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Reuben Ridgeway (Jefferson, Kentucky, brickmaker and day laborer)

b. 1810? d. 1872-10-20

Jefferson, Kentucky, brickmaker and day laborer. Ohio native. Married to Martha Ridgeway. Father of Catharine Ridgeway, George Ridgeway, Wiliam Ridgeway, John Ridgeway, George M. Ridgeway, James Ridgeway, and Henry Ridgeway. Brickmaker in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Day laborer in Louisville in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 438B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 50.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 228.

Citation

Ridgeway, Reuben. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196581 (November 12, 2026).

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