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RUSSELL married Jane Venard, and raised a family near Macomb, Illi- nois.
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ALPHA married Theophilus Mitch- ell, and raised a family near Macomb, Illinois.
PETER married Lucy Heuston, and raised a family in MeDonough county, Illinois.
Samuel and Nancy Rigg both died in MeDonough county, Illinois.
RIGGINS, WILLIAM, was born July 28, 1812, in Cape May county, New Jersey, was married Jan. 6, 1834, in Cumberland county, to Martha Mosslan- der, who was born in that county July 28, 1813. They had one child in Cum- berland county, and moved to Cape May county; had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving October, 1838, in what is now Gardner township, where they had one living child. Ôf their three children-
CALEB, born Sept. 9, 1836, in New Jersey, died in Sangamon county, aged fifteen years.
ELIZABETH, born Jan. 15, 1837, in Cape May county, New Jersey, mar- ried in Sangamon county, January, 1859, to James Tripp; have five children, and reside near Greenview, Menard county, Illinois.
MARY, born April 24, 1840, in San- gamon county, married Dec. 31, 1863, to Franklin H. Wood. They have three children, SEYMOUR, CHARLES and HARRY, and live near Maroa, Macon county, Illinois.
Mrs. Martha Riggins died April, 1844, and William Riggins was married March 6, 1867, to Mrs. Mary Rathsack, whose maiden name was Bohme. She was born Jan. 22, 1827, in Altkloster, Ger- many. They have two children-
ANNA C. and
WILLIAM H., and reside in Cart- wright township, two miles south of Richland station, Sangamon county, Illi- nois-1874.
RICKARD, PETER, born in 1787, in Loudon county, Va., was there married to Elizabeth Everhart, who was born in 1790 in the same county. They had one child, and the family moved to Fauquier county, Va., where ten children were born, thence to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving at Springfield in the fall of 1830. In the spring of 1831 they moved three miles west of Springfield, and set- tled in what is now the southeast corner
of Gardner township. Of their ten child- ren-
LEWIS, born Oct. 13, 1806, in Loudon county, Virginia, went to Clark county, Ohio, and was there married to Catharine Wood, a native of Virginia. They moved to Sangamon county, III., in 1836. In the fall of 1838 they moved to Missouri, and in the fall of 1844 returned to Sangamon county, and nine years later, in the fall of '53, went to Christian coun- ty, Illinois. They had nine children- JOHN died in Christian county, aged about twenty-one years. ROBERT, born Feb. 12, 1837, in Sangamon county Ill., served in company I, 41st Ill. Inf.,' through the war to suppress the rebellion, was with Sherman in his march to the sea. He was married in Kansas, has three children, and lives in Texas. Mrs. Catharine Rickard died in Christian county, Feb. 18, 1866, and Lewis Rickard was married, March 12, 186S, to Susan Wood, at Springfield, Ohio, and reside there.
ELIZABETH, born April 1, 1809, in Fauquier county, Virginia, was married in Sangamon county to William Butler. See his name.
CATHARINE, born July 24, ISII, in Fauquier county, Va., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., June 4, 1833, to Dr. Jacob M. Earley. See his name. They had two children. GEORGE N., born Feb. 4, 1837, entered the army as assistant surgeon, Nov. 1, 1863, and died June 3, 1864, at Vicksburg, just before the surrender of that place. JACOB M., Jun., born Oct. 26, 1838, entered the army April, 1861, as Lieutenant in the first company raised in Petersburg, Illinois. Served three years, and was honorably discharged. He was married, March 27, 1868, to Caroline Lurton, of Delhi, Jersey county, Illinois. He died June 24, 1868, of consumption, in Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois. Dr. J. M. Early was murdered, March 11, 1838. See his name. His widow was married Oct. 1, 1851, at her father's house, three miles west of Springfield, to George U. Miles. They have one child, CHARLES, who lost one hand in firing a salute in 1865. He resides with his parents, in Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois .- 1876.
SUSAN, born Aug. 26, 1813, in Fau- quier county, Va., was married in Sanga-
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mon county, Ill., to David Talbott, Jun. See his name.
