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Martha Jane Parham
Address: not known
Date: 1858 ca.
She lived from 1840 to 1919. She escaped from John Y. Mason's Fortsville Plantation with two of her children and her brother Andison Parham and his daughter. They fled to the Union army as it passed Fortsville plantation on the way to Petersburg in…
Cornelius and Martha Jane Ridley, Marriage certificate
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1883/02/17
The two remarried on February 17, 1883 in Media, as their slave marriage in Virginia did not have legal status.
Josepha Costancia Philips Ridley
Address: Washington, D.C.
Date: 1889 ca.
Portrait when she was about age 18. She was born in St. Croix to a local laundress and George A. Philips, a wealthy white New Yorker who owned businesses and plantations in the West Indies. She was educated and cared for in St. Croix while her father…
George Washington Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 ca.
Pictured with son Eddie and daughter Lily. George escaped slavery as a child with his mother, Martha Jane Parham, his sister Rachel, and his uncle, Andison Parham.
William H. Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1891 ca.
In this group photograph of members of the Delaware County Bar Association, William H. Ridley is in the second row, 5th from left.
William H. Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895 ca.
Shown here in the Recorder of Deeds office at the Delaware County Court House, Media, Pa.
Maud Ray Ridley
Address: Washington D.C.
Date: 1908
Postcard portrait taken at age 17 and addressed to her father. Text on reverse: "Taken July 22, 1908, Age 17 years 2 months 22 days. Your Only Child, Maud."
Maud Ray Ridley
Address: Philadelphia, Pa
Date: 1911 ca.
Portrait as a young woman seated, wearing a hat and traveling clothes.
Colored Officers Training Program
Address: Fort Des Moines (Iowa)
Date: 1917 ca.
Photographed at the Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School.
William H. Ridley
Address: Fort Des Moines (Iowa)
Date: 1917 ca.
Three smiling soldiers in a field.Ridley, in the middle, holds a rifle.
William H. Ridley
Address: Fort Des Moines (Iowa)
Date: 1917 ca.
In this group of soldiers, Ridley is in the center of the front row.
Thomas Ortiga and Maud Ridley, marriage certificate
Address: Philadelphia, Pa.
Date: 1919-07-21
They were married in St. Simon the Cyrenian Episcopal Church.
History of the Mt. Zion Lodge
Address: Media, Pa.
Date: 1920 ca.
History of the Mt. Zion Lodge in Media, Pa. written by Cornelius Ridley.
