The Historic Clarksburg WV Cemetery Preservation Alliance (HCWVCPA) is a dedicated nonprofit organization. HCWVCPA commits to the perpetual care, restoration, and preservation of historic cemeteries in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and surrounding areas. Our mission is to honor and maintain the final resting places that other organizations can no longer maintain.

Founded in September 2011 as a volunteer community effort, we officially incorporated in 2016. The HCWVCPA takes immense pride in restoring dignity to the dearly departed and their burial grounds.

Our Work Encompasses:

• Perpetual Care & Restoration: We provide ground-keeping services, carefully reset fallen or sunken markers, and repair damaged headstones and footstones.
• Historical Preservation: We conduct vast research into the history of individuals buried in these cemeteries. We update burial records and compile biographical information. We make this historical data publicly available to honor those interred and restore peace of mind to living relatives.
• Education & Outreach: We engage the community to share the rich heritage these historic grounds hold. This ensures that future generations cherish and maintain these testaments to West Virginia’s past.

Cemeteries HCWVCPA holds stewardship of:

The Former IOOF Cemetery. The final resting place of numerous veterans and notable figures, including John Snyder Carlile. He is known as the father of West Virginia statehood.

Fraternal Memorial Park Cemetery – a historic burial ground in Anmoore, WV (predominantly an African American cemetery used during the era of segregation)

Salem IOOF Cemetery in Salem, WV, serves as an active historic cemetery and holds the final resting place for numerous community members, including many veterans and George Trainer, for whom Salem University’s Trainer Hall is named.

Elkview Masonic Cemetery in Clarksburg, WV – a notable burial ground serving as the final resting place for numerous local community members, Veterans, and former political and civic figures, including United States Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson, WV Gov. Howard Mason Gore, and American Author Melville Davisson Post.

Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, located near Clarksburg, WV, is historically significant as the burial site for over 600 Veterans ranging from the Civil War to Modern Conflicts.

Join us to preserve our local history and ensure no one ever forgets those laid to rest.