Today I was also able to add two more gravestones for Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery's children to the Michael Fortune Cemetery page. I also added four more gravestones for Andrew C. Ripley and Elizabeth B. Pipes children on the Fenwick Cemetery page. The two cemeteries are quite different. Michael Fortune is unfortunately not very well kept but the old stones and the knee-high wildflowers give it a wistful, romantic feel and a sense of pioneering spirit. There is definitely a sense of adventure wading into the tall grass but the bugs weren't really bad. The Fenwick Cemetery is very peaceful and well kept and I noticed a new grave when I visited in 2014. Many of the older stones have been replaced by a newer stone on which everyone in the family plot is listed. When I updated today, I posted several headstones which listed multiple wives and children. Whoever is creating the new stones definitely knows their genealogy. And hopefully someone has kept a record of who is really buried where. I would gladly be buried in either cemetery.
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AuthorHi there! My name is Mallory Burton and I started researching the Ripley family in 2011. I'd describe myself as a careful amateur who's more interested in story than names and dates. I hope you enjoy my website and blog. I also have a public Mallory/Ripley tree on Ancestry with over 4,000 names. To contact me, please comment on any one of my blog posts. Archives
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