Paternal Great Grandfather: Thomas Ridgeway sailed from England to Georgia at age 14. Attacked by a British soldier with a sword which convinced him to fight with Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary War.
Paternal Grandparents: James and Elizabeth Ridgeway.
Maternal Grand Parents:of Jesse and Susan Goodwin
Father: John Ridgeway, was born in Halifax County, Virginia August 8th, 1791. Died in 1872.
Mother:Rebecca "Goodwin" Ridgeway was born in 1802 in Trigg County, Kentucky. Died in Weakley County, Tennessee in 1886.
Civil War: Enlisted September 1, 1863 at Cottage Grove, TN, by Capt. Bowman. Brown horse valued at $700. Present on roll for Mar/April 1864 as Private. Present on roll for May/June 1864 as 2nd Lieutenant, "Elected 2nd Bvt. Lieutenant 20th of May, 1864". Wounded at Harrisburg (Tupelo, MS), "lacerated ... of the wrist"; granted 30 days leave July 26, 1864.
W. A. Ridgeway's 2nd son, John Almus Ridgeway, served in the same regiment of the CSA with him. John is buried in Feagin Cemetery Hortense, Polk Co., Texas.
[The Ridgeway/Ridgway family traced back to Samuel Thomas Ridgway born in 1709 at St. James Parish, Clerkwell, London, England. He passed away 7th Dec., 1785, in Goochland Virginia and his wife is Elizabeth Woodson 1712-1741 Virginia.]
William Ridgeway was married 3 times:
Married to Angeline Kennedy: May 7th, 1846. Angeline "Kennedy" Ridgeway September 4th, 1874. She was the mother of fifteen children. Three died in infancy, twelve lived to be grown and had families.
Came to Arkansas in the autumn of 1874.
Married to a widow Ann Montgomery on November 18th. 1877.
Ann "Montgomery" Ridgeway was born Oct. 20, 1833.She died May 30th, 1883. No children by this woman.
Married to Salina Jones March 10, 1887. Salina Jones" Ridgeway was born Aug. 20, 1837. She died Dec. 20, 1928.
Fairview Cemetery in Buford, Baxter County, Arkansas.
His personal claim: He knew David Crockett.
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William Alexander Ridgway was, in 1912, the last man alive to have known Davy Crockett. "W. A. Ridgway - His story" was written in 1912 at the request of his grandson, T. H. Ridgway, an attorney [and former congressman] at San Antonio and printed in the "Sunday Express." [San Antonio?].
The WA Ridgway story can be found at:
http://www.ridgewayfamily.tribalpages.com
death recorded:Arkansas Book. 025 Certificate 00018, Shady Grove, Buford, Arkansas
Paternal Grandparents: James and Elizabeth Ridgeway.
Maternal Grand Parents:of Jesse and Susan Goodwin
Father: John Ridgeway, was born in Halifax County, Virginia August 8th, 1791. Died in 1872.
Mother:Rebecca "Goodwin" Ridgeway was born in 1802 in Trigg County, Kentucky. Died in Weakley County, Tennessee in 1886.
Civil War: Enlisted September 1, 1863 at Cottage Grove, TN, by Capt. Bowman. Brown horse valued at $700. Present on roll for Mar/April 1864 as Private. Present on roll for May/June 1864 as 2nd Lieutenant, "Elected 2nd Bvt. Lieutenant 20th of May, 1864". Wounded at Harrisburg (Tupelo, MS), "lacerated ... of the wrist"; granted 30 days leave July 26, 1864.
W. A. Ridgeway's 2nd son, John Almus Ridgeway, served in the same regiment of the CSA with him. John is buried in Feagin Cemetery Hortense, Polk Co., Texas.
[The Ridgeway/Ridgway family traced back to Samuel Thomas Ridgway born in 1709 at St. James Parish, Clerkwell, London, England. He passed away 7th Dec., 1785, in Goochland Virginia and his wife is Elizabeth Woodson 1712-1741 Virginia.]
William Ridgeway was married 3 times:
Married to Angeline Kennedy: May 7th, 1846. Angeline "Kennedy" Ridgeway September 4th, 1874. She was the mother of fifteen children. Three died in infancy, twelve lived to be grown and had families.
Came to Arkansas in the autumn of 1874.
Married to a widow Ann Montgomery on November 18th. 1877.
Ann "Montgomery" Ridgeway was born Oct. 20, 1833.She died May 30th, 1883. No children by this woman.
Married to Salina Jones March 10, 1887. Salina Jones" Ridgeway was born Aug. 20, 1837. She died Dec. 20, 1928.
Fairview Cemetery in Buford, Baxter County, Arkansas.
His personal claim: He knew David Crockett.
-------------------
William Alexander Ridgway was, in 1912, the last man alive to have known Davy Crockett. "W. A. Ridgway - His story" was written in 1912 at the request of his grandson, T. H. Ridgway, an attorney [and former congressman] at San Antonio and printed in the "Sunday Express." [San Antonio?].
The WA Ridgway story can be found at:
http://www.ridgewayfamily.tribalpages.com
death recorded:Arkansas Book. 025 Certificate 00018, Shady Grove, Buford, Arkansas
Paternal Great Grandfather: Thomas Ridgeway sailed from England to Georgia at age 14. Attacked by a British soldier with a sword which convinced him to fight with Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary War.
