Doors to the Past

A. L. Beckett

A. L. BECKETTE CEMETERY
Cabell County, West Virginia


A. L. Beckette Detail List


Latitude: N 38° 23.000
Longitude: W 082° 10.843
Elevation: 756 feet
Accuracy: 25 feet


From US Route 60 in Ona, Cabell County, West Virginia take Fudge Creek Road for 4.5 miles. Cemetery is on the Right side of the road. It is located about 50 yards up on the hill behind the houses and is over grown with weeds and brush.

The following list was compiled by actual reading of the tombstones. All the information, excluding annotation, is written on the tombstone. Annotations are included following the entry for the majority of the stones. Abbreviations are used for the following: d/o - dau of; s/o - son of; c/o - child of; w/o - wife of; and h/o - husband of.

Submitted by Barry Huffstutler.
Read Mar 2002.
Updated  June 1, 2007


EMILY  SAMUELS
WIFE OF
A.  L.  BECKETTE
DIED
JAN. 2, 1883
AGED
58 Yrs.  4 Ms.

FATHER MOTHER
   
LEATHIA  V. HENRY  L.
BECKETTE BECKETTE
OCT.24, 1851 AUG. 13, 1851
19          JAN. 4, 1929

LETHIA  V  BECKETTE
1851        1936

Note: This is a Metal Marker and Lethia first name is spelled
 without the "A" in it.
Also this marker gives her Death date as "1936".


Note: There are two ( 2 ) graves marked with field stones
and one ( 1 ) grave marked with a
Metal Marker without any dates.

Other Possible Burials:
(Source George Swann)

THIS IS PROBABLY THE GRAVE WITH THE RUSTY METAL MARKER
CARRIE E. BECKETT
OCT. 17, 1877 - APR. 28, 1950
(D/O HENRY LEWIS & LETHIA VIRGINIA [ROFFE] BECKETT)
[W.V. DEATH CERTIFICATE GIVES PLACE OF BURIAL AS BECKETT CEMETERY.]

THIS IS A ROCK MARKED GRAVE
ANDREW LEE BECKETT
JULY 25, 1824 - DEC. 27, 1904
(H/O EMILY SAMUELS [HATFIELD] BECKETT)
[CABELL DEATH RECORDS STATE "DIED AT FUDGE'S CREEK"]

DEATH DATE FOR LETHIA VIRGINIA (ROFFE) BECKETT
NOV. 7, 1936
(D/O JOSEPH WARREN & REBECCA A. [SWANN] ROFFE)

EMILY SAMUELS (HATFIELD) BECKETT
SEP. 2, 1824 - JAN. 3, 1883
(D/O ADAM & MARY [WILLIAMS] HATFIELD)

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