Crupperneck Bend

Historical marker location:

Craigsville, West Virginia

( Marker is on Craignsville Road (West Virginia Route 20) 2.2 miles south of West Webster Road in Craigsville (West Virginia Route 55).)

Marker installed: 1963

The first African American to serve as a member of the United States Senate was Hiram Rhodes Revels, who was born in Fayetteville, West Virginia, in 1827.