NOAH M., born March 20, 1817, in Fauquier county, Va., was married in Sangamon county to Harriet Talbott. They had five living children in San- gamon county. HARRIET E., born Feb. 4, 1839, was married, Oct. 4, 1865, to John Johnson, who was born Nov. 14, 1834, in New York city. They have one child, LAURA R., and reside five miles southwest of Springfield, Iil. Mr. Johnson has a certificate of the honorable discharge of his grandfather from the Revolutionary army, signed by George Washington. MARY F., born Aug. 16, IS40, was married, May 5, 1869, to Daniel G. Jones. See his name. NOAH M., Jun., born March 7, 1845, was married, Dec. 18, 1867, to Mary L. Patteso .:. They have one child, CHARLES M., and reside one mile southwest of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. GEORGE W., born June 13, 1847, was married, March 16, 1871, to Mary L. Gray. They have one child, GEORGE T., and reside at Philadelphia, Cass county, Illinois. SA- RAH L., born Oct. 23, 1848, was mar- ried, Oct. 4, 1871, to Aaron C. Reed, and died Sept. 27, 1872. Noah M. Rickard died Jan. S, 1849, and widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. Johnson .- 1876.
JOHN G., born Oct. 16, 18,19, in Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sanga- mon county, and married July 5, 1859, in Allen county, Kansas, to Elizabeth Brod- erick, who was born May 21, 1831, in Shelby county, Indiana. They had three children in Kansas, CHARLES B., FREDDIE O. and NOAH FRANK- LIN. The latter died in infancy. They reside four miles west of Springfield, Illi- nois.
SIMON P., born Oct. 16, 1821, in Fauquier county, Va., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., Nov. 12, 1846, to Sophia J. Earnest. They had seven chil- dren, three of whom died under five years. LAURA E., born Sept. 6, 1847, was married, Oct. 19, 1871, to Edwin Watts. See his name. HELEN M., born Dec. 6, 1848, was married, May IS, 1871, to Sidney French. They have one child, FLORENCE II., and reside near Frankfort, Ky. THOMAS E., born July 2, 1850, and ALLETTA E. reside
with their parents, two miles west of Springfield, Illinois.
SARAH A., born March 2, 1824, in Fauquier county, Va., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Richard F. Barrett. See his name. They reside in St. Louis.
MARY M., born March 16, 1827, in Fauquier county, Va., married Luther Talbott. See his name.
HENRY WASHINGTON, born Jan. 1, 1830, in Fauquier county, Va., was married April 4, 1852, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Sarah A. Sims. They had seven children; one died in infancy. ELIZABETH L. was married Sept. 26, 1872, to Isaac French, a native of Frank- lin county, Ky. MINNIE A., LEWIS F., WASHINGTON M., ROBERT I. and GEORGE E. reside with their father. Mrs. Sarah A. Rickard died Dec. 21, 1864, and H. W. Rickard was married June 7, 1866, to Henrietta M. Earnest. They have two children, CATHARINE J. and THOMAS E. H. W. Rickard resides on the farm set- tled by his father in 1831. It is three miles west of Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rickard died Jan., IS58, at the family homestead. Peter Rickard died Sept. 17, 1860, in Spring- field, Illinois.
RIDDLE, DAVID, was born April 20, 1780, in Mifflin county, Pa. He went to Champaign county, Ohio, in 1807. Mary Hamilton was born in Mason coun- ty, about seven miles from Maysville, Ky., March 9, 1786. Her mother died when she was quite young, and she went to Champaign county, Ohio, with some friends, and was there married, about ISOS, to David Riddle. Six children were born in Ohio, and the family moved, in 1819, to Washington county, Ill., where one child was born, and Mrs. Riddle died there, July 11, 1821. David Riddle was married in 1822, to Mrs. Elizabeth Crock- er, whose maiden name was Wakefield, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving at Springfield Oct. 14, 1822, and the next day moved to a farm in Williams town- ship. They had two children in Sanga- mon county. Of his children-
FOHN, born Jan. S, 1809, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 2, 1834, to Sarah H. Clark. They had
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five children. ELIZA C. died, aged twenty-four years. MARY E. married John Tomlinson, have four children, FRANK L., HELEN A., ELMER S. and CLARENCE A,, and live near Mt. Pulaski. FRANCIS A. enlisted at Springfield, July, 1862, in Co. A, 130th Ill. Inf., for three years, was promoted to Ist Lieut., and acted as Captain, Major and Judge Advocate, and was honorably mustered out of the service in August, 1865. He was married in Jacksonville, Ill., to Sarah Gallaher. He is a lawyer, and resides in Chicago. SARAH W. is unmarried, and lives with her father. Mrs. Sarah H. Riddle died, and John Riddle married Martha Archer, who was born May 24, IS19, in Greenville, Bond county, Ill. They have one child, NANCY E., who. lives with her parents, one mile northeast of Barclay, Sangamon county, Ill. John Riddle remembers that when he was a boy the family found that there was a letter in the postoffice, but they had not the money to pay for it. He gathered a load of corn, took it to town, and sold the whole load for ninety-five cents, paid twenty-five cents for the letter, and re- turned home rejoicing.
