Pleasant Plains Township Cemetery, Baldwin, Lake County, Michigan
Established:  1871

Copyright (c) 2005 by Chi (Rouse) Benedict.  AislynHaze@comcast.net

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Pleasant Plains Township Cemetery: 
48th Street Baldwin, MI  49304
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Directions:
     	Located in Baldwin, Lake County, Michigan. 

Directions: Pleasant Plains Cemetery lies on 48th Street about 1 1/2 
miles west of Baldwin on Section 33 in Webber Township, Lake County, 
Michigan. 48th street is immediately north of the courthouse in Baldwin 
at the (only) blinker light at the intersection of M-37 and US-10. 
 
Webber Township Cemetery & Pleasant Plains cemetery are adjacent to each 
other, three signs stand. A dirt driveway separates the two cemeteries 
on the North side of 48th Street and on the South side of 48th Street is 
another portion of Pleasant Plains Cemetery.

Map:  
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=48th+St,+Baldwin,+MI+49304&ll=43.901047,-
85.863132&spn=0.019447,0.037019&hl=en

GPS Location:  Latitude: 43.902, Longitude: -85.874
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History:
     	"Established in 1871" (1)
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Interments:

SURNAME 
Name			Inscription					Plot		
		Notes
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AVERY
Ina Bell		Wife of							
		Stone is Old, Hard to see the 
			D.O. Avery							
		date.
			1866-1912
BELL	
M. Lavenia		Mother							
			M. Lavenia
Bell
1854-1936
			
BELL	
Sherman		In Memory							
		The insignia for the Odd Fellows				
	Sherman Bell								is in 
between Sherman's birth
Father							
		& death year dates.  This is a
1887  1946							
		plaque.

BLACKMER	
Charles J.		Charles J.							
		This stone is a pillar stone.
			Blackmer							
	
			Died Aug. 11, 1892
			Aged								
		Shared Marker (Married)
			67 Yrs. 6 MS. 7 DS.
			A Member Of							
		
			Gen. Thomas Post No. 362				
		Below Josephine's birth & death
Josephine		Josephine							
		dates is the Surname written on 
			Wife Of							
		the base.
			Charles J. Blackmer
			1836-1919

BLASS	
Kenneth Ulric	Kenneth Ulric Blass					
		Military Plaque
			PFC US ARMY
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1897	1985

BLASS	
Kenneth Ulric	Kenneth U.							
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Marie E.		Marie E.
			1903-1976

BLASS	
Volney G.		Volney G.							
		 
			1890-1974							
		
											
		Shared Marker
Ora A.		Ora A.
			1888-1963

BRADFORD
Andrew L.		1902-1946				
			103rd Grand Master Independent
			Order Of Oddfellows Of Michigan
			1945-1946
			Died in Office January 9, 1946
			Age 43 Years

BRADFORD	
Anna E.		Mom				
			Anna E.
			1915-2004
											
		Shared Marker (Married)

John U.		Dad
			John U.
			1906-1992
				
BRADFORD	
Charles C.		Tec 3 US-ARMY						
		Military Plaque			
			World War II
			1924-1975

BRADFORD	
Mary E.										
			
			
											
		Shared Marker (Married)
			
	Charles C.		Charles C.							
		Charles C. same man as Military
				1924-1975							
		Marker above.

BRADFORD	
Clara M.		Clara M. Bradford						
					
			Grandmother
			1875-1969

BRADFORD	
Elsie A.		1899-1982				
			
			Married:  October 18, 1916				
		Shared Marker (Married)

Jesse N.		1894-1975
			
BRADFORD	
Emma S.		Emma S.							
		Update added on July 26, 2005:  				
	Daughter of J&S Bradford						Emma 
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			Died								
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			July 23, 1882						
		three pieces, but has been stuck 
			Aged 17 years 6 months, 13 days 			
		back together, so age is hard to 
											
		read.  @
BRADFORD	
Eva G.		Eva G.					
			1904-1952						 
			
BRADFORD	
Agnes G.		Agnes G.							
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			1884-1973	
											
		Shared Marker (Married)

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Edna			Mother							
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			1864-1948

John A.		Father							
		This is a family plot, each 
			John A.							
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			1863-1936							
		

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			1889-1941
									
						
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Nancy E.		Nancy E. Bradford
			Jan. 18, 1955
			Nov. 8, 1993				

BRADFORD	
Vera B.		Vera B.							
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			1888-1970	
											
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Elgar W.		Elgar W.							
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			1887-1953	
									
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Violet C.		Mother							
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Robert T.		Robert T.				
			April 1, 1913
			May 23, 1978	
				
			Married Oct. 9, 1958					
		Shared Marker (Married)

Gertrude M.		Gertrude M.							
		Marriage date is on the left 
April 6, 1917						
		side of the stone right before
Jan. 26, 1989						
		Robert's name.

