Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Contributed & compiled by Rochelle M. Darnell
October 15, 2000
 
 
 
 
Memorial Records of Shelby County, Ohio   1819 - 1975
Compiled By Barbara Adams and Gene Mozley, printed in 1977 (pg. 364)
 
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
 
In Jackson Township, one mile east of Jackson Center at the intersection of SR-274 and Morris-Rose Road, on the north side of SR-274. The Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Congregation organized in 1838 and built a church on the north side of the cemetery in 1842. This structure was replaced with a frame building, which was taken down in 1882 when the church relocated in Jackson Center. Earliest burials found were in 1842. Cemetery is no longer in use.
 

Mason, Mrs. Catherine, d. June 29, 1859, 44y.

Booze, Sarah A., wife of Hezekiah, d. Sept 13, 1877, 36y 6m 11d.

Booze, Leonadas, son of H. & S., d. Feb 10, 1876, 7m 7d.

Foreman, Infant, son of G.W. & M.A., d. Jan 3, 1886, 24d.

Foreman, Raymond, son of G.W. & M.A., d. July 15, 1888, 1y 7m 6d.

Smith, Orla, son of W.K. & M.F., d. Apr 18,1865, 2 weeks.

Kees, John E., son of C.W. & S.J., d. Aug 28, 1875, 1m 13d.

McVey, Mary A., 1835 - 1891.

Children of H. & M. Yeston:
   Yeston, Sarah M., d. Sept 3, 1871, 3m.
   Yeston, Infant, d. Aug 2, 1872.
   Yeston, Infant, d. Apr 25, 1870.

Bennett, Clarinda A., wife of L.O., d. Aug 27,1869, 32y 1m 15d.

Smith, - -, child of W.K. & M.F., d. Aug 26, 1861, 1y 1m 11d.   (stone broken)

Smith, Callie, dau of W.K. & M.F., d. Mar 26, 1867, 21y 11m 20d.

Hartman, Chester, son of L.W. & S.D., d. Mar 7, 1888, 2y 3m.

- -  , Mary R,  " Our Mother".   (part missing)

Holder, Ora C., son of J. & C., d. Mar 26,1886, 6y 4m 15d.

Davis, Lafayette, Member Co. C, 99 Reg. O.V.I., d. Jan 6, 1867, 23y 8m 2d.

Zerkle, Mary M., b. Oct 8, 1827, d. July 1, 1895, 68y 9m 23d.

Zerkle, John, b. Sept 5, 1825, d. Apr 17,1889, 64y 7m 12d.

Zerkle, Lidia, b. Jan 27, 1865, d. Feb 13, 1889, 24y 18m.

Zerkle, Winfield, b. Jan 2, 1861, d. Oct 22,1889, 28y 9m 20d.

Maddux, Emma May, dau of J. & S.A., d. Dec 31, 1870, 2y 2m 2d.

Maddux, - - , son of - -     (stone broken)

Deal, Sarah, wife of Geo, d. July 30, 1873, 43y 9m 24d.

Young, Infant, son of Jas. & E., d. Nov 27, 1883, 9d.

Scott, Robert, d. Sept 21, 1872, 52y 2m 17d.

Scott, Lucinda, wife of Robert, d. May 3, 1885, 62y 1m 6d.

Children of A. & M.M. McBride:
   McBride, Cora D., d. Aug 29, 1886, 5y 2m 4d.
   McBride, Myrtle D., d. Aug 12, 1888, 1y 4m 27d.

Couples, Katie P., dau of L.D. & M.J., d. Oct 17,1876,11m 28d.

Thrush, Isaac James, d. Aug 16, 1883, 31y 6m 19d.

Green, Elizabeth, wife of J., d. Nov 25, 1884, 55y 5m 7d.

Moodie, Mary E., 1848 - 1854.

Moodie, Clarissa A., 1850 - 1854.

Moodie, Helen M., 1853 - 1854.

Moodie Mariah Stothoff, 1815,1856.

Moodie, Robert, 1811 - 1857.

Elliott, John T.G., son of G.W. & Tasy, d. Sept 25, 1861(7?), 2y 1m.

Elliott, Theodore E. A., son of G.W. & Tasy, d. Sept 19, 1861, 7y 7m 2d.

Kirtley, Finetta, wife oh Jno. N.W., d. Nov 24, 1889, 61y 6m 9d.

