PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY, VERMILION PARISH, LA RESEARCHED IN AUGUST OF 1996 BY EDWIN HEBERT ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** This cemetery is located about one mile east of the school at 7th ward. The rows are not well defined and start from the west side of the cemetery. It is said that the first burial there was the body of a slave by the name Ofjane Haley. The "+" sign after the row number means the person named is buried there. ROW NAME BIRTH DEATH 1 + PERCY GAGE 1903 AUG. 17, 1928 1 + LEONA HARDY CADE 1 + HENRY PARISH UNMARKED 1 + ADULT UNMARKED 1 + ERNEST WILLIAMS JR. 1935 1964 1 + ADULT UNMARKED 1 + ADULT UNMARKED 1 + ? HUNTER 1 + ADULT NOT LEGIBLE 1 + ETHEL PARISH APR. 18, 1893 JAN. 27, 1975 1 + ADULT UNMARKED 1 + EPHRIAM COLE UNMARKED 1 + O. R. MURPHY 1 + INFANT CHILD OF WILBERT COLE FEB. 13, 1960 FEB. 13, 1960 1 + ROBERT E. COLE JUL. 1, 1923 1 + EVOLA HARDY COLE 1895 FEB. 9, 1972 1 + MARKER NOT LEGIBLE 1 + ROY WENDELL MOUTON SR. JUN. 30, 1932 MAR. 14, 1994 1 + ESAW MOUTON JR. 1926 1976 1 + ESAW MOUTON SR. JAN. 19, 1881 OCT. 22, 1946 1 + ESTHER MOUTON APR. 28, 1900 NOV. 2, 1989 1 + WOLMAS MOUTON MAR. 25, 1892 OCT. 17, 1948 1 + LILLIE LOVAL UNMARKED 1 + JAKE LOVAL JAN. 22, 1907 SEP. 2, 1984 2 + BROKEN CONCRETE TOMB UNMARKED 2 + MILLESA LAVOL UNMARKED 2 + PETE VARISE UNMARKED 2 + JASPER LOVAL UNMARKED 2 + EDITH HENDERSON LAVOL UNMARKED 3 + DAUGHTER OF EDWARD MATHEWS 3 + EDWARD MATHEWS JAN. 20, 1862 JAN. 4, 1925 3 + LAURENE MATHEWS LAPOINT MAR. 19, 1898 AUG. 17, 1988 3 + IRON CROSS UNMARKED 3 + ? MATHEWS 1861 3 + LIZZIE MATHEWS BRIGGS SEP. 16, 1882 JUN. 15, 1946 3 + SOPHE PAUL 3 + ADULT UNMARKED 3 + ADULT UNMARKED 3 + SOPHIE MATHEWS 1888 1968 3 + LUCY MATHEWS 1887 OCT. 27, 1954 3 + ADULT UNMARKED 3 + ADULT UNMARKED 4 + LARGE BRICK TOMB UNMARKED 5 + SIMUEL GUIDRY SR. MAY. 6, 1925 DEC. 26, 1990 5 + ADULT UNMARKED 5 + LUCINDA TAYLOR NOV. 20, 1904 5 + ADULT UNMARKED 5 + ADULT UNMARKED 5 + ADULD UNMARKED 5 + ADULT UNMARKED 5 + ANNIE MAE FREDERICK 69 YRS. OLD MAY.21, 1945 5 + HORST FREDERICK 5 + ADULT UNMARKED 5 + EMMA HEBERT 6 + BROKEN BRICK TOMB [CHILD] 6 + BROKEN BRICK TOMB [CHILD] 6 + ANDISON ROBERTSON 6 + MATILDA WALKER 38 YRS. OLD MAR. 22, 1946 7 + ELLA MAE LYONS RICE AUG. 3, 1924 MAY. 6, 1995 7 + ALBERT RICE MAR. 3, 1921 JUL. 30, 1989 7 + SAMUAL RICE SR. 1886 1971 7 + ALBERTA RICE ZENO 1909 1958 7 + MOODY HARRIS 7 + NELSON RICE OCT. 15, 1914 