The Political Graveyard: Braxton County, W.Va.
- ️Lawrence Kestenbaum
Index to Locations
Burnsville Cemetery
Burnsville, Braxton County, West Virginia
Sugar Creek Cemetery
Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia
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Grover C. Belknap (b. 1888) —
also known as G. C. Belknap —
of Gassaway, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Braxton
County, W.Va., March
28, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1925-26,
1933-34; member of West
Virginia state senate, 1935-38, 1943-46 (10th District 1935-38,
12th District 1943-46).
Interment at Sugar Creek Cemetery.
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Little Otter Cemetery
Near Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia
Unknown Location
Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia
Skidmore Cemetery
Franklin Avenue
Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia
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John D. Sutton —
of Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1916;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1923, 1927.
Founder of Sutton, W.Va.
Interment at Skidmore Cemetery.
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Sutton Cemetery
Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave page for this location.
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Fred Lee Fox (1876-1952) —
also known as Fred L. Fox —
of Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Braxton
County, W.Va., October
24, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1913-20; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1924-36; chair of
Braxton County Democratic Party, 1929; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1937-52; died in office
1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
8, 1952 (age 75 years, 289
days).
Interment at Sutton Cemetery.
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William Matthew Kidd (1918-1998) —
also known as William M. Kidd —
of Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Burnsville, Braxton
County, W.Va., June 15,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1951;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1966; chair of
Braxton County Democratic Party, 1968-69; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 14th Judicial Circuit, 1974-79; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia,
1979-90.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary.
Died, of heart and
other problems, at Ruby Memorial Hospital,
Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., December
20, 1998 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Interment at Sutton Cemetery.
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Anderson Claughton Herold (1886-1979) —
also known as Anderson C. Herold —
of Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., June 4,
1886.
Democrat. Farmer; banker;
candidate for West
Virginia state treasurer, 1920; member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1923-34; defeated in
primary, 1934; chair of
Wood County Democratic Party, 1941-42; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1945.
Died in East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., May 28,
1979 (age 92 years, 358
days).
Interment at Sutton Cemetery.
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Paul H. Kidd (1907-1965) —
of Glenville, Gilmer
County, W.Va.
Born in Glenville, Gilmer
County, W.Va., March
12, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1936-40; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1936, 1939-40, 1947-52,
1955-60, 1963-65 (Gilmer County 1936, 1939-40, 1947-52, 1955-60,
1963-64, 7th District 1965); appointed 1936; died in office 1965.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Theta
Chi; Rotary;
Odd
Fellows.
Died October
22, 1965 (age 58 years, 224
days).
Interment at Sutton Cemetery.
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Doyle F. McLaughlin (1920-1969) —
of Gassaway, Braxton
County, W.Va.; Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Little Otter, Braxton
County, W.Va., June 28,
1920.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1947-50,
1953-54; defeated, 1954; chair of
Braxton County Democratic Party, 1954-55, 1961-63.
Protestant.
Member, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
Died June 6,
1969 (age 48 years, 343
days).
Interment at Sutton Cemetery.
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William Edgar Haymond (1855-1931) —
also known as William E. Haymond —
of Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Braxton
County, W.Va., February
17, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1912.
Died in Harrison
County, W.Va., July 10,
1931 (age 76 years, 143
days).
Interment at Sutton Cemetery.
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