Pleasant Hill / Puderbaugh Cemetery Jefferson County, Kansas

Inscriptions from the Pleasant Hill (sometimes called Puderbaugh) Cemetery, located about one mile west of Ozawkie, Kansas, off of K-92 Hwy. This inscription list is from the 1934, and should be complete. Note that Mr. Niccum's report says "two miles west." Well, the town of Ozawkie was moved in the 1960s about one mile west of the former location due to the building of Perry Lake. Also, the State Bank of Ozawkie no longer exists.
There are no burials in this cemetery now, and all of the stones were destroyed by cattle getting out into the cemetery around 1990.

Here's the 1934 report:

There is a cemetery situated on the farm of Carl Puderbaugh about two miles west of Ozawkie, Ozawkie Township. Judging by a Marker tombstone, it was used as such as early as October 11, 1862. Although very seldom used any more, this cemetery is kept in good condition. The State Bank of Ozawkie would have information on records thereof, if any be kept. Obituary notices of those interred here may, perhaps, be found in the files of the "Oskaloosa Independent," or other papers published in this county, to be seen at the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas.
Submitted by Julie Durand    THANKS JULIE
The following are names and dates , etc., only, from tombstones:

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	BORN	DIED	Age at Death	REMARKS
Brown	S. H.	November 3, 1834	January 13, 1895		Same stone as Sarah
Brown	Sarah	September 22, 1845	(no death date)		Wife of S. H. Same stone as S.H.
Brown	Infant		February 5, 1866	1 day	Daughter of S.H. & S.
Butler	William H.	March 15, 1881	May 12, 1881		Son of H. J. & S. E.
Cunning	Mabel	27 Jul 1892	27 Jul 1892		dau. of Isaac & Martha E. (Watson) Cunning
Holler	Susanna		April 19, 1866	19 years 9 months 26 days
Iman	Susanna	October 1, 1818;	January 26, 1865		born in Fairfield County Ohio
Johnston	George W. Willard		October 19, 1870	8 years 7 months 8 days	Son of J. & E
Johnston	Infant		January 19, 1871	3 days
Keener	James	1814	1876		same stone as Nancy
Keener	Nancy	1820	1905		His Wife same stone as James
Landers	Elizabeth		March 12, 1871	22 years 4 months 20 days
Metzger	Margaret E.		September 4, 1877	26 years months 2 days	Wife of Eli W. (note - someone marked out Eli W. and handwrote 'John Sr.' underneath.)
Metzger	Eli W.	25 Jun 1844	25 Jun 1885		hus. of Margaret E. (Jones) Metzger.
Metzger	John		January 30, 1867	68 years 11 months 27 days
Metzger	Eli W.	25 Jun 1844	25 Jun 1885		hus. of Margaret E. (Jones) Metzger.
Metzger	Mrs. John Sr.		October 10, 1868	70 years 9 months 4 days
Miller	Howard M.		September 5, 1870		aged 2 years and 21 days
Millikan	Mary		June 25, 1870	39 years 1 month 25 days	Wife of John
P.C.McC.					This is much worn and the first initial may be that of "R"
Reams	Jesee E.		November 14, 1877	5 months 28 days	Son of Sarah
Replogle	David	October 15, 1800	October 31, 1875.
Replogle	Nancy		March 7, 1870	65 years 3 months 22 days	Wife of D.
Replogle	David E.		January 20, 1875	24 years 5 month 29 days
Replogle	Catharine		April 26, 1875	35 years 2 months 11 days	Wife of John H.
Rhoades	George W		November 14, l875	20 years 9 months 3 days
Rhoades	William		October 30, 1865	1 year 7 months 28 days	Son of C. & C.
Rhoades	Christopher		February 3, 1875	53 years 5 months 26 days
Rhoades	Catharine		July 11, 1878	53 years 2 months 16 days	Wife of Christopher
Root	Andrew		December 17, 1903	84 years 5 months 26 days
Root	Elizabeth		April 27, 1864	46 years 6 months 11 days	Wife of Andrew
Root	Anna		October 31, l864	19 years 6 months 2 days	Wife of J. A.
Root	Ira A.		September 15, 1894	21 years 1 month 13 days	Son of C. C. & S. A
Root	Eliza		November 15, 1865	1 year 6 months 8 days	daughter of C. C. & S. A. .
Root	John D.		February 5, 1866	25 years 9 months 23 days
Root	Christian		July 29, 1869	15 years 1 month 18 days
Royer	Phebe		April 20 1879	66 years and 1 (?) days Same stone as John
Royer	John		March 12, 1879	64 years 11 months 18 days	Same stone as Phebe
Royer	Emanuel		April 9 1874	31 years 2 months 8 days
Underwood	Louisa	December 25, 1846	January 15, 1878		Wife of E. S.
Wagner	William C.		January 16, 1872	45 years 2 days	There is also a MaSonic emblem engraved.
Zern	John		September 28, 1865	1 year 9 months 24 days

