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Wigal Cemetery
Wood County, West Virginia

Lat: 39° 08' 34"N, Lon: 81° 37' 42"W

Contributed by Teresa Fordyce, May 15, 2003, last edited Jul 22, 2007 [s82c43@verizon.net]. Total records = 99.

Take Rt. 68 from Parkersburg, South through Lubeck. Turn left onto Wadesville Road, next to the Ohio Valley Motor Speedway. Follow Wadesville Road for about 4 � miles. The sign for the Cemetery is on the left side of the road. The concrete drive leads up the hill to the Cemetery. (This Cemetery is � mile past the Wadesville Cemetery).

This is a family Cemetery. It is still active. The property is owned and maintained by the Wigal Family.

I walked and transcribed this cemetery on May 11, 2003. This is a complete transcription of all existing headstones.

- Teresa Fordyce

Barnhouse, Carrie Bell (Fleming), b. 1873, d. 1951, 2nd w/o Shepard Barnhouse
Barnhouse, Clara A., b. 1900, d. 1966, d/o Shephard Barnhouse and Carrie Bell Fleming
Barnhouse, Shepard, b. Sep 8, 1842, d. Feb 23, 1911, WV CPL Co. A. 62nd Regt. Ohio Inf. Civil War, s/o Michael and Juliann Barnhouse
Cain, Beulah B., b. Aug 12, 1906, d. Apr 4, 1980
Cain, Cecil L., b. Sep 9, 1909, d. Mar 19, 1999
Cain, Fred L., b. May 19, 1939, d. Dec 5, 1999
Cain, Robert Eugene, b. Jan 8, 1934, d. Nov 30, 1993, SP4 US Army
Cain, Senetta, b. Feb 12, 1852, d. May 25, 1906, w/o A.W. Cain
DeLancey, Heather Dawn, b. Apr 22, 1977, d. Apr 22, 1977
Emerick, Barbara Caroline, b. Oct 15, 1871, d. Sep 18, 1962, w/o Samuel Boreman Emerick, s/o George Ferdinand Wigal Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Lott
Emerick, Elizabeth A., b. Sep 25, 1896, Jul 16, 1897, Samuel Boreman Emerick and Barbara Caroline Wigal
Emerick, George Lee, b. Aug 5, 1900, Nov 18, 1937, s/o Samuel Boreman Emerick and Barbara Caroline Wigal
Emerick, Samuel Boreman, b. Oct 27, 1865, d. Nov 5, 1935, s/o Charles Lewis Emerick and Lenora L. Houser
Emerick, Verdie Caroline, b. Jun 20, 1899, d. Jul 23, 1938, d/o Samuel Boreman Emerick and Barbara Caroline Wigal
Fleming, Emma M., b. Nov 16, 1888, d. Nov 18, 1901, d/o John L. and Rebecca Fleming
Fleming, John J., b. Feb 5, 1828, d. Sep 6, 1912
Fleming, John L., b. 1865, d. 1938
Fleming, Mahala, b. Jan 29, 1823, d. Nov 4, 1891
Fleming, Rebecca, b. 1871, d. 1942, w/o John L. Fleming
Flinn, (Female Child), b. Mar 6, 1901, d. Oct 14, 1909, (stone was broken, top part with the first name was missing)
French, Robert Gene, b. Jan 16, 1933, d. Dec 26, 1997, SGT US Army Korea
Gain, John, d. Jan 31, 1876, aged 1y 3m 25d, s/o A.W. and C. Gain
Kennedy, Etta A., b. Apr 15, 1901, d. Jul 9, 1984, w/o Peter J. Kennedy
Kennedy, Peter J., b. Jan 20, 1902, d. Feb 5, 1993
Lott, David Caleb, b. Apr 9, 1835, d. Nov 5, 1902, s/o George Washington Lott and Mary Margaret Jenkins
Lott, George Ferdinand, b. Sep 27, 1856, d. Jan 11, 1858, s/o David Caleb Lott and Penelope Rebecca Wigal
Lott, Penelope Rebecca, b. Aug 29, 1837, d. Jul 3, 1922, w/o David Caleb Lott, d/o George Ferdinand Wigal Sr. and Sarah E. Gill
Lott, William Sanford, b. Jun 2, 1875, d. Oct 25, 1879, s/o David Caleb Lott and Penelope Rebecca Wigal
Marty, Jacob, no dates, Co. D. 11th W.Va. Inf. Civil War
Palmer, Daniel, b. Dec 5, 1799, d. May 23, 1859
Palmer, Elizabeth, b. Sep 18, 1799, d. Feb 25, 1867, w/o Daniel Palmer
