NOTE numbers in brackets after any item are source references (removed for brevity's sake)

 Generation 1 
 
 1. Mr. RIDGWAY was born in 1790/1810 (estimated) at GA?. He married Mrs. (RIDGWAY) in 1812/1827 (estimated) at
 GA?, and they had one child. Mr. RIDGWAY died in 1870/1890 (estimated).
 
               children
 +   2.     i. James M. RIDGWAY was born on 18-May-1828.
 +              others...???
 
 Generation 2 

 2. James M. RIDGWAY, the son of Mr. RIDGWAY and Mrs. (RIDGWAY), was born on May 18, 1828[1] at GA. He
 married Martha F. (RIDGWAY) in 1854/1856 (estimated) at Milton, GA, and they had nine children. James died on July
 26, 1912[2] at Crossville, Dekalb, AL. He was buried on July 28, 1912 (estimated) at Crossville Cemetery, Crossville,
 Dekalb, AL.
 
 Obituary from Fort Payne Journal for his son Joseph Walter RIDGWAY states "...a native of Georgia he had lived in Dekalb
 County for 52 years..." deriving from his age at death, 82, that would mean the family moved to Dekalb County when Joseph
 was 30 in 1840. the family should definitely be on the 1850 census... possibly on the 1840
 
               children
     3.     i. Mary A. RIDGWAY was born in 1857[3]. Mary died in 1923/1932 (estimated).
 +   4.    ii. Robert N. RIDGWAY was born in 1862.
     5.   iii. Minnie F. RIDGWAY was born in 1867[4]. Minnie died in 1945/1950 (estimated).
     6.    iv. Mittia L. RIDGWAY "Mittie" was born on September 20, 1868[5] at Cobb, GA. She married W. W. TRIBBLE
               on May 13, 1903[6] at Bride's House, TenBroeck?, Dekalb, AL, and they had no children. Mittia died on
               December 21, 1955[7] at Crossville?, Dekalb, AL. She was buried in December of 1955 (estimated) at
               Crossville Cemetery, Crossville, Dekalb, AL. 1880 Census (Milton County, GA) - not listed with father and
               mother
 
     7.     v. Henry H. RIDGWAY was born in 1869[8]. Henry died in 1950/1954 (estimated).
 +   8.    vi. Joseph Walter RIDGWAY was born on 29-Sep-1870.
     9.   vii. Quima H. RIDGWAY was born in 1872[9]. Quima died in 1960/1965 (estimated).
 +  10.  viii. Druie S. RIDGWAY "Drew" was born on 06-Feb-1874.
    11.    ix. William S. RIDGWAY was born in 1876[10]. William died in 1965 (estimated).
 
 Generation 3 
 
 4. Robert N. RIDGWAY, the son of James M. RIDGWAY (218) and Martha F. (RIDGWAY), was born in 1862[11]. He
 married Julia (RIDGWAY) in 1884[12] at GA?, and they had six children. Robert died in 1943/1945 (estimated).
 
               children
    12.     i. Alley RIDGWAY was born in August of 1884[13] at Milton?, GA. Alley died in 1956/1960 (estimated).
    13.    ii. Maud RIDGWAY was born in April of 1888[14] at Milton?, GA. Maud died in 1965/1970 (estimated).
    14.   iii. Ernest RIDGWAY was born in February of 1890[15] at Milton?, GA. Ernest died in 1978/1980 (estimated).
    15.    iv. Stella RIDGWAY was born in February of 1892[16] at Dekalb, AL. Stella died in 1980/1981 (estimated).
    16.     v. Willis RIDGWAY was born in January of 1895[17] at Dekalb, AL. Willis died in 1979/1989 (estimated).
    17.    vi. Ethel RIDGWAY was born in January of 1897[18] at Dekalb, AL. Ethel died in 1980/1989 (estimated).
 
 8. Joseph Walter RIDGWAY, the son of James M. RIDGWAY and Martha F. (RIDGWAY), was born on September 29,
 1870[19] at Cobb, GA. He married, first, Lucy Levan JOHNSON on November 13, 1900[20] at Lucy's House, Johnson
 precinct?, Dekalb, AL, and they had eleven children. He married, second, Francis (RIDGWAY) in 1930/1940 (estimated)
 at Fort Payne?, Dekalb, AL, and they had one child. Joseph died on March 23, 1952[21] at 503 Lincoln Ave S.E., Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. He was buried on March 24, 1952[22] at Lusk Chapel Cemetary, Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL[23].
 
