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"The Weston State Hospital, also known as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, was constructed in the late 1800s and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. It is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North America, and is purportedly the second largest in the world, next to the Kremlin. The original hospital, designed to house 250 souls, was open to patients in 1864 and reached its peak in the 1950s with 2,400 patients in overcrowded and generally poor conditions. Changes in the treatment of mental illness and the physical deterioration of the facility forced its closure in 1994 inflicting a devastating effect on the local economy, from which it has yet to recover. Today, the hospital is open to historical tours and ghost tours."

1. Weston State Hospital, Weston, W. Va.

Dolly went on to marry Claude Turner (b. 1891- d. 1968). Together, they had a daughter, Wilda Juanita Turner Butcher (b. 1915- d. 1999).

2. Dolly Kemper Turner, Weston, W. Va.

Wilda married Robert Hugh Butcher in 1934.

3. Wilda Juanita Turner, Weston, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1846 and the present frame church was built in 1884.

4. Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Weston, Lewis County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1844.  The present building was completed in 1875.

5. Murphy's Creek Baptist Church, Weston, Lewis County, W. Va.