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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…
Maud Ray Ridley
Address: Philadelphia, Pa
Date: 1911 ca.
Portrait as a young woman seated, wearing a hat and traveling clothes.
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."
Colored Officers Training Program
Address: Fort Des Moines (Iowa)
Date: 1917 ca.
Photographed at the Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School.
George A. Philips
Address: not known
Date: not known
Josepha Philips's father was a white New Yorker with businesses in Saint Croix.
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…
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: 1935 ca.
He lived from 1867 to 1945. He was the first child born to Martha Jane and Cornelius Ridley in Media.
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.
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
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…
Mary Edwards and Marie Posey
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1925 ca.
Mary (Matthews) Edwards and her sister, Marie (Matthews) Posey, in the 1920s
Elizabeth Oveide and daughter Marie
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Elizabeth Oveide standing outside Plum Street home in Media, Pa., with daughter Marie Matthews (Posey)