Kirtley, Jno. N.W., d. Dec 14, 1899, 71y 9m 2d.

Moodie, Effie, dau of John & Elvira, d. Aug 2, 1873, 2y 9m 21d.

Claton, Elvira S. (LeMasters), wife of Lewis, d. July 28, 1859, 20y 6m.

Clayton, Infant, dau of S.L. & E.A., d. Sept 20,1876.

 - -   - -  , d. Mar 26, 1863, 19y 9m 23d.   (broken)

Claton, Thomas, son of John H. & Phebe, d. Nov 26, 1863, 11y 9m.

Elliott, Sarah E., dau of James & E., d. Mar 19,1851, 4m 13d.

Forsythe, Wells, d. Mar 12, 1890, 70y 10m 26d.

Claton, Margaret, dau of John H. & Phebe  - -    (stone broken)

Wren, Lucy, wife of Edw., d. Sept 6, 1871, 76y.

Wren, Edward, d. Oct 25, 1871, 76y.

Clayton, Margaret, wife of William, Sen., d. Sept 24, 1854, 77y 7m 19d.

Clayton, John H., d. Mar 23, 1880, 77y 9m 12d.

Clayton, Phebe, d. Feb 27,1881, 77y 1m 26d.

Clayton, John W., d. June 6, 1875, 25y 9m.
 

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Wren, James R., son of R.F.& E., d. Sept 4,1865, 2m 6d.

Wren, Fredie, son of R.F.& E., d. Feb 29,1876, 8m 9d.

Wren, Levi, son of R.F.& E., d. Jan 10, 1871.

Wren, W.B., d. Oct 29, 1878, 25y 10m 6d.

Wren, Willie T., son of R.F.& E., d. Sept 21,1863, 1y 7d.

Beech, Mary A., dau of J. & B., d. Jan 16,18178, 7m.

Meranda, Mary Altha, dau of J.S. & S., d. Feb 23,1875, 11m 7d.

Meranda, Newland, 1803 - 1846.

Hogan, Hannah, Meranda, 1806 - 1892.

Meranda, Samuel, 1838 - 1863, Co. E, Inf. Benton Cadets.

Lowe, Frances, d. Sept 16, 1860, 89y 11m 14d.

Rowland, Robert, d. Apr 22, 1843 in the 14th yr. of his age.

Clayton, William, d. Apr 28,1876, 55y 1m1d.

Clayton, Jesse, son of Wm. & Jane, d. July 26, 1882, 27y 6m 26d.

Clayton, Jane, wife of William, d. Jan 18, 1867, 44y 5m 16d.

Hague, Thirsy, wife of G.W., b. Apr 15, 1819, d. Sept 8,1894.

Chidester, James W., d. Apr 4,1842, 38y 4m 24d.

Clayton, Elizabeth, 1801 - 1851.

Clayton, Lewis, 1840 - 1862.

Clayton, Reuben, 1798 - 1879.

(second, newer marker: d., May 21, 1879, 81y 1m 21d).

Clayton, Hannah, wife of Reuben, d. Sept 22, 1872, 62y 2m 2d.

Darnell, William, son of John & Jane, d. Feb 6,1863  - -  (stone broken)

Darnell, James, son of J. & J., d. May 8, 1851, 26y.

Perse, Rosina A., dau of J.F. & C., d. July 25, 1852, 4 y 2m 23d.

Perse, Alversy J., dau of J.F. & C., d. June 24, 1852, 6y 10m 10d.

Smith, Robert, son of J. & M. A., d. Feb 7, 1845, 10y 4m 26d.

Smith, William Sherman, son of D. & E., d. Feb 9, 1869, 2y 10m 4d.

  - -  , Martha Anne  - -       (illegible)

  - -  , John E.  - -      ( illegible)

Smith, John, d. Sept 6, 1862, 64y.

Bland, Martha, wife of Lewis, d. Feb 28, 1844, 44y.

Bland, Martha A., dau of L. & Martha, d. Oct 15, 1854, 18y 7m 9d.

Bland, Lewis S., son of L. & Martha, d. 1845, 12y ?m 17d.

Bland, Hannah M., dau of L. & Martha, d. May 3, 1856, 16 y.

Bland, Mary Ann, wife of Lewis, d. Feb 11, 1872, 72y.

Bland, Lewis, d. 1870, 71y.