All on one stone

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	BORN	DIED	Relationship
Brown	J. F.	February 11, 1877	January 19, 1878	son of S. & S.
Brown	N. E.	July 9, 1871	September 21, 1872	dtr. of S. & S.
Brown	Anne D.	May 21, 1885	November 8, 1889	dtr. of S. & S.
Brown	Edward	October 30, 1878	September 18, 1879	son of S. & S.
Brown	H. E.	May 3, 1880	January 5, 1893	son of S. & S.
Brown	C. O.	January 3, 1882	May 23, 1892	son of S. & S.

The following are, line for line, the complete inscriptions of several:

thou art gone but not forgotten SUSANNA wife of Noah Holler died April 19, 1866 aged 18 years, 7 months, 26 days.	John Harnish son of E. & B. Harnish born/ Aug. 15, l874 died May 21, 1892 ABRAHAM HARNISH son of E. & B. HARNISH born Feb. 6, 1879 died October 2, 1886.	EMANUEL ROYER died April 9, 1874 aged 31 years, 2 months, 8 days	A. HECKMAN died April 28, 1880 aged 41 years, 15 days.
PHEBE ROYER died Apr. 20, 1879 aged/ 66 years, 9 days JOHN ROYER died Mar. 12, 1879 aged 64 years, 11 months 18 days	at rest EMMA F wife of J. E. MARKER died June 15, 1888 aged 18 years, 9 months, 22 days	SARAH M. E. dau. of D. & S. Marker died Apr. 21, 1873 aged 1 year, 5 months, 13 days	PHEBE A. dau. of D. & S. MARKER died Oct. 11, 1862 aged 11 months MARTHA dau. of D. & S. MARKER died Oct. 12, 1865 aged 6 years, 10 days.
ROSIE D. dau. of NOAH & ANNA MARKER (no dates)	MARKER/ DANIEL MARKER died Feb. 17, 1873 aged 4O years, his wife SARAH died May 8, 1925 aged, 86 years, 6 months, 8 days.	There is a broken stone here, the pieces of which fit together . On one is; Farewell Daniel Marker. On the other: Feb. 17, l873 aged, 29 years, 11 months 24 days. This age does not agree with that given above for Daniel Marker.	Secured in November, 1934. One copy to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. The other to the Kansas State Historical Society. Secured by Norman Niccum

FOOTNOTE:   By Richard Wellman I have been checking the burial records maintained by the Jefferson Co. Gen. Soc. against the records that Julie submitted from the 1934 list of burials at Pleasant Hill (Puderbaugh). There was additional information, particularly of parents, contained in the 1934 list. However, there were two additional burials from the Gen. Soc. records, that are reportedly buried at Pleasant Hill (Puderbaugh) Cem. They are: Cunning, Mabel, b. 27 Jul 1892, d. 27 Jul 1892 dau. of Isaac & Martha E. (Watson) Cunning Metzger, Eli W., b. 25 Jun 1844, d. 25 Jun 1885, hus. of Margaret E. (Jones) Metzger. It is also interesting to note that there were only 4 burials since 1900 in the cemetery. 1. Root, Andrew d. 17 Dec. 1903 (Note: He was joining wife who had died in 1864) 2. Keener, Nancy (Currant) d. 10 Dec. 1904 (Note: She was joining hus. James who d. 1876) 3. Marker, Sarah (Royer) d. 8 May 1925 (Note: She was joining husband who had died in 1876) 4. Brown, Sarah (Root) d. 2 Jul. 1932 (Note: Her husband, S(amuel) H. Brown, died in 1895. There are two entries for his burial, one in Pleasant Hill and one in Ozawkie Cem. Because, Sarah was buried in Pleasnat Hill, it is very likely his reported burial in Ozawkie is incorrect.) Richard Wellman

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