New Bethel Cemetery, Bowman Ridge, Glen Easton, Marshall County, West Virginia

Directions: According to Steve Bowers, "The cemetery is located on New Bethel Ridge, approximately 1 mile from Bowman Ridge. More specific directions: Take Robert's Ridge out of Moundsville, bear left onto Bowman's Ridge @ Taylors Ridge, bear left again onto New Bethel Ridge @ the fork @ Salem Church. (Nauvoo Ridge is to the right @ the church). Go approximately 1 mile and the cemetery sits up on the left @ the bottom of the hill." - - The New Bethel Cemetery is also on New Bethel Ridge and is directly across New Bethel Ridge road from the Carmichael Cemetery. Both are fenced and well taken care of." 1

New Bethel - On the Glen Easton road leading from Bowman Ridge, is the site of a Christian church established in 1840. Joe Wilson built the church. The original log church was replaced by the new frame church in 1880. 2

 

Citations

  1. <<http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/cemetery/carm.htm>>
  2. "Thumbnail Sketches of Interesting Spots, Countryside Communities, Historic References. Seldom Published Facts About Places in Marshall Hills and Valleys," Moundsville Daily Echo, 8-30-1935. Online <<http://www.wvculture.org/history/counties/marshall.html>>