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Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Saint John, Whitman County, Washington
Lat: 46° 04' 41"N, Lon: 117° 32' 06"W
T18N R42E Sec 4,5,8,9
Transcribed by Maggie Rail, © Jan 10, 2007, Jul 17, 2011 [mrail@asisna.com].
Total records = 1,971.
To reach the Saint John Cemetery drive south east out of town
for about 2 miles on Hwy 23, turn left, into the cemetery.
Saint John Cemetery was established as the Pleasant Valley Cemetery,
probably named that because of the beauty of the valley it is
in. The first deed for this cemetery was recorded in 1889 although
there are burials earlier than that, one is as early as 1879.
Today it is operated by a board under Cemetery District #3 in
Whitman County. contact: stjohncemetery3@yahoo.com
This cemetery is unique in that it is situated in the corner
of four sections in Township 18N at Range 42E.
The main part of this transcription is from my cemetery survey.
I have added records found in older readings, sexton records,
obits and from relatives. These are denoted by an * asterisk.
For those records which have no stone, I was unsure if the date
was the death date or the burial date.
I listed the cemetery in what I called Sections. These may not
be the way the board keeps records, but it helped me to keep track
of where I had been. The Lot numbers came from old sexton records.
I am not sure they use the same today.
One stone was in Chinese. I am grateful for the help of Pam Wagner
and one of her students, who assisted me in translating it.
The aging stone for Edward St John was replaced with an incorrect
death date according to court house records - per Margie Robertson.
I have transcribed from the headstone readings acquired when
I walked and read this cemetery, using a digital camera on Aug
16, 2006. I found this cemetery to be very well maintained and
in excellent condition.
- Maggie Rail
Legend:
c/o = child of
d/o = dau of
h/o = husband of
s/by = stone by
* = no photo |
s/o = son of
s/w = stone with
sss = shares surname stone
w/o = wife of |
Sec E = east section
Sec M = middle section
Sec W = west section
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