Ridings Family Murders at Bigby Fork

For another account of the 1880 triple murder of the Henry Brown Ridings family of Bigby Fork community which straddles the county lines of Monroe and Itawamba Counties, Mississippi, and for information about the author of Backward Glances, the following article at Hill County may be of interest:
BACKWARD GLANCES by Samuel Wallace Tapscott of Bigby Fork, Mississippi

A Hill Country Story Told in Stone: Ridings Family --- Murdered 1880

The story about the H.B. Ridings family continues today with information obtained by visiting the cemetery where they are buried --- the triple grave marker is inscribed with "Murdered on December 17, 1880." To read more about this family and to view photographs of the grave markers, click the following link:

A Hill Country Story Told in Stone: The H.B. Ridings Family

For additional information about this family, click this link to an earlier article:

Henry B. Ridings Family: Murdered 129 years ago
in Monroe County?

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A Hill Country Family: Murdered in 1880?

The series, A Hill Country Family, continues with part of the story about the deaths of three members of Henry B. Ridings family on December 17, 1880, in Monroe County, Mississippi. To read click on the following link:

HENRY B. RIDINGS FAMILY:
Murdered 129 years ago in Monroe County?

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