GAMES, born April 30, ISII, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Susan A. Sampson. They had two children. JOHN M. married Sarah M. Woltz. They have one child, CHARLES A., and live one and a half miles north of Barclay, Illinois. DAVID A. lives at DesMoines, Iowa. James Riddle was a soldier from Sangamon county in the Black Hawk war. He died March 4, 1849, and his widow lives with her son, John M .- 1874.
MARGARET, born Sept. 25, 1812, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Joseph Dement. He died, leaving a widow and four children in Logan coun- ty, Illinois.
ABNER, born Oct. 6, 1814, in Cham- paign county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Mrs. Mary A. Pickrell, whose maiden name was Elkin. They had one child, HAMILTON R., born Dec. 9, 1841, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 1, 1862, in Co. B, 130th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was captured, with Bank's Red river expedition, April S, 1864, im- prisoned at Camp Tyler, Texas, thirteen months, and released in May, 1865. While
in prison his regiment was consolidated with the 77th Ill. Inf., and he was mus- tered out as a member of Co. A, of that regiment, June 17, 1865, at Springfield. He was married, Sept. 2, 1868, to Corde- lia F. Constant. . They have three child- ren, EARL A., ELIZA MAY and WILLIAM E. Hamilton R. Riddle graduated Feb., IS73, at Rush Medical College, Chicago, and is a practicing physician at Mechanics- burg, Ill. Mrs. Mary A. Riddle died, and Abner Riddle married Mary J. Clark. They have ten children. RUSSELL O. married Sabra Constant, have two child- ren, MAY O. and LOUELLA, and live half a mile south of Barclay, Sangamon coun- ty, Ill. MARY J. married Samnel Mc- Cullough, and lives in Kansas. The other eight children reside with their pa- rents, near Ottowa, Kan.
NANCY, born April 10, 1817, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Abraham Bird. See his name.
MARY, born May 13, 1819, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to William H. Fowkes. See his name.
ELIZABETH, born June 12, 1823, in Sangamon connty, married Alexander Mills, and resides at Lincoln, Illinois.
SARAH A., born Sept. 30, 1826, in Sangamon county, married to Rev. Alex- ander Semple. They have three children, and live at Decatur, Ill. He is Presiding Elder in the M. E. Church.
David Riddle died August 12, 1846, and his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Riddle, died in 1854, both in Sangamon county.
RIDDLE, WILLIAM, was born Sept. 1, 1805, in Kentucky. He is a nephew of David Riddle. At six months of age, he was taken by his par- ents to Logan county, Ohio. Maxamillia Bousman was born in 1809 in Champaign county, Ohio, where they were married in 1826. They had four living children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving May 31, IS36, in what is now Williams township, where they had five children, and in 1851 moved to Doug- las county, Oregon. Of their nine child- ren-
GANE, born April 14, 1828, in Logan county, Ohio, married Jan. 15, 1850, in Sangamon county, to Thomas Wilson, who was horn Nov. 4, 1817, in Dumfries- shire, Scotland. They have four living children, born in Sangamon county,
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namely: JANE F., WILLIAM R., JOHN T. and LILLIAS H., and reside two miles southwest of Buffalo Hart station, Sangamon county, Illinois-1874.
ARTAMESIA, born Oct. 11, 1830, in Sangamon county, married in Feb., 1849, to James P. Chapman, who died, and she married William H. Merriman. See his namc.