BROMLEY	
Bernerd E.		Bernerd E. Bromley					
		Military Plaque
			Michigan	
			1st SGT 1614 SVC COMD UNIT
			World War II
			Aug 31 1918  Dec 14 1966

CRYSLER	
Clair Henry		Clair Henry Crysler					
		Military Plaque
			CPL US ARMY	
			World War II
			Aug 14 1923  Sep 4 2004

CRYSLER	
Ella M.		Mother							
			Ella M.	
			Crysler
			1899-1944
											
		Shared Marker (Married)
Earl F.		Father
			Earl F.
			Crysler
			1891-1979
CRYSLER	
Lester E.		Lester E. Crysler						
		Military Plaque/Stone
			MOMM3 US NAVY	
			World War II
			Jun 11 1919  May 14 1994

CRYSLER	
Margaret M.		In Memory							
		Plaque
			Margaret M. Crysler	
			Daughter
			Sept. 17, 1921  June 4, 1938

CRYSLER	
Raymond E.		Raymond E.							
			Crysler	
			Daughter
			1928-1982

DECKER	
Edward E.		Edw'd E. Decker						
		Military Stone 
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Viola			Mother							
		Stone is slightly weathered &	 
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		has moss growing on it.
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				1845-1918							
	 

DELONG	
Claire May		Claire May							
		Between the birth & death date 
			DeLong							
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				1880  1960							
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DELONG	
E.L.			E.L. DeLong							
		Has Odd Fellows insignia on it 
				1879  1918							
		between birth & death dates.

DELONG	
Eunice May		Eunice May							
		Has Rebecca's insignia on it 
				De Long							
		between birth & death dates.
1917	1959							
		

DRILLING	
Arthur I.		Arthur I.							
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			1924-1979	
											
		Shared Marker (Married)

Virginia M.		Virginia M.							
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			1925-2000	

DRILLING	
Cleta E.		Cleta E.							
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			1905-1963	
											
		Shared Marker (Married)

Clarence I.		Clarence I.							
		@
			1896-1967	

DRILLING	
Larry Duane		Son								
		Baby Grave, has lamb on it.
			Larry Duane							
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			Drilling
			Feb. 25-27, 1947	

DRILLING	
Sarah			Sarah								
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DRILLING	
Willard G.		Willard G.							
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			1894-1950	
											
		Shared Marker (Married)

Eva Avery		Eva Avery							
		@
1897-2000	

GHENT	
Lelia E.		Lelia E.							
		
			1885-1968	
											
		Shared Marker (Married)

John A.		John A.							
		
1877-1961

GIBSON	
Mary E.		Mary E.
			Gibson
1956-2000

GIBSON	
Paul D.		Paul D.							
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			1919-1998
											
		Shared Marker (Married)

Emma M.		Emma M.							
		@
			1921-1995

GLEASON	
Kittie		Kittie
			Wife of Mott Gleason
Died
Nov. 4, 1887
Aged 23 y's

GREENLEASE	
Bernice		Bernice							
		
			1881	
											
		Shared Marker (Married)

Charles F.		Charles F							
		
1878	

GREENLEASE	
Charles Francis	Charles							
		
			Francis
			Son Of
			Charles And
			Bernice Greenlease
			Born Jan 31 1912
			Died Sept 23 1935	

HEATH	
Oliver M.		Oliver M.							
		
			1876-1959	
											
		Shared Marker (Married)

Etta M.		Etta M.							
		
1878-1962

HOLLISTER	
Fannie E.		Fannie E. Hollister
1874-1944	

HORN	
Cyrelda E.		Dear Daughter						
		Is buried near her father
			Cyrelda E. Horn						
		Harry W. Bradford and 
			Mar. 8, 1913						
		grandparents John A. & 
			Jan. 26, 2005						
		Edna Bradford.  @

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Emma			Mother							
		This stone looks as if it was					
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JONES	
Hattie M.		Hattie M.							
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GN_K. Jones							
		Unreadable, believed to be the 
Died								
		daughter of George N. Jones. 
Mar. 21 1978						
		This stone is in bad condition, it is broken
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		in half and the top half is
10 Months 1 day						
		resting against the bottom half.

JONES	
George N.		Geo. N. Jones						
											
	Born	
			Feb. 5, 1847
			Died
			Nov. 5, 1883						
		 



KNIGHT	
Jay J.		Jay J. Knight						
											
	Died May 20, 1907									 
Aged 15 Years
2 Mo's & 25 D's.
We will meet again.

KNIGHT	
Thomas W.		Thos. W.							
											
