PLEASANT VALLEY CEMETERY

Est. August 20, 1831

It is now a local Historic Landmark

A Penn Township owned cemetery, due to vandalism the entrance to the cemetery was closed off on Beech Road and now can be entered through Chapel Hill Cemetery.

Located on the northwestern edge of Chapel Hill Cemetery - North of Jefferson Hwy and south of McKinley

Mishawaka, Indiana

Contact: Penn Township Trustee

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This cemetery was walked and recorded by Georgia Gill-Elkins and Sharon (Gill) Vanden Bossche on Sept. 27, 2008. The cemetery was read from the East/South to East/North of the Property. Many times there were areas where there was no tombstones at all or it was found with only a ground marker where a tombstone may have been. We are in the process of searching for any known burial paperwork that may have been kept. Should this be found that will be added also. Looks as though the last burial was in 1999 in the Perkins family plot. Note: all information left of pictures has a letter then a number (ex: r1-1) meaning Row 1 Tombstone 1 of that row. This does not mean that it was the first plot just the first tombstone found.

r1-1 - Infants (possibly Bell Family)	r1-2 - Infant (possibly Bell Family)	r1-3 - Jacob Bell - b. 5/2/ 1833 d. 8/3/ 1845 William Bell - b. 1/30/???? d. 1/19/1862	r1-4- Infant (possibly Bell Family)	r1-5 - Unreadable	r1-6 - Unreadable	r1-7 - Bryson Children of M? & EA	r1-7 - Bryson, Martha 12-27-1866 age 10 mo
r1-7 - Bryson, Unreadable	r1-7 - Bryson Unreadable 2	r1-8 - William	r1-9 - Myers, William - b. 1-8-1829 d. 9-28-1889 Rosa - b. 10-27-1839 d. 6-248-1888	r1-10 - Rosa	r1-11 - Emily	r1-12 - Emily's with a GAR marker in front	r1-13 - Infant
r2-1 - Charles F. Unknown	r2_2 - Toler, William - 1847 - 1937	r2-3 - Jacob	r2-4 - Philipp Dielmann - 3-2-1904 - age 90 yrs Margarette - his wife 12/28/1858 - age 43 yrs. Catherine - his wife - 3-27-1900 - age 78 yrs.
r3-1 - Unreadable	r3-2 - Mother	r3-3 - Dielmann, Jacob - Died at Alanta, GA - 7-21-1864 - 27 y 7m 23d	r3-4 - Father - 1848 - 1864	r3-5 - Mother	r3-6 - Unknown 1853 - 1854	r3-7 - 1858-1858
r4-1 - Mary Ann wife of Orbin (?) d. 9-13-1873 age 38y 3m 2d	r4-2 Unknown, Lucy M.	r4-3-1 Plot marker no Stone	r4-3-2 -Unknown	r4-3-3 - Unknown	r4-4 - Ferris, Cyrus - 1846 - 1916 Mary - 1855 - 1924	r4-5 - Headman, Anna 1888 - 1917
r5-1 - Smith, Adam Monroe - 1849 - 1923	r5-2 - Smith, Loveza Manchester - 1857 - 1915	r5-3 - Unreadable	r5-4 - Unreadable Broken against tree	r5-5 - Stone
r6-1- Unreadable	r6-2 - Unknown, George F.	r6-3 - Manchester, Philip E. - d. 3-28-1870 son of WJ & AE	r6-4 - Manchester, Unknown	r6-5 - Unreadable	r6-6 - Father - Mother Phillip Manchester - d. 10-7-1889 Hannah - 5-11-1894 77y 3m 12d	r6-7 - Manchester, Eowin - 1y 8m 20d - child of ?? & Hannah	r6-8 - Unreadable
r6- 9 - Unknown (same markings as Ben & Lucy)	r6-10 - Unknown, Lucy
r6-11 - Unknown, Benjamin R.	r6-12 - Unreadable	r6-13 - Unreadable	r6-14 - Unknown, Mary