 went by his middle name "Walter"
 
               children by Lucy Levan JOHNSON
 +  18.     i. Dilmus R. RIDGWAY was born in 1901.
    19.    ii. James D. RIDGWAY was born in 1902[24] at Lebanon, Dekalb, AL. James died in 1978/1980 (estimated).
    20.   iii. Kathe M. RIDGWAY was born in 1903[25] at Lebanon, Dekalb, AL. Kathe died in 1920 (estimated).
 +  21.    iv. Lois Katherine RIDGWAY was born on 1-Nov-1905.
 +  22.     v. Bernice Lea RIDGWAY was born on 4-Apr-1908.
 +  23.    vi. Gladys R. RIDGWAY was born on 16-Apr-1913.
 +  24.   vii. Nellie I. RIDGWAY "Nell" was born in 1915.
    25.  viii. Magnolia RIDGWAY was born in 1916/1918 (estimated) at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. Magnolia died at AL?.
 +  26.    ix. Mary RIDGWAY was born in Sep-1919.
 +  27.     x. Willodean Julia RIDGWAY "Boots" was born on 1920/1922 (estimated).
    28.    xi. Ruth RIDGWAY was born in 1921/1922 (estimated)[26] at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. Ruth died in 1921/1922
 
               children by Francis (RIDGWAY)
    29.     i. Elizabeth RIDGWAY was born in 1930/1940 (estimated) at Fort Payne?, Dekalb, AL.
 
 10. Druie S. RIDGWAY "Drew", the son of James M. RIDGWAY and Martha F. (RIDGWAY), was born on February
 06, 1874[27] at Cobb, GA. He married Marguett A. NORRIS on May 13, 1903[28] at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL, and they had
 four children. Druie died on May 03, 1954[29] at Dekalb, AL. He was buried in May of 1954 at Beulah Cemetary, Fyffe,
 Dekalb, AL.
 
               children
    30.     i. James E. RIDGWAY was born in 1905[30] at Grahams Precinct, Dekalb, AL. James died in 1989/1990
    31.    ii. Lillian RIDGWAY was born in 1906 (estimated) at Graham's Precinct, Dekalb, AL.
    32.   iii. Denny? Roscoe RIDGWAY was born in 1908 (estimated) at Graham's Precinct, Dekalb, AL.
    33.    iv. Lawrence RIDGWAY was born in 1910 (estimated) at Graham's Precinct, Dekalb, AL.
 
 Generation 4 

 18. Dilmus R. RIDGWAY, the son of Joseph Walter RIDGWAY and Lucy Levan JOHNSON (72), was born in 1901[31] at
 Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. He married Ida ANDREWS on January 23, 1924[32] at J.N. Stewart's Residence, Fort Payne,
 Dekalb, AL[33], and they had one child. Dilmus died in 1951[34] at Chattanooga, TN. He was buried in 1951 at Glenwood
 Cemetary, Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL.
 
 Dad said he was killed in a head-on collision outside of Chattanooga, TN
 
               children
    34.     i. Hicks J. RIDGWAY "Hix" was born on November 21, 1924[35] at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. He married Mildred
 
 21. Lois Katherine RIDGWAY, the daughter of Joseph Walter RIDGWAY (71) and Lucy Levan JOHNSON, was born on
 November 1, 1905 at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. She married James W. CHAMBERS "Dub" on April 04, 1927 at on HyWay?,
 Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL, and they had five children.
 
               children
	most LIVING
	 
 22. Bernice Lea RIDGWAY, the daughter of Joseph Walter RIDGWAY and Lucy Levan JOHNSON, was born on April 4,
 1908 at Dekalb, AL. She married Charles Jefferson JOHNSON "Charlie" on July 4, 192638 at Ridgway Home, Fort Payne,
 Dekalb, AL, and they had five children. Bernice died on August 7, 1991 at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. She was buried in August
 of 1991 at Glenwood Cemetary, Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL.
 
                children
    40.     i. Francis E. JOHNSON was born on March 28, 1927 at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. Francis died in 1930
	most LIVING 

 23. Gladys R. RIDGWAY, the daughter of Joseph Walter RIDGWAY (71) and Lucy Levan JOHNSON, was born on April 16, 1913 at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. She married, first, Richard CLARK in 1930/1940 (estimated) at AL?, and they had one
 child. She married, second, Ollie R. COOPER in 1931/1940 (estimated) at AL, and they had no children. Gladys died on
 July 6, 1983[39] at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. She was buried in July of 1983 at Glenwood Cemetery, Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL.
 
               children
 	most LIVING
 
 24. Nellie I. RIDGWAY "Nell", the daughter of Joseph Walter RIDGWAY and Lucy Levan JOHNSON, was born in
 1915 at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. She married Doyle DUPREE in 1933/1938 (estimated) at AL?, and they had four
 children.
 
               children
	most LIVING 

 26. Mary RIDGWAY (75), the daughter of Joseph Walter RIDGWAY and Lucy Levan JOHNSON, was born in September of 1919 at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. She married Reuben HOPKINS in 1938/1944 (estimated) at AL?, and they had twelve
 children. Mary died in 1980/1981 (estimated) at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL.
 
               children
               most LIVING 

 27. Willodean Julia RIDGWAY "Boots", the daughter of Joseph Walter RIDGWAY and Lucy Levan JOHNSON, was born
 in 1920/1922 (estimated) at Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL. She married Bill CROW in 1938/1940 (estimated), and they had
 twelve children.
 
               children
	most LIVING