"SHINBRIER" ALMOST HEAVEN by "dizzy" harris.
MORAN - FULLER CEMETERIES - SHINBRIER, WV
MORAN & FULLER CEMETERIES
These cemeteries are the Moran and the Afro-American Fuller. They are on Shinbrier Mountain and are adjacent to the Gullion Cemetery. I will note the Afro-American graves. It is badly overgrown and will probably be lost in the not to distant future. I want to thank JUANITA WHITE and her brother, TOM THOMPSON, for their hard work in cataloguing this cemetery with me. Many mean brier bushes did little to deter their enthusiasm. They came in search of the grave site of SAMUEL E. TACKETT and struck gold amid those brier bushes |
SAMUEL E. TACKETT
1878 - 1934
Large well-preserved wooden headboard on a stake. Juanita Thompson White has the dates as:
February 22, 1862
February 26, 1934
SAM'S MARKER PHOTO BY JUANITA THOMPSON WHITE & TOM THOMPSON
EDWARD M. MORAN
May 12, 1912
November 2, 1932
Note photo on headstone.
EDWARD M. MORAN PHOTO ON HEADSTONE
KILLED IN COAL MINE ACCIDENT
OTHER GRAVE SITES
~ MORAN SECTION ~
CLARENCE ANDERSON
October 27, 1903
May 3, 1958
EDWARD GARRETT HOLLAND
February 13, 1908
November 18, 1959
FLETCHER HOLLAND
July 27, 1901
February 1, 1907
JOHN C. MORAN
April 24, 1853
November 27, 1936
Husband of Elizabeth Bell Moran
ELIZABETH BELL MORAN ***
April 10, 1849
June 30, 1937
Wife of John C. Moran
SAMUEL L. MORAN
August 5, 1892
July 4, 1957
GEORGE MORAN
February 11, 1882
May 19, 1960
FANNIE MORAN ROSE
March 23, 1884
December 20, 1937
ERACTUS BLANKINSHIP
March 21, 1905
June 16, 1921
AND SAME MARKER
EARNEST BLANKINSHIP
April 3, 1863
June 16, 1921
CLARENCE E. BLANKINSHIP
May 20, 1907
August 28, 1907
Son of E & L BLANKINSHIP
LAWRENCE E. BLANKINSHIP
May 20, 1907
February 13, 1908
Son of E. & L. Blankinship
~ FULLER SECTION - AFRO- AMERICAN ~
VIRGINIA ELIZABETH FULLER
Afro-American
August 1, 1881
July 14, 1964
LEE R. FULLER
Afro-American
1872 ~ 1956
DOROTHY FULLER
Afro-American
May 22, 1916
October 22, 1937
NANNIE FULLER
Afro-American
May 13, 1910
April 30, 1939
GERTRUDE FULLER ROBINSON
Afro-American
August 15, 1907
July 7, 1938
ALPHONSO ROBINSON
Afro-American
October 14, 1937
May 7, 1938
VANSIA F. PATE
Afro-American
Born 1906
Died January 2, 1944
LEROY PATE
Afro-American
Born 1931
Died April 13, 1942
AMANDA WALLER
Afro-American
Born 1853
Died may 29, 1947
Sunken grave with no headstone, footstone reads EPB
*** Elizabeth Bell Moran is the daughter of David and Charlotte Shrader Bell. David being the son of Isaac and Nancy Shrader Bell.
There are a number of unmarked graves. We could have easily missed some markers in the underbrush, especially if they were laying flat on the ground.
E. L. Harris
1718 Hamilton St
Warren, OH 44485