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William H. Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1935 ca.
He lived from 1867 to 1945. He was the first child born to Martha Jane and Cornelius Ridley in Media.
William H. Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1991
1991 commemoration of his admittance to the Delaware County Bar Association. Judges and members of the Bar in attendance.
Boonie Doon Plantation
Address: Southhampton County, VA
Date: 1999 ca.
The dilapidated Bonnie Doon plantation house in Southhampton County, Va., from which Cornelius Ridley ran away in 1862.
Ridley Family Members
Address: Southhampton County, VA
Date: 1999 ca.
Family gathering in Southhampton County, VA, near the Bonnie Doon Plantation.
Sam Lemon and Kris Yarnall Sibinga
Date: 2001
Sam Lemon, great great grandson of Cornelius and Martha Jane Ridley, with Kris Yarnall Sibinga, at the installation of the headstone for Cornelius and Martha Jane at Eden Cemetery 2001. Kris Sibinga is a direct descendant of Issac and Elizabeth…
Cornelius Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
Born a slave on Bonnie Doon Plantation in Southampton County, Virginia, he lived from 1839-1922. His father, Col. Thomas Ridley III, owned the plantation. Cornelius never knew his mother, and he ran away by himself in the spring of 1861. He made his…
Martha Jane Parham Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
She rejoined her husband Cornelius Ridley in Media after escaping from Virginia in 1864.
Cornelius Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
Pictured here driving a mule-drawn delivery wagon for Hawley and Snowden's hardware store on State Street.
Cornelius and Martha Jane Ridley's house
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
They purchased their home at 308 North Olive Street in 1872, 10 years or so after escaping Virginia. Their descendants continued to live in the house until about 1972, when it was sold and torn down.
Children of Cornelius and Martha Jane Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
Birth records from the Ridley family bible, with information about George Washington Ridley, Rachel Ann Ridley, William Henry Ridley, Rosa Ann Ridley, and Bessie L. Nicholson.
Children of Cornelius and Martha Jane Ridley, and others
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
Birth records from family bible, with information about George Washington Ridley, Rachel Ann Ridley, William Henry Ridley, Rosa Ann Ridley, Bessie L. Nicholson, Alma Ridley White, Maud Ray Ridley, Everett Cornelius White, Casper Miller White, Swithin…
George A. Philips
Address: not known
Date: not known
Josepha Philips's father was a white New Yorker with businesses in Saint Croix.
William H Ridley
Newspaper article about his admission to the Philadelphia Bar, as reported in the Philadelphia Tribune.
Reverend William Henry Lemon
Rev. William Henry Lemon (Jan. 15, 1886 - July 1966) was born in Woods Crossroads, Petsworth Parish, in Gloucester County, Virginia. Rev. Henry Lemon (he generally referred to himself as "Henry" Lemon, ignoring his first name, "William") was the…