Paternal Grandparents: James and Elizabeth Ridgeway.
Maternal Grand Parents:of Jesse and Susan Goodwin
Father: John Ridgeway, was born in Halifax County, Virginia August 8th, 1791. Died in 1872.
Mother:Rebecca "Goodwin" Ridgeway was born in 1802 in Trigg County, Kentucky. Died in Weakley County, Tennessee in 1886.
Civil War: Enlisted September 1, 1863 at Cottage Grove, TN, by Capt. Bowman. Brown horse valued at $700. Present on roll for Mar/April 1864 as Private. Present on roll for May/June 1864 as 2nd Lieutenant, "Elected 2nd Bvt. Lieutenant 20th of May, 1864". Wounded at Harrisburg (Tupelo, MS), "lacerated ... of the wrist"; granted 30 days leave July 26, 1864.
W. A. Ridgeway's 2nd son, John Almus Ridgeway, served in the same regiment of the CSA with him. John is buried in Feagin Cemetery Hortense, Polk Co., Texas.
[The Ridgeway/Ridgway family traced back to Samuel Thomas Ridgway born in 1709 at St. James Parish, Clerkwell, London, England. He passed away 7th Dec., 1785, in Goochland Virginia and his wife is Elizabeth Woodson 1712-1741 Virginia.]
William Ridgeway was married 3 times:
Married to Angeline Kennedy: May 7th, 1846. Angeline "Kennedy" Ridgeway September 4th, 1874. She was the mother of fifteen children. Three died in infancy, twelve lived to be grown and had families.
Came to Arkansas in the autumn of 1874.
Married to a widow Ann Montgomery on November 18th. 1877.
Ann "Montgomery" Ridgeway was born Oct. 20, 1833.She died May 30th, 1883. No children by this woman.
Married to Salina Jones March 10, 1887. Salina Jones" Ridgeway was born Aug. 20, 1837. She died Dec. 20, 1928.
Fairview Cemetery in Buford, Baxter County, Arkansas.
His personal claim: He knew David Crockett.
-------------------
William Alexander Ridgway was, in 1912, the last man alive to have known Davy Crockett. "W. A. Ridgway - His story" was written in 1912 at the request of his grandson, T. H. Ridgway, an attorney [and former congressman] at San Antonio and printed in the "Sunday Express." [San Antonio?].
The WA Ridgway story can be found at:
http://www.ridgewayfamily.tribalpages.com
death recorded:Arkansas Book. 025 Certificate 00018, Shady Grove, Buford, Arkansas
Paternal Grandparents: James and Elizabeth Ridgeway.
Maternal Grand Parents:of Jesse and Susan Goodwin
Father: John Ridgeway, was born in Halifax County, Virginia August 8th, 1791. Died in 1872.
Mother:Rebecca "Goodwin" Ridgeway was born in 1802 in Trigg County, Kentucky. Died in Weakley County, Tennessee in 1886.
Civil War: Enlisted September 1, 1863 at Cottage Grove, TN, by Capt. Bowman. Brown horse valued at $700. Present on roll for Mar/April 1864 as Private. Present on roll for May/June 1864 as 2nd Lieutenant, "Elected 2nd Bvt. Lieutenant 20th of May, 1864". Wounded at Harrisburg (Tupelo, MS), "lacerated ... of the wrist"; granted 30 days leave July 26, 1864.
W. A. Ridgeway's 2nd son, John Almus Ridgeway, served in the same regiment of the CSA with him. John is buried in Feagin Cemetery Hortense, Polk Co., Texas.
[The Ridgeway/Ridgway family traced back to Samuel Thomas Ridgway born in 1709 at St. James Parish, Clerkwell, London, England. He passed away 7th Dec., 1785, in Goochland Virginia and his wife is Elizabeth Woodson 1712-1741 Virginia.]
William Ridgeway was married 3 times:
Married to Angeline Kennedy: May 7th, 1846. Angeline "Kennedy" Ridgeway September 4th, 1874. She was the mother of fifteen children. Three died in infancy, twelve lived to be grown and had families.
Came to Arkansas in the autumn of 1874.
Married to a widow Ann Montgomery on November 18th. 1877.
Ann "Montgomery" Ridgeway was born Oct. 20, 1833.She died May 30th, 1883. No children by this woman.
Married to Salina Jones March 10, 1887. Salina Jones" Ridgeway was born Aug. 20, 1837. She died Dec. 20, 1928.
Fairview Cemetery in Buford, Baxter County, Arkansas.
His personal claim: He knew David Crockett.
-------------------
William Alexander Ridgway was, in 1912, the last man alive to have known Davy Crockett. "W. A. Ridgway - His story" was written in 1912 at the request of his grandson, T. H. Ridgway, an attorney [and former congressman] at San Antonio and printed in the "Sunday Express." [San Antonio?].
The WA Ridgway story can be found at:
http://www.ridgewayfamily.tribalpages.com
death recorded:Arkansas Book. 025 Certificate 00018, Shady Grove, Buford, Arkansas
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