Vale Cemetery


This list was published in the
WSGS Newsletter, Vol. 38, No. 4, April 1992

A big Thank You to Jan Payne for volunteering to type this Vale Cemetery monument inscription list. Thanks Jan!

 Correspondence to the Kenosha County GenWeb, August 2001 from
Peggy A. Hoffmann

... You have them listed as Whiteney when they should be Whiteley. Albert Whiteley was the son of Joshua Whiteley, Sr. Joshua is featured in the book the History of Racine and Kenosha Counties by Western Historical Society. You can find information listed for him under his two children's names, Joshua M (Jr.) and M.J.

Joshua Jr. looks like he's buried in the plot under J.M. Albert is a sibling of these M.J. and Joshua M. He married Cordelia Parks. She's listed as Cornelia on your website. And the 1880 Federal census from Reddish township, Lewis Cty, MO lists their children as Minnie E. (b. abt. 1869), Josephine E. (b. abt. 1870), Isabelle (b. abt. 1875) Albert L. (b. abt. 1876), John R. (b. abt. 1878) and Sarah (b. abt. 1879).

Albert L. is there in the plot, so I'm sure this is them. You can connect Albert Sr. (b. 1849) to Joshua Whiteley through the 1850 Federal Census, Pleasant Prairie. Could you change the name so that others might be able to find them??

Thank you so much for this listing. I've been searching for Albert and Cordelia for a long time. I'd tracked them to MO and I knew they came back to Wisconsin, but I couldn't find them in the censuses. Now I know they're here!

-----Thank you, Peggy. The change has been made!

Correspondence to the Kenosha County GenWeb, June 2001 from
Valerie & Paul Ivey Thank you, Valerie and Paul!

In Southwest corner of Lot 51 is Florence Valinda Prescott. Infant daughter of Leon & Elizabeth Prescott. She died Sept. 21, 1953. She was born Sept. 3,1953.

In Lot 52 Starting in Soutwest corner going north is: Ralph Taylor , He died in 1948, next to him is Larry Taylor, next to him is William T.Taylor then there are 3 more plots for the Taylor family.

William Taylor is an Uncle of my husbands Ralph and Larry are his cousins. Florence Valinda Prescott is my husbands 1/2 sister. We are placing her head stone this July .


Contributed (to the WSGS newsletter) by Lois Roepke Stein
Copied: 29 August 1978
Location: Town of Pleasant Prairie, west of Kenosha on Highway 50 at 92nd Street, on north side of road
At a meeting on 7 January 1850, it was resolved to name the cemetery for Joseph Vale, a trustee who had donated the land for the purpose of a cemetery.

Early records show the following purchased lots at Vale Cemetery. It is not known if they are buried at this cemetery.
OTIS, Erastus Lot #33
CURTISS, Mrs. Z. Lot #33
OLSEN, I. S.E. corner of Lot #56
VOIGHT, M.C. SW Corner of Lot #24
FRANK, Arthur Lot #21, South 1/2
SHAFFER next to Lot #9
FARNHAM, Sarah Lot #39
HEATBON, L.W. Lot #50
HATCH, A.S. (?) & A.V. (?) Lot #28
BAGLEY, Del Lot #10
Many monuments have been broken and removed. The cemetery is in need of care. The grass has grown over parts of flat monuments. Two Civil War markers still stand. The cemetery is fenced, and the fence is also in need of repair.



