James Henry Ridgeway
1905 - 1996 (90 years)-
Name James Henry Ridgeway [1, 2] Birth 13 Apr 1905 New York, United States 
[3, 4] Gender Male Death 8 Jan 1996 Lacona, Oswego, New York, United States of America [5] Person ID I71937 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father Myron Luther Ridgeway, b. 13 Mar 1877, Boylston, Oswego, New York, USA d. 21 Feb 1973, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States of America (Age 95 years) Relationship natural Mother Olive Flora James, b. 5 Nov 1880, New York d. 5 Oct 1940, Lacona Village, Oswego, New York (Age 59 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1899 Family ID F2897 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Evelyn C. Mead, b. 27 Aug 1910 d. 22 Sep 1993 (Age 83 years) Marriage Dec 1929 Children 1. Alta Aileen Ridgeway, b. 16 Jun 1930 d. 29 Sep 2001, NY (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Donald Ridgeway 3. Ronald J. Ridgeway, b. 30 Sep 1941 d. 20 Jan 1942 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F24061 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
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Notes - RETIRED FARMER JAMES H. RIDGEWAY DIES AT 90
Watertown Daily Times (NY) - January 10, 1996Browse Issues
James H. Ridgeway, 90, of 4196 County Route 22, died Monday at Samaritan-Keep Home, Watertown, where he had been a resident since Nov. 19.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Summerville Funeral Home, Sandy Creek, with the Rev. Lorraine Zimmermann, pastor of Sandy Creek United Methodist Church, officiating. Spring burial will be in Wesleyan Cemetery.
Calling hours will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to Northern Oswego County Ambulance or Lacona Volunteer Fire Department.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. William (Alta) Shirley, and a son, Donald J., both of Lacona; a sister, Avis Branche, Punta Gorde, Fla.; five grandsons and six great-grandsons.
A son, Ronald, died in infancy. Three sisters, Mabel and Maebelle Ridgeway, and Olive Hammond; three brothers, Newell, Leon and Myron, and a half brother, Clifford Zufelt, died previously.
Born April 13, 1905, in the town of Boylston, son of Myron and Olive James Ridgeway, he was educated in the Hemlock School District, town of Boylston, and married Evelyn C. Mead on Dec. 29, 1929, at the Sandy Creek Congregational parsonage with the Rev. Thomas Davies officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Ridgeway owned and operated a farm on the Lacona-Orwell Road from 1937 until retiring in 1975. Mrs. Ridgeway died Sept. 22, 1993.
He was a Lacona Agway committee man, a 60-year member of Sandy Creek Grange 127, a member of Eastern Milk Producers Association and a charter member of NE-OS CO Horseshoe Club.
Notes from wedding of James and Evelyn--Dec 1929: Married at Congregational manse by Rev. T.T. Davies--Attended by Leon Ridgeway and Merle Mead, sister of the bride.
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- RETIRED FARMER JAMES H. RIDGEWAY DIES AT 90
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Sources - [S281] Census, 1905 New York Census, Boylston, Oswego Co., NY--1 Jun 1905, by Charles A. Fuller.
- [S281] Census, 1910 Federal Census, Boylston, Oswego Co., NY--23 Apr 1910, by Geo Duane, Sheet 4A, Image 7, Sup Distr 12, Enum Distr 104.
- [S281] Census, 1905 New York Census, Boylston, Oswego Co., NY--1 Jun 1905, by Charles A. Fuller.
James H. was age 2 months in this census - [S281] Census, 1910 Federal Census, Boylston, Oswego Co., NY--23 Apr 1910, by Geo Duane, Sheet 4A, Image 7, Sup Distr 12, Enum Distr 104.
James was age 5 in this census - [S126] Social Security Death Index, From Rootsweb's SSDI.
JAMES RIDGEWAY Born 13 Apr 1905, Died 08 Jan 1996, Last residence Lacona, Oswego Co., NY 13083, SSN 112-14-9652, Issued in New York
- [S281] Census, 1905 New York Census, Boylston, Oswego Co., NY--1 Jun 1905, by Charles A. Fuller.