Henry Ridgway

Son of Tilghman Ridgeway and Sina Mosley
Born 01 Mar 1865 in [Dover Hundred, Kent Co.], Delaware
Died 20 Jan 1919 in Little Creek Hundred, Kent Co., Delaware

Farm Hand, 1880; Farm Laborer, 1900; Farmer-Truck Farm, 1910

Married ca. 1889 in [Kent Co., Delaware] to Minnie Durham
Daughter of Jeremiah Durham and Margaret A Munce
Born 09 Mar 1871 in Delaware
Died 12 Sep 1946 in Fairfield Twp., Cumberland Co., New Jersey

To them were born:

Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Spouse/Partner
Lewis N Ridgway	M	ca. Sep 1891	.	.
John H Ridgway	M	17 Oct 1892	Aug 1966	Ruth G Wilson
Frederick H Ridgway	M	ca. Oct 1894	.	.
Jeremiah Ridgway	M	ca. Jul 1897	.	.
Beulah May Ridgway	F	02 Jul 1899	25 Jun 1926	Auther Sammons
Vincent R Ridgway	M	08 Sep 1901	09 Feb 1968	Anna E Durham
McKinley Ridgway	M	28 Dec 1903	18 May 1921	.
Minnie Ridgway	F	ca. 1905	.	.
Felix Ridgway	M	ca. 1907	.	.
Margaret Ridgway	F	11 Feb 1910	.	Charles Henry Durham
Gladys Ridgway	F	ca. 1911	.	.
Manford Ridgway	M	ca. 1913	.	.
Tilghman Ridgway	M	09 Mar 1915	.	.

Notes

Henry's age in the census records: in 1870, age 5; in 1880, age 16; in 1900, age 37 (b. Mar 1863); in 1910, age 49.
The family appears under the surname Ridway in the 1870 census.
Henry appears under the surname Jack in the 1880 census.
In 1880 Henry resided in the household of Jordan and Catharine (-----) Argoe.
Henry was buried in Fork Branch Cemetery, near Dover, Delaware:
"Henry Ridgeway / Born / March 1, 1861 / Died / Jan. 20, 1919" [Tombstone photo].

Sources

1870 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Sussex Co., Northwest Fork Hundred, Page No. 13 [=742], 100-98, 28 Jun 1870
1880 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Kent Co., Little Creek Hundred, E.D. 37, Page No. 36 [=151D], 301-318, 24 Jun 1880
1900 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Kent Co., Kenton Hundred, E.D. 70, Sheet No. 19B [=123 verso], 383-384, 25 Jun 1900
1910 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Kent Co., R.D.5-E.D.1, E.D. 9, Sheet No. 25B [=170 verso], 636-660, Old Kings Rd., 10 May 1910