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Location Coordinates:

N32 52.342, W85 04.011

Images of Ridgeway Cemetery

Directions:

From the square, drive south on Rt. 219/Whitesville Rd 12.0 mi to the intersection Highway 18. Turn right (west) and drive 2.1 mi to the intersection with Marshall Williams Rd. Turn left (southeast) and drive 0.5 mi. The cemetery is 650 feet to the right (west) up the hill in a clump of trees.

Comments:

50' x 25' rock wall surrounds the cemetery, 3 feet high.

Previous Survey:

Family, Church, and Community Cemeteries of Troup County, p. 116

Survey History:

First Visit: Don Flynn, Gary Flynn (5/10/2008)

Survey Visit: Don Flynn, Gary Flynn (5/9/2008)

HALL, Ella Williams     Birth: 1883     Death: 1952 Row: 1   Grave: 5 Ella Williams Hall; 1883 - 1952

RIDGEWAY, James E.     Birth: 5/29/1809     Death: 8/19/1887 Row: 2   Grave: 1 James E. Ridgeway; Born May 29, 2809; Married June 7, 1840; Died Aug. 19,1887; "God's finger touched him and he slept"; "Father"

RIDGEWAY, Sarah E. Sappington     Birth: 12/7/1822     Death: 5/28/1887 Row: 2   Grave: 3 Sarah E.; Daughter of William & Martha Sappington ; Wife of J. E. Ridgeway; Born Dec. 7, 1822; Died May 28, 1887; "Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest, whose waking is supremely blest"; "Mother"

SHIMA, Ed  Death: 2/2004 Row: 2   Grave: 2 Feb 2004; Ed Shima; Marengo, Iowa A unusal marker. I think it marks a grave, but I am not sure.

WILLIAMS, Adella Starr     Birth: 1876     Death: 1893 Row: 1   Grave: 1 Williams; Adella Starr; 1876; 1893 Double marker with Emily Ridgeway Williams

WILLIAMS, Emily Ridgeway     Birth: 1848     Death: 1892 Row: 1   Grave: 2 Williams; Emily Ridgeway; 1848; 1892 Double marker with Adella Starr Williams

In addition to the 6 tombstones described above, an additional 2 unlettered graves were found