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Note: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Raymond Clarence Ridgell County: Dallas State: Texas Birthplace: Texas Birth Date: 11 Sep 1898 (note: year known to be way off, 1894) Race: White Roll: 1953185
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Raymond Clarence Ridgell Birth Date: 11 Sep 1894 Residence: San Benito, Texas, USA Birthplace: Van ZandtCounty,Texas
1930 Cameron Co. Texas census, San Benito, Pg. 27B, E.D. 20
R.C. Ridgell............35..m......Texas.......F..Texas....M..Texas Lessie....................32...f........Miss........F..Miss......M..Miss. Muriel.......................9...f.......Texas Maurice....................7..m......Texas Penn.........................4..m......Texas Mary Ridgell...........52...f.......Texas......F..Texas.....M..Miss. (relative) R.R. Ridgell............27..m......Texas......F..Texas.....M..Texas (brother) Elley........................23...f......Texas......F..Texas.....M..Texas Emma Fay.................6...f......Texas G.A...........................60..m.....Texas........F..Texas....M..Texas (father)
Note : The relative listed as Mary Ridgell is Mary Frances Cotton Ridgell, born 1878, she may not be listed with Gossett, or "G.A. Ridgell " in the same household because of pending divorce.
1940 Bexar Co. Texas, Los Angeles Heights, Sheet 6B, E. D. 15-6, pg. 104
R. Clarence Ridgell..................45..m...........Texas Lessie Ridgell..........................42...f............Mississippi Muriel Ridgell...........................19...f............Texas Maurice Ridgell........................17..m...........Texas Raymond Ridgell......................14..m...........Texas
The Brownsville Herald, Tuesday, October 18, 1949
Landlord Charged With Assault On Tenant
A San Benito landlord-tenant dispute came to a climax with the filing of an assault charge in county-court-at-law here today. Charged with assault on Mrs. Lucy Harrell, San Benito, is Raymond Ridgell, also of San Benito. Assistant County Attorney C. S. Bennett said the charge was filed in connection with a dispute that arose when Ridgell allegedly attempted to evict Mrs. Harrell.
The Brownsville Herald, Thursday, October 21, 1954
Child Injured When Struck By Automobile
SAN BENITO, Oct. 21 --- Virginia Ann Wallace, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Furman Wallace, was hospitalized here after being struck by a car driven by 16 year old Wenor Barrientos Jr.,186 Virginia, police said. City Patrolman R. C. Ridgell who was in charge of the investigation, said that it is believed the little girl darted into the road in the path of the on-coming car.(continued..girl suffered only minor cuts and bruises.)
The Brownsville Herald, Thursday, August 8, 1957
Policeman, By-Stander are shot
SAN BENITO -- A gun waving man Wednesday shot a city policeman in the hand and hit a by-stander twice in the leg before he could be halted late Wednesday in a San Benito tavern on Diaz and Robertson Sts. Francisco Ramarez Menchaca, 41, a bracero was shot twice through the calf of his right leg as he aided officer R. C. (Pappy) Ridgell in taking a gun away from Armando Macias Teran, 24, of San Benito. Toran slumped over a table in the tavern, raised up and began firing the pistol wildly when Ridgell approached him. With the assistance of Menchaca, Ridgell managed to knock down the man, still waving the pistol. The gun, a foriegn make 9mm automatic, jammed and Ridgell grabbed it and after a brief sttruggle brought the man under control. Ridgell and Menchaca both were admitted to Dolly Vinsant hospital. Ridgell was released after treatment. The bullet, hospital attendants said, pierced only the flesh without causing any damage to the bones. Menchaca was to remain in the hospital. Teran also was treated for minor cuts and bruises he had received in the fracas. He later told officer Ronald Tandy the reason he had a gun, which he had purchased Tuesday in Harlingen, was that he was tired of being teased about a physical disorder and that he was not going to "take it any longer." Tandy said an extra clip containing nine rounds of ammunition was found on Teran after his arrest. Charges of Assault with intent to murder will be filed against Teran, Police Chief Bill Gilbert said.
The Brownsville Herald, Wednesday, February 26, 1958
San Benito Man Gets Jail Term
A 26 year old San Benito man was found guilty of aggravated assault by a jury sitting in 138th District Court Tuesday afternoon. Armando Teran was sentenced to six months in County Jail, and fined $300 for the assault against San Benito policeman R. C. Ridgell, and Francisco Ramirez Menchaca, in a San Benito tavern, August 7. Teran shot Menchaca in the leg, and Ridgell in the hand, when the latter tried to arrest him. The jury deliberated for 45 minutes,. The trial ahd begun Monday under Judge Hawthorne Phillips who presided for Judge H. A. Garcia.
Note : Before Raymond Clarence Ridgell became a police officer, he owned an ice cream company.
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