Point Pleasant Pioneer Cemetery
PANICd#: 2075
Pioneer Cemetery is located on the corner of 9th Street and Viand St (US 62 North) in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
Viand St
Point Pleasant , WV 25550
Open to the public: Yes
Lat: 38.8478012
Lon: -82.1361008
Database Summary:
Demographic Rank: 4
History: 1
Stories: 1
Claims: 3
Evidence: 0
Resources: 4
Retrievals: 8472
Vistor Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
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History
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Pioneer Cemetery is located on the corner of 9th Street and Viand St (US 62 North) in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. This memorial garden is the final resting place for some of the earliest landowners in Mason County, West Virginia. Among these early settlers buried at Pioneer Cemetery are two veterans of the American Revolution, John Roush and John Michael Roseberry. In 1985, Dr. Jesse Bennett, Surgeon of 2nd WVA Regiment War of 1812, was re-interred at Pioneer Cemetery along with a 14-foot tall gravestone. Dr. Bennett is not only an important Military figure of the time, but is also credited with the first Caesarean section delivery in the United States of America in 1794.
Added by: sdonley on 07/31/2019
DB#:453
Source(s):
https://theclio.com/web/entry?id=35209
Stories
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While we at the cemetery filming and taking photographs, a local stopped to talk with me and I asked him if there was any paranormal activity that he was aware about that occurred within the cemetery. He told me that on occasion people have reported strange lights or orbs and shadow figures around the page area where there of some graves that are no longer marked. These are typical reports for cemeteries, as well as, the feeling of being watched.
Photos from our visit (More photos available on our photo page for this location, see the link above).
Added by: sdonley on 07/31/2019 DB#: 1451
Source(s):
Shawn Donley
Paranormal Claims
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| Claim # | Added | Added By | Claim |
| 2926 | 07/31/2019 | sdonley | People have seen strange lights and orbs from the cemetery. |
| 2927 | 07/31/2019 | sdonley | People have seen shadows around the graves in the back in of the cemetery. |
| 2928 | 07/31/2019 | sdonley | People have reported the feeling of being watched while they were walking around the cemetery. |
Paranormal Evidence
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Additional Resources
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| Pioneer Cemetery
Added: 07/31/2019 By: sdonley |
Information about the location, see link for details. |
| Theresa's Haunted History of the Tri-State: Pt. Pleasant's Pioneer Cemetery
Added: 07/31/2019 By: sdonley |
Information about the location, see link for details. |
| TheClio.com
Added: 07/31/2019 By: sdonley |
Information about the location, see link for details. |
| Pioneer Cemetery in Point Pleasant, West Virginia - Find A Grave Cemetery
Added: 07/31/2019 By: sdonley |
Explore this cemetery for graves, information and tombstones for names in Pioneer Cemetery in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, a Find A Grave Cemetery. |
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