James
Allen
Ridley
Born about in Stevenson, Jackson, Alabama, USA
Son of Asa Elisha Ridley
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Eliza (Hawk) Ridley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 74
in Thomson, McDuffie, Georgia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jul 2011
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Biography
James was born in 1856. He passed away in 1931.
Sources
- Marriage: "Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967"
Marriage Records. Alabama Marriages. County courthouses, Alabama
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61365 #1396424 (accessed 10 August 2022)
James Ridley marriage to Eliza Hawk on 19 Dec 1878 in Jackson, Alabama, USA. - 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1880; Census Place: Jackson, Alabama; Roll: 16; Page: 108D; Enumeration District: 107
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #7501984 (accessed 10 August 2022)
Jas Ridley (24), married, Farmer, head of household in Jackson, Alabama, USA. Born in Alabama. - 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1900; Census Place: Bolivar, Jackson, Alabama; Roll: 19; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 1240019
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #48148865 (accessed 10 August 2022)
James Ridley (48), married, Farmer, head of household in Bolivar, Jackson, Alabama. Born in Alabama, USA. - 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Bolivar, Jackson, Alabama; Roll: T624_16; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1374029
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #9533377 (accessed 10 August 2022)
James Ridley (54), married, Farmer, head of household in Bolivar, Jackson, Alabama, USA. Born in Alabama. - 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1920; Census Place: Stevenson, Jackson, Alabama; Roll: T625_18; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 183
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #1020833 (accessed 10 August 2022)
James A Rittley (63), married, Farmer, head of household in Stevenson, Jackson, Alabama. Born in Alabama. - 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1930; Census Place: Stevenson, Jackson, Alabama; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2339755
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #119694221 (accessed 10 August 2022)
James A Ridley (73), married husband, in household of Nannie Ridley (54) in Old Stevenson to Bridgeport Pike, Stevenson, Jackson, Alabama, USA. Born in Alabama. - Death: "Georgia, U.S., Death Records, 1914-1940"
Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2562 #1051153 (accessed 10 August 2022)
James Allen Ridley death 10 May 1931 (age 75), son of Eliza Ridley & Betty Dame, in Mcduffie, Georgia, USA. - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141648196/james-alan-ridley: accessed 10 August 2022), memorial page for James Alan Ridley (Sep 1856–10 May 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141648196, citing Bolivar Cemetery, Jackson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by lisa morton (contributor 48364874).
- Walt Russell, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Walt and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
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