Phillips, Ruth Rowena, b. May 30, 1908, d. 1988, w/o Tony H. Phillips, Samuel Boreman Emerick and Barbara Caroline Wigal
Phillips, Tony H., b. 1902, d.
Poling, Belinda P., d. Apr 7, 1894, w/o T.B. Poling
Poling, Mary C., d. Jan 26, 1894, aged 4m 6d, d/o T.B. and B.P. Poling
Sams, Clarence, b. Apr 12, 1915, d. Dec 16, 1976, PFC US Army WW II
Sams, Freda Ellen, b. 1919, d., w/o Clarence Sams, d/o Samuel Floyd Wigal and Ida Pearl Sellers
Sams, Gary Lynn, b. Mar 24, 1949, d. Jul 13, 1999
Sams, Infant, d. 1928, s/o Ira Hartzell Sams and Mary Alice Wigal
Sams, Ira Hartzell, b. Dec 21, 1904, d. Jun 23, 1993, s/o Thomas Heber Sams and Letha Viola White
Sams, Mary Alice, b. May 6, 1908, Oct 6, 2000, w/o Ira Hartzell Sams, d/o Samuel Floyd Wigal and Ida Pearl Sellers
Sams, Rosalie, d. Apr 1938, d/o Clarence Sams and Freda Ellen Wigal
Smith, Betty Jean, b. Jun 23, 1937, d. Jul 5, 1985, d/o Elzie Raymond Smith and Dorothy Mae Sams
Smith, Clarence, b. Jun 7, 1903, d. Nov 1979, 2nd h/o Dorothy Mae Sams, s/o John Wesley Smith and Elizabeth Ellen Phillips
Smith, Dorothy Mae, b. 1916, d., w/o Elzie Raymond Smith, d/o David W. Sams and Mary Rhu Sellers
Smith, Elizabeth Ellen (Phillips), b. May 17, 1883, d. Mar 15, 1948, w/o John Wesley Smith
Smith, Elzie Raymond, b. Sep 16, 1909, d. Aug 7, 1975, s/o John Wesley Smith and Elizabeth Ellen Phillips
Smith, George W., b. 1857, d. 1949
Smith, John Wesley, b. 1881, d. 1964
Smith, Mary A., b. 1861, d. 1921, w/o George W. Smith
Smith, Neal Lewis, b. May 15, 1939, d. Apr 3, 1984, s/o Elzie Raymond Smith and Dorothy Mae Sams
Smith, Ronald Eugene, d. May 18, 1949, s/o Elzie Raymond Smith and Dorothy Mae Sams
Weaver, James F., b. Nov 20, 1884, d. Dec 6, 1981
Weaver, Minnie Hazel, b. Jun 27, 1904, d. Mar 8, 2003, w/o James F. Weaver, d/o John Wesley Smith and Elizabeth Ellen Phillips
Wigal, Abraham, b. Jan 26, 1822, d. Mar 28, 1865, d/o John Wigal ad Magdaline Brookhart
Wigal, Ava Rilla (Cochran), b. Dec 25, 1870, d. Oct 9, 1899, 1st w/o Leander Ferdinand Wigal
Wigal, Belinda, d. Jun 6, 1869, aged 32 years, 1st w/o James Garfield Wigal, d/o Daniel and Elizabeth Palmer
Wigal, Betty L., b. 1932, d., w/o Walter L. Wigal
Wigal, Carroll Lewis, b. Sep 28, 1947, d., s/o Clyde E. Wigal and Grace Eaton
Wigal, Clyde E., b. May 14, 1918, d. Apr 3, 2000, s/o Leander Thadeus Wigal and Nettie Anderson
Wigal, David Franklin, b. Jul 19, 1861, d. Aug 20, 1891, s/o George Ferdinand Wigal Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Lott
Wigal, Dora E., d. Oct 2, 1894, d/o Frederick Hamilton and Elizabeth Catherine Wigal, (tombstone gives the age at death as 4 weeks and 4 days, but death record gives age at death as 4 months and 4 days)
Wigal, Doris Ann, b. Aug 7, 1948, d., w/o Carroll Lewis Wigal, d/o Jerry M. and Jessie Towner
Wigal, Dwight Edward, b. 1933, d. 1933, (Metal Funeral Home Marker)
Wigal, Elizabeth Ann, b. May 9, 1842, d. Jul 29, 1875, 1st w/o George Ferdinand Wigal Jr., Married Aug 30, 1860, d/o George Washington Lott and Mary Margaret Jenkins
Wigal, Elizabeth Catherine, b. Mar 30, 1875, d. Nov 5, 1894, 1st w/o Frederick Hamilton Wigal, d/o George Ferdinand Wigal Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Lott
Wigal, Elizabeth Jane, b. 1832, d. 1911, 2nd w/o George Ferdinand Wigal Jr., d/o Phillip Wigal Jr. and Nancy Sheets
