K of P Cemetery, Salem WV (Davis burials)

K of P Cemetery, Salem WV:

Davis, Silas L., 1882-1966
Davis, Lillie M., 6/20/1880-2/9/1976
Davis, Loraine Blanche, 1923-1953

Whitlatch, Day, Harrow Cemetery, Wood Co., WV

WHITLATCH, DAY HARROW CEMETERY ON KUHN PROPERTY CANTWELL RIDGE ROAD, WOOD COUNTY, WV (OFF OF PROGRESS RIDGE ROAD FROM RT 50 EAST)

(Visited by Wes Cochran, Peggy Rost Akers, John Myron Rost and Lou Ruf, August 10, 2006. Information from grave stones copied by Lou Ruf.)

Barnett WHITLATCH, born Aug 9, 1854, died Nov 24, 1882
Annie L., dau of B & S WHITLATCH, died Dec 28, 1880, aged 3 mo 16 da

Margaret M., dau of A J & N A WHITLATCH, died June 20, 1865, aged 1 yr 4 mo

Nancy A., wife of A J WHITLATCH, died Jan 3, 1868, aged 29 yr 2 mo 19 da (she was a daughter of Samuel and Nancy ALTON; husband was Andrew Jackson WHITLATCH, who remarried and later moved to Illinois and Nebraska)

Susanna, wife of Sanford DAY, died Dec 4, 1860, aged 21 yr 11 da

William H., son of J & L HARROW, born Feb 15, 1858, died Aug 18 1865

Jacob, son of J L & M J HARROW, born Nov 25, 1852, died Aug 12, 1865

Sarah C., dau of J L & M J HARROW, born Oct 2, 1862, died Aug 27, 1865

Henry & Irene Ruf and Model T Ford

Henry "Hank" and Irene Ruf with their Model T Ford "Lizzie", June 1925, on their first trip to Newark OH in the car.

Peter Stuart McCualsky

Peter Stuart McCualsky (1857-1937) born Campbeltown, Scotland, a son of Edward and Agnes Hall McCualsky. Emigrated to the USA arriving in New York City on April 12, 1880 on the ship Circassia at the age of 23. Married Sarah Ann Oliver.

Photo by P. E. Abbott, Opera Block, Huntington WV

Mary Cool Oliver

Thought to be Mary Cool Oliver (1849-1922) of Belpre OH in younger years. Photographer: Wilson, Parkersburg WV. From the collection of the late Sarah (Oliver) and Peter McCualsky of Belpre OH.

Mary Cool Oliver (1849-1922)

Mary Cool Oliver was born April 17, 1849 at Pittsburgh PA (most likely in the Mt. Washington area), a daughter of Frederick and Eliza Owens Cool. She married David Oliver in 1866 at Pittsburgh and then moved to Belpre OH shortly afterward and remained there the rest of her life. She died there on June 24, 1922 and was buried in the IOOF Cemetery (now Parkersburg Memorial Gardens) in Parkersburg WV.

Her obituary: (The Parkersburg Sentinel, Parkersburg WV, June 24, 1922, p 5)

"Friends in Belpre and also in Parkersburg will be deeply grieved to learn of the death of Mrs. Mary Oliver, wife of David Oliver, which occurred this morning at 10:00 at the family residence on Florence St., after an illness of about five weeks, caused by complications affecting the heart.

The deceased who was 74 years old had resided in Belpre for 56 years coming to that village shortly after her marriage to Mr. Oliver, who survives her, her maiden name being Mary Coole. She was one of the best known and respected women in Belpre, her life lived quietly in the family circle being one of great charity and unselfishness and she was a devoted wife and mother and an excellent neighbor. Early in life she affiliated with the Presbyterian church in Pittsburgh and her succeeding years carried out nobly the teachings of religion in the influence for good which she exerted on all about her.

Mrs. Oliver was the mother of nine daughters, six of whom are living and were with her when death came. These are Mrs. P. S. McCulsky (sic) of Belpre; Mrs. William McCory (sic), Akron, O.; Mrs. William Heasley, Sabina, O.; Mrs. P. G. Smith, Harrisville, W. Va.; Mrs. P. H. Glancy and Mrs. Floyd Anderson of this city. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Oliver's funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 10:00 o'clock from the family residence in Belpre where services will be conducted by Mrs. Gill I. Wilson of the Congregational church. Burial in Odd Fellows cemetery, Parkersburg."

Eliza Owens Cool (1825-1887)

Eliza Owens Cool was born in the county of Derry, Ireland, May 29, 1825. At the age of 15 she came to the United States, stopping at Pittsburg, Pa, and remaining some five years, when she married Frederic Cool at the age of 20 years. They subsequently moved to Ohio, finally locating near Waverly, Pike County, where they have resided until the present.

Eleven children were born to bless their union, eight of whom are still living, five sons and three daughters: John, Newark,O.; Mrs. Madison Dawson, Camba, O.; Mrs. David Oliver, Belpre, O.; Mrs. M. L. Nye, Grahamsville, O.; David, Frederic and Eliza died in infancy; William, Samuel and Robert, Waverly; and Matthew, the youngest, York, Nebraska.

The deceased united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, in 1846. She continued unshaken in her faith until her death which took place March 18, 1887, at the age of 61 years, 9 months and 19 days........

(from the Pike County Republican, Waverly OH, March 26, 1887)