Samuel Ridgeway and Isabella Wilson

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Husband Samuel Ridgeway ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 26 Aug 1812 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: John Ridgeway (1785-1861) 2
         Mother: Susannah (Susan) Titus (1793-1854) 2 4 5

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       Marriage: 1848 6

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• Residence: : Hempfield Twp, Mercer Co, PA.

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Wife Isabella Wilson ⁶

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            AKA: Isabella Curry 3
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1 M John W. Ridgeway ^{3 6}

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2 F Jane Ridgeway ^{3 6}

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         Spouse: Robert Moats (      -      ) 6

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3 M Wilson Ridgeway ^{3 6}

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4 F Susannah Ridgeway ^{3 6}

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5 M Staunton S. Ridgeway ⁶

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            AKA: Stanton Ridgway 3
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Ridgeway

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He was educated in the Franklin, PA, schools, and learned the trade of a tanner, beginning at the age of eighteen years, at Franklin, with William Brown, with whom he continued two years. When his employer failed, and Mr. Ridgeway went into the rolling mills at Franklin, where he labored for ten years, and lost $1,500 through the dishonesty of his employers. He was then appointed street commissioner of Franklin for one year, after which he went to hauling goods from Franklin to Oil City, at which he made money. In one year he sold out, and in 1865 went to Greenville and bought sixty acres, which after­ward became valuable property and was mostly owned by Thiel College. In 1876 he bought the J. W. Christy farm of 185 acres, in Hempfield Township. He was a Republican. [HMC 1888, 1157]

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General Notes: Wife - Isabella Wilson

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from Venango Co, PA

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 448.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1156.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 510.

4 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 295.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 509.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1157.