r7-1 - High, Jacob - d. 1-28-1873	r7_2 - High, Sarah - d. 1882	r7_3 - Jenkins, Sarah - d. 6-25-185?	r7_4 - Unknown, Mary -	r7_5 - Jenkins, Zubulon - d. 1864	r7_6 - Unknown, Jane	r7_7_1 - Unknown	r7_7_2 - Unknown
r7_7_3 - Unknown
r7_8_Unknown_Agnes
r8_1 - base for a marker	r8_2 - base for a marker	r8_3 - Dickerson, Eliza Jane - d. 4/3/1867	r8_4 - Unknown	r8_5_1 - Robbins Family	r8_5_2 - Robbins Family	r8_5_3 - Robbins Family	r8_6 - Unknown
r8_7 - Unknown, Annie M. dau. of W & M.A. Phillips(?) - d. 1859	r8_8 - Rupp(?), Charles C. - son of E. & A. - d. Apr 11, 1863	r8_9 - Jenkins, Esther - d. Feb 5, 1872
r9_1 - Finch, Hiram - d. 1855	r9_2 - Finch, Eliza B. Butrick - wife of Hiram Finch	r9_3 - Finch, Z???	r9_4 - Unknown	r9_5 - Finch, John	r9_6 - Possibly a Finch	r9_7 - Welliver, W. H. - d. 11/28/1887 - age 20y 5m 9d	r9_8 - Unknown
r9_9 - Sweitzer, Samuel	r9_10 - Sweitzer, Catherine - wife of Samuel - d. Feb 13, 1872 - 63y 1m	r9_11 - Sweitzer (possible-right next to Catherine)	r9_12 - Becks, Arthur D.	r9_13 - Wife of A.D. Becks - d. Aug 20, 1861	r9_14 - Beck, Albert H. - d. Oct 18, 1897 - age 83y 22d - Father	R9_15 - Beck, Levina (Mother) - d. Jan 6, 1906 - 84y 2m 1d	r9_16 - Beck, Arthur J. - Jan 1, 1881
r9_17 - Beck, Sylvanus - son of A H & L Beck	r9_18 - Unreadable
r10_1_Beck, Ashley M. - d. Aug. 28, 1876
r11_1 - stone marker	r11_2 - stone marker	r11_3 - Pettit, Amous - d. May 7, 1836 - age 49y 4m 23d	r11_4 - Garard (?), Heneretta Sarah - Wife of Henry Garard (?) d. Jul 15, 1840 - age 51y 5m 1d	r11_5 - Broken stone	r11_6 - Pettit, John - son of AE - ?? Pettit	r11_7 - Pettit, Capt. Issac M. - d. Mar 19, 1868 - 28y 5m 3d Note: Enlisted in Company I, 9th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 22 Apr 1861 - Died from wounds Company I, 9th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 1 Oct 1863	r11_8 - Pettit, Alexander - d. Mar 18??
r11_9 - Pettit, Elizabeth - wife of A. Pettit	r11_10- Pettit, Nancy - d. 1853 (?) - Daughter of D & H Pettit	r11_11 - Pettit, Hannah R. - wife of David Pettit - 1803 - 1895	r11_12 - Pettit, Amos - 1836 - 1893 (south side of Hannah's tombstone)	r11_13 - Pettit, David - Anchor on the stone	r11_14 - Pettit, Elizabeth - wife of David Pettit - d. Jan 27, 18?5
r12_1 - Unknown - 2 stone bases	r12_2 - Johnson, Samuel - b Sep 01, 1848; d Sep 7, 1849	r12_3 - Hoover, Christian b. Nov 13, 1819 - d. Nov 18, 1884 age 65y 5d	r12_4 - Father - infront of Christian's stone	r12_5 - South side of Christian's tombstone	r12_6 - north side of stone - ? M. Hoover - Wife of J T Mc Knight - b. Aug 10, 1853 - d. Mar 13, 1883	r12_7 - Hoover (possibly) - Ann M. (possible Daughter)	r12_8 - Ann - Wife of Jacob Heiss - d. Feb 9, 18?4 - 89y 7m 10d
r12_9 - Catherine - Wife of C. Hoover	r12_10 - Hoover, Christian - d. 1851 (?)
r13_1 - Family Plot (takes up 2 rows- Schnur, Henry C. - b. May 1829 d. Sept 1898 - wife Ruth M. - b. Mar 1820 (no death date)	r13_1_2 - Ruth M.	r13_1_3 - Schnur, Henry - b. Aug 18, 1801 - d. July 1852 - Levi P. - b. Sept 1939 - d. Sept 1863 (on back of r13_1)	r13_1_4 - unreadable	r13_1_5 - Mikales - Jan 19, 1897	r13_1_6 - Infant of R & K Johnson b. Aug 5, 1855	r13_1_7 - Infant of R & K Johnson - b. Feb 5, 1854	r13_1_8 - George B.- son of R & K Johnson - b. Aug 16, 1856 - d. Feb 10, 1859
