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RIDLEYS OF OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA.
every pathway in which his duties led him, was woven into his sermons in
an original and graceful way. He was an untiring student of books,
human nature, and God's great unwritten book whose pages were the
heavens above and the green earth beneath. His nature was warm, ardent,
and social. All bear witness to his real goodness, and now that he has
gone, those who knew him in life are more than ever conscious of his
great influence for goodness. In his latter years the approach of the
disease that terminated his existence (paralysis) somewhat impaired his
mind and affected his speech, but like a true disciple he continued to
work on till he was worn out in the service.
Dr. William-Morgan-Snerd Ridley (1), fifth son of James² (1),
was born at Oxford, Granville County, N. C., Nov. 10, 1817; married to
Caroline Picket, March 11, 1838, and was a practising physician in vari-
ous places in Georgia, Florida, Missouri, and Louisiana. He was a man
of brilliant accomplishments as a talker and musician, and of exquisite
manly beauty. He had a most reckless temper, warm to his friends and
bitter toward his enemies, and was one who had great contempt of
danger. His fine personal appearance, his charming conversation and
agreeable deportment, rendered him a welcome guest and noted man in
society. He was a surgeon in the United States army, and died of yellow
fever at Galveston, Tex., after having withstood the scourge for ninety
days in New Orleans and Galveston. Doctor Ridley was a graduate of
New York University. His first wife died without issue, and he married
twice afterwards. He left a son and a daughter living in Calcutta, India.
Mary-Frances Ridleys (2), eldest daughter of James (1), was born
in Oxford, Granville County, N. C., Feb. 25, 1808; married to Thomas
Speller, of Windsor, N. C.; a farmer.
Sally-Clark-Lewis Ridley (2), second daughter of James2 (1) and
his wife, Elizabeth-Taylor Lewis, was born at Oxford, N. C., Oct. 14,
1815; married William Lattie, merchant, of Raleigh, N. C., and died at
Oxford, Sept. 5, 1836.
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Maria Ridley (1), only daughter of Archibald (1) and his first wife,
Henrietta-Maria Lewis, was left motherless when a small child, and was
placed under the care of her aunt, Mrs. Park, of Warren County, N. C.
She married to Dr. George Kumin (?), of Virginia, for her first husband;
secondly, to Oscar Britton, of Richmond, and after his death she married
to a Mr. Todd, of Baltimore.
Elijah-Blackshere Ridley³ (1), only son of Archibald² (1), was born
in Sparta, Hancock County, Ga., subsequent to 1822; married, and had
issud several children.
Robert Ridley (3), only son of Robert (1) and his wife, Sophia
Cooper, died when a young man, at the age of 23.
FOURTH GENERATION.
Dr. James-Bromfield Ridley (2), eldest son of Charles (1), was
born in Jones County, Ga., Dec. 19, 1825, and was educated under the
instruction of the Rev. Charles-Pollock Beman, at La Grange, Ga.; studied
medicine with his father, and graduated at the New York State University
in 1846-7. He married Aug. 28, 1848, to Louisa-Josephine Stamper, of
Talbot County, who died, leaving two children, Sept. 11, 1850. He mar-
ried, secondly, Nov. 8, 1855, to Mary G., daughter of Henry and Betsey-