Clayton, Lewis, d. June 11, 1874, 29y 10m 24d.

Forsythe, Andrew, son of Wells and Eliza, d. Mar 13, 1878, 7y.

Clayton, Dorothy, wife of Jesse, d. Oct 9, 1864, 38y 11m4d.

Clayton, Infant, dau of Jesse & D.A., d. June 23, 1844, 3d.

Smith, George W., d. Nov 20,1879, 39y 9m 10d.

Smith, Howard, age 2y 3m.   (no dates)

Zerbee, Laura A. M., dau of M.M., d. Dec 20, 1871, 1m 8d.

Swickard,  - -  , d. Oct 25, 184?, 23y.

Claton, George, son of John & Phebe, d. Aug 17, 1850, 9y 1m 2d.

Clayton, William, son of John & Phebe, d. July 11, 1851, 24y 4m 13d.

Baughman, Elizabeth, wife of S., dau of J. Huffman, d. Mar 16, 1866, 80y 1m
8d.

Baughman, Samuel, d. Sept 22, 1875, 93y 11m 12d.

Brown, George F.G.G., son of N.D. & T.W. Brown, b. Oct 5, 1869, d. Dec 30,
1869.

Clayton, David, son of J.E. & D., d. May 16, 1880, 17y 10m 8d.

Darnell, Elizabeth J., dau of David & Susan, d. Sept 7, 1854, 10m 25d.

McBurney, Glown, d. Sept 4, 1854, 30y 9m 13d.

McBurney, Lewis, son of G. & J., d. Mar 11, 1851, 3m 5d.

McBurney, George W., son of G. & J., d. July 1868, 18y 11m 2d.

Kertley, G.W. & Family
   ( 3 footstones: M.J.K., Eva K., M.K.)

Chidester, Sarah A., dau of J.W. & M., d. July 30, 1842, 3y 6d.

Swickard, Phebe, 1812 - 1881

Swickard, George, 1811 - 1900

Robinson, Edith B., dau of O. & F., Sept 16, 1863.

Children of George and Ann Wise:
   Wise, Margaret A., d. July 19, 1861, 4y 3m 4d.
   Wise, William F., d. July 15, 1861, 9y 11m 12d.

Young, Philip, d. Nov 21, 1854, 34y 6m.
 

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Fix, Sarah Young, Oct 16, 1824 - Dec 8, 1904.

Wright, Florence A., wife of Thomas, d. May 2, 1878, 26y 8m 7d.

Littlejohn, Mary A., dau of Morris & Sarah, d. May 27, 1876, 32y 16d.

Littlejohn, Morris W., d. Aug 9, 1874, 61y 3m 9d.

Littlejohn, Franklin A., son of M.W. & S., d. Apr 21, 1861, 7y 3m 27d.

Littlejohn, Ida R., dau of G.W. & Emma, d. Sept 6, 1868, 11m 9d.

Glick, Benjamin L., son of D. & E., d. Jan 20, 1876, 24y 3m 19 d.

Smith, William F., d. May 14, 1884, 45y 3m.

Smith, Cora, dau of W.F. & M., d. Oct 28, 1870, 3y 6m 14d.

Smith, Infant, son of W.F. & M., d. Apr 7, 1866

Claton, Stella, dau of H.N. & Lucy, d. Mar15, 1869, 5m 4d.

Clayton, Luther M., son of H.N. & Lucy, d. Sept 16, 1875, 9m.

Glick, Ellen W., wife of Darius, d. July 3, 1867, 35y 6m 14d.

Bland, Rolla, 1831 - 1865, son of Lewis & Martha.
   ( stone broken - information from relative)

Bland, Infant, dau of R. & D., d. May 5, 1863, 5m 2d.

Smith John H., d. Oct 30, 1865, 79y 7m 18d.

Smith, Infant of John & E., 1852.

Smith, Hannah R.E., dau of J.H. & M.J., d. Feb 10, 1866, 3y 6m 15d.

Smith, Joseph J., d. Jan 16 1875, 32y 10m.

Snapp, Bennett H., d. Sept 14, 1872, 52y 3m 8d.

Meranda, George M., son of Milton & E.J., d. May 20, 1880, 28d.

Frederick, Elizabeth, d. Oct 22, 1875, 88y 6m 6d.

