Last week excerpts from a news item by Betty Stout, writer for The Parkersburg Sentinel, began the first week of Remember a Rural Cemetery Month; her article co
mscarborough@newsandsentinel.com Dottie Bibbee, vice president of the Wood County Historical Society, points out fire damage that occurred to the home during the Civil War Era that can still be seen all these years later. (Photo by Madeline Scarborough) The Wood County Historical and Preservation Society and the Wood County Public Library teamed up on Saturday to reconnect Parkersburg to its roots with a fun filled day of activities at the Phelps-Tavenner House Saturday. (Photo by Madeline Scarborough) Saturday was the last day of the Spring History Scavenger Hunt at the historic Phelps-Tavenner House. Visitors participated in a scavenger hunt and enjoyed a Garden Heritage Day celebration. (Photo by Madeline Scarborough)
jmancini@newsandsentinel.com From left, Thomas Butcher and his mother and father, Janet and Tom Butcher of Michigan, pose at the gravestone of Payton Butcher at the Kincheloe-VanDiver-Butcher Cemetery within the Poor Farm Cemetery but pre-dating the Poor Farm Cemetery at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. The Butchers, researching their family ancestry, were in Wood County last month. (Photo Provided) The gravestone of John Barnett at the Barnett Cemetery near the 4-H grounds in Wood County. Barnett, an early settler of Wood County, died in 1852. May is Remember a Rural Cemetery Month in Wood County. (Photo Provided) Mary Mount Barnett, the second wife of John Barnett, died in 1861 and is buried at the Barnett Cemetery near the 4-H grounds. Hers and her husband’s stones are down and broken. (Photo Provided)