r13_1_9 - Grandma Young - b. May 5, 1789 - d. Aug 27, 1860	r13_1_10 - Father - stone is behind Henry G. (end of Family Plot)	r13_1_11 - Unknown	r13 _2 - James - Son of Peter & Ann Ireland - d. Jul 22, 1841 - 21y 6m	r13_3 -Ireland, unknown (possibly William)	r13_4 - Eliza Jane - Wife of Silas Swaim - d. 1843 ?	r13_5 - James - son of Mary & James Ireland - died 7th year of age 1835	r13_6 - America - Wife of B. Cathcart - Aug 30, 1857 - age 21y 2m 6d
r13_7 - Unknown - Little ???
r14_1 - Shelliam & Weza Crocketts - twin Dau.'s - d. Jun 4, 1842	r14_2 - Anna M (?) Ireland	r14_3 - Unreadable	r14_4 _ Ireland, Agness - d. Sep 3, 1839 - 85y 10m 11d	r14_5 - J.A.I - lying next to Agness's stone	r14_6 - John C. Unknown - d. Apr 22, 1841? - age 22y 8m 10d	r14_7 - Harriet Newell - b. Nov 4, 1820 - d. Sep 10, 1840 - Martha Newell - b. Mar 29, 1825 d. Jan 7, 1841	r14_8 - James Unknown
r14_9 - A.M.I.
r15_1- Crockett, John C.- d. Mar 21, 1853	r15_2 - Unknown	r15_3 - Mira Elizabeth - Dau of Alphonse & Sophie Ireland May 22, 18?8	r15_4 - Ireland, John A. - son of Alphonse & Sophie Ireland - d. Oct 22, 1834	r15_5 - Unknown Ireland
r16_1 - broken tombston welded to another - unreadable	r16_2 - Tombstone that was repaired and unreadable	r16_3 - Crockett, Delliah - d. May 2, 1848 - ?y 10m 15d	r16_4 - Ireland, John - d. Jun 25, 1861 - 86y 11m 10d	r16_5 - Ireland, Mary - wife of John - d. Mar 6, 1845 - 61y 2m ?d	r16_6 - Ireland, Malisa Jane - dau of John & Mary Ireland - d. Mar 2, 1845 - 19y 5m 22d	r16_7 - Crews, John T. A.	r16_8 - Cyntha C. - wife of James A. Ireland - d. 1845 - age 30y 6m 23d
r16_9 - Luesa Jane - dau of Samuel & Sally Ireland
r17_1 - Smith, Sc??ylan A. - d. Jul 6, 18?2	r17_2 - stone	r17_3 - stone	r17_4 - Rachael - wife of John Hicks - d. 7-7-187? - 52y 8m 21d	r17_5 - Sarah A. Hicks - b. Mar 23, 1884 - 33y 5m 23d	r17_6- Unknown	r17_7 - Creda Ann Huntsinger - d. 1812	r17_8 - broken marker
r17_9 - Jacob Huntsinger - Sep 16, 1848
r18_1 - Mother	r18_2 - Daniel S. - son of DW & ? Baker - d. May 7, 1874 - 20y 4m ?d	r18_3 - unknown	r18_4 - Pilson, Hugh M. - d. July 2, 18?5 - age 59y 5m 10d	r18_4_2 - Pilson, Anna - wife (on the east side of tombstone)	r18_4_3 - Pilson, Mary A. - Daughter - d. July 21, 1859 - 21 years
r19_1 - Huntsinger, Hetta A. - dau. - d. Sept 6, 1866	r19_2 - Huntsinger, Jesse S. - son of SK & SA - d. Sept 25, 1866 - 6y 5m 4d	r19_3 - stone	r19_4 - Mary - Wife of David Edwards	r19_5 - Robert(?) Edwards - d. Feb 8, 1862 - 39y 11m ?d	r19_6 - Daniel Edwards - d. Nov 8, 1880 - 81y 9m 2d	r19_7 - Nancy P. - tombstone is broken	r19_ 8 - Elizabeth - Wife of Levi Carick - d. Dec 13, 1853 - 28y
r19_9 - Unreadable	r19_10 - Unreadable	r19_11 - Nancy - wife of Francis A. Stone - d. Aug 5, 1856 - 28y 8m ?d
r20_1 - Ida ?? - leaning agains ?? Harper	r20_2 - ?? (looks like Hannah) Harper	r20_3 - Elisha Harper - d. 1835	r20_4 - Sarah Jane - dau of Joshua (?) & Mary Harper - d. 1841
