Pleasant Green Cemetery Arch - Pleasant Green, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 48.069 W 092° 59.411
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The arch is behind the church building and identifies the "NEW" cemetery...
Waymark Code: WM1250E
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/29/2020
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County of cemetery: Cooper County
Location of cemetery: Church Lane (former Ewing Dr.), ¼ mile S. of MO-135, 8 miles S. & 4 miles W. of Pilot Grove; 1 mile W. of Pleasant Green
Church Built: 1868
Organized: 1825
Pastor: Dan Clark
Number of graves: New: 260 - Old: 230
This wrought iron arch is located behind the Pleasant Green Methodist Church. It was installed in 1929 as the main entrance to the New cemetery. Wrought iron columns hold a large flat plate steel arch between them. On the flat steel is punched out the name PLEASANT GREEN CEMETERY.
"The old Pleasant Green Cemetery where the church first stood contains burials of five Confederates and one Union veterans as well as many negro slaves. The oldest legible tombstone, of John Wesley Walker, is dated 1836.
"An iron fence was purchased to enclose the old and new cemeteries in 1929 from Stewart Iron Works Company. ... " ~ Cooper MoGenWeb for the church
New Cemetery History:
"The old cemetery has only a few incomplete interment records. The oldest grave recorded was in 1834. This old cemetery is now completed. The land for the New Pleasant Green cemetery was obtained from Cecilia Rissler around 1900 and from D. L. Schupp in 1916.
"The Pleasant Green Cemetery was incorporated on August 3, 1916. The pastor who assisted with these plans was Rev. U.V. Wyatt. ... The iron fence for the cemetery was purchased in 1929 from Stewart Iron Works Co.
" ... From generous donations over the years the Pleasant Green Cemetery Corp. has established an income that helps toward the upkeep of the two cemeteries." ~ Cooper MoGenWeb for the NEW Cemetery