RIDLEYS OF TRURO, MASSACHUSETTS.
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William Ridley' (6), third son of John (9), was born in December,
1865.
Ridley (?), fourth son of John (9), was born in December, 1871,
Willie Ridley (1), son of Joseph (7), was born Oct. 4, 1860.
Joseph-Warren Ridley' (9), son of Joseph (7), was born May, 1861.
Alice Ridley' (4), son of Joseph (7), was born June, 1867.
James-W. Ridley' (19), eldest son of Robert (1), was born in Harps-
well, Me., in 1832; married in 1856 to Laura J. Wright, and has one son,
of whom hereafter. He worked in the Navy Yard, at Charlestown,
Mass., as ship-carpenter, until 1870, when he emigrated to Estherville, Ia.,
when he engaged in milling and miscellaneous trading; an excellent
mechanic.
R.-Edwin Ridley' (3), second son of Robert (1), was born in Harps-
well, Me., in 1834; married in 1855 to Esther A. Allen, and the following
spring (1856) emigrated to Michigan, and thence to Iowa, on the Des
Moines River, seven miles from the Minnesota line. He was joined by
his wife in 1857: she being the first white woman in Emmett County.
He laid out a township the following year (1858) and named it Estherville
for his wife. He subsequently, in company with his brothers, built a saw-
mill in Estherville, but soon sold his share in the mill, and purchased a
farm two miles below, where he erected another mill which he still (1874)
owns and operates. Has three children, of whom hereafter.
Algenon-H. Ridley' (1), third son of Robert (1), was born in Harps-
well, Me., in 1836; married in 1866 to Mary-Eliza Fletcher, and settled
in Estherville, Ia. Carpenter by trade; served in the Union army dur-
ing the Rebellion. Had his leg crushed in the horse-power of a threshing-
machine in 1871, and died from the injury in 1872. No issue.
Adelia-S. Ridley' (1), eldest daughter of Robert (1), was born in
Harpswell, Me., in 1838; went to Estherville, Ia., in 1859; was married
in 1860 to George Jenkins, and emigrated to Oregon in the spring of 1871.
Judith-A. Ridley (1), second daughter of Robert (1), was born in
Harpswell, Me., in 1840, and died in the city of Bath, Me., in 1857, un-
married.
Albion-K. Ridley' (2), fourth son of Robert (1), was born in Harps-
well, Me., in 1842, and went to Estherville, Ia., with his parents in 1859.
He served three years in the Union army during the Rebellion; married
in 1868 to Graham, and carries on a farm in Estherville, Ia.; no issue.
M-Theresa Ridley' (1), fifth son of Robert (1), was born in Harps-
well, Me., in 1844; emigrated to Iowa with his parents in 1859; married
in 1869 to H. W. Emery, of Chicago, Ill., and now (1874) resides in St.
Louis, Mo.
Eugene-G. Ridley (3), sixth son of Robert
well, Me., in 1847; emigrated to Iowa in 1859;
Union army during the Rebellion; married in
and has issue three children, of whom hereafter.
fruit-growing in Estherville.
(1), was born in Harps-
served two years in the
1868 to Mary C. Owen,
Carries on farming and
Lillian-E. Ridley' (1), third daughter of Robert (1), was born in
Harpswell, Me., in 1850; emigrated to Iowa with her parents in 1859;
was married in 1870 to Lloyd A. Gould, and resides in Estherville, Ia.
Albert-F. Ridley' (3), eldest son of Samuel (1), was born in Harps-
