Barrett/Mathews Cemetery
Located in south Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va.
Mathews Cemetery, also known as Barrett Cemetery, is located at the corner of Parmaco and Locust streets, south Parkersburg, W.Va. The property was originally part of the Caleb Barrett farm. It is currently unfenced.
Below is a list of 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 2011. 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
- Addadaker, Charles A. - 1
- Baker, James M. - b:March 31, 1876, d:Jan. 19, 1936, son of John Baker, husband of Anna E. Baker headstone 1 4
- Baker, Sarah M. - d:Feb. 16, 1873, 31y 1m 23d, wife of James Baker headstone 1
- Bargeloh, Anna H. - b:1848, d:1892, wife of Frederick H. Bargeloh headstone 4
- Bargeloh, Frederick H. - b:1838, d:1907, husband of Anna H. headstone
- Bargeloh, Helena C. - b:1880, d:1898, dau. of Frederick and Anna Bargeloh headstone
- Barrett, Aletha - b:1877, d:1898, dau. of Caleb and Sarah (Stone) Barrett 1
- Barrett, Allodah A. - b:1875, d:1890, dau. of Caleb and Sarah (Stone) Barrett family headstone
- Barrett, Caleb - b:ca. 1797, d:April 25, 1870, 72y, husband of Jemima Goucher 1
- Barrett, Caleb G. - b:1845, d:1874, husband of Sarah V. Stone 1
- Barrett, Charles A. - b:1871, d:1890, son of Caleb and Sarah (Stone) Barrett family headstone
- Barrett, Chenelia - b:1869, d:1889, dau. of Caleb and Sarah (Stone) Barrett family headstone
- Barrett, Gertrude - b:1867, d:1897, dau. of Caleb and Sarah (Stone) Barrett, wife of John Howard Nelson 1
- Barrett, Jemima - d:Aug. 1, 1870, 61y, dau. of ___ Goucher, wife of Caleb Barrett headstone 1
- Barrett, Mary Jane - b:1863, d:1888, dau. of Caleb and Sarah (Stone) Barrett family headstone
- Barrett, Nettie - b:1879, d:1889, dau. of Caleb and Sarah (Stone) Barrett family headstone
- Barrett, Sarah V. (Stone) - b:1843, d:1893, wife of Caleb G. Barrett 1
- Chapman, Henry - 1
- Chapman, John Truman - b:Sept. 23, 1827, d:April 23, 1892, son of Mathias and Mary Chapman, husband of Mary Ann Barrett headstone 1
- Chapman, Mary Ann - b:Dec. 1, 1829, d:April 25, 1895, dau. of Caleb and Jemima (Goucher) Barrett, wife of John Truman Chapman headstone 1
- Chapman, Mary J. - 2y 6d headstone 1
- Clovis, Levi B. - d:March 16, 1910, 75y, husband of Matilda Jane Weekley [Civil War soldier - Company "F", Fourteenth WV Infantry] veteran's headstone 1
- Clovis, Matilda Jane (Weekley) - b:April 15, 1838, d:Jan. 19, 1895, wife of Levi B. Clovis headstone 1
- Harper, J. J. - b:Aug. 5, 181_, d:Oct. 31, 1891, husband of Lucinda Harper headstone 1
- Harper, Lucinda - b:Aug.? 18, 1811, wife of J. J. Harper headstone 1
- Harris, Mary "Maggie" Rebecca - b:May 10, 1861, d:Aug. 19, 1946, 85y 3m 9d, dau. of Robert and Rachel (Williams) VanWey, wife of William Arthur Harris relocated to Mt. Olivet Cemetery July 21, 1978
- Harris, Minnie - b:Feb. 1884, d:April 21, 1901, 16y 4m, dau. of William and Mary (VanWey) Harris relocated to Mt. Olivet Cemetery July 21, 1978
- Harris, William Arthur - b:April 25, 1856, d:May 18, 1942, 86y 23d, son of John and Alferria (Barrett) Harris, husband of Mary "Maggie" Rebecca VanWey Harris relocated to Mt. Olivet Cemetery July 21, 1978
- Hopkins, Daisy - b:Dec. 23, 1877, d:Aug. 27, 1933, dau. of Samuel and Rachel (Sprouse) Mathews, wife of Newton Hopkins headstone 4 [obit PN Aug. 29, 1933]
- Hopkins, Harry Newton - b:Oct. 3, 1910, d:Feb. 10, 1922, 11y 4m 7d, son of Newton and Daisy (Mathews) Hopkins headstone
- Hopkins, Leon E. - b:May 31, 1898, d:July 22, 1971, son of Newton and Daisy (Mathews) Hopkins headstone
- Hopkins, Newton - b:Feb. 1, 1875, d:June 19, 1951, son of Brainard and Ella May (Cook) Hopkins, husband of Daisy Mathews headstone 4 [obit PN June 20, 1951]
- Howard, Christena (Nicely) - d:Jan. 31, 1884, 62y, wife of George C. Howard headstone
- Howard, George C. - d:Feb. 20, 1885, 67y, husband of Christena Nicely headstone
- Mathews, Gilbert - d:July 4, 1886, 37y 2m 9d, son of Isaac and Martha (Fleming) Mathews headstone
- Mathews, Isaac - d:April 27, 1899, 94y 25d, husband of Martha Fleming headstone
- Mathews, Martha (Fleming) - d:April 20, 1888, 76y 2m 29d, wife of Isaac Mathews headstone
- Mathews, Samuel - b:1835, d:1910, son of Isaac and Martha (Fleming) Mathews, husband of Sarah Barrett 1
- Mathews, Sarah - b:1827, d:1898, dau. of Caleb and Jemima (Goucher) Barrett, wife of Samuel Mathews 1
- Petty, Anna Henrietta - b:Oct. 16, 1878, d:Feb. 13, 1901, wife of Enoch McClellan Petty headstone
- Rapp, Mary - b:1848, d:1883, wife of Paul Rapp headstone
- Rapp, Paulina - b:1873, d:Nov. 9, 1895, dau. of Mary and Paul Rapp headstone [obit DSJ Nov. 11, 1895]
- Shears Infant (male) - d:Oct. 17, 1892, 2m, child of Benjamin F. and Hattie (Mathews) Shears headstone 4
- Shears, Bessie - born and died 1894, dau. of Benjamin F. and Hattie (Mathews) Shears headstone
- Shears, Francis - b:1898, d:1899, child of Benjamin F. and Hattie (Mathews) Shears headstone
- Tefft, Gorden R. - b:1898, d:Oct. 4, 1924, 26y, son of Henry and Elizabeth Tefft (grandson of Morris and Martha Tefft) headstone 1 4
- Tefft, Marth M. (McCann) - b:1846, d:1892, wife of Morris Tefft headstone 1
- Tefft, Morris - b:1846, d:1912, husband of Martha M. McCann headstone 1
- Wilson, Millard E. - b:July 10, 1900, d:Sept. 20, 1901, son of J. P. and E. R. Wilson headstone
Sources
1. Some Early City, Village, and County Burying Grounds, by John A. House, "Barrett Graveyard"
2. Wood County, West Virginia, Court House Death Records
3. Obituary from local newspaper (most obtained through use of Russell Roy's Wood County, West Virginia Obits index)
4. 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