:Nov. 10, 1918, 25y 6m 22d, dau. of David and Rose (Wains) Eddy ⁵
• Rose, Columbia - b:July 4, 1873, d:Nov. 3, 1913, dau. of Henry and Sarah (Barnett) Woods ⁵
• Rosser, Calvin P. - [Civil War soldier - Company "D", Fourteenth W.Va. Infantry] ^{two veteran's headstones 2}
• Ruble Infant (female) - b:Nov. 10, 1913, d:Nov. 29, 1913, dau. of H.M. and Clara (Roach) Ruble ⁵
• Ruble, Ebert - d:March 28, 1915, 2m 5d ⁵
• Shears, Bailey - d:Sept. 4, 1899, 1m ⁴
• Shields, Hattie Jane - b:June 17, 1908, d:Jan. 13, 1919, 11y 6m 27d, dau. of William and Lillie (Lyons) Shields ⁵
• Sink, James H. - b:Oct. 14, 1862, d:Nov. 29, 1915, 53y 1m 12d, son of George and Barbara (Baker) Sink ⁵
• Sink, Martha Jane - b:Aug. 30, 1864, d:April 22, 1917, 52y 7m 22d, dau. of James and Julia (Greathouse) Duskey ⁵
• Smith, Benjamin - [African-American] b:1842, d:1905 ^{headstone 1 2}
• Smith, Delphia - [African-American] b:1847, d:1905 ^{headstone 2}
• Smith, Herbert I. - [African-American] b:Sept. 10, 1881, d:Jan. 23, 1898 ^{headstone 2}
• Smith, Jerrold - d:Aug. 30, 1890, 1y 2m ⁴
• Smith, Ralph - [African-American] b:Sept. 21, 1868, d:July 31, 1870, son of B. and D. Smith ^{headstone 2}
• Snyder, Alma - b:Aug. 1, 1915, d:May 17, 1916, 9m ^{headstone 2}
• Snyder, Job - [Civil War soldier - Company "K", Eleventh W.Va. Infantry] ^{veteran's headstone 2}
• Snyder, Sheridan E. - b:July 16, 1890, d:Sept. 19, 1901, son of Job and C. Snyder ^{headstone 2}
• Spencer, Carl - b:Sept. 21, 1917, d:Nov. 21, 1918, 1y 2m, son of John and Ivy Spencer ⁵
• Spencer, Gertrude - b:March 13, 1896, d:Feb. 14, 1914, dau. of Jesse J. and Lillie (Pearson) Strait, wife of John Spencer ⁵
• Stalnaker, Hattie - b:March 27, 1870, d:March 8, 1877, adopted dau. of Salathiel S. and Martha Jane (Maxwell) Stalnaker ^{headstone 2}
• Stalnaker, Martha Jane - b:Jan. 24, 1848, d:July 15, 1924, 76y 6m 21d, wife of Salathiel S. Stalnaker ^{headstone 1 2}
• Stalnaker, Salathiel S. - b:Nov. 16, 1844, d:April 22, 1936, 91y 5m 6d, husband of Martha Jane Maxwell [Civil War soldier - Company "C", Eleventh W.Va. Infantry] ^{veteran's headstone 2}
• Stanley Infant - b:May 23, 1918, d:May 23, 1918, child of Nathaniel and Nettie (Carmichael) Stanley ⁵
• Stephens, Thomas Monroe - b:July 12, 1913, d:April 6, 1914, 8m 24d, son of David and Pearl (Boggs) Stephens ⁵
• Stephenson, Edna May - d:June 25, 1889, 4m 26d ⁴
• Stewart, Estella - b:1875, d:1879, dau. of William F. and Louisa (Howard) Stewart ^{headstone 2}
• Stewart, Everett - b:1891, d:1904, son of William F. and Louisa (Howard) Stewart ^{headstone 2}
• Stewart, Franklin - b:1877, d:1879, son of William F. and Louisa (Howard) Stewart ^{headstone 2}
• Stewart, Louise - b:Feb. 18, 1855, d:April 1, 1936, dau. of George C. and Christina (Nicely) Howard, wife of William F. Stewart ^{headstone 2}
• Stewart, William F. - b:1844, d:1897, husband of Louisa Howard ^{headstone 2}
