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Ripley Family Cemetery, Patriot, Gallia County, Ohio

The following photographs were taken in the early 1970's by Florence Gunter Forren, a granddaughter of Homer Alten EDLER. I remember going to this cemetery, which was in bad shape even then and located in a cow pasture.

Ripley Cemetery

Ripley Family Cemetery

As you can see from the photo above, very few of the headstone were upright.

Headstone of George and Nancy Edler

Headstone of George and Nancy Edler

"GEORGE W. EDLER
1837-1913"

"NANCY J. EDLER
1848-19??"

The last two digits on the stone were illegible.

Headstone of Homer Edler

Homer Edler


"HOMER A. EDLER
MAR. 10, 1876
APR. 21, 1919
We shall meet beyond the river"



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