	Knight
Died May 23, 1904
Age 46 Y. 9 M.
& 23 DS.
At Rest
Father

LUSK	
Laura B.		Laura B. Lusk						
											
	1871-1961

MACLEOD	
Angus E.		Angus E.							
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			1901-1999							
		This is a family plot, one stone
											
		per person.
Anstice M.		Anstice M.							
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			MacLeod						 
			1900-1989	

Emily			Emily MacLeod						
		
			MacLeod						 
			1860-1948	

Norman		Norman MacLeod
			1858-1927

MOORE	
Hattie E.		Hattie E.							
		Stone is a very old pillar					
	Wife Of						 			in bad 
condition.  Moss covers
			Harry Moore							
		sections of it and it is 
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		weathered.  VERY Hard to read.
			Feb 22 1866							
		Death year could be 1894.
			Died
			Sept 2 1884

NORTH	
Flora			Flora								
		
			Dau. Of							
		
			W.H. & M.V. North
			Died
			Nov. 1, 1893.
			Aged 15 yrs. 2 mos.
			18 ds.							
		Some moss growing on the stone.
			No pains, no griefs, no anxious tears		
		Poem is hard to read.
			Can touch our loved one sleeping here

POTTER	
Ethel M.		Ethel M.							
		Has Rebecca's insignia on it 
			1879  1941						 	
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		Shared Marker (Married)  						
							
William R.		William R.							
		3 chain link insignia with FLT 
1874	1968						 	
		in center, one in each link
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George O.		George O.							
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ROGERS	
Donald R.		Son								
			Donald R. Rogers						
			
1930-1960

ROUSE	
Charles C.		Charles C.							
		In between birth & death dates
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			1889  1962							
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		Shared Marker (Married)

Gerda B.		Gerda B.							
		In between birth & death dates
1885  1979							
		is the insignia for the Order of 
								
		the Eastern Star.  @

ROUSE	
Ginger Elaine	Our Little Angel						
		Baby Grave with angel & teddy
Ginger Elaine Rouse					
		bear on it.  @
Jan. 25-Feb. 17, 1950
God Gave Us But 24 Days

ROUSE	
Marguerite F.	Marguerite F.						
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			May 26, 1915
			May 25, 1970	

SAPINSKI	
Walter		Walter
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			1908 1946
			
THIEMAN	
Ewald H.		Ewald H.							
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			1872-1955
			
												
		Shared Marker (Married)	

	Mary A.		Mary A.							
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				1882-1965						

TRICK	
Frank W.		Frank W.							
		
			1859-1934
			
												
		Shared Marker (Married)	

	Katherine O.	Katherine O.						
											
	1864-1936

TRICK	
Howard		Howard Trick						
		@								
				1883-1947

TRICK	
Mable G.		Grandmother							
		Maiden name was Drilling.  @					
				Mable G.
				1884-1977

UPDEGRAFF	
Ellen E.		Ellen E.							
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			1870-1954
			
												
		Shared Marker (Married)	

	John A.		John A.							
		@									
	1867-1938

UPDEGRAFF	
Howard B.		Howard B. Updegraff					
		@		
			Feb. 17,      Oct. 9,					
		Cross with praying hands in
			1903          1985					
		between the dates.

UPDEGRAFF	
Jane E.		Mother							
				
			Jane E.
			Updegraff
			1845-1924

UPDEGRAFF	
John A.		Father							
				
			John A.
			Updegraff
			1837-1899

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Frank			Frank								
		Has Odd Fellows insignia in	
			1885  1961							
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	Angelina		Angelina							
											
	1889-1976

WEAVERS	
Clarence F.		Clarence F.							
		Large stone has cross sticking
			1884-1932							
		out from the top with initials
												
		l h s on the cross.  @

												
		Shared Marker (Married)	

	Lulu M.		Lulu M.							
		@									
	1885-1976

WEAVERS	
Elbert H.		Elbert H.							
		Large pillar stone that has a
			Died								
		prayer below his age.
				July 18, 1895.						
		Hard to read the prayer.  @
				Aged 37 Yrs.

WEAVERS
Maria	E.		Mother							
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			Maria E.
				1861-1929


WELLS	
Effie	E.		Effie E.							
				
			Wells
				1873-1960

UNKNOWN SURNAME	
Josephine		Josephine							
				
			Jan. 4, 1884,
				Aug. 11, 1904.





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Transcription Notes:
	This partial transcription has been done by Chi (Rouse) Benedict.  
E-mail:  AislynHaze@comcast.net
Photo's will be made available to the MI Tombstone Transcription 
Project on some of these graves as time allows.
@ = Transcriber has more information on this person.


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Bibliography:
(1)  Information found in the Village of Baldwin.