Southampton County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ridley, Francis T., 1897 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ PORTSMOUTH. ______ NOTHING CAN STOP IT. ______ [...] ____________ LOCAL BREVITES. ______ Minor Mention of Various Matters of Interest. [...] Information reached the city yesterday of the death of Mr. Francis T. Ridley, at his home in Southampton county. "Frank" Francis Thomas RIDLEY, d. 28 Mar 1897, at home, Southampton Co., age circa 80, interred in Blandford Cemetery (unmarked*), Petersburg, "The Norfolk Virginian," Mar. 30, 1897, p. 6, col. 2 *Find a Grave Mem. #148015306 His paternal uncle was the first owner of "Rock Spring" plantation, where he is buried, unmarked. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-46): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by and transcribed by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r340f3ob.txt