Bond County IL Archives Obituaries.....Ridgeway, Lottie 1924
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Greenville Advocate
Mrs. Lottie Ridgeway, died at her home in Greenville, May 27, 1924, aged 84 
years.  Her father William Volentine was a soldier in the War of 1812 and 
participated in the Battle of New Orleans.
Mrs. Ridgeway was born August 30, 1840 near New Douglas. Her mother Sophia Sugg 
Volentine.  she was on of 23 children, only two of whom survive.  They are Mrs. 
Janette Jones of New Douglas and Charles Volentine of Sorento.
In January 1864 she was married to James S. Ridgeway and they went to 
housekeeping on a large farm near Pocahontas, which land Mr. Ridgeway entered 
from the goverment.  Here they lived until the death of Mr. Ridgeway in 1904 and 
in 1907 Mrs. Ridgeway moved to Greenville.
Four children were born to this union, two of whom survive, William Wait 
Ridgeway, who lives at home and Ralph Stewart Ridgeway, who resides in 
Pocahontas. Lettie Wise, a granddaughter, had been reared by Mrs. Ridgeway, A 
daughter Nannie Wise, wife of John L. Wise, and mother of Lettie died in 1908, 
also a son Benjamin Vollentine Ridgeway died in 1909.

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