Joel W. Ridgell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 11 Apr 1815 - Clay Co., Kentucky
    Christening: 
          Death: 7 May 1868 - (Knox Co., Kentucky) 1
         Burial: in Turner Cem., Knox Co., Kentucky
 Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Rachel A. Duvall (Abt 1811 - 1850-1852)
       Marriage: 20 Dec 1840 - Fleming Co., Kentucky 2

2. Sarah Malise Auxier (Abt 1829 - 1870-1880)
       Marriage: 18 Feb 1852 - Floyd Co., Kentucky 3 4
       Children:
                1. William A. Ridgell (1856-      )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1850 Fleming Co., Kentucky, District No. 1; Sept 30
1059/1099
Joel W. Ridgell 36 M Ky $-- Meth'dst Minister
Rachel A. " 39 F Ky </pre>

He is not the owner of any slaves in the Slave Schedule. Elizabeth Rawlings (52, $9200) lives at 1059/1098.

<pre>1860 Knox Co., Kentucky, Barbourville, p.o. Barbourville; June 14; pg 28
182/182
J. W. Ridgill 44 MW Ky $1700/$1800 Lawyer
Sarah " 30 FW Ky
William " 4 MW Ky
William Fisher 23 MW Ky
Eliza Nunn 14 FW Ky </pre>

He is not the owner of any slaves in the Slave Schedule.

WILL:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/i/d/Brian-P-Ridgell/GENE1-0028.html

"History of Knox County" by Elmer Decker
Will abstract of Joel W. Ridgell:
Joel W. Ridgell-Will-May 1868; wife Sarah M; beneficiaries, William A. Ridgell, adopted son;
Richard W. Ridgell, Fanata G, Lorizia, Stephen G. Ridgell, John A. Ridgell, Witnesses, James W. and Josiah S. Dozier.

CIVIL WAR:

Find-a-Grave Memorial # 153437006:

Ltc Joel W. Ridgell, 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, USA. Enlisted August 7, 1861, age 41 at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky. Mustered in and commissioned lieutenant colonel on September 22, 1861. Resigned and mustered out January 23, 1863 at Young's Point, Louisiana. Occupation before the war: Methodist minister.

MORE INFORMATION:

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Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 153437006.

2 Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, Marriage Records of Fleming County, Kentucky 1798--1851, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 Floyd Co., Kentucky Marriage Records, LDS microfilm 2109937, record # 1903.

4 "Familysearch.org," "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-7HVV), Joel W Ridgell and Sarah Malise Amien, 18 Feb 1852; citing Marriage, Floyd, Ky; FHL microfilm 2,109,937; image 729/763.

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