Pleasant Hill Cem: Butler Co. NEGenWeb

Pleasant Hill Cemetery

updated June 11, 2006

Pleasant Hill Cemetery gate

Cemetery location "Rising City, Butler Co., NE, Take the main street north to edge of Rising City and go 4 m. E, Sec. 9, Union Twp."

Photo contributions or grave lists are welcome.
Contributors: Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay, Grace M. Hoeft, Linda Hewitt Goss & Sheryl Hewitt Porter

Tombstone List

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FOX, Edgar 1839 1909 (view plot) (view photo)
FOX, Mary A. - his wife 1845 1917 (see above)
FOX, Willie (view photo)
FOX, Bertha (view photo)
FOX, Carrie (view photo)
FOX, Van (view photo)
FOX, Lester 1885 1948 (view photo)
Note: Edgar Fox, son of Elisha & Eviline (Kelsey) Fox. Mary Amelia Berry, wife of Edgar Fox. Children of Edgar & Mary A. Fox: Olive; Cora; Armina; Susan; & Lester L. Fox. Children of Elisha & Eviline (Kelsey) Fox: Edwin, Eleanor; Edgar, Egbert, Ezra, Eviline, Elizabeth Sally, Eltia/Etta, Oscar Edwin, & Emerette Fox.
Note: Edgar and Mary A. Fox inscriptions are on the large family tombstone - there are two childrens markers located on each side of the family tombstone - Only Names, NO dates are inscribed on top of the small markers for - WILLIE - BERTHA - CARRIE - VAN.
(submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
FOX, Egbert March 24, 1841 May 30, 1897 (view plot) [inscription on west side of tombstone]
FOX, Ione G. - his wife April 19 1845 Oct. 16, 1920 [inscription on west side of tombstone]
FOX, Lura P. Sept 11, 1876 July 11, 1878 [inscription on south side of tombstone] (view marker)
FOX, Effie A. July 13, 1866 July 12, 1885 [inscription on south side of tombstone] (view marker)
FOX FAMILY small Grave Markers - inscriptions on top: FATHER - MOTHER: [originally located to north of FOX tombstone - when pictures taken May 25, 2002, these two foot markers had been placed, leaning against the back of the Fox family tombstone] LAURA P. - EFFIE A.: [Located on south side of FOX family tombstone.]
Note: Egbert Fox: husband of Ione Gertrude (King) Fox, son of Elisha & Eviline (Kelsey) Fox. Ione Gertrude (King) Fox, dau. of Isaac & Almina (Peck) King. Children of Egbert & Ione Fox: Laura P.; Nellie; Effie A.; Herbert Byron; Berton; & Wayne A. Fox.
Children of Elisha & Eviline (Kelsey) Fox: Edwin; Eleanor; Edgar; Egbert; Ezra; Eviline; Elizabeth Sally; Eltia/Etta; Oscar Edwin; & Emerette Fox.
(submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay)
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Heckman, Frederick (Nov 9 1820 - Aug 13 1820) (view photo)
Heckman, Lovina His Wife Nov 3 1833 - Aug 25 1889 (maiden name Bobb) (view photo)
Note: Parents of Andrew Franklin Miller Heckman, grandparents of Cora Mae Heckman, great-grandparents of Harold R. Hewitt, great-great-grandparents of Linda Hewitt Goss.
(submitted by Linda Hewitt Goss & Sheryl Hewitt Porter)
HOWE, Mira Ellen 5/10/1851 - 5/3/1941 wife of Nahum
HOWE, Nahum 2/14/1849 - 12/17/1917
(submitted by Grace M. Hoeft)
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McKELLIPS, Darwin 1824 1908 (view plot) (view photo)
McKELLIPS, Martha - his wife 1831 1910 (see above)
McKELLIPS, Louesa J. 1834 1915 (view photo)
McKELLIPS, Mary L. Jan. 13, 1826 (?? year) Aged 17 yrs. 1 mo. 11 dys Dau. of [initials hard to read, may be ?P. L.? McKELLIPS] (view photo)
McKELLIPS? (unintelligible), Madge dau. of ??? (view photo)
