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Robert Troy Ridings, his two other Brothers Thomas Wentworth and Archibald Wellington Ridings all had their hands in making of Chapel Hill Townsite/Village in Southwestern Lafayette County, Western Missouri. Along with other siblings and their Parents Jesse Ridings & their mother Mary Wentworth Poindexter Ridings... They all hadconnections to Chapel Hill College and the help in hand with Early day events of Chapel Hill townsite/Village, a Pre-Civil War Town found in the middle of Pre-Civil War events and Border troubles before the Civil War

Married Elizabeth Swift (1811-1887)

1850 Census. Grand River Twp, Henry Co, MO, Hh 368
Robert T. Ridings, age 40, b. NC
Elizabeth, 40, b. VA
children born in MO: Sophina B. 10. Mary B. 8. Caroline V. 6. Jesse 4. Sarah W. age 1

Birth	1811
Death	1855
Burial		Chapel Hill Cemetery, Lafayette County, Missouri

Father	Jesse Ridings (1777 - 1850)
Mother	Mary Wentworth "Polly" Poindexter (1775 - 1863)
Sibling	Sarah Ridings (1805 - 1874)
Sibling	Berrilla Ridings (1809 - 1880)
Sibling	Archibald Wellington Ridings (1815 - 1879)
Sibling	Thomas Wentworth Ridings (1819 - 1891)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living