Photos by Gerald Bills, 6/2000.
Submitted by Gerald E. Bills; transcribed by Judy Burns.
DIRECTIONS:
From State Route 2 in St. Marys - State Route 16, 4.2 miles to County Route 24; right for 3.4 miles to County Route 20 at Calcutta; east 0.2 miles; left on gravel road; cemetery on top of hill 0.1 miles on right.BILLS, Aaron Silonus - 2-11-1867 - 1-29-1956 - h/o Fannie Cecilia Hall - s/o Joseph & Emaline (Reynolds) Bills
BILLS, Alice G. - 1877 - 7-14-1880 - d/o E. A. & A. - "aged 2 yr. 2 mo."
BILLS, Angela Lynn - 1978-1978 - d/o Harold E. & Vivian (Sparks) Bills
BILLS, Nicholas Todd "Nick" - 3-7-1983 - 7-30-2009 - s/o Harold E. & Vivian L. Sparks Bills
BILLS, Bonnie Edna (Ruckman) - 6-28-1917 - 8-10-1984 - w/o Howard Franklin Bills "Bart" - d/o Charles N. & Sue (Cain) Ruckman
BILLS, Bryan Doak - 7-23-1925 - 10-26-2005 - s/o Robert Lee & Golda (Doak) Bills - h/o Jackquline (Mathess) Bills
BILLS, Bryan Lee - 7-17-1948 - 10-7-1987 - h/o (1) Jean Marie Falbo (2) Rebecca Ann Digman - s/o Bryan Doak & Jackquline (Mathess) Bills
BILLS, Renita "Neetie" - 2/17/1959 - 12/28/2007 - d/o Bryan Doak & Jackquline (Mathess) Bills
BILLS, Charles Chester - 7-8-1911 - 10-29-1988 - h/o Mary Virginia Dye - s/o Aaron S. & Fannie C. (Hall) Bills
BILLS, Chester Gene - 11-17-1942 - 11-17-1942 s/o Charles Chester & Mary Virginia (Dye) Bills
BILLS, Daniel M. - 9-25-1893 - 8-3-1915 - Never married - s/o Aaron S. & Fannie C. (Hall) Bills
BILLS, Eliza Ellen - 9-2-1855 - 11-9-1862 Never married - d/o Joseph & Emaline (Reynolds) Bills
BILLS, Emaline - 3-4-1825 - 10-16-1908 w/o Joseph Bills - d/o Daniel & Sarah C. (Larue) Reynolds
BILLS, Fannie Cecilia (Hall) - 4-26-1874 - 12-26-1936 - w/o Aaron Silonus Bills - d/o Ernest M. & Margaret (Braun) Hall
BILLS, Golda May (Doak) - 8-21-1896 - 1-10-1985 - w/o Robert Lee Bills - d/o Harvey L. & Amanda May (Miller) Doak
BILLS, Grace G. - ____- 7-14-1880 - "aged 2 yr 2 mo 17 da" - d/o Elijah A. & Alice (Doyle) Bills
BILLS, Howard Franklin - ____-____ - h/o Bonnie Edna Ruckman - s/o Aaron S. & Fannie C. (Hall) Bills
BILLS, Howard Wayne 1955 - 1955 - s/o Howard F. & Bonnie E. (Ruckman) Bills
BILLS, Infant Son - 1-1876 - 1-1876 "aged 2 da." - s/o Elijah A. & Alice (Doyle) Bills
BILLS, Infant - ____-_____ s/o E. A. & A.
BILLS, Joseph - 4-8-1813 - 9-30-1887 - h/o Emaline Reynolds - s/o William E. & Martha (Alley) Bills
BILLS, Joseph M. - 1853 - 4-20-1857 - Never married - s/o Joseph & Emaline (Reynolds) Bills
BILLS, Leon Nyal - 4-18-1937 - 9-17-1946 - Never married - s/o Robert Lee & Golda May (Doak) Bills
BILLS, Linden A. - 9-27-1921 - 1-7-2007 - s/o Robert Lee & Golda May (Doak) Bills
BILLS, Mary Virginia Dye - 10-20-1914 - 11-4-2007 - w/o Charley - d/o Leonard and Mary Yergin Dye
BILLS, Max Gale - 5-25-1956 - 7-13-1987 - s/o Linden Aaron & Dorothy (Shingleton) Bills
BILLS, Michael Shane - 8-18-1972 - 3-7-2006 - s/o Mike and Joyce (Ginter) Bills
BILLS, Robert Lee - 5-25-1898 - 10-28-1974 - h/o Golda May Doak - s/o Aaron S. & Fannie C. (Hall) Bills
BILLS, Shelby Jean - 2-5-1940 - 2-24-1940 - Never married - d/o Charles Chester & Mary Virginia (Dye) Bills
BILLS, Katharina "Katie" (Gessler) Illar - 6-18-1934 - 5-8-2009 - d/o Anton & Maria (Zinn) Gessler - w/o (1) William L. Illar (2) Gerald Bills
BROWN, Elijah - ____-____ - Co. E, 14 WV Inf.
