"The earliest stone found in the cemetery is dated 1854. The grave of Jacob H. Florer, son of W. C. and Nancy Florer, who died 29 June 1854.
"The first record of the Pleasant View Friends is found in the minutes of the Center Preparative Meeting of Friends Women. The meeting was held the 7th month, 4th, 1855.
"Although the legal document is very difficult to read it seems that on 11 Jun 1857, Asa and Abigail Peacock said two acres of ground to members of the Society Of Friends of Spring Creek.
"Minutes show the Pleasant, View Cemetery was fenced at a cost of $26.80 in 1867. The size was 64' x 80'. Burials were made prior to that time, maybe as early as 1848, but these were probably unmarked graves.
"A Warranty Deed dated 9 January 1867 transfers land from Ellen to Louis Peacock, but excludes 'Eighteen rods square out of the Southwest corner,' which is likely in reference to the church and cemetery property.
"The last date of the Pleasant View meeting was the 4th month, 9th, 1885.
"A Quit Claim Deed dated 11 month, 23rd, 1887 and filed 23 March 1888 refers to the property belonging to the Oskaloosa Monthly Meeting (formerly Spring Creek Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends of the County of Mahaska, State of Iowa.)
"9th month, 17th, 1892 the proposal for the removal of the Pleasant View meeting house was discussed and then carried out. The meeting house was moved in to Kellogg, taken over the frozen river, and located in the Northwest corner of Kellogg where meetings of worship were held until about the turn of the century or shortly thereafter. The building was then taken down and the lumber used to build a dwelling house Southwest of Kellogg on the Old Mill Road.
In 1893 the tract of land adjoining the cemetery, where the meeting house stood, was sold, thus making the cemetery plot one acre. The money from the sale was used to improve the cemetery, 6th month, 17th, 1905 the Pleasant View Cemetery was turned over to Kellogg Township Trustees."
Source: Jasper County, Iowa Cemeteries: Rock Creek and Kellogg Township (Except Silent City), compiled by Jasper County Genealogical Society; published by the Iowa Genealogical Society. Copyright 1994. Used with their permission. To purchase a copy of this book, contact the Iowa Genealogical Society.
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