CENSUS: 1860 Orangeburg Dist., Orangeburg, SC; M653; Roll 1224; Page # 341; Line 16; Dwelling #568; Family # 569; His age is 48.
OCCUPATION: Farmer.
CENSUS: 1880 Bronson, Levy, Florida; T 743; Roll 16; Volume 3; E.D. 92; Sheet 21; Line 21; She was called Eliza in this record and she was married to a John Wannemaker; Her parents were both from South Carolina.
CENSUS: 1870 Cow Castle Twp, Orangeburg, Florida; M593; Reel 1506; Riverville PO; Page 199; Dwelling 135; She was called Eliza in this record. She was 30 years old and living with Run or Plum Felder; Her parents were both from SC.
BIRTH: Birth place may have been Georgia.
CENSUS: 1870; Lafayette County, Florida; p. 491; #161-161; David Cason, Age 36, farmer, b. FL.
CENSUS: 1860; Alachua County, Florida; p. 48; house #355-363; David Cason, Age 24, farmer, b. FL.
BIRTH: Birth may have been in Florida.
CENSUS: 1870; Lafayette County, Florida; p. 491; #161-161; Mary Cason, Age 25, b. FL.
CENSUS: 1860; Alachua County, Florida; p. 48; house #355-363; Mary A.C. Cason, Age 17, b. GA.
12. Colonel William Francis RIDGLEY
Company D
98th Ohio Inf.Buried in Section N
ORDINANCES: LDS IGI; SS, Cleared; Batch #5,002,151; Sheet 30. Bapt & End cleared Apr 13, 1988. Ref: F502151 s/n: 00239-5 MFID: 01687569.
CENSUS: 1850 Steubenville City, Jefferson county, Ohio; FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY film 444,692; Page 51; Line 32; Dwelling 141; Family 780; Age 6; William F RIDGELY.
CENSUS: 1860 Steubenville, Ohio; Third Ward; Dwelling #680; Family #672; His name is only Francis on this census.
CENSUS: 1870 3rd Ward, Steubenville County, Ohio; FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY film 0,552,727; Page 55; Dwelling 429; Family 431; line 19; Frank RIDGELY; Age 26; $1,200 property; Druggist; Born OH.
CENSUS: 1880 Steubenville, Ohio; Fourth ward; ED 113; Sheet 12; line 28; dwelling 94; family 113; FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Film 1,255,037; William F RIDGLEY; age 36.
CENSUS: 1900 1st Ward, Steubenville City, Jefferson County, Ohio; FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY film #1,241,290; ED 77; Sup Dist 15; Sheet 14; House 423; Dwelling 289; Family 317; W. Francis RIDGELEY; Age 56; Born Feby 1844; Married 38 years.
CENSUS: 1910 Steubenville, Ohio; T 1272; Roll 308; says married 12 years.
Obituary for his mother, Anna GIBBINS.
OCCUPATION: He was a druggist. His store was at 404 Market Street in 1895 - 1903 directories. Then 406 in 1909. They say he changed the spelling of his last name to Ridgley, from Ridgely, because it looked better on the sign in front of his store.
RESIDENCE: He lived at 430 North Fourth Street, Steubenville, when his mother died in 1908. He lived at 205 North Fourth Street on 1870 and 1871 city directorys. He lived at 406 South Third in 1895 - 1903 directories.
RESEARCH: Check Civil War Records.
Buried in Section N
ORDINANCE: LDS IGI; SS Cleared; Batch #5,002,151; Sheet 30. Bapt & Seal cleared Ref: F502151 s/n: 00241-3 MFID: 01687570.
CENSUS: 1850 Steubenville City, Jefferson county, Ohio; FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY film 444,692; Page 28; Line 33; Dwelling 395; Family 416; Age 8; Mary E BARR.
CENSUS: 1860 Steubenville 2nd Ward, Jefferson, Ohio; Roll 993; Her name is Mary on this record.
CENSUS: 1870 3rd Ward, Steubenville County, Ohio; FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY film 0,552,727; Page 55; Dwelling 429; Family 431; line 20; Elizabeth; Age 26; Keeping house; Born OH.
CENSUS: 1880 Steubenville, Ohio; Fourth ward; ED 113; Sheet 12; line 28; dwelling 94; family 113; FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Film 1,255,037; Mary E; age 36.
RESIDENCE: 1897 - 406 S. 3rd St.; Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio.
MARRIAGE: Huron County, Ohio; Volume 2(new series); P. 309; #1856; To Lorena M. WALKER; In the possession of Richard S. Wilson.
CENSUS: 1900 Norwalk, Huron, Ohio; E.D. #160; Sheet #2; line #12; FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Film #1,255,035; Says he was born in New York.
MILITARY: At the age of 17 he enlisted in Company D, 101st O.V.I, in the Civil War; He was detailed Regimental Bugler and received an honorable discharge at the end of the war; 28 Aug, 1865.
ORDINANCES: Ref 5003979 27 S/N 00044-4 048 04
Rev. Jonas PERKINS was a young man of remarkable ingenuity and mechanical talent. Old Capt Thomas Thompson, the next neighbor of his father, who made spinning wheels, large and small, for cotton and flax, for all the country around about Bridgewater, used often to tell, that when "Jonas was just out of petticoats, all the little brooks near his father's house run all sorts of mills, and all sorts of gear were attached to innumerable wind mills, which buzzed so loud that no one could sleep on a windy night." His father thought his son wasted too much time, but when he believed that this "perpetual motion was sure to succeed" he gave up to the boy to operate as much as he pleased.
In 1804 he invented a power loom In 1806 he wove his mother towels by only turning a crank His inventions were the wonder of everyone in the vicinity of his home. In 1807, when about to leave home, he packed his machinery in a barrel, making his mother promise not to show it to anyone. Not long after, two very polite gentlemen rode up in a nice chaise, and over persuaded her to show them the proofs of her son's genius She finally consented and they spent nearly two hours in looking it over. Years after, when she told the circumstances to her son, she said that at the time "she thought it took them a good while."When in college, which he entered as a sophomore in 1810, he had called on Mr. SLATER, the great manufacturer at Pawtacket, and talked with him about the importance of such a loom. After some conversation, during which Mr. SLATER asked him where he lived and the names of his parents, Mr. PERKINS began to declare that he had accomplished the feat, and invented a power loom; whereupon Mr. SLATER drew himself up to his full height and said, "Do you think you, a little Yankee, can do what all England has been trying to do for centuries?" Upon this the young man felt insulted and left. Whether Mr. SLATER or some other man sent emissaries to discover the secret of the invention is not known, but Mr. PERKINS always said that the first power loom he saw in operation "had some clumsy and homely attachments, he had on his only because he had not the materials or means to employ any others; which he esteemed as proof that the looms he saw were patterned directly from his. He never applied for any patent, because the country was in such a confused condition, and he had determined to fit himself for a preacher of the gospel.
(Research):RESEARCH: Send for civil war records.
RESEARCH: Check 1860 Census of Huron County Ohio for Family George with child Lorena.