View from the northwest	View of rows on northeast side
North fence area	South fence area
View of northwest group Left to right: footstones, Shaw, Finch	Far south and east side of cemetery Left to right: Carlin, Stokesbary, Townsend

Pleasant View Cemetery is located in Section 14, Washington Precinct. From Fairbury, go north on Hwy 15 about 11 miles to Hwy 4 west, the Daykin road. The cemetery sits on the southeast corner of the intersection of Hwy 15 & Hwy 4. Although this cemetery sits at the corner of two busy highways, it seems to have been neglected for many years. Some effort has been made to prop up fallen stones and repair some of the broken ones, but many of them look to have been moved from their original locations. There are several sunken areas that indicate where the stones were originally placed. At times the grass in the open areas is mown, but other times it is over knee-high. It is not fenced off from the surround fields. Be cautious when visiting as there are many sunken spots, badger holes, and gravestones hiding in the grass. On an old plat map the name is listed as Plainview Cemetery. This is a complete listing of all stones found in the autumn of 2007. There is at least one stone missing, as a footstone with the initials "F.W.D." was found but does not match any of the gravestones, and there are quite a few gaps indicating possible graves. If you have any additional information on this cemetery or the persons buried there, please Email me Click on an underlined name to view photos. All photos and information provided by Kristin Vaughn © 2009 Copyright Notice--You are welcome to save a copy of individual photos for documenting your personal research, or to share with other family members. That is why the photos are posted here, to help genealogists with their research. You are NOT welcome to copy and post these photos or transcriptions to other websites such as Find A Grave without permission from both the original submitter of the photos and the host of this website. Doing so violates both the copyright of this website and the copyright of the original photographer. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	OTHER INFORMATION	LOCATION
base of stone			base only, for small stone	south of NW group in open, sunken area
unknown			Metal temp marker, missing info, possibly Lillian Walkemeyer	north side, 4th row, 3rd stone
unknown infant		------? 1880	Aged 7 days, top of stone missing	north side, 2nd row, 12th stone
----------, Hannah			Infant dau of ----?, bottom of stone is buried	north side, 2nd row, 9th stone
Bailey, Newton		4 Dec 1880	16y 20d, son of J & ML	north side, 3rd row, 2nd stone
Brenn, Peter C		24 Aug 1886	1y 11m 28d, son of CA & CA	north side, 4th row, 2nd stone
Brown, Betsey E		1 July 1879	33y 2m 2?d, wife of J.L.	north side, 2nd row, 1st stone
Bull, John S		1 Sept 1873	Infant son of W & R	north side, 5th row, 1st stone
Carlin, Frank S		31 Aug 1881	25y, husband of N.S.	south central area
Carlin, Myrtie		26 Aug 1879	dau of WC & C, age buried in base of stone, mortality census says aged 2 months	north side, 2nd row, 8th stone
Decker, Cora F		2 March 1874	1y 8m, dau of J & MH , same stone as Flora Tulene	north side, 3rd row, 1st stone
Dey, Abel Martin		26 Sept 1874	Infant son of RD & CM	north side, 2nd row, 7th stone
Dey, Amos D		31 Oct 1879	1y 8m 11d, son of BD & CM	north side, 2nd row, 6th stone
Durisch, Bertha M		11 Aug 1886	12 d, dau of FS & D	inside north fence
Durisch, Delferna	Jan 1859	July 1890 or 96	Wife of F.S.	inside north fence
Durisch, Infant	7 May 1897	7 May 1897	Dau of FS & D	inside north fence
Evans, Anna L		28 Aug 1874	1y 8m 26d, dau of CA & EL	north side, 2nd row, 3rd stone
Evans, Cora A		6 Jan 1874	7y 4m, dau of CA & EL	north side, 2nd row, 2nd stone
Evans, Mahala F		18 Feb 1884	26y 8m 24d, wife of F.R	north side, 5th row, 2nd stone
Evans, Willie H		19 Oct 1874	3y 10m 8d, son of CA & EL	north side, 2nd row, 4th stone
Finch, Belle		11 July 1878	22y 11m, child of W & MA Finch	NW corner
Finch, Elzora		7 July 1873	5y 11m 10d, child of W & MA Finch	NW corner
Frost, Lilly Jane		[26 Oct 1878]	[7y 10m], dau of August & Nettie, age & dates from Obituary	north side, 2nd row, 5th stone
Hand, Hannah		24 April 1887	38y 28d, wife of H. Hand	inside south fence
Hand, James A		23 Dec 1878	2y 7m 8d, son of W & S	north side, 4th row, 1st stone
Hand, Mary L.		30 April 1876	1y 2m ?d, dau of H & H	inside south fence
Hand, Sarah		22 Dec 1880	72y, wife of Peter	inside south fence
Karsghner, Willie L		12 June 1872	Infant son of MR & P	against south fence
McManis, Susie		20 Nov 1880	20y 2m 14d, wife of O? P.	north side, 1st row, 1st stone
Shaker, Mary L		16 Jan 1889	21y 1m 11d, wife of J.F.	far east side, row 6
Shaw, Amos		20 Oct 1885	51y 7m 26d, same stone as Rose	NW corner
Shaw, Rose A		17 Jan 1880	30y 11m 16d, wife of Amos, same stone	NW corner
Stokesbary, Iva May		1 Aug 1889	9m 1d, dau of JJ & IM	far south area
Stowers, John		10 Jan 1891	84y	north side, 2nd row, 11th stone
Stowers, Mary M	4 Aug 1809	2 Aug 1879	Stone propped against John Stowers	north side, 2nd row, 10th stone
Townsend, infant		11 Jan 1894	11m 16d, son of DM & S	far southeast corner
Tulene, Flora E		26 Feb 1874	2y?, dau of G & MH, same stone as Cora Decker	north side, 3rd row, 1st stone
Yantz, Yuba?		18? ----? 1875?	9m 8d, son of GH & HA	north side, 1st row, 2nd stone
A.L.E			footstone, probably Anna Evans	against south fence
E.F.			footstone, probably Elzora Finch, partially buried under FWD	NW corner
F.E.T.			footstone, probably Flora Tulene's	behind Willie Evans' stone
F.S.C.			footstone, probably Frank Carlin, near Shaw & Finch stones	NW corner
F.W.D			footstone, found near Shaw & Finch stones	NW corner
M.M.S			footstone, probably Mary Stowers	against south fence
S.H.			footstone, probably Sarah Hand	against south fence
S.M.			footstone, probably Susie McManis	against south fence