Image: Indian Mound Cemetery Romney WV 2013 07 13 06
Description: The interment site of Alexander W. Monroe and his wife Margaret Monroe. Alexander W. Monroe (December 29, 1817 – March 16, 1905) was a prominent Virginia (later West Virginia) schoolteacher, farmer, lawyer, surveyor, politician, newspaper editor and publisher, and an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Monroe served as a member of the Virginia General Assembly (1850–1851 and 1862–1865) and West Virginia House of Delegates (1875–1877 and 1879–1883) representing Hampshire County. Monroe served as Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates during the 1875–1877 legislative session. Monroe also represented Hampshire County in the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872. Photographed on 13 July 2013.
Title: Indian Mound Cemetery Romney WV 2013 07 13 06
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