"William Ridgeway (born 1787) of North Carolina married Sarah Barnes in 1812. William Ridgeway enlisted in the U.S. Army on the declaration of War in 1812 and served in the Battle of New Orleans and returned to his family and settled on 320 acres of land adjoining the town of Columbia, Missouri, into a city, being one of the men who was instrumental in bringing the University of Missouri to Columbia. In addtion to rearing his own children, he reared George W. and Laura Ridgeway, the two children of his deceased son, Thomas, and in addition, the seven children of his son, Jefferson, who was killed in the Civil War. He died on June 29, 1870, and she died August 20, 1873. William and Sarah were both buried in the family burial ground on the Ridgeway Farm which is now a part of the golf course of the Columbia Country Club located on the Ridgeway Farm."
(SOURCE: Pinckney Glasgow McElwee. Geneology [sic] of Shadrack Barnes of Rowan County, North Carolina, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, Washington D.C., 1957. p22.)
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William was the son of Philip and Mary Ridgeway
Married in May 1812 in St. Charles County, Missouri
Siblings:
John
Elijah
Samuel
Ausburn
Isaac
Eleanor
Patsy
Betsey
Thomas
Nancy Ann
-Information courtesy of Charlott Jones.
(SOURCE: Pinckney Glasgow McElwee. Geneology [sic] of Shadrack Barnes of Rowan County, North Carolina, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, Washington D.C., 1957. p22.)
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William was the son of Philip and Mary Ridgeway
Married in May 1812 in St. Charles County, Missouri
Siblings:
John
Elijah
Samuel
Ausburn
Isaac
Eleanor
Patsy
Betsey
Thomas
Nancy Ann
-Information courtesy of Charlott Jones.
"William Ridgeway (born 1787) of North Carolina married Sarah Barnes in 1812. William Ridgeway enlisted in the U.S. Army on the declaration of War in 1812 and served in the Battle of New Orleans and returned to his family and settled on 320 acres of land adjoining the town of Columbia, Missouri, into a city, being one of the men who was instrumental in bringing the University of Missouri to Columbia. In addtion to rearing his own children, he reared George W. and Laura Ridgeway, the two children of his deceased son, Thomas, and in addition, the seven children of his son, Jefferson, who was killed in the Civil War. He died on June 29, 1870, and she died August 20, 1873. William and Sarah were both buried in the family burial ground on the Ridgeway Farm which is now a part of the golf course of the Columbia Country Club located on the Ridgeway Farm."
(SOURCE: Pinckney Glasgow McElwee. Geneology [sic] of Shadrack Barnes of Rowan County, North Carolina, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, Washington D.C., 1957. p22.)
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William was the son of Philip and Mary Ridgeway
Married in May 1812 in St. Charles County, Missouri
Siblings:
John
Elijah
Samuel
Ausburn
Isaac
Eleanor
Patsy
Betsey
Thomas
Nancy Ann
-Information courtesy of Charlott Jones.
(SOURCE: Pinckney Glasgow McElwee. Geneology [sic] of Shadrack Barnes of Rowan County, North Carolina, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, Washington D.C., 1957. p22.)
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William was the son of Philip and Mary Ridgeway
Married in May 1812 in St. Charles County, Missouri
Siblings:
John
Elijah
Samuel
Ausburn
Isaac
Eleanor
Patsy
Betsey
Thomas
Nancy Ann
-Information courtesy of Charlott Jones.
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