RIDLEYS OF OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA.
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is represented as a lady of remarkable intellectual attainments and refine-
ment of manners, possessed of a gentle, affectionate spirit.
Virginia-R. Ridley' (1), second daughter of Bromfields (2), was a
young lady of musical talent, and fine accomplishments, who died at La
Grange, Ga., at the age of seventeen.
Sally Ridley' (3), third daughter of Bromfield (2), was born in 1849;
married to Thornton McLean, of Todd County, Ky., and died at Pulaski,
Tenn., at the age of twenty-four. She was educated in the city of Nash-
ville, and was a lady of remarkable mind and refinement of taste.
Thomas-Alonzo Ridley (2), eldest son of Robert (2), was born at
La Grange, Ga., March 31, 1833; died April 24, 1851.
Rebecca Ridley' (1), eldest daughter of Roberts (2), was born at La
Grange, Ga., June 8, 1837; died June 7, 1851.
Dr. Charles-Bromfield Ridley (3), second son of Robert³ (2), was
born at La Grange, Ga., April 20, 1840; graduated at the State Univer-
sity at Athens, Ga.; served in the Confederate army during the war of
the Rebellion three years; first, in the infantry, afterwards in the cavalry
with General Duke, in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississipi, and
after the close of the war turned his attention to the study of medicine.
He graduated at the Medical College in New Orleans. Married March
17, 1859, to Martha-Elizabeth Beall, and has four children, of whom here-
after. Doctor Ridley is a skillful and very promising physician.
Dr. Robert-Beman Ridley¹ (5), third son of Roberts (2), was born
at La Grange, Ga., Oct. 18, 1842; was educated at the high school in his
native town, and entered the Confederate army at the age of eighteen
years. He was stationed at Norfolk until ordered to Richmond; was in
nearly every bloody battle fought in Virginia during the war of the Re-
bellion. His company went out eighty strong and he was the only one
left to surrender in 1864 at Appomatox Court House. He studied medi-
cine and graduated at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Doctor
Ridley married Nov. 28, 1875 to Emma-Leila, daughter of Congressman
Ben. Hill, and has one child, of whom hereafter. He is a practising physi-
cian in Atlanta, Ga.
John-Morgan Ridley (1), fourth son of Roberts (2), was born at La
Grange, Ga., March 22, 1845, and was educated in his native town. He
joined the Confederate army at the age of eighteen, and was with Gen.
John B. Gordon until the close of the war, always at his post of duty
regardless of impending danger. He engaged in mercantile business in
New York city after the war, and continued until a short time before his
death, which occurred Aug. 11, 1877, at the family residence; unmarried.
Mary-Louisa Ridley (3), second daughter of Roberts (2), was born
at La Grange, Ga., Aug. 4, 1847; died June 6, 1853.
Leila Ridley' (1), third daughter of Robert (2), was born at La
Grange, Ga., Jan. 31, 1853; died May 15, 1853.
Francis-Marion Ridley' (1), fifth son of Roberts (2), was born at
La Grange, Ga., Jan. 1, 1856; was educated at the high school in his na-
tive town, and at the University at Athens, and is now in college at
Nashville, Tenn.
FIFTH GENERATION.
Charles-Lewis Ridley" (4), eldest son of James (2), was born in
Jones County, Ga., Aug. 13, 1850, and is now (1878) living with his
grandmother; a "very kind-hearted young man."
