Jacob Ridgway

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Jacob Douglas Ridgway, age 20s, Roanoke, VA View Details

Locations: Roanoke VA, Bristol CT

Jacob Douglas Ridgway, age 33, Charlotte, NC View Details

Cities: Firestone CO, Cedar Park TX, Fowler CO Possible Relatives: Sonya Beeson, Joane Zion Carter, Curtis H Ridgway

Jacob Edwin Ridgway, age 75, Newark, DE View Details

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Jacob Michael Ridgway, age 42, Marietta, OH View Details

Locations: Firestone CO, Cedar Park TX, Fowler CO Possible Relatives: Sonya Beeson, Joane Zion Carter

Jacob Noah Ridgway, age 39, Austin, TX View Details

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Jacob Ridgway: Merchant Prince and Namesake of Ridgway, Elk County, PA • visitpago.com

Jacob Ridgway was the youngest great grandson of the pioneer Ridgway family. The family name was originally spelled "Ridgeway". John Ridgway died in 1774 when Jacob was six years old and upon the death of his mother he moved to Philadelphia to live with his eldest sister whose husband had been chosen as his guardian.

Ridgway, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia • wikipedia.org

Ridgway was founded by Philadelphian shipping merchant Jacob Ridgway and James Gillis. [5] Jacob Ridgway earned substantial wealth both in Philadelphia and abroad in London. He constantly sent sums of money back to be invested in property. In the early 19th century as part of a larger land purchase, Ridgway acquired 40,000 acres (160 km 2) that ...

History of Ridgway - Ridgway Elk-County Chamber of Commerce • ridgwaychamber.com

Ridgway is named for the Philadelphia shipping merchant, Jacob Ridgway (b. 1768 - d. 1843). James Lisle Gillis (b. 1792 - d. 1881) moved to the area that would become Ridgway in 1822. He eventually became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 35th congress.

Jacob Ridgway Merchant Prince and Ridgway Namesake • visitpago.com

By Bob Imhoff Jacob Ridgway- Merchant Prince and Namesake of Ridgway, Elk County, PA Born in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey on April 18, 1768 or according to Memoirs - Autobiographies of Wealthy Philadelphia Citizens published in 1846, Mr. Ridgway was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey on March 15, 1767. The shipping business was

Chronological History of Ridgway, Elk County, Pennsylvania • visitpago.com

This year is Ridgway's Bicentennial, and many events are planned throughout the year to celebrate. Here is a look the last 200 years in Ridgway by Bob Imhof. 1817 Jacob Ridgway, a wealthy Philadelphia businessman, purchased 120,000 acres of land in the counties of McKean and Jefferson in 1817. This land became available following the

History of Elk County • countyofelkpa.gov

Finally, the offer of John J. Ridgway (Jacob Ridgway's son) with assistance from James L. Gillis, Lyman Wilmarth, and George Dickinson was accepted on December 16, 1844. The land (nearly two acres) for the first Courthouse had been reserved from sale by Jacob Ridgway and James L. Gillis during the Survey of 1833 as a town public square.

History of Elk County - Elk County Historical Society • elkcountyhistoricalsociety.org

In what would become Ridgway Township, James L. Gillis arrived in the early 1820s, sent by his uncle, Jacob Ridgway, one of the wealthiest men in the country at that time. Gillis cleared 500 acres of land and built a large frame house and a grist mill. Perhaps one of Elk County's more colorful characters Gillis was a veteran of the War of ...

Elk County Courthouse - The Historical Marker Database • hmdb.org

Jacob Ridgway of Philadelphia, one of the richest men in the United States, saw opportunity in the region's massive trees and clear-flowing rivers and purchased 100,000 acres of this land, newly deeded to the U.S. government by the Six Nations Indian tribes. In 1822, his land agent, James Gillis, founded Ridgway at the Montmorency Farm Site six ...

Jacob Ridgway (1768 - 1843) - Genealogy - Geni.com • geni.com

Times-Picayune, New Orleans, May 11, 1843 "Death of Mr. Ridgway. - Jacob Ridgway, the most wealthy capitalist in Philadelphia, and probably exceeded by none except John Jacob Astor, in the United States, died at his residence in Chestnut street, opposite Independence Hall, on the 1st inst., after an illness of about three weeks.