Wigal, Everett Wade, b. Mar 15, 1912, d. Sep 16, 1990, s/o Jacob Ferdinand Wigal and Lucetta Cochran
Wigal, Ford W., b. Sep 9, 1914, d. Jul 30, 1916, s/o Leander Thadeus Wigal and Nettie Anderson
Wigal, George Ferdinand Jr., b. May 5, 1839, d. Oct 11, 1931, s/o George Ferdinand Wigal Sr. and Sarah E. Gill
Wigal, George Ferdinand Sr., b. Feb 15, 1799, d. Sep 15, 1888, s/o Phillip Sr. and Barbara Wigal
Wigal, George M., Mar 8, 1864, d. Dec 12, 1880, s/o James Garfield Wigal and Belinda Palmer
Wigal, Grace V. (Eaton), b. Feb 4, 1915, d. Aug 5, 1984, w/o Clyde E. Wigal
Wigal, Ida Pearl (Sellers), b. May 7, 1884, d. Feb 19, 1978, w/o Samuel Floyd Wigal
Wigal, Infant, d. May 27, 186?, c/o J.G. and B. Wigal
Wigal, Jacob Ferdinand, b. Aug 16, 1873, May 6, 1930, s/o George Ferdinand Wigal Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Lott
Wigal, James Garfield, b. Oct 30, 1835, d. Aug 23, 1900, s/o George Ferdinand Wigal Sr. and Sarah E. Gill
Wigal, John, b. Apr 17, 1789, d. May 18, 1853, s/o Phillip Sr. and Barbara Wigal
Wigal, L. Eleanor, b. Sep 24, 1925, d. Oct 19, 1975
Wigal, Lawrence Woodrow, b. 1914, d., s/o Samuel Floyd Wigal and Ida Pearl Sellers Wigal, Blanche, b. Dec 1, 1913, d. Aug 29, 2002, w/o Lawrence Woodrow Wigal, d/o John Wesley Smith and Elizabeth Ellen Phillips
Wigal, Leander Barnes, b. Jan 26, 1843, d. Apr 19, 1878, s/o George Ferdinand Wigal Sr. and Sarah E. Gill
Wigal, Leander Thadeus, b. Oct 29, 1877, d. Jul 15, 1954, s/o Leander Barnes Wigal and Mary E. Leep
Wigal, Lucetta (Cochran), b. 1874, d. 1960, w/o Jacob Ferdinand Wigal
Wigal, Lydia Ann, b. Apr 20, 1880, d. Dec 4, 1905, 1st w/o Leander Thadeus Wigal, d/o Shepard Barnhouse and Elvira Jane Kean
Wigal, Magdaline, d. May 13, 1853, aged 65 years, w/o John Wigal, d/o Henry Brookhart
Wigal, Mary Alice, b. Mar 23, 1872, d. Apr 3, 1894, d/o James Garfield Wigal and Miriam Jane Melrose
Wigal, Mary Eunice, b. Mar 8, 1900, d. Aug 20, 1988
Wigal, Mary Irene, b. Oct 4, 1911, d. Jun 19, 1992, w/o Everett Wade Wigal, d/o Samuel Deem and Norra Poole
Wigal, Mary Jane, b. Oct 26, 1866, d. Jun 3, 1892, d/o George Ferdinand Wigal Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Lott
Wigal, Mary, b. Oct 22, 1825, d. Dec 23, 1864, w/o Abraham Wigal, d/o Thomas Franklin Small and Sarah Hall
Wigal, Miriam Jane, b. Jun 3, 1841, d. Oct 13, 1920, 2nd w/o James Garfield Wigal, d/o William Thomas Melrose and Hannah Clifton Reeder
Wigal, Nettie (Anderson), b. 1891, d. 1976, 2nd w/o Leander Thadeus Wigal
Wigal, Rebecca Ann, b. Feb 9, 1865, d. Apr 8, 1903, d/o George Ferdinand Wigal Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Lott
Wigal, Samuel Floyd, b. Aug 14, 1873, d. Jan 26, 1934, d/o James Garfield Wigal and Miriam Jane Melrose
Wigal, Sarah E. (Gill), b. Feb 20, 1803, d. Dec 29, 1871, 2nd w/o George Ferdinand Wigal Sr.
Wigal, Scott Andrew, b. Jun 18, 1976, d. Aug 27, 2002, s/o Carroll Lewis Wigal and Doris Ann Towner
Wigal, Walter C., b. 1909, d. 1922, s/o Jacob Ferdinand Wigal and Lucetta Cochran
Wigal, Walter L., b. 1929, d.
Wigal, William Howard, b. Jul 9, 1916, d. Jul 9, 1916

Misc:
1 broken stone, only the base remains
14 unmarked graves (may be more, but these were obvious)
1 unreadable stone
2 fieldstones with no information
1 unreadable Metal Funeral Home Marker