SURNAME HEADSTONE DETAILS
BARTER Frederick - 5 April 1840 - 23 July 1916
Sarah - wife - 31 Jul 1846 - 15 July 1916
William - died 19 Nov 1878
Hester - wife - 7 Oct 1873
BERTALOT Jane BRICE - 23 March 1843 - 2 July 1875
BRANDE Frederick - died 10 Feb 1889 - 64 years
Lavina J. - wife - 20 April 1893 - age 73 years
Rev. W. - died 29 July 1851 - age 71 years
Sarah - wife - died 17 July 1889 - age 64 yrs
BREDEK Anton - dates unreadable
BRICE John S. - 1836-1926
Elizabeth - 1835-1919
Thomas - 1800-1898 - father
Jane - 1804-1888 - mother
Jane - daughter - w/o Edward BERTALOT (see above)
CALLOW Wesley - 1881-1970 - father
Lilly J. - 1890-1949 - mother
GADY Florence - baby - died 15 Mar 1858
GERDE Marion - mother - 1917-1957
GILBERT Capt. J.L. - 20 Oct 1869 - 55 yrs, 7 mo -CW
George - died 23 Mar 1852 - age 87 yrs
Thedora - wife - died 2 Jun 1865
Eva - died 16 Jun 1862
Silas - died 5 May 1855 - 2 mos
Alice T. - died 8 Sept 1856 - 7 weeks
Charles T. - died 6 Sept 1859
HENSHAW Joseph - died 9 Jan 1853 - age 77 yrs, 9 mos
HENTG Arthur - 1902 - 19__
HENTHORN Robert H. - 1903 - 1956, WWI
HOLBROOK Susan - w/o Wm. CURTISS died 30 Sept 1850 - age 17 yrs, 11 mos
HOLT Lydia TODD - w/o Joseph - died 19 May 1860 age 70 years, 9 mos
JOHNSON Claus - 1846-1929
Anna - 1853-1919
Christ - 1895-1939
Melvine MICKELSEN - 1900
Henry - died 27 Feb 1860, age 73 yrs
Violate - w/o H. died 12 Jun 1850 - age 61 yrs
Julia - died 1852
Charles - died 23 Mar 1867 - age 38 yrs
LIEBER James - died 26 Oct 1875 - age 53 yrs
Clarrissa - died 3 Jan 1902 - age 77 yrs
LaFayette - died 7 Aug 1866 - age 17 yrs
William - died 22 Sept 1862
Frances - died 19 Oct 1874
LUCAS Sarah J. - w/o John - died 4 May 1861 age 23 yrs 2 mos, 18 days
LUDWIG Laura Jean - 1938-1950
Victor M. - 12 Jul 1913 - 3 Oct 1967
McNEIL Elizabeth - Mother - 1896-1964
Raymond - Father - 1886-1944
William - 12 Feb 1804-25 Jul 1878
Sarah - wife - 6 Aug 1809 - 7 Oct 1872
Addie - 5 Sept 1850 - 15 Nov 1922
Laura - 29 Aug 1853 - 11 Jun 1901
George - 10 Aug 1843 - 15 Sept 1928, CW
Samatha - w/o John STEVENS, died 15 Oct 1851-54
McCLAUGHEY Clarissa - died 16 Nov 1869 - 23 yrs
NELSON s/o P. & B. - died 12 Sept 1877
Peter - son - died 2 Dec 1881
Petrea - w/o Peter - died 15 Dec 1881, age 40 yrs 4 mos
PICKE June CALLOW - 1923-1970
POFAHL Virginia J. - 1921-1942
Amy - mother - 1896- (unfinished)
Lawrence - father - 1893-1953
PROSSER Mary Estella - 3 Dec1862 - 1 Dec 1949
ROBERTS Elizabeth - w/o R. died 21 Oct 1867, age 81 yrs, 11 mos
ROCK Daniel R. - 1872-1941
Estelle - 1875-1963
RYON Gertrude - mother - 1895-1944
SHAW Joseph - died 9 Jan 1853 - age 77 yrs, 9 mos
STEVENS Samatha - w/o John, died 15 Oct 1851-54, age 61 yrs
TALCOTT Judith - age of 57 yrs
TAYLOR Ralph - 1948
TWIST Isaac - 12 Jun 1796 - 1 Jun 1868
Phebe - w/o Isaac - 24 Jun 1839 - 13 Sep 1863
VALE Alice - w/o J. - died 16 July 1848, age 53 yrs
WATTLES William - died 12 Jan 1858 - age 50 yrs
Almira - died 27 May 1871 - age 60 yrs
WHITELEY Sarah - w/o ? - died 12 Dec 1855
Albert L. - 8 Apr 1877 - 12 Jan 1933
Cornelia - 6 Apr 1848 - 25 Jul 1931 - mother
Albert - 12 Apr 1849 - 16 Feb 1922 - father
Mary CHRISTIANSEN - mother - 7 Aug 1871 - 22 Aug 1916
John - s/o D.C. - 5 Sep 1880 - 22 Jan 1903
J.M. - died 22 Mar 1908
May - w/o Joseph - died 1863
John - died 19 July 1851
James - s/o J. & A. - died 15 Nov 1851
WILSON Craig Allen - 1952 - 1953
Grace - 1899-1961
John - 1887-1949