James Dennis Ridings^[1]

Abt 1840 - Bef 1907

• Born	Abt 1840	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	80293ECDFAF2F24098D90242CBF712399479
  Died	Bef 24 Apr 1907
  Person ID	I791	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	20 May 2004

  
  

  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
  Family ID	F273	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Oma Pendlon, North Carolina
  Children	1. Willis Ridings,   b. Abt 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Feb 1942 > 2. James L. Ridings,   b. Abt 1867, Tennessee > 3. Sarah Ridings,   b. Mar 1869, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 1921   4. Margaret Ridings,   b. Abt 1873,   d. 24 Dec 1945   5. Cordelia Ridings,   b. Abt 1875, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Jun 1940   6. Dora Louise Ridings,   b. 4 Sep 1876, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Sep 1953   7. Bertha Ellen Ridings,   b. Abt 1879, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Mar 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F27082	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Amanda Ramsey,   b. 20 Nov 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Apr 1951
  Married	11 Apr 1878
  Children	> 1. Matilda Ridings,   b. 25 Jul 1879, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Jan 1963 > 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   8. Richard Ridings,   b. 11 Nov 1896, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Sep 1979
  Family ID	F13214	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1840 - 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