NOV. 10, 1952 7 + ADULT UNMARKED 7 + ADULT UNMARKED 7 + ADULT UNMARKED 7 + ADULT UNMARKED 7 + ROBERT ELDRIDGE WELLS APR. 17, 1915 MAY. 30, 1992 7 + ADULT UNMARKED 7 + LARGE BRICK TOMB UNMARKED 7 + LARGE BRICK TOMB UNMARKED 7 + ADULT UNMARKED 7 + MARTHA HENDERSON 1898 1924 7 + DAVID HENDERSON JUL. 3, 1904 FEB. 2, 1926 8 + ADULT UNMARKED 9 + MARTHA MAY MOORE UNMARKED 9 + RAINEY MOORE UNMARKED 9 + RAPHAEL MOORE 1934 1965 9 + JESSIE CAMPBELL UNMARKED 1901 1979 9 + OCTAVIA MURPHY UNMARKED 9 + WHITNEY CHOATE 9 + EDWARD RICE III FEB. 8, 1937 DEC. 22, 1989 9 + LLOYD RICE 9 + ADULT UNMARKED 9 + EDWARD RICE AUG. 12, 1863 OCT. 13, 1934 9 + EDWARD RICE JR. 1905 1973 9 + aDULT UNMARKED 10 + WILLIAM D. WELLS 1880 1956 10 + ELDORA COLE HEBERT UNMARKED 12 + BROKEN BRICK TOMB UNMARKED 12 + ALFRED WILLIAMS JAN. 15, 1904 12 + EVERT BAKER OCT. 27, 1896 SEP. 19, 1952 13 + ADOLPH CADE UNMARKED 14 + MRS. JAMES MONROE CADE UNMARKED 14 + JAMES MONROE CADE OCT. 21, 1889 1904 14 + ALBERT CADE MAY. 18, 1896 JAN. 28, 1944 14 + EDWARD CADE UNMARKED 14 + DAVID ROGER FEB. 2, 1858 SEP. 16, 1923 14 + ADULT UNMARKED 14 + ADULT UNMARKED 14 + ADULT UNMARKED 14 + BERTHA R. COLEMAN APR. 16, 1898 JUL. 29, 1985 14 + OLLIE COLE SEP. 15, 1894 DEC. 15, 1964 14 + OLLIE COLEMAN JR. UNMARKED 14 + BROKEN MARKER NOT LEGIBLE 14 + ADULT UNMARKED 14 + CLARA CADE WOLRIGE JUL. 18, 1878 MAY. 13, 1945 14 + NEWTON CADE 15 + LEONARD BAKER UNMARKED 15 + ALICE BAKER UNMARKED 15 + SAM BAKER UNMARKED 15 + SAM BAKER JR. UNMARKED 15 + AARON BAKER UNMARKED 15 + JENETTE BAKER THE CEMETERY PROBABLY HAS MANY MORE GRAVES IN IT BUT THE GRAVES HAVE NO MARKINGS. YOU CAN SEE THE INDENTATIONS IN THE GROUND WHERE PEOPLE WERE PROBABLY BURIED. THE OLDER GENERATION IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONES TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHO THESE PEOPLE WERE, BUT THEY ARE ALL GONE SO WE WILL NEVER KNOW. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WERE BURIED THERE BUT HAVE NO IDENTIFABLE TOMB. THESE ARE NAMES OF PEOPLE THE CARETAKER OF THE CEMETERY KNOWS ARE BURIED THERE + DANIEL LENORE + WILTZ LENORE + MILDRED LENORE HARDY + GUSSIE DONAHUE + ELLIS DONAHUE + ELIZA DONAHUE WALKER + STANLEY DONAHUE + CAMERY WALKER COLE + NED MATHEWS + ANNIE HARDY PARISH + RASTUS PARISH + RACHAEL PARISH PRIMEAUX + NAPOLEON PRIMEAUX + JUDY WELLS + ANDREW HENDERSON + LLOYD CADE + ARMSTRONG ROGER + MARY CADE ROGER + ROBERT "BOB" COLE + REBECCA DONAHUE COLE