Spencer Cemetery
Spencer Cemetery | |
 Silhouetted on the hilltop | |
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| Location | 668 Burley Hill Rd., Cameron, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°52′01″N 80°32′15″W / 39.86694°N 80.53750°W |
| Area | Less than one acre |
| Built | 1914 |
| NRHP reference No. | 12001051[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 12, 2012 |
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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/10/12 through 12/14/12. National Park Service. December 21, 2012. Archived from the original on July 9, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ Cathy Lucey and Erin Riebe (April 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Spencer Cemetery" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.
