Pleasant View Cemetery

Today's Walk Through the Tombstones is at Pleasant View Cemetery in Unionville, Indiana.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 39.28447, Longitude: -86.41688

We visited this cemetery on June 06, 2015.  It is a small cemetery with only about 150 interments.  The most notable part of this cemetery is the statue of the World War I soldier at the grave of Thomas and Raymond Riddle.  The statue is in surprisingly good condition save for a little damage to the hat.

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Our first stop is at the grave of Maudie Prior.

Born: March 1, 1890
Died: September 11, 1890

She was the daughter of Beckie Prior (?-?).  I am unsure of any other family information or as to where her parents are buried.  There are no other Priors buried in Pleasant View Cemetery.











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Next we stop at the grave of George W. Riddle.

Born: February 8, 1808
Died: February 8, 1892

He was married to Margret Johnson Riddle (1817-1862).  She is buried with him at Pleasant View Cemetery and her name is carved into the opposite side of the stone, but she also has a smaller stone to the side. 

I noticed the day that I took these photos that her name is spelled differently.  On the monument with her husband her name is spelled "Margaret", but on the smaller headstone nearby, her name is spelled "Margret".








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We now stop at the grave of the Riddle Brothers.

First we have Raymond R. Riddle.

Born: December 16, 1897
Died: February 20, 1919

He died in the great flu pandemic of 1919.

His brother is buried next to him, Thomas Forest Riddle.

Born: July 9, 1895
Died: February 21, 1919

He was a World War I soldier that had just returned from the front when he contracted the flu and died only two days after returning home.

Their parents were James A. Riddle (1848-1909) and Elizabeth Angeline Fleener Riddle (1853-1929).  They are both buried in Pleasant View Cemetery.

They had several siblings:
William B. Riddle (1872-1928) - buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign County, Illinois.
Homer C. Riddle (1874-1911) - buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana. (His headstone says 1911-1911)
Minta Mae Riddle Landrum (1876-1946) - buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Amanda E. Riddle (1878-1919) - buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.  (Died in the flu pandemic of 1919)
John Thomas Riddle (1881-1942) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Rebecca Riddle Baugh (1883-1959) - buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Edward Riddle (1885-1939) - buried in Valhalla Memory Gardens, Monroe County, Indiana.
Mary Martha Riddle Anderson (1887-1955) - buried in Payne Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Benjamin F. Riddle (1889-1936) - buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Sarah E. Riddle (1891-1899) - buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Edna Pearl Riddle Pontius (1893-1957) - buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

The monument next to their grave was purchased by their grandmother from a stone carver in Bedford, Indiana for the sum of $500.  

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Our final stop today is at the grave of C.H. Tracy.

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

He served in the Civil War in the 185th Ohio Infantry, Company D.











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I hope that you have enjoyed your walk through Pleasant View Cemetery.

If you have any information on any of the graves shown here, please email me or leave a comment.

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