About Ryder Cemetery
Ryder Cemetery is a cemetery near Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky. It lies about 0.7 mi west of Lebanon. The grounds sit at about 873 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including J. Proctor Knott, John W. Lewis and Frank Leslie Chelf. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 502537. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Agustines Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bosley Funeral Home in Lebanon, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 21 cemeteries we list in Marion County, and 12 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lebanon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Ryder Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 1 governor, 1 physician, 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.
- J. Proctor Knott1830-1911American politician
- John W. Lewis1841-1913American politician
- Frank Leslie Chelf1907-1982American politician
- Daniel Lindsay Thomas1880-1920American professor of English
- Alfred Hynes McChord1847-1911
- Robert Caldwell McChord1851-1939American physician
- Sarah Litsey1901-1996American poet
- William Caldwell McChord1881-1937U.S. Army aviator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Ryder Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
37.57284, -85.24023
What Ryder Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Saint Agustines CemeteryLebanon, KYCemetery1.2 mi
- Lebanon National CemeteryLebanon, KYNational cemetery2.1 mi
- Holy Name of Mary CemeteryLebanon, KYCemetery4.6 mi
- Saint Ivos CemeteryLebanon, KYCemetery5.1 mi
- Saint Charles CemeteryLebanon, KYCemetery5.9 mi
- Tatum CemeteryLebanon, KYCemetery6.4 mi
- Liberty CemeteryLebanon, KYCemetery6.5 mi
- Haysville CemeteryLebanon, KYCemetery8.3 mi
- Saint Dominics CemeterySpringfield, KYCemetery8.4 mi
- Benningfield CemeteryLebanon, KYCemetery8.4 mi
Funeral homes near Ryder Cemetery
- Bosley Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Lebanon · (270) 692-3187
- Campbell-Fisher Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Lebanon · (270) 692-2197
- Carey & Son Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Springfield · (859) 336-3856
- Hale-Polin-Robinson Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Springfield · (859) 336-3836
- Mattingly Funeral Home9.9 miFuneral home · Loretto · (270) 865-2201
- McKinley Monument Company15 miMonument dealer · Campbellsville · (270) 465-8104
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