HENRY B. RIDINGS family murdered 1880 Monroe County Mississippi?
Does anyone know the story behind these grave markers at Pine Grove or Rogers Cemetery, Monroe County, Mississippi?There are three, same death dates, same family, same notation "murdered" on the transcription (Evans, Monroe County Cemetery Records, page 34):
RIDINGS, A.F.
Wife of H.B. Ridings
(Murdered)
18 Feb 1864
17 Dec 1880
RIDINGS, Creola
Daughter of H.B. and A.F. Ridings
(Murdered)
3 Aug 1878
17 Dec 1880
RIDINGS, Henry B.
Same parents as above [? or is this the husband of A.F.? and father of Creola?]
(Murdered)
16 Dec 1855
17 Dec 1880
The 1880 Monroe County Mississippi Federal Census, Boyds Store, lists this family:
RIDINGS, H.B., Farmer, 25, b MS
RIDINGS, Florence, wife, 18, b MS
RIDINGS, Olia, daughter, 2, b MS
and maybe two servants (the census image is difficult to read):
THOMAS, Lucinda, age 20
ESTES, Tom, age 25
Does anyone know the circumstances of the deaths of Florence, Creola, and Henry Ridings on December 17, 1880?
Thanks for any information.
Terry Thornton
Fulton, Mississippi
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Re: HENRY B. RIDINGS family murdered 1880 Monroe County Mississippi?
Constance Peck 9/24/09