• Still, James L. - [Civil War soldier - Company "H", 39th Ohio Infantry] ^{veteran's headstone 2}
• Stoneking, John - [Civil War soldier - Company "H", Third W.Va. Cavalry] ^{two veteran's headstones 2}
• Sweesey, John - [Civil War soldier - Company "K", Fifth Virginia Infantry] ^{veteran's headstone 2}
• Swisher Infant - b:May 14, 1919, d:May 14, 1919, child of Ralph and Ella (Dunn) Swisher ⁵
• Tavenner Infant (female) - b:April 1865, d:April 1865, 4d, child of Benjamin Franklin and Eunice Tavenner ^headstone
• Tavenner, Adah - b:1870, d:1871, dau. of Thomas J. and Ann R. (Butcher) Tavenner ²
• Tavenner, Alexander - b:May, 1768, d:Feb. 10, 1848 ^{headstone 1 2}
• Tavenner, Ann Rebecca - b:June 8, 1835, d:Oct. 9, 1928, dau. of Benjamin and Lydia (Allen) Butcher, second wife of Thomas J. Tavenner ^{large obelisk family stone 2}
• Tavenner, Benjamin Franklin - d:May 3, 1865, 55y, son of Col. Thomas and Elizabeth (Beauchamp) Tavenner, husband of 1) Catherine Taylor, and 2) Mrs. Eunice Steel ^{1 4}
• Tavenner, Charles Baldwin - b:March 7, 1860, d:April 9, 1883, son of Benjamin Franklin and Eunice Tavenner ^{large family stone 1 2}
• Tavenner, Colonel Thomas - b:April 18, 1776, d:May 23, 1857, 81y, husband of Elizabeth Beauchamp ^{headstone 1 2}
• Tavenner, Elizabeth - b:March 15, 1781, d:Sept. 30, 1844, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Manlove) Beauchamp, wife of Col. Thomas Tavenner ^{headstone 1 2}
• Tavenner, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Beauchamp - b:1863, d:Dec. 26, 1939, dau. of Thomas J. and Ann R. (Butcher) Tavenner ^{headstone 2 4}
• Tavenner, Elizabeth Frances - b:1876, d:Jan. 8, 1957, dau. of Charles Hanks, wife of Ray Tavenner ^{headstone 2}
• Tavenner, Eunice Christina Margaret - d:April 15, 1865, 40y 6m 28d, dau. of James Carter, wife of 1) Mr. Steel, and 2) Benjamin Franklin Tavenner ^{headstone 1 2}
• Tavenner, Frances "Fannie" Elizabeth - b:Jan. 28, 1849, d:Jan. 25, 1887, dau. of Benjamin Franklin and Catherine (Taylor) Tavenner ^{large family stone 1 2}
• Tavenner, Guy Allen - b:June 17, 1868; d:Aug. 28, 1891, son of Thomas J. and Ann R. (Butcher) Tavenner ^{large obelisk family stone 2}
• Tavenner, Hattie W. - b:Jan. 30, 1859 (according to death record)1860 (according to headstone), d:Dec. 4, 1940, dau. of Thomas J. and Ann R. (Butcher) Tavenner ^{headstone 2 4}
• Tavenner, Jennie A. - ²
• Tavenner, Lydia L. - (Lydia A. on headstone) b:1861, d:Oct. 7, 1939, dau. of Thomas J. and Ann R. (Butcher) Tavenner ^{headstone 2 4}
• Tavenner, Ray - b:June 23, 1870, d:June 30, 1950, 80y, son of Thomas J. and Ann R. (Butcher) Tavenner, husband of Elizabeth Frances Hanks ^{headstone 2 7}
• Tavenner, Samuel Jaques - b:June 28, 1872, d:Feb. 7, 1899, son of Thomas J. and Ann R. (Butcher) Tavenner ^{large obelisk family stone 1 2}
