Porter Cemetery, Grand Ridge,
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| Surveyed by: Wayne N Carpenter | |||
| Surveyed: November 1999 | |||
| Typed by: Betty James Smith | |||
| Directions: At the intersection of Hwy 90 and Hwy 69 at Grand Ridge take Hwy 69 south. Go .6 mile and turn left on Iowa Street. Cemetery is about 100 feet and on the right. It is a large fenced in plot with a large cement mausoleum with a slanted cement roof. It would be six feet from the ground to the top of the roof. The mausoleum is in the center of lot. It is right next to the Grand Ridge Methodist Church. | |||
| On the front it has a plaque: | |||
| PORTER | John Thomas | b. 30 May 1836 | d. 13 Apr 1918 |
| PORTER | Phebe Jane | b. 25 July 1840 | d. 30 Nov 1917 |
| Founders of Grand Ridge, Fla 1889 | |||
| How Grand Ridge got it's name: Because of where they came from, Grand Ridge, Illinois. | |||
Emmer Pitts was listed as being buried in this cemetery as per Sink Sink survey but that info is wrong. She is buried in the Cypress Community Cemetery. JLE
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Updated on 24 Apr 2002
By James L. Edenfield