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Mary Matthews and Marie Matthews Posey
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: unknown
Mary was about 10 years old in this picture; her sister Marie was about 6.
Elizabeth Oveide
Address: 33 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: unknown
First woman assistant pastor at Campbell A.M.E. Church
Elizabeth Oveide
Address: 33 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: unknown
First woman assistant pastor at Campbell A.M.E. Church
Mary M. Edwards and Irene Bennett
Address: Not known
Date: Not known
Mary Edwards with Irene Bennett (far left) at the National Council of Negro Women convention.
Media Branch, NAACP
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
(L to R) Dr. Arthur W. King, Media dentist with Elizabeth Oveide (third from left). The four gave a $500 life membership installation to the NAACP.
Mary M. Edwards and others
Date: Not known
(L to R) Marjorie Moat, Martin Luther King, III, and Mary Edwards, at Academy of Music, Philadelphia.
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)
Elizabeth Oveide's home
Address: 525 N. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Elizabeth Oveide home at 525 N. Orange Street, Media Pa., It is now a townhouse development
Myrtle and Hilda Rhoades
Address: 309 S. Plum St., Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Nieces of Elizabeth Oveide. On reverse: "Aunt Hun's kids, 309 South Plum Street, Media, PA"
Residence of Dr. Arthur W. King
Address: 525 N. Olive St., Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Dr. Athur W. King was a Media dentist who practiced from 1932 until his death, in his clinic, in 1985 at age 79. (Obituary, Wilmington (Del.) News-Journal, May 31, 1985) On the left is probably the house at 525 N. Olive Street, which is still…
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.