• Tavenner, Thomas Jefferson - b:Oct. 17, 1821, d:Jan. 18, 1875, son of Col. Thomas and Elizabeth (Beauchamp) Tavenner, husband of 1) Nancy Spencer, and 2) Ann Rebecca Butcher ^{large obelisk family stone 1 2}
• Tavenner, Thomas Olin - b:April 17, 1856, d:July 7, 1888, son of Benjamin Franklin and Eunice Tavenner ^{large family stone 2}
• Tavenner, William Cabell - b:Nov. 30, 1863, d:Aug. 15, 1877, son of Benjamin Franklin and Eunice Tavenner ^{headstone 2}
• Teft, Lillian - ²
• Timms, Laura - d:April 30, 1854, 1m 11d, dau. of James and Sarah (Simpson) Timms ^{headstone 1 2}
• Tracy, Nettie T. - d:Dec. 25, 1900, 22y ⁴
• Trader, John T. - d:April 6, 1901, 3m 13d ⁴
• Turner, Marlin G. - b:1907, d:1911, son of Henry J. and Jessie B. Turner ^{headstone 2}
• Uncle Lewis - [African-American] Tavenner family slave ²
• Watkins, Sarah - wife of Thomas S. ²
• Watkins, Sarah E. - d:Feb. 28, 1901, 55y 9m 25d ⁴
• Watson, Mary Emly - b:Aug. 8, 1844, d:illegible, dau. of John and Mary Burford, wife of George M. Watson ^headstone
• Weaver, Catharine - d:May 21, 1898, 87y ⁴
• Winans - ²
• Wires, Enoch Monroe - b:1852, d:Jan. 19, 1906, husband of Laurinda Frasure ^{headstone 1 2}
• Wolfe, Ella - d:July 8, 18__, 8y 5m 14d, dau. of J. and C. ^{headstone 2}
• Woodring, Lenna - b:Nov. 10, 1919, d:Dec. 21, 1919, 1m 11d, dau. of Becky Woodring ^{headstone 5}
• Woodyard, Lyman J. - b:Jan. 25, 1848, d:March 8, 1913, husband of Nancy Elizabeth Bower ²
• Woodyard, Nancy Elizabeth - b:Aug. 20, 1850, d:Aug. 9, 1906, dau. of David and Janette (Chase) Bower, wife of Lyman J. Woodyard ²
• Woodyard, Sarah Gertrude - b:March 10, 1892, d:Dec. 27, 1910, dau. of Lyman and Nancy (Bower) Woodyard ²
• Work, Lillian M. - b:March 8, 1895, d:Sept. 3, 1917, wife of S. F. Work ^{headstone 2}
• Wright, Scemilda - b:Dec. 20, 1840, d:April 6, 1916, 75y 3m 27d, dau. of Kinzzie and ___ (Buskirk) Atkinson, wife of Rolly (Roy) Wright ⁵
• ___, Andrew - ___, Andrew, son of J___h and Mary C_____ or G_____, d:April __, 1820 ^headstone

Sources

1. Some Early City, Village, and County Burying Grounds, by John A. House, "Tavenner Graveyard"
2. Wood County Cemetery Inscriptions, "Tavenner Cemetery," recorded by Mrs. Shirley H. Bee, Chairman, Old Bible and Cemetery Records Committee (Parkersburg, W.Va.: West Augusta Genealogical Society, 1964)
4. Wood County, West Virginia, Court House Death Records
5. Wood County Board of Health Death Certificates, 1913-1921
6. Obituary from local newspaper [Most obtained through use of Russell Roy’s Wood County, West Virginia Obits index]
7. West Virginia Vital Research Records (online through W.Va. Division of Culture & History)

Newspapers

DSJ = Daily State Journal
PMN = Parkersburg Morning News
PS = Parkersburg Sentinel
PSWS = Parkersburg Semi-Weekly Sentinel
PWS = Parkersburg Weekly Sentinel
WSJ = Weekly State Journal
WVWT = West Virginia Weekly Times