Note: MARY L tombstone is a small round top white stone and the inscription is getting very worn - the above is as accurate as we could transcribe -- There is another smaller white tombstone located just to the right side of MARY’s stone, but the inscriptions on it was ‘very’ badly worn - We could make out the name - MADGE dau of -- but that was all, we recorded this Jan. 24, 2002. This tombstone of MADGE appeared to be in the same lot as Mary L and Lousesa J. McKellips.
(submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay)
McKELLIPS, Phylander D 1867 1956 (view plot) (view photo)
McKELLIPS, Nellie A 1868 1955 (see above)
McKELLIPS, Iva Ervine Sept. 9 1893 Oct. 27 1893 Daug. of P.D. & N. A. McKELLIPS (view photo)
Note: Nellie Almina Fox:, wife of Philander Dennis McKellips, dau. of Egbert & Ione Gertrude (King) Fox. Philander Dennis McKellips, son of Darwin & Martha (Wittican) McKellips. Children of Philander and Nellie McKellips: Iva Ervine; Martha Gertrude; Lucy; Darwin E.; & Troy E. McKellips.
(submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay)
Muntz, Konrad (1843-1897) (view photo) (view plot)
Note: husband of Wilhelmina (Minnie) Schmolt
Note: The small markers behind this plot stone are for Konrad; Wilhelmina and Ella Muntz.
Muntz, Wilhelmina (1856-1922) wife of Konrad (view photo)
Note: wife of Konrad Muntz; Children of Konrad and Wilhelmina Muntz: Amelia, Augusta, Andrew J., Carl Leslie, and Ella Muntz.
Muntz, Ella (1883-1959) daugher (view photo)
Note: Emblem beside grave: Am. Legion Auxilary, Parents: Konrad & Wilhelmina (Schmolt) Muntz
Photos: Oct. 29, 2002. (submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay)
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Piller, Reinhold Emil, November 6, 1856 - February 18, 1853, Vater (view photo) (view photo)
Piller, Minna Geb Hartwig, Oct. 17, 1860 - January 3, 1927, Mutter (view photo)
Piller, Rudolph, October 10, 1895 - September 14, 1905 (view photo)
Children of Reinhold Emil and Minna (Hartwig) Piller: Adolph Eduard, George Piller, Frederike (Freida), Reinhold Christian (Sonny), Wilhelm Frederick, George Christian, Gustav; Rudolph, Melanie, Eckehardt C., and Minna Piller
Picture taken: Oct. 29, 2002 Submitted by: Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
Piller, Agnes D., May 28, 1900 - November 10, 1975 (view photo)
Piller, Eck C., July 13, 1899 - January 10, 1979 (view photo)
Picture taken: Oct. 29, 2002 Submitted by: Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
Piller, Frances R., 1933-1997 (view photo) Korea War emblem beside Grave
Picture taken: Oct. 29, 2002 Submitted by: Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
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Rogers, Flossie, March 25, 1891 - Sept. 1, 1893 [inscription on east side of stone]
Rogers, Donivan, Oct 1, 1893 - Nov. 1, 1893 [inscription on west side of stone]
[North side of tombstone has inscription: Children of J. P. and C. E. Rogers]
Rogers, John Philip, 24 Dec 1860 - 04 Apr 1939
Rogers, Cora Essa (née Rogers), 29 Aug 1868 - 09 Apr 1948
Note: John and Cora buried in ‘unmarked’ graves in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Rising City, Butler Co., NE.
Note: Cora Essa Rogers & John Philip Rogers - were unrelated - yet had the same surname. Children of John Philip and Cora Essa Rogers: Flossie, Donivan, and Olga Rogers. Cora Essa Rogers was dau. of Thomas Files & Rachel (Grant) Rogers, who are buried in the Garrison Cemetery. John P. Rogers was son of John C. & Ann (Sawyer) Rogers. SOURCE for burials: obits and personal family attendance of burials.
(submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay)
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