r21_1 - S.C. Curtis - b. Dec 8, 1817; d. Mar 4, 1897	r21_2 - Harriet B. - wife of S. C. Curtis - d. Sept 5, 1882 - Mother	r21_3 - Ella - dau of SC & HC Curtis - d. May 10. 1882	r21_4 - Father	r21_5 - Eunice M. - wife of John McCreary - d. Oct 6, 1873 - 42y 10m 27d	r21_6 - John Mcreary - d. Oct 28, 1906 - 74y 4m 4d (on south side of Monument)	r21_7 - Little Eunice L. - d. Aug 13, 1873 - 1m - 16d (on north side of monument)	r21_8 - Eunice L.
r21_9 - Thomas McCreary - d. Aug 17, 1875 - 78y 7m 12d
r22_1 - Samuel Huntsinger - d. 1883	r22_1_2 - unreadable - d. Jun 27, 1888 (north side of tombstone)	r22_1_3 - Francis M. Huntsinger - d. July 26, 1888 (east side of tombstone)	r22_1_4 - unreadable (south side of tombstone)	r22_2 - unreadable
r23_1 - Father	r23_2 - Frederick Altenberger - b. Apr 30, 1836 - d. Dec 26, 1897 - Amanda - his wife - d. Dec 3, 1847	r23_3 - stone	r23_4 - Christian C.	r23_4_2 - Christian Clyde - son of C. & M. Hoover - d. June 23, 1883 - 2y 11m 2d	r23_4_3 - Mary Ellen - dau of C. & M. Hoover - d. June 3, ???? - 7y 7m 2d	r23_4_4 - Tombstone showing both of the pervious 2 markers on it.	r23_4_5 - Mary E.
r24_1 - unknown
r25_1 - Sarah Ratliff - 1899 - 1938	r25_2 - Desinger, George - 1838 - 1911 - Isabell - his wife - 1838 - 1913
r26_1 - Daniel - son of M & D Myers - Sept 30, 188?	r26_2 - Sarah E. - 1862 - 1880	r26_3 - Mother	r26_4 - Myers - Michael - 1834 - 1907 - Charlotte - wife - 1841 - 1926	r26_5 - Father	r26_6 - John A. - 1875 - 1917	r26_7 - Katherine - 1882 - 1934	r26_8 - Betty Jane Schmidt - Dec 23, 1937
r26_9 - Alfred Ferris - 1856 - 1927	r26_10 - Anna Johnston Christler - 1880 - 1962	r26_11 - Levi Johnston - 1875 - 1938	r26_12 - Maude A. Murphy - 1902 - 1903	r26_13 - John H. Lockwood - 1862 - 1915 - Ada R. - his wife - 1868 - 1917	r26_14 - Our Darling Babies	r26_15 - Myrtle Smith - 1884 - 1905	r26_ 16 - Stone
r26_17 - Charles A. Marsh - 1850 - 1923 - Father	r26_18 - Elizabeth A. Marsh - 1855 - 1942 - Mother	r26_19 - Slaughterbeck - George - 1816 - 1866 - Christine - 1818 - 1895	r26_20 - Strous A. Blouser - Oct 13, 1913 - 65 years	r26_21 - Hannah Blouser - 1847 - 1917
r27_1 - Brittney - 1994 - 1994	r27_2 - Delmar Lloyd May - US Navy WWII - 1922 - 1988	r27_3 - Unknown
r28_1 - Nathan L. Starosta - 1986 - 1986	r28_2 - Robert R. Bennett - 1961 - 1968	r28_3 - David H. Bennett - 1870 - 1950	r28_4 - Family Plot Unknown	r28_5 - Murphey - Sarah - 1847 - 19_ _ - John - 1846 - 1910	r28_6 - Dolly J. Marsh - Wife - 1875 - 1956	r28_7 - George E. Marsh - Husband - 1875 - 1938	r28_8 - Adolph Hedman - 1861 - 1922
r28_9 - Hilda Hedman - 1854 - 1916
r29_1 - Perkins Family	r29_2 - Charles - 1895 - 1953	r29_3 - Hazel - 1897 - 1967 - Baby	r29_4 - David - 1935 - 1978	r29_5 - Nancy L. Wlaker - June 14, 1936 - Jan 26, 1999	r29_6 - Richard Scott Perkins - 1927 - 1940	r29_7 - Perkins (overall)
r30_1 - Lanny Rodiguez - 5-17-63 - 12-11-83	r30_2 - Robert V. Larsen - 1st Lt. US Army - Korea - Dec 4, 1925 - Nov 21, 1985

Note: Pleasant valley Cem. is in the book: St. Joseph Co. Indiana Cemetery Inscriptions, vol 3, pub. by So, Bend Area Geneological Society, 1995

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