Life History

Notes

• WIlilam first married in 1881, but the record on RootsWeb does not have the name of his first wife.
  
  RootsWeb Marriage Records
  E M Ridge
  Spouse W G Ridge
  20 Mar 1881
  Lamar County. Texas
  
  He was widowed and remarried about 1898, to a divorcee named Amanda (Dany) Barnett Gooch.
  
  Note on his FAG memorial:
  "His name appeared in old minutes of the Chickasaw Nation Association of FWB ministers in the early part of 1900."
  --  "wvy," Find a Grave Comments, 4 January 2012
  
  William was iving in Laverty, around Norge, south of Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, when he died.  Notes on his death do not specifically state a place of death, but say only that he lived in Laverty until his death.  Some genealoiges report he died in Chickasha, and it may be he died in the Chickasha Hospital.
  
  Gravestone of W G Ridge, Laverty Cemtery, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma
  "Father Rev W G Ridge  May 25 1856  Apr 3 1937"
  
  W G Ridge
  Birth May 25, 1856
  Death Apr 3, 1937
  Spouse Amanda 'Danie' Barnett Ridge (1859 - 1942)
  Inscription:  Father At Rest Gone But Not Forgotten Will Live Again
  Note: Stone has his name as Rev W G Ridge
  Burial Laverty Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma
  Created by Dale Donlon Jun 27, 2006
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #14754003, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14754003

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #14754003, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14754003
• 2. Gravestone of W D Ridge, Laverty Cemtery, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma
• 3. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 6 August, Township 2, District 133, page 43A,  Hse #587, am #614
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #22426635, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22426635
• 5. RootsWeb Marriage Records
• 6. Email Sources
• 7. 1880 Federal Census, Yell County, Arkansas
  • 10 June, Spring Creek Township, District 231, page 16, Hse/Fam #63