COON "Kohen", B. "Bub" - ____ - 4-1939? - h/o Julie E. Taylor
COON "Kohen", Julia (Taylor) - 1877 - 1-16-1955
DALRYMPLE, Jack - 10-13-1931 - 3-10-2007 - h/o Myrtle - s/o George & Edith Dalrymple
DALRYMPLE, Myrtle M. - 1-31-1944 - 11-9-2007 - w/o (Carl) Jack
FORSHEY, Mary - ______-11-24-1892 - Never married
GINTER, Roderick Myles “Rick” - 1-17-1959 - 11-28-2008 - s/o James A. & Julie
HASHMAN, Jeanelle Crystal - ____-____ - d/o Jimmy & ? Hashman, Jr.
HASHMAN, Jimmy Jack - 8-26-1940 - 4-4-1997 - h/o Mary Ann Everson - (b Nov. 2, 1940)- s/o James "Jim" & Grace (Taylor) Hashman, Sr.
HASHMAN, Julie Ann - 1972 - 4-3-1972 - d/o Jimmy & ? Hashman, Jr.
HASHMAN, Mary Ann (Everson) - 11-2-1940 - 11-9-2003 - w/o Jimmy - d/o Hershel & Bessie Everson
HAUGHT, Jesse - ____-____
HENDRICKSON, Catherine (Biser) - ____-8-30-1856 - No stone - w/o Spencer "Heartbreak" Hendrickson
HENDRICKSON, Claude Joe - 7-31-1938 - 4-27-1978 - s/o Jacob Spencer & Josephine (Yergin) Hendrickson
HENDRICKSON, Denzil - 7-24-1898 - 1-3-1920 - First Husband of Amy E. (Bills) Butcher
HENDRICKSON, Jacob Spencer - 1874 - 1942 - Second wife was Josephine Yergin
HENDRICKSON, Robert - 10-8-1836 - 7-19-1894
HENDRICKSON, Spencer - ____- 8-30-1856 - No stone - h/o Catherine Biser - "Came from England about 1800"
HENDRICKSON, William T. - 11-27-1868 - 4-21-1892
HIGHLEY, Pleasy - 12-24-1853 - 3-13-1923 - w/o Robert H. Highley
HIGHLEY, Robert H. - 5-15-1853 - 10-5-1928 - h/o Pleasy Haught
Infant - 8-189_ - ____ - d/o Alice ____
INGRAM, Infant - 1903-1903 - d/o William F. & Dora (Reynolds) Ingram
INGRAM, Robert Lee Sr. - 4-27-1863 - 4-15-1927 - h/o Rebecca C. Reynolds
INGRAM, William Francis - 1855 - 1924 - h/o Dora Reynolds
JUSTICE, Alcinda (Knight) - 1827 - 8-13-1903 - "Mother" - Wife of John Justus
KING, Addie R. - 1869 - 1949 - w/o John S. King
KING, George L. - 1909 - 1919
KING, John S. - 1875 - 1924 - h/o Addie R.
KING, Mary E. - 4-3-1869 - 7-1-1908 - w/o G. E. King
KNIGHT, Mary F. (Rea) - 6-18-1921 - 3-30-1987 - w/o Bruce W. Knight
LAWSON, Okey - ____-____ - Never married
LIGHTNER, Albert - 6-1856 - 5-1915
LIGHTNER, Okey - ____ - 10-1895 - "age 11 yrs."
LOGAN, William - 9-20-1882 - 10-22-1908
MARTIN, Calvin B. - ____-____ - Co. E, 5 WV Cav.
