Mount Union Cemetery
Also known as Bowcott Cemetery
Mason County, West Virginia, USA
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In 1878 a goup of men gathered in the old log school house near where Mt. Union Church stands today for a conference about building a church. The men agreed to donate logs and take them to the sawmill belonging to Wess Tucker of Pliny to be sawed.
The families who donated the logs included the Skinners, Legues, Wears, Buckles, Dunns, Martins, Tuckers, McCombs, Carters, Irvins, Moodyspaugh, Roseberrys, Deweeses, Whitts, Roods, and Harbour families.
The church was then erected in 1877. All labor and materials were donated, the trim and window sills were all hand planed. The church was dedicated in October of 1878 and the first trustee was Dan Skinner. In 1880 his son, Henry, became the adult class teacher and remained for twenty-four years.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bowcott donated the land for the church. The first person saved and united with the church was Jenny Whitt at the age of 17 in the year 1879. The first pastor was John Williams in 1880. The cemetery lands were donated by the Simeon Legue, Bowcott, and J. C. Livezey families."
History of Mason County West Virginia 1987
In 1878 a goup of men gathered in the old log school house near where Mt. Union Church stands today for a conference about building a church. The men agreed to donate logs and take them to the sawmill belonging to Wess Tucker of Pliny to be sawed.
The families who donated the logs included the Skinners, Legues, Wears, Buckles, Dunns, Martins, Tuckers, McCombs, Carters, Irvins, Moodyspaugh, Roseberrys, Deweeses, Whitts, Roods, and Harbour families.
The church was then erected in 1877. All labor and materials were donated, the trim and window sills were all hand planed. The church was dedicated in October of 1878 and the first trustee was Dan Skinner. In 1880 his son, Henry, became the adult class teacher and remained for twenty-four years.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bowcott donated the land for the church. The first person saved and united with the church was Jenny Whitt at the age of 17 in the year 1879. The first pastor was John Williams in 1880. The cemetery lands were donated by the Simeon Legue, Bowcott, and J. C. Livezey families."
History of Mason County West Virginia 1987
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