A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914

(A biographical sketch by Margaret H. Martin, CHS June '38, from the Chester High School Class of 1938 Annual courtesy of Helen Stauffer Hess, Swarthmore, PA )

Contributed by Tina Culbertson, CupaTea712@hotmail.com

(A biographical sketch by Ethelrine Shaw-Nickerson contributed by Kay Keenan, Editor of Delaware Communion which is a monthly publication by the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware.)

(A biographical sketch from "Who's Who in Delaware County 1926", a publication of the Chester Times. )

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

(A biographical sketch contributed by Leonard's daughter, Terry Owsiany McHugh, Palm Bay, FL )

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch by Wallace Journey, June 1939, from the 1939 Chester High School Annual available at Delaware County Historical Society. )

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

(A biographical sketch contributed by Bill Schuler, Jr., Former DCNB/SNB Officer & Employee )

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914

from "Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III, Price Family"

(A biographical sketch from a Souvenir History of Chester under the auspices of the Board of Trade, Published by George M. Burns, Philadelphia, PA 1903)

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

Father of William Henry Ridley, Esq.

 

 

Mother of William Henry Ridley, Esq.

 

 

Delaware County's first African-American Attorney

A biographical sketch by Samuel M. Lemon, M.S., samlemon@comcast.net, great-grandson of William H. Ridley

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

(A biographical sketch from AMERICAN. ITALIANS IN PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY p. 419)
Contributed by Alfonso Sanbe

(A biographical sketch contributed by Iris Sapovits, cfbubba@peoplepc.com)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

From a St. Michael's publication and contributed by Ann Mcgough, amcgough3@home.com

(Currently, 2002, superintendent of the Norfolk, VA Public Schools and a recent recipient of the Richard R. Green award.)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch by Rich Smith, only child of William X and Alice P. Smith)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch contributed by Betty Ledbetter-James)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch by Rich Smith, only child of William X and Alice P. Smith)

(A biographical sketch taken from the Home Directory of the Colored People of Chester, 1906 compiled by Lawrence L. Barrett & C. I. Wