Person Sheet
NameJames Ridgeway
Birth1817, Alabama
Deathaft 1860 Age: 43
Spouses
1Corilla A. Hobbs 
, GG Aunt
, GG AuntBirth27 Dec 1823, Washington, Daviess Co, IN121
Death3 Apr 1892 Age: 68
BurialCity Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Bexar Co TX153
FatherJoseph Hobbs (1789-1863)
MotherAnna Jones (1792-1880)
ChildrenEliza (1843-)
Notes for Corilla A. (Spouse 1)
According to Jesse M. Jones,132 Corilla A. Hobbs was born in Daviess County Indiana on 12-28-1823 and was married to James Ridgeway and lived on a farm in Lavaca County Texas and was known to have had one daughter and probably more children. That daughter was Elizabeth Ridgeway.
1870 Census of Pleasanton, Atascosa Co TX (8 Jul 1870):
Ridgeway, C. A., 46, f, w, keeping house, Indiana, cannot read or write
Ridgeway, Virgil, 10, m, w, Texas, attended school can read and write
Hobbs, L. E., 55, m, w, Farmer, Indiana, cannot read or write
Englis, W. R., 25, m, w, Stock Raiser, Arkansas, cannot read or write
Englis, Emma. A., 17, f, w, keeping house, Texas, cannot read or write
Therefore, James Ridgeway died before July 1870, but after 1860.
1870 Census of Pleasanton, Atascosa Co TX (8 Jul 1870):
Ridgeway, C. A., 46, f, w, keeping house, Indiana, cannot read or write
Ridgeway, Virgil, 10, m, w, Texas, attended school can read and write
Hobbs, L. E., 55, m, w, Farmer, Indiana, cannot read or write
Englis, W. R., 25, m, w, Stock Raiser, Arkansas, cannot read or write
Englis, Emma. A., 17, f, w, keeping house, Texas, cannot read or write
Therefore, James Ridgeway died before July 1870, but after 1860.