Darnell, John, d. Nov 25, 1863, 21y.    (Civil War)

Pence, Mary A., wife of Samuel B., d. Feb 25, 1877, 24 9m 29d.

Pence, Liuvicy E.L., dau of S.B. & M.A., d. Sept 13, 1876, 2y 4m 23d.

Snow, Martha G., wife of Henry, d. Apr 3, 1885, 34y 11m.

Holmes, Susannah, wife of A., d. May 19,1888, 81y 4m 1d.

Holmes, Andrew, d. July 8, 1880, 71 11m 10d.
 

>From earlier inscription readings - tombstones cannot now be found:

Wilson, Clarissa, d. Sept 11, 1851, 34y.

Welter, Sophia, wife of Jacob, d. Mar 1855, 65y.

Brandenburg, Samuel, d. Nov 1845, 62y.
 

Known to buried here in unmarked grave:

Clayton, Charles, b. Oct 11,1875, d. Oct 12, 1875.
Clayton, William, b. Oct. 11, 1875, d. Oct 15, 1875.
   Twin sons of James K. & Mary Patton Clayton.
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 An Excerpt from Shelbyana  April 1985, No. 23, pg. 4
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, used from the 1840s thru 1904, is located 1 mile east
of Jackson Center, Ohio, at the intersection of SR274 and Morris-Rose Rd.
When Richard (Fred) SWANEY first mowed the grass at this cemetery in 1984 he
found that a lot of the tombstones had toppled over and others were buried
under a layer of earth. During that summer Mr. SWANEY spent a lot of time
repairing and piecing together these tombstones. Thanks to Mr. SWANEY the
cemetery now looks like someone cares!
After learning what Mr.SWANEY had done, SCGS members Frances Peacock,
Dorothea Shadoan, Barbara Adams, Betty Bevans, Tom Smith, and his grandson,
Mike, spent several cold hours November 25, 1984 reading the tombstones.
Barbara Adams compared that list with the previous reading, which was
published in Memorial Records of Shelby County, Ohio  1819 - 1975.
Following is the information found on the 24 additional tombstones:

Anderson, Martha, d. Jan  ?  1869

Brandenburg, Samuel, d. Nov 1, 1845, 62y

Claton, Margaret, dau of John H. & Phebe, d. Mar 26, 1863, 19y 9m 23d

Darnall, Martha Ann, dau John & Jane Darnall, Dec 13, 1842, 18y 7m 19d

Darnall, Rebecca, dau John & Jane Darnall, Apr 18, 1861, 24y 24d

Dillon, Benjamin F., son of Richard Dillon, d. Mar 7, 1855, 3m 27d

Elliott, Charles S.O., son of George & Tasy Elliott, d. Sept 14, 1861, 4y 3m6d

Elliott, Hannah L., dau James & d. Elliott, d. Aug 25 1849, 11m 14d

Forsythe, Eliza J., d. Nov 26,1897, 63y 2m 23d

Holmes, Andrew, d. July 8, 1880, 71y 11m 10d

Holmes, Susannah, wife of A. Holmes, d. May 19, 1888, 81y 4m 1d

Kempe, Lucinda M., dau S. & S.J. Kempe, d. Jan 20, 1855, 3y 10m 16d

Maddux, Elizabeth, wife of James, d. Mar  ?    (rest illegible)

Maddux, son of   ?   & C. Maddux, d. Jan 20, 1861 or 1864  (GAR marker)

Meranda, Florence G., dau G.N. & S.A. Meranda, d. Sept 7, 1863, 5y

Perse, Ransom D., son of J.G. Perse, d. June 10, 1852, 1y 10m 10d

Swickard, Henry A., d. Oct 25, 1863, 24y 6m 18d

Swoverland, Bessie J., dau. J. & S.A. Swoverland, d. Apr 29, 1890, 3m, 14d

Swoverland, Joseph H., son of J. & S.A. Swoverland, d. Dec 13, 1889, 1y 4m 1d

Van Fossen,   ?   , d. Oct 2, 1854  (rest of inscription illegible)

Wellter, Sophia, wife of Jacob, d. Mar 18, 1855, 63y

Wren, Edward, d. Oct 25, 1871, 86y6m 28d (corrected reading)

Wren, Gertrude, dau of R.F. & E. Wren, d. Nov 9, 1878

Young, John W., son of P. & Sarah Young, d. Sept &, 1855, 5y 4m

 
 
 
 
 
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