William was a son of John Ripperdan (1779-1844) & Mary Shepherd (1783-1861).
William married Emily Fleshman (1805-1861) on May 1, 1824 in Harrison County, Indiana. They had eleven identified children: Julia A., Frederick, Harbin, Abraham, William, Wilbert, Savannah, Mary, Wesley, Delenda, and Edward Ripperdan.∼The marker is broken and the name is absent, but the dates of birth and death indicate this is undoubtedly the memorial stone for William Ripperdan, the eldest son of John and Mary 'Polly' Shepherd Ripperdan, who first settled the Ripperdan Valley area in the summer of 1807. He married Emily Fleshman on May 1, 1824, in Harrison County. He was a farmer south of Valley City, and was also a riverboat entertainer and, reputedly, a gambler. He disappeared under mysterious circumstances after a night of successful gambling on a riverboat at the wharf in New Amsterdam. His body was never recovered.
William was married to Rebecca Watson at the time of his disappearance and presumed death. The land for this cemetery was deeded in his will in 1864, but had already been in use as a family burying ground for several decades. His first wife Emily is buried nearby. The adjacent land was owned by their descendants until the 1930's.
The photograph of his marker gives the mistaken impression that his year of death was 1861. A closer inspection of the inscription reveals that all carvings oriented from lower left to upper right--especially the number '8'--are either muted or appear to be absent.
William married Emily Fleshman (1805-1861) on May 1, 1824 in Harrison County, Indiana. They had eleven identified children: Julia A., Frederick, Harbin, Abraham, William, Wilbert, Savannah, Mary, Wesley, Delenda, and Edward Ripperdan.∼The marker is broken and the name is absent, but the dates of birth and death indicate this is undoubtedly the memorial stone for William Ripperdan, the eldest son of John and Mary 'Polly' Shepherd Ripperdan, who first settled the Ripperdan Valley area in the summer of 1807. He married Emily Fleshman on May 1, 1824, in Harrison County. He was a farmer south of Valley City, and was also a riverboat entertainer and, reputedly, a gambler. He disappeared under mysterious circumstances after a night of successful gambling on a riverboat at the wharf in New Amsterdam. His body was never recovered.
William was married to Rebecca Watson at the time of his disappearance and presumed death. The land for this cemetery was deeded in his will in 1864, but had already been in use as a family burying ground for several decades. His first wife Emily is buried nearby. The adjacent land was owned by their descendants until the 1930's.
The photograph of his marker gives the mistaken impression that his year of death was 1861. A closer inspection of the inscription reveals that all carvings oriented from lower left to upper right--especially the number '8'--are either muted or appear to be absent.
William was a son of John Ripperdan (1779-1844) & Mary Shepherd (1783-1861).
William married Emily Fleshman (1805-1861) on May 1, 1824 in Harrison County, Indiana. They had eleven identified children: Julia A., Frederick, Harbin, Abraham, William, Wilbert, Savannah, Mary, Wesley, Delenda, and Edward Ripperdan.∼The marker is broken and the name is absent, but the dates of birth and death indicate this is undoubtedly the memorial stone for William Ripperdan, the eldest son of John and Mary 'Polly' Shepherd Ripperdan, who first settled the Ripperdan Valley area in the summer of 1807. He married Emily Fleshman on May 1, 1824, in Harrison County. He was a farmer south of Valley City, and was also a riverboat entertainer and, reputedly, a gambler. He disappeared under mysterious circumstances after a night of successful gambling on a riverboat at the wharf in New Amsterdam. His body was never recovered.
William was married to Rebecca Watson at the time of his disappearance and presumed death. The land for this cemetery was deeded in his will in 1864, but had already been in use as a family burying ground for several decades. His first wife Emily is buried nearby. The adjacent land was owned by their descendants until the 1930's.
The photograph of his marker gives the mistaken impression that his year of death was 1861. A closer inspection of the inscription reveals that all carvings oriented from lower left to upper right--especially the number '8'--are either muted or appear to be absent.
William married Emily Fleshman (1805-1861) on May 1, 1824 in Harrison County, Indiana. They had eleven identified children: Julia A., Frederick, Harbin, Abraham, William, Wilbert, Savannah, Mary, Wesley, Delenda, and Edward Ripperdan.∼The marker is broken and the name is absent, but the dates of birth and death indicate this is undoubtedly the memorial stone for William Ripperdan, the eldest son of John and Mary 'Polly' Shepherd Ripperdan, who first settled the Ripperdan Valley area in the summer of 1807. He married Emily Fleshman on May 1, 1824, in Harrison County. He was a farmer south of Valley City, and was also a riverboat entertainer and, reputedly, a gambler. He disappeared under mysterious circumstances after a night of successful gambling on a riverboat at the wharf in New Amsterdam. His body was never recovered.
William was married to Rebecca Watson at the time of his disappearance and presumed death. The land for this cemetery was deeded in his will in 1864, but had already been in use as a family burying ground for several decades. His first wife Emily is buried nearby. The adjacent land was owned by their descendants until the 1930's.
The photograph of his marker gives the mistaken impression that his year of death was 1861. A closer inspection of the inscription reveals that all carvings oriented from lower left to upper right--especially the number '8'--are either muted or appear to be absent.
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