Ceredo - Kenova

Historical marker location:

Kenova, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Chestnut Street (U.S. 60) and Virginia Point Drive, on the right on Chestnut Street.)

Marker installed: 1975

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.