WEST VIRGINIA CEMETERY READINGS, 1941 Granted statehood in 1863, West Virginia has been home to thousands of residents since it was first settled in the eighteenth century. Prepared under the direction of the Works Project Administration in 1939, this database is a collection of cemetery inscriptions from the state. info included: District, Cemetery, Name, Birthdate, Death Date, Rel, & Kin Fairmont, Woodlawn, SHANNON W. Lancaster, 1862, 9 Jan 1920, v, World War, Pvt. W.Va. Med. Corp.