Spencer Cemetery Explained

Spencer Cemetery
Location:668 Burley Hill Rd., Cameron, West Virginia
Coordinates:39.8669°N -80.5375°W
Added:December 12, 2012
Area:Less than one acre
Refnum:12001051[1]

Spencer Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Cameron, Marshall County, West Virginia. The cemetery includes just one grave monument and two related headstones for John W. "Jack" Spencer (1841–1914) and his third wife, Eva "Effie" (Winters) Spencer (1866–1919). The eight foot-tall carved limestone marker is in the shape of two tree trunks with entwined branches. It includes an engraved badge of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2012-12-21. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/10/12 through 12/14/12. National Park Service. February 19, 2014. July 9, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160709190834/https://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20121221.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Spencer Cemetery. April 2012. Cathy Lucey and Erin Riebe . State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.

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