BIO: Ridgeway, Jacob s/o Levi Ridgeway - Bullitt Co., KY ------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 1998 From: "Diana Flynn" ------------------------ RIDGEWAY, PEACOCK, NEAL, GLASS, MOORE, SHAW "HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. SULLIVAN CO., INDIANA JACKSON TWP. PAGE 822 JACOB W. RIDGEWAY, farmer, P. O. Farmersburg, son of Levi Ridgeway, who was of Scoth-Irish origin, and one of the early pioneers of Sullivan County, Ind. He was a native of Bullitt County, Ky., where he was born in 1794, reared and married Lavinia, daughter of Capt. Jacob Peacock, under whom he had served at New Orleans during the war of 1812. Soon after marriage he removed to the Ledgerwood neighborhood, in Sullivan County, and after to Caledonia, where he boarded the hands who were engaged in building Neal's mill. He next removed to Curry Prairie, where he rented land and farmed. He afterward bought a farm a mile south and east of Farmersburg, where he continued to reside until his death in 1858. He assisted in the construction of the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad. His wife survived him five years. He is the father of Jacob W., the subject of this sketch, who was born in Sullivan County, in 1824, reared upon his father's farm, and attended the common schools of the neighborhood. He married in 1846, Miss Julia Ann Glass, who died leaving four children, namely: Sarah T., Denton Levi C., Samantha E., Halberstadt and Charles A. His second marriage was with Julia A., daughter of Temple and Elizabeth (Moore) Shaw, natives of Spencer and Jefferson Counties, Ky., in which State Mrs. Ridgeway was born in 1840, and came with her parents to Sullivan County when twelve years of age. They have had three children, two only of whom are now living-- Ora W. and Minnie E. Mrs. Ridgeway's parents were English. Subject's brothers and sisters are Julia A., Elizabeth F., Alexander F., Martha R., Steven S., James W., Margaret A., Mary J., Theodore S., Clara E. and Helen, all except two are living and married. *************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.