James Dennis Ridings^[1]

Abt 1840 - Bef 1907  (~ 67 years)

• Name	James Dennis Ridings
  Born	Abt 1840	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Died	Bef 24 Apr 1907
  Person ID	I791	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	William "Willis" Ridings,   b. Abt 1798, North Carolina
  Family ID	F19681	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Minerva Moore,   b. Abt 1840, Tennessee
  Children	1. Lidda M. Ridings,   b. Abt 1861, Tennessee + 2. Barbara Ridings,   b. Sep 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Mar 1933, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Family ID	F273	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Naoma "Oma" Pendlon,   b. Abt 1840, North Carolina
  Children	1. Willis Ridings,   b. Abt 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Feb 1942  (Age ~ 76 years) + 2. James Lawson Ridings,   b. Abt 1867, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Apr 1930, Jefferson County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 63 years) + 3. Sarah Ridings,   b. Mar 1869, Tennessee ,   d. 10 May 1909  (Age ~ 40 years)   4. Margaret Ridings,   b. Abt 1873,   d. 24 Dec 1945  (Age ~ 72 years)   5. Cordelia Ridings,   b. Abt 1875, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Jun 1940  (Age ~ 65 years)   6. Dora Louise Ridings,   b. 4 Sep 1876, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Sep 1953  (Age 77 years)   7. Bertha Ellen Ridings,   b. Abt 1879, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Mar 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 58 years)   8. Williams Ridings,   b. Abt 1865, Tennessee   9. Sarah Ridings,   b. Abt 1870, Tennessee   10. Naoma C. Ridings,   b. Abt 1874, Tennessee   11. Bertha Ridings,   b. Abt 1877, Tennessee   12. Eliza A.,   b. Abt 1877, Tennessee
  Family ID	F27082	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Amanda Ramsey,   b. 20 Nov 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Apr 1951  (Age 91 years)
  Married	11 Apr 1878
  Children	+ 1. Matilda Ridings,   b. 25 Jul 1879, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Jan 1963  (Age 83 years) + 2. Harriet L. Ridings,   b. Oct 1882 + 3. Lure Ridings,   b. 1884   4. Wealthy Ridings,   b. Feb 1885   5. Emeline E. Ridings,   b. Mar 1887 + 6. Lucinda Ridings,   b. Oct 1888 + 7. William Samuel Ridings,   b. 6 Oct 1894, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Oct 1974  (Age 80 years)   8. Richard Ridings,   b. 11 Nov 1896, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Sep 1979  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F13214	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1840 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1870 - District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census with parents. Died without will; Administrator appointed, J. S. Springs, 24 April 1907 in Sevier County, Tennessee. ---------- Reference: "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 88, 89. "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 18. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 7.

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume III, 1974-1986, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 20 Oct 1974. Samuel Wilson Ridings obituary [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 341b, 20 Jul 1870. [S92] Cocke County, Tennessee Census, 919-814, 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/cocke/census/1850cens.txt [S112] Census, 1870. Name: James Ridings Event Type: Census Event Year: 1870 Event Place: Tennessee, United States Gender: Male Age: 29 Race: White Race (Original): W Birth Year (Estimated): 1840-1841 Birthplace: Tennessee Page Number: 2 Household ID: 13 Line Number: 21 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M593 GS Film number: 000553058 Digital Folder Number: 004275525 Image Number: 00219 Household Gender Age Birthplace James Ridings M 29 Tennessee Naoma Ridings F 30 Tennessee Lidda M Ridings F 9 Tennessee Barbary Ridings F 7 Tennessee Willis Ridings M 4 Tennessee James L Ridings M 3 Tennessee Sarah Ridings F 0 Tennessee