Colorado USGenWeb Archives

Rock Ridge (Case) Cemetery
Rural Douglas County

Tombstone Photographs

The Rock Ridge Cemetery is located near the eastern border of Douglas County in the NW 1/4 of section 19, township 9 South, Range 65 West on the ridge between Antelope and Cherry Creeks. It started as a private family cemetery with the first known burial in 1870. Today the land is owned by Douglas County. The last burial was in 1953. The photographs below inventory all the remaining headstones. There were many graves originally marked by wooden markers that have long since passed into history.

The photographs in this portion of the archives were contributed by:
Jan Herman (jh) of the Cherry Valley Historic Society.

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Headstones

(Click on the underlined links to download the tombstone photograph)

• Adams, Ora R, died 1891, close-up (jh)

• DuVall
  • Roy, born/died 1883, son of Henry and Ida (jh)
  • Thomas L, died 1882 age 1 and Bessie L, died 1889 age 9, children of Henry and Ida (jh)

• Hagspiel
  • Anton, 1843-1930 (jh)
  • Anton Jr, 1884-1889, son of Anton and Katharina (jh)
  • Katharina "Katie", 1840-1916, wife of Anton (jh)

• Hilyen, Esther, 1841-1903, wife of Anthony (jh)

• Hugo, Anna, died 1885 age 58, wife of John (jh)

• Larson, Alice, died 1906, infant daughter of C & M (jh)

• Proctor
  • Hannah, died 1870 age 64, wife of John; (Oldest Marker) (jh)
  • Mary, died 1872 age 31, wife of John (jh)

• Roberts, Willie W, died 1880 age 8 months, Son of J&A (jh)

• Schreiber
  • Anna Marie, died 1914, daughter of William and Mamie (jh)
  • Charles Christian (Carl Christian), 1840-1924 and Carolina [Moess], 1841-1930 (jh)
    • Right side view - Charles and Carolina (jh)
  • Chris (Charles Christian), 1880-1953, son of Charles and Carolina, (Newest Marker) (jh)
  • Gerald (Anton Gerald), 1904-1917, son of William and Mamie (jh)
  • Infant Son, died 1909, son of William and Mamie (jh)
  • Minnie, 1881-1906, daughter of Charles and Carolina (jh)
  • Paulina, 1879-1880 and Henry Edward, 1886-1889, children of Charles and Carolina (jh)
  • William O, 1874-1941 and Mamie C(atherine) [Hilyen] (jh)
    • William is a son of Charles and Carolina. Mamie is a daughter of Anthony and Esther Hilyen
  • William O. Jr, 1901-1907, son of William and Mamie (jh)

• Vail, Grantley (Grantley Curtis Jr.), died 1895 and Mabel, died 1903, children of Grantly Curtis and Amelia Schreiber Vail (jh)

• Whittier, Anna M(ary) [Schreiber], 1870-1936, wife of Clinton Ariel Whittier; daughter of Charles and Carolina Schreiber (jh)

• Wires, Rebecca, died 1891 age 53;
  • Top View, Front View (jh)

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