Ridley Family Group

I really like this group of stones. If you look closely at the writing you will notice several misspelled words, reversed letters and a mixture of capital and lower case letters.  This is not unusual for the time frame that these were created. Hope you enjoy them. (All thre are located at Combs Cemetery in Fayetteville, AR)

IN

MEMoRY of

MARY J RIDIEY

DAUGHtER of thoMAS N & 

EIIZABEth RIDIEY

DIDE JANUARY the

28 th 1864

AGED 18 Y 11 M

yay though i walk through

the valle of the shaDoW of

DEath i will fear no eviL

for thew ??? with me

(note: on this one all the "u"s are printed backwards.)

IN

MEMoRY of

ELIZABETH A RID

LEY DIED JUNE

THE 20th 1864

AGED 27 Y 3 M

o GoD thou Art My DOD

EARlY WILL I SEEK the

MY soul thiRst oth foR the

(note: the quote at the bottom was hard to read but that is the best I could make out. And all the "u"s are backwards.)

IN

MEMoRY of

LEMERLES E

RIDLEy

DECEASED

ocT the 12th 1865

AgED 14Y 6M

DAUTHER of

T N & E A

RIDLEY

(note: The S in Lemerles is backwards. The first D in deceased is backwards. The U in Dauther (daughter) is backwards and word is misspelled both times its used.)