Pleasant Valley Cemetery and Pleasant Valley Methodist Church were formed in 1805 The house was located in Raccoon Township, Parke County, Indiana. The first pastor of the church was William Taylor. Some of the first historical members were James Strange, brother of John Strange, the noted pioneer Methodist Circuit Rider; Bliss Kalley, a native of Massachusetts; Tobias Miller; Jacob Overpeck, a native of Virginia; and Daniel Kalley. The families of these pioneers constituted a large part of the membership in the second generation. The member-ship increased to more than one hundred, and a new frame house was built about 1855. During the American Civil War, the house deteriorated, and services were stopped. In 1885 a new house was built, and services started again.The Church and Cemetery are located on Mansfield Rd. 2.8 miles East of Mansfield, IN. 47872. Pleasant Valley Cemetery adjoins the church lot. It is difficult to locate this attraction, because many or the road names have been changed many times over the years and Mansfield Road is now called Country Road 37 (CR-37) on many mapping programs or GPS systems. It is also called East 700 South on some maps.GravesMany pioneers are buried at Pleasant Vally Cemetery, Parke county, IndianaBENSON, MARJORIE ETHEL DEMPSEY, SEYBOLDDOWNEY, ASENATH GARRIGUS, ELIZABETH CATHERINE GARRIGUS, LAFAYETTE GARRIGUS, LYDIA EVELINE GARRIGUS, MARY LUCINDA GARRIGUS, SOLOMAN BEACH KERR, ELIZABETH MCARTY, ROBERT LANGFORDMCARTY, MARGARET JANENEVINS, GEORGE MARION NEVINS, ROSCOEOVERPECK, JACOB OVERPECK, MAGDALENA SEYBOLD, DEMPSEY SEYBOLD, JOHN NELSON STRANGE, JAMES SNOW, CUSHING THOMPSON, EMILY JANE THOMPSON, ARTHUR C.