MCFARLAND, Icie Margaret - 6-8-1909 - 7-15-1909 - Never married - d/o Robert W. & Luwilda A. (Dufford) McFarland
MCFARLAND, Luwilda A. (Dufford) - 8-6-1874 - 11-10-1913 - w/o Robert W. McFarland
MCFARLAND, Robert W. - 9-29-1875 - 2-17-1965 - h/o Luwilda A. Dufford
REYNOLDS, James E. - 2-5-1821 - 7-23-1899 - h/o Mahala Bills - s/o Samuel & Lucinda (Gardner) Reynolds
SCHREBE, Alisha Rose - 9-14-1980 - 7-31-1982
SCHREBE, Bern - ____- 1986
SCHREBE, Helen Michelle "Mitzy" - 1973 - 1974
SCHREBE, Johnna - 1986 - 1986
SEVERN, John W. - 1848-1919 - h/o Malissa Cronin
SEVERN, Malissa - 1848 - 1930 - w/o John W. Severn
SHEETS, Eli S. - 1-13-1847 - 9-5-1914
SHINGLETON, George W. - 10-25-1837 - 10-17-1899 - h/o Martha A. Pratt - s/o Alexander & Eliza (Shingleton) Shingleton
SHINGLETON, Martha A. (Pratt) - 8-6-1835 - 8-4-1897 - w/o George W. Shingleton - d/o Thomas Pratt
SMITH, Emma - 1-15-1871 - 5-15-1893 - w/o Charles Smith
TAYLOR, Arthur E. "Art" - 6-27-1940 - 8-24-1987 - h/o Carol Hashman - s/o Lee Henry & Mary (Steele) Taylor
TAYLOR, Brian Howard - 8-17-1959 - 4-27-1978 - Never married - s/o Franklin H. & Shirley Ann (Frantz) Taylor
TAYLOR, Christopher - 1982 - 1982
TAYLOR, Denzil Elsworth - 1914 - 1939 - Never married - s/o Walter E. & Sarah I. (Highley) Taylor
TAYLOR, Donald Dean - 10-31-1942 - 11-22-1996 - Never married - s/o Lee Henry & Mary (Steele) Taylor
TAYLOR, Edith A. - "sister" - 8-26-1909 - 11-5-1995 - Never married - d/o Walter E. & Sarah I. (Highley) Taylor
TAYLOR, Franklin Howard - 4-16-1934 - 1-28-1968 - h/o Shirley Ann Frantz - s/o Lee Henry & Mary (Steele) Taylor - Sgt. U.S. Army
TAYLOR, Jessie Luray - 1-16-1912 - 12-17-1992 - Never married - d/o Walter E. & Sarah (Highley) Taylor
TAYLOR, Lee Henry - 1905 - 2-11-1977 - h/o Mary Steele - s/o Walter E. & Sarah I. (Highley) Taylor
TAYLOR, Mary (Steele) - 1909 - 2-3-1991 - w/o Lee Henry Taylor - d/o John W. & Lillie (Smith) Steele, Sr.
TAYLOR, Mary Ellen - ____-12-18-1968
TAYLOR, Nevella Faye "Tookie" - 4-3-1930 - 3-29-1993 - Never married - d/o Lee Henry & Mary (Steele) Taylor
TAYLOR, Saphronia E. (Justus) - 1858 - 1940 - w/o Samuel Taylor - d/o John & Alcinda (Knight) Justus
TAYLOR, Sarah Isabelle (Highley) - 9-24-1883 - 7-5-1972 - w/o Walter Elsworth Taylor - d/o Robert H. & Pleasy (Haught) Highley
TAYLOR, Shirley Ann (Frantz) - 1935 - 5-4-2005 - w/o Franklin
TAYLOR, Walter Elsworth - 1-27-1880 - 12-21-1972 - h/o Sarah Isabelle Highley - s/o Samuel & Saphronia (Justus) Taylor
TITTLE, William - ____ - 11-17-1900 - "Aged 24 years" - Never married
URBANEK, Daniel F. - 8-21-1951 - 11-9-2004 - h/o Anita
VIRGIN, Joseph - ____-____ - Never married - s/o Lewis Henry & Emma Dora (Bills) Virgin
WHITE, Infant Dau - _____-_____ - Dau. of Ralph M. & Dorothy (Ingram) White
WILSON, Angela Marie - 10-8-1980 - 10-15-1980NOTE: Catherine and Spencer Hendrickson are listed in the "Pleasants County, WV Genealogy Page" as being buried in the Bills Cemetery, at Calcutta, but I really do not believe this to be the fact. I have always heard the rumor that they were either buried in the Bills Cemetery or the Rinehart/Cecil Cemetery and I really believe that if they are in this area at all they are in the Rinehart/Cecil Cemetery which is located much closer to the old Hendrickson home on Schultz Fork Creek run. Also, it has been rumored, that Roberta (Rinehart) Hendrickson wife of Robert Hendrickson was buried in the Bills or Rinehart/Cecil Cemeteries, although there is no stone for her in either cemetery, she could very well be in the Bills Cemetery because she would have died sometime after 1874 when her son Jacob Spencer was born.
As near as I can determine, the first three graves in the Bills Cemetery are those of, first, Joseph M. Bills, Aug. 30, 1853/Apr. 20, 1857, son of Joseph and Emaline (Reynolds) Bills, second, Eliza Ellen Bills, Sep. 2, 1855/Nov. 9, 1862, daughter of Joseph and Emaline Bills, third, Joseph Bills, Apr. 8, 1813/Sep. 30, 1887, husband of Emaline (Reynolds) Bills.
Therefore, assuming that the death dates of the elder Hendricksons are correct as given - August 30, 1856. It does not seem logical to me that anyone would have been buried there before the son of Joseph and Emaline Bills considering that the cemetery is located on the farm of Joseph Bills.
Also, part of the rumor was that this particular pair of Hendricksons did not come to this part of the country at all, and were buried some where around Gormania, near the West Virginia and Maryland border.
Therefore, lacking any hard facts, I only bring this rumor some seventy-odd years ahead. I would welcome any real facts.