Riggs (Perjue) Cemetery

Sharon Township, Section 24
Located about 9 miles northeast of Centerville on private property.

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Row Surname First Name Birth Death Age Comments
1 Riggs Eve     w/o Joseph Riggs; Epitaph: Farewell husband and children all. From you a Mother Christ doth call, not for me it is in vain, To call me to your sight again.
  Riggs Joseph   08 Jan 1899 88y 11m 17d
  Riggs J. Melvin 1857 1934 at foot of grave: 21 Oct 21 July
  Riggs Francis M. 1856 1936  
Wilkinson John B. 23 Sept 1812 01 Apr 1899
  Wilkinson Mary J. 29 Dec 1816 02 Feb 1875  
  Wilkinson     30 Nov 1850 inf d/o J. & M. J. Wilkinson
  Wilkinson n/a   13 Apr 1850 inf d/o J. & M. J. Wilkinson
  Wilkinson n/a   11 Jul 1861 inf s/o J. & M. J. Wilkinson
Northeast corner:
  Perjue Margaret 13 Nov 1825 14 Feb 1917 w/o A. J. Perjue
  Perjue Andrew Jackson 29 Oct 1815 02 Sept 1906  
South:
  Perjue Sarah Anna   04 Jan 1871 20y 5m 6d d/o A. J. & L. Perjue
  Perjue Eliza   25 Feb 1863? 3y 11m 11d
  Perjue Margaret   02 Oct 1857 11y 11m d/o J. & L. Perjue
  Perjue Louisa   12 Jul 1852 26y 1m 1d w/o Jackson Perjue
  Perjue Richard   15 Jul 1857 18y 1m 17d
  Perjue Richard   09 Aug? 1855 76y 7m 20d
S. E. Corner:
  Perjue Margaret   22 Mar 1866 28y 5m 2d w/o Richard