Prairie View Cemetery Records

This information is typed as it appears in the document. The graves below have been entered in the Cemetery Records on this website.

PRAIRIE VIEW CEMETERY
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GRAVE PLOT #29 - BUFFINGTON
1. BUFFINGTON - Henry C. bn. 13 Jul 1847 died 18 June 1933
father - Andrew C. Buffington bn N.Y.
mother - Finnie Makepeace bn. Wisc.
2. Linnie E. his wife/ 1852-1920

GRAVE PLOT #43 - DIECKMAN
1. Father/ Herman Dieckman/1867-1943
2. Baby Brown/1922
3. Mother/Marie Dieckman/1875-1921

GRAVE PLOT #44 - CAPAROON
John Caparoon/ died March 6, 1920

GRAVE PLOT #45 - DIELEMAN
DIELMAN (large stone)
1. Twins: Arthur Earl 1907-1917
Aaron Carl 1907-1917
2. Dillie - 1884-1917
this plot has cornerstones.

GRAVE PLOT #46 - KECHTER
unmarked: info from Hoffman Mort. - Douglas, Wyo.
Harold Richard Kechter
bn Hastings, Nebr. abt 1902
died 1 Aug 1914 12 yrs. 16 days.
father - Jacob Kechter bn Russia
mother - Ellis Ruber bn Russia.

50 Years Ago
August 19, 1926
Harold, 13-year old son of Jacob Ketcher, living three miles north of Shawnee, met a violent end Tuesday evening when he was dragged to death by a horse. How the accident occurred is not known.

GRAVE PLOT #47 - MORAVA
Edward E. Morava/Wyo./Pvt. Coast Art. Corp./Nov. 3, 1918 Military Stone

GRAVE PLOT #48 - SHEPARD
unmarked. Prob. grave of Royal B. Shepard
bn 23 June 1855 Lawerence Co. N.Y.
d. 20 Feb 1919 Lost Sprgs, Wyo.
Funeral at Prairie View.
Source: Obit. LOST SPRINGS TIMES 27 Feb 1919 p. 8 col 4

GRAVE PLOT #63-PETERSON
"Gone but not Forgotten" PETERSON/Cordie E. Valentine.
14 Febr. 1907/22 Apr 1922

GRAVE PLOT #64-PURCELL
(Woodman of the World Marker) Robin Samuel Purcell/
1 Aug. 1870/21 Jul 1919
Father-William bn. Ken.
mother - Elizabeth Stark bn Ken.
Source: Hoffman Mort-Douglas.
Fell into grain elevator at Shawnee according to Ralph Pickenpaugh.

GRAVE PLOT #65-WELCH
Darnel/Son of G. L. and Laura/13 Aug 1909/18 Mar 1918/WELCH.

GRAVE PLOT #66-McKIBBEN
1. McKibben-unmarked.
2. Augustus DeForest/8 May 1843/6 Sept 1914
3. Galbraith/M. Bernice/1914-15 (Metal marker)


PRAIRIE VIEW CEMETERY
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GRAVE PLOT #67 - CRABB
1. (white marble military marker) Floyd Herbert CRABB/Sgt. U.S. Army/WWII/March 27, 1928/Nov. 2, 1968
2. (just behind and south of above - Infant of Floyd and Lena Crabb-Footstone marked "babe".

GRAVE PLOT #68 - SPELLMAN
SPELLMAN/Florence L. June 28, 1913-7 Dec 1918
Walter A. Oct. 5, 1916-8 Dec 1918

GRAVE PLOT #69 - TINKS
1. Metal Marker - Weldon H. Sullivan 1922-1925
2. Milford G. Sullivan 1927-1927
3. Metal Marker - "Tinks"
4. Metal Marker - "Tinks"

GRAVE PLOT #84 - unknown

GRAVE PLOT #85 - SEEQUIST
Mother/Lola Holmes Seequist/1893-1918

GRAVE PLOT #86 - WHITTAKER
unmarked

GRAVE PLOT #87 - BARR
BARR - headstone. smaller stones as follows:
1. Niles Wilson 1917-1927
2. Margaret L. bn 13 Nov 1866 d. 28 Jan 1928 dau. of G.L. Barr bn Danville, Ohio mother bn Danville Ohio - Hoffman Mort. - Doug.
3. Elizabeth - 1848-1916
4. Gilbert bn 15 Mar 1843 Danville, Ohio d. 20 Dec 1927. father - Mathis bn Virginia mother - Eliz. Runyon bn Danville, Ohio - Hoffman Mort.
5. Elsie P. 1992-1916

GRAVE PLOT #88 - STOCK
unmarked - this may be the Moss child mentioned earlier that was moved to Douglas too.

GRAVE PLOT #90 - GARHART
1. Mrs. C. D. Garhart (Bertha Mae) died 1920; bn 23 Jun 1889 (Jun 1889 is scratched out, difficult to read, and may not be accurate); and died 29 June 1920 father-Lon Bates. Mother - Luella. (killed by lightning according to Ralph Pickenpaugh)
2. Charles D. Garhart died July 5, 1935 (fell from wagon according to R. Pickenpaugh)

GRAVE PLOT #106 - McGREW
Mother/ Julia McGrew/ 15 Aug 1881/ 9 Aug 1929

GRAVE PLOT #110 - GARHART
1. Carl Wayne Garhart/ inf. son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd/ Garhart 1940 1941
2. Inf. son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Garhart 1941

Also included in documents is a legal document signed on September 17, 1938, by John B. Barnes Jr., authorizing William W. Dieleman and Judson P. Watson to "provide, hold, own, maintain and keep in repair a place or places of burial for the dead and to borrow money, execute notes, deed, contracts and mortgages pursuant to the maintenance of such cemetery or cemeteries;"...

There is also a Key to Plot list and a map of plot locations and grave diagram. Both of these documents contain a legal description of the cemetery location.