Spencer Cemetery

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Location668 Burley Hill Rd., Cameron, West Virginia
Coordinates39°52′01″N 80°32′15″W / 39.86694°N 80.53750°W / 39.86694; -80.53750
AreaLess than one acre
Built1914 (1914)
Spencer Cemetery
Silhouetted on the hilltop
Spencer Cemetery is located in West Virginia
Spencer Cemetery
Spencer Cemetery is located in the United States
Spencer Cemetery
Location668 Burley Hill Rd., Cameron, West Virginia
Coordinates39°52′01″N 80°32′15″W / 39.86694°N 80.53750°W / 39.86694; -80.53750
AreaLess than one acre
Built1914 (1914)
NRHP reference No.12001051[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 2012

Spencer Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Cameron, Marshall County, West Virginia. The cemetery includes just one grave monument and two related headstones for John W. "Jack" Spencer (1841–1914) and his third wife, Eva "Effie" (Winters) Spencer (1866–1919). The eight foot-tall carved limestone marker is in the shape of two tree trunks with entwined branches. It includes an engraved badge of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

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