Southampton County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ridley, Francis T. Jr., 1879 

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Francis Thomas RIDLEY, Jr.  


PETERSBURG. 

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GAS-LIGHT COMPANY - 
   SUDDEN DEATH IN PRINCE GEORGE - 
   AN INTERESTING CASE FOR TRIAL - 
   THE OFFICE OF CITY TREASURER - 
   MASONIC FUNERAL - 
   ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE GAME LAW - 
   THE VAUGHAN CASE - MORE NORTHERN BOYS. 
 [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] 
                        February 14, 1879. 
[...] 

  The remains of Mr. F.T. Ridley, a well-known citizen of Southampton county, 
who died a day or two ago, were brought to this city this afternoon, and 
interred in Blandford Cemetery, where the family have a square.  The body was 
met at the depot by an escort of Blandford Lodge, No. 3, of Masons, and was 
interred in accordance with the rites and honors of the Masonic order. 


Francis Thomas RIDLEY, Jr., of Southampton Co., 
d. 12 Feb 1879, age circa 24, 
interred in Blandford Cemetery (unmarked*), Petersburg, 14 Feb 1879, 
"The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Sat., Feb. 15, 1879, p. 2, col. 5 

*His parents & maternal grandparents are also buried there, his father 
   unmarked.  (Find a Grave Mem. #148016721) 

Not found in the {recopied} Southampton Co. D.Recs. 

His family appears in the 1870 Census in Drewryville Dist, Southampton Co. - 
   he & his father's initials mis-read F.S. (Ancestry.com & FamilySearch.org) 

His father's obit ("Norfolk Virginian," Mar. 30, 1897, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r340f3ob.txt 


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