Year: 1860; Census Place: Tecumseh, Shawnee, Kansas Territory; Roll: M653_352; Page: 716; Image: 182; Family History Library Film: 803352.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJK-JCP : 17 October 2014), William Ridgeway, Kansas, United States; citing p. 11, family 76, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,932.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPT-YPG : 14 July 2016), William H Ridgeway, Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 67, sheet 76C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0380; FHL microfilm 1,254,380.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYG-1VS : accessed 16 March 2017), William Bridgway, Soldier Township (part), Shawnee, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 138, sheet 8A, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,500.
"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS4C-92N : 4 December 2014), William H. Ridgeway, Corporal, Company H, 11th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M542 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 881,844.
"United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDQ-4HHF : 24 May 2014), William H Ridgway, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,635,926.
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