ISABELLA, born Jan. 16, 1835, in Ohio, came to Sangamon county with her parents; thence with them to Oregon, and was there married to Israel R. Nich- olls. They have eleven children, and re- side near North Canyonville, Douglas county, Oregon-1874.
WILLIAM H., born March, 1836, in Ohio, came to Sangamon county; thence with his parents to Oregon, and died there in July, 1836.
GEORGE W., born Feb. 22, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Anna Rice, has two children, and live near North Canyonville, Douglas county, Oregon.
ABNER, born in 1842, in Sangamon county, married Alice Rice, has two chil- dren, and reside near North Canyonville, Oregon.
JOHN B., born in 1845, in Sangamon county, married in Oregon, and his wife and child were drowned while crossing a stream in a wagon. He is living with his second wife in North Canyonville, Oregon.
ANNA M., born April 8, 1847, in Sangamon county, married Vincent Beal, has one child, and lives in Jacksonville, Oregon.
TOBIAS S., born Ang. 30, 1849, in Sangamon county, married Sarah Smith, has two children, and lives at Harney lake, Oregon.
Mrs. Maxamillia Riddle died August, 186S, and William H. Riddle resides at North Canyonville, Oregon -- 1874.
RICHARDS, ANDREW, was married in Nicholas county, Kentucky, to Mrs. Rosanna Dinsmore, whose maiden na ne was McCune, a sister to Gavin Mc- Cune. She had one child by her first marriage, and they had five children, all in Nicholas 'county, Ky. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1832, at Rochester, where one child was born. Of all their child- ren-
CELIA DINSMORE, born in
Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Joseph Clawson. Both died, leaving three children near Taylorville, Illinois.
Of the Richards children-
ROBERT E., born Sept. 16, 1822, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- ty, April 15, 1845, to Louisa Stokes. They had two children. ANNA died in infancy. AMANDA, born May 3, 1848, died Nov. 6, 1862. Robert E. Richards died Feb. 15, 1848, and his widow lives at the house of her neice, Mrs. Lawson H. Smith. Sec Bell family.
JOHN A., born August 15, 1824, in Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, March 29, IS46, to Sarah E. Dickerson. They had nine children; three died young. JANE married Scott Clawson, has three children, and lives near Taylorville, Illinois. KATIE M., ELECTA, IDA and EMMA, twins, and JOHN P. live with their parents in Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.
WILLIAM MI., born in Nicholas county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Mary J. Menara. They had nine children; one died. Wm. M. Richards and family live near Brecken- ridge, Sangamon county, Illinois.
BENYAMIN A., born March 3, IS29, in Nicholas county, Ky., was mar- ried Oct. 10, 1850, in Sangamon county, to Matilda Hutchings, who was born Feb. 23, 1832, in Rochester, New York. They had ten children; five died young. PHILIP A., WILLIAM T., CHAR -. LES E., LEMUEL C. and MABEL live with their parents. Benj. A. Rich- ards is the proprietor of a book and job printing office in Springfield, Il., where he now resides.
ANDREW M., born in Nicholas county, Ky., raised in Sangamon county, went to Texas about 1859, married there, has a family, and lives at Wheelock, Robertson county, Texas.
NANCY, born in Sangamon county, married Thomas Dye, has four children, and lives near Bradfordton, Sangamon county, Illinois.
Andrew Richards and Mrs. Rosanna Richards both died in Sangamon county, Illinois:
RIDGELY, NICHOLAS H., was born April 27, 18oo, on his father's tobacco plantation in Maryland, near Baltimore; was educated in Baltimore,
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and was engaged in mercantile business there until April, 1828, when he removed to St. Louis, Mo., and became a clerk in the United States branch bank established there shortly after his arrival. He con- tinued in this position until May, 1835, when he was appointed cashier of the State Bank of Illinois, incorporated in that year, which office he held until the termination of the charter of the bank, and was one of the trustees who finally closed the business of the bank. While engaged in this closing process, and after- wards, he carried on a private banking business on his own account, and organ- ized "Clark's Exchange Bank of Spring- field," and continued his connection with it until it was discontinued, and all its obligations promptly and fully discharged. In 1866 he, in connection with Charles and William Ridgely-his sons,-J. Tay- lor Smith, and Lafayette Smith, organized "The Ridgely National Bank of Spring- field." He became President, and has continued in this office ever since. He has thus been actively engaged in the banking business constantly for forty- eight years. He has been married twice, and has a family of thirteen adult child- ren living, namely :
SARAH married Rev. Richard V. Dodge, and resides in Chicago.
