Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Ridgeley, Daniel Boone 1813 - 1868
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Author: Bennett H. Young

Com. Daniel Boone Ridgeley.

   Com. D. B. Ridgeley. who served with distinction in the United States navy,
was born in Jessamine county on the 30th of August, 1813, and died in
Philadelphia, May 5, 1868.

   He entered the navy as midshipman April 1, 1828. He participated in the
bombardment and capture of Vera Cruz and other Mexican ports, and was connected
with the Naval Observatory at Washington in 1850-52. He commanded the steamer
"Atlanta" in the Paraguayan expedition. He volunteered for active service in the
Civil war, and commanded the steamer "Santiago de Cuba." He commanded a steamer
in the North Atlantic squadron, and assisted in the bombardment of Fort Fisher,
North Carolina. He was a member of the Board of Naval Examiners at Philadelphia,
in 1868, at the time of his death. His mother was a daughter of Col. John Price,
who was chiefly instrumental in organizing Jessamine county, and was born on the
farm of his grandfather in the Hickman neighborhood. He purchased the McKinney
farm in Jessamine in 1850, and passed his vacations there. He always spoke with
great pride of his native county, and held the old home place as a sentimental
investment.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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