Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Genealogy and History

RIDGEWAY CEMETERY

Southeast Pontotoc County Cemetery Map

Of the twelve people buried in the Ridgeway Cemetery, eleven of them are direct descendants of Patrick Henry.

1. Edmund Winston, b 9/171799, d 9/21/1875, grandson

2. Elizabeth Louisa Fontaine [Winston], 9/17/1804, d 7/21/1892 - g-granddaughter

3. William Winston, b 2/21/1828, d 8/13/1878 - great grandson and g-g-gr

4. Emma Eloise Furr [Winston], b 6/25/1847, d 2/5/1893

5. Nancy Winston [Black] b 3/5/1825, d 10/19/1883 - great granddaughter

6. Dorothea Spotswood Winston, b 3/8/1831, d 6/20/1852 - great granddaughter

7. Patrick Fontaine Winston, b 3/5/1845, d 4/1/1906 - great grandson

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8. Edward Fontaine, b 10/26/1858, d 4/9/1859 - g - g - grandson

9. Thomas Fontaine, b 10/26/1858, d. 5/18/1859 - g - g - grandson

10. Frances Fontaine, b 3/14/1845, d 10/29/1845 - g - g- granddaughter

11. Francis Fontaine, b 2/14/1843, d 8/8/1844 - g - g - grandson

12. Ann Maury Fontaine, b 2/27/1848, d 5/19/1849 - g - g - granddaughter

The last five were children of Charles de la Boulay Fontaine and Sally Ann Dandridge [Fontaine]

Contributed by Mary Page ( Clinton, MS)

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