VINCENT is married, and now re- sides in Adams county, Illinois.
SOPHIA married J. Taylor Smith, of Springfield, Illinois. See his name.
REDICK M. is married, and now re- sides in Springfield, Illinois.
HENRY married, and now resides in Springfield, Illinois.
CHARLES married, and now resides in Springfield, Illinois.
JULIA married John H. Rea, now of Chicago.
WILLIAM is unmarried, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.
ANNA married James L. Hudson, of Springfield, Illinois.
MARY married Chas. E. Hay, of Springfield, Illinois.
GANE married James T. Jones, of Springfield, Illinois.
HENDERSON is unmarried, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.
OCTAVIA married Charles D. Rob- erts, of Springfield, Illinois.
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N. H. Ridgely and wife reside in Springfield, Illinois.
RIDGELY, REDICK M., was born March 29, 1830, in St. Louis, Mo., and brought by his father (N. H. Ridgely) to Springfield in 1835. He was married July 1, 1850, to Margaret Aitken, who was born March 6, 1835, in Glasgow, Scotland. They have four living child- ren, JANEY H., ALICE M., REDICK and JOHN A. Redick M. Ridgely was City Treasurer from 1851 to 1853, a mem- ber of the Board of Supervisors of San- gamon county for two years, and a mem- ber of the City Council four years. He was in the Quartermaster's Department in Springfield from 1861 to 1862, and was in the same department in Memphis, Tenn., from 1862 to 1865. He is now - 1876 - Superintendent of all the street railroads of Springfield.
RIDGELY, CHARLES, the eldest son of N. H. Ridgely by the second wife, is a native of Springfield; married Jane M. Barrett, and has several children. Charles Ridgely is President of the Springfield Iron Company, Vice-Presi- dent of the Ridgely National Bank, and resides in Springfield, Ill.
RIDGEWAY, AUSBURN, brother to Samuel, was born in Berkley county, Va., and married in North Caro- lina to Jane Phelps. They moved to Lincoln county, Ky., from there to Wash- ington county, in the same State, thence to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1828, in Buffalo Hart grove. They raised a large family, and the parents both died in Sangamon county. Of their children we will mention four only ---
JOHN, born Feb. 23, 1806, in Lin- coln county, Ky., came with his parents to Sangamon county, in 1828, and was married, Feb. 12, 1829, to Sarah Bridges. They had seven children, two of whom died young. MARTHA J., born Jan. 3, 1830, married Charles Eckel, and lives near Ottawa, Kansas. ALFRED A., born March 13, 1834, died in 1857. AD- ALINE and CAROLINE, twins, born Jan. 17, 1837. ADALINE married Ben- jamin F. Hill, has six living . children, and reside near Decatur, Illinois. CARO- LINE married Henry Lee, and died Nov. 2, 1864, near Illiopolis. LEVI S., born Sept. 29, 1839, married Rhoda Fletcher. He died, August 2, 1868, in Sangamon
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county, leaving a widow and four child- ren, who live near Decatur, Ill. John Ridgeway died Oct. 28, IS5S, and his widow married Jonathan Constant. See his name.
PATTERSON, born Nov. 19, 1813, in' Lincoln county, Ky., married in San- gamon county to Nancy Huddleston, who died, leaving two children, and he married Mrs. Rhoda J. Walker, whose maiden name was Withrow. They have one child, and live in Cooper township, San- gamon county.
MELINDA married Alexander Dick- erson. See his name.
ALEXANDER served three years in the 73d Ill. Inf., has a large family, and moved west after the close of the rebel - lion.
