Spencer Cemetery


Spencer Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Silhouetted on the hilltop
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Location	668 Burley Hill Rd., Cameron, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°52′01″N 80°32′15″W / 39.86694°N 80.53750°W / 39.86694; -80.53750Coordinates: 39°52′01″N 80°32′15″W / 39.86694°N 80.53750°W / 39.86694; -80.53750
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1914 (1914)
NRHP Reference #	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. Spencer and his third wife, Effie (Winters) Spencer. 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

1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/10/12 through 12/14/12. National Park Service. 2012-12-21.
↑ 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.

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