Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely (1762-1830) — also known asNicholas Ridgely — ofKentCounty, Del.Born inAnneArundel County, Md.,September30, 1762.Delawarestate attorney general, 1790-1801;chancellorof Delaware court of chancery, 1801-30; died in office 1830.Died in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,April 1,1830 (age67 years, 183days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, Dover, Del. | | Henry Moore Ridgely (1779-1847) — also known asHenry M. Ridgely — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.Born in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,August6, 1779.Lawyer;banker;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1811-15;secretaryof state of Delaware, 1817-27;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1827-29.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,August6, 1847 (age68 years, 0days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, Dover, Del. | | Charles Irénée du Pont (1797-1869) — also known asCharles I. du Pont — Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March29, 1797.Whig.Clothmanufacturer; president, FarmersBank ofDelaware; an organizer of the DelawareRailroad;member ofDelawarestate senate, 1841-44, 1853-56.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,January31, 1869 (age71 years, 308days).Interment atDuPont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.| |  Relatives: Sonof Victor Marie du Pont=de Nemours and Gabrielle Joséphine dela Fite=de Pelleport; married,October8, 1824, to Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (daughter ofNicholasVan Dyke (1770-1826); granddaughter ofNicholasVan Dyke (1738-1789)); married to Anne Ridgely (daughter ofHenryMoore Ridgely); great-grandfather ofFrancisVictor du Pont; second great-grandfather ofEleuthereIrenee du Pont; first cousin ofHenryDuPont; first cousin once removed ofHenryAlgernon du Pont; first cousin twice removed ofThomasColeman du Pont,AlfredIrénée du Pont,PierreSamuel du Pont,FrancisIrenee du Pont,EdwardGreen Bradford Jr. andElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard; first cousin thrice removed ofHenryBelin du Pont Jr.,Lammotdu Pont Copeland,ThomasFrancis Bayard III,Reynoldsdu Pont andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin four times removed ofPierreSamuel du Pont IV andRichardHenry Bayard. | | | | Political families:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware;Ridgelyfamily of Dover, Delaware;VanDyke-Johnsfamily of New Castle, Delaware (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Daniel M. Ridgely (1854-1937) — ofKentCounty, Del.Born in Delaware,October3, 1854.Democrat.Farmer;member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Kent County, 1891-92.Died near Dover,KentCounty, Del.,July 20,1937 (age82 years, 290days).Interment atLakesideCemetery, Dover, Del. | | Charles du Pont Ridgely (1878-1966) — ofKentCounty, Del.Born inKentCounty, Del.,January19, 1878.Republican. Member ofDelawarestate senate from Kent County 3rd District, 1923-26.Died in Wyoming,KentCounty, Del.,1966(ageabout88 years).Interment atCamden Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Camden, Del. | | Henry Johnson Ridgely (1913-1990) — also known asHenry J. Ridgely — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.Born in Camden,KentCounty, Del.,November17, 1913.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Delaware,1952(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1956(alternate).Member,SigmaNu;AmericanJudicature Society;American BarAssociation;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;OddFellows;Grange;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died, fromkidneyfailure, in Kent GeneralHospital,Dover,KentCounty, Del.,September10, 1990 (age76 years, 297days).Interment atOdd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.
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