There are so many interesting and fun facts to learn about the people who settled in lower Russian River communities.
Approximately 60 people attended an absolutely fascinating and delightful introduction to many of these families during the 2024 Guerneville Cemetery tour.
Led by Paul Barry, Bob Jones and Wendell Joost and hosted by the Russian River Historical Society, we visited the graves of the following people:
Guerne family, Roscoe Drake, Albert Bierce, Korbel & Wife, Freddie Wescott, Jack Hetzel, Bob & Ida DeWitt, John Schubert, Thomas Pippin and family, John Lipton Davis Sr. & Jr., Sarah Inza Lambert, Chester Ortis Lambert, Capt. Guy Duncan Smith, Harold Beaumont Smith, Noah Bolton, Walter John Roussan, Charles Eugene Ellison, William Irvine Ellison (Bakersfield), John & Katherine Ansel, Dr. William George Cole, William Leslie Cole, Ferdinand Sicott (Fred Scott), Oscar Eldon McKeon, Charles Raymond 'Buster' Clar, John Easdale 'The Cobbler' unknown transient