RIDGEWAY, SAMUEL, was born May 10, 1777, in Berkley coun- ty, Va., and was taken by his parents to the valley of the Yadkin river, North Carolina, when he was quite young. He was there married, about 1799, to Elizabeth Caton, who was born August 25, 1775, in Berkley county, Va., also. Shortly after marriage Samuel Ridgeway and wife packed all their worldly goods on one horse, and each rode another. Thus equipped, they set out for Kentucky, and settled near Stanford, the capital of Lin- coln county. They had cight children there, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Nov., IS29, in what is now Clear Lake township, west of the Sangamon river, and five miles northeast of Springfield. Of their child- ren-
CHARLES, born May IS, ISor, was married in Kentucky to Sally Wilson. They had two children there, and moved to Sangamon county with his parents; lived near Mechanicsburg two years, and returned to his native State. Charles Ridgeway died in 1875, at Danville, Ky., and his family reside there.
AUSBURN, born June S, ISO3, died in Kentucky, August 12, IS26, within two weeks of the time set for his marriage.
PHILIP, born Jan. 1, 1806, in Ken- tucky, was married in Sangamon county to Margaret Henderson. He died, Sept. S, 1838, leaving a widow and four child- ren, who moved to Hancock county, Illi- nois.
JOHN, born March 30, ISOS, in Ken- tucky, was married in Sangamon county, and his wife died within six months. He was married again, moved to Missouri, and from there to Oregon in IS45, and died there in 1872, leaving ten children.
MARY, born Dec. 14, ISII, in Ken- tucky, was married in Sangamon county to James Watson. See his name.
SAMUEL L., born April 25, 1813, in Lincoln county, Ky., was married in San- gamon county, Ill., Aug. 10, IS37, to Charlotte A. Stout. See Stout family name. They had seven children, and in July, 1872, moved to Maryville, Mo. Of their children, PHILEMON, born May 11, 1839, in Sangamon county, Ill., resides in California. ELIZABETH A., born Oct. 17, 1811, died in her third year. OLIVER, born March 23, IS44, in San- gamon county, Ill., was married to Emma F. Orr, in Adair county, Mo. They have three children, GEORGE, CHARLOTTE and ARTHUR, and reside in Nodaway county, Mo. SAMUEL L., Jun., born March 7, IS47, in Sangamon county, Ill., was married Dec. 26, IS72, to Laura H. Hamlin. They have one child, SAMUEL L., and reside in Nodaway county, Missouri. Sce Hamlin name. MARY E., born May II, 1849, was married Jan. 11, 1870, to George L. Drennan, of Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois. See his name. ARME- NIA J., born June 25, 1851, married Sept. 4, 1876, to Edward Headley, of Sangamon county, Ill. CHARLOTTE EMMA, born Jan. 9, 1853, and FRAN- CIS, born March 16, 1855, reside with their parents, in Maryville, Nodaway county, Missouri.
BENGAMIN R., born Feb. 5, 1815, in Lincoln county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county June 13, 1839, to Cath- arine Rape. They had six children. THOMAS J., born Dec. 10, 1840, mar- ried Jane Snodgrass, has two children, and live in Springfield. JOHN B., born April 3, 1846, married Lucy E. Cullom, and live near New City, Sangamon county, Ill. ANNA E. married James L. Plummer. They had two children, and Mr. Plummer died April 30, IS71. SAMUEL N. died, aged ten years. NANCY S. died in her sixteenth year. MARTHA F. lives with her parents, near New City, Sangamon county, Ill,
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LINDSAY, born Jan. 20, 1818, in Lincoln county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county Dec. 7, 1841, to Lucy M. Dawson. They had five children in Sangamon county. SAMUEL F., born Dec. 25, 1842, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 73d INI. Inf .; served until March 26, 1864, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. He was married Jan. 2, 1868, in Springfield, to Nancy M. Logan. They have one child, JENNIE MAY, and reside in Springfield, Ill. NANCY S., born Aug. 23, 1845, died in infancy. JOHN D., born July 17, 1848, was mar- ried Dec. 24, 1872, to Mary 1. McVay, who was born April 7, 1852, in Sanga- mon county. They have one child, CHARLES ALBERT, and reside five miles east of Springfield, Ill. BERTRAND D., born Dec. 9, 1849, and CHARLES L., born Dec. 14, 1863, both live with their parents. Lindsay Ridgeway and wife re- side five miles cast of Springfield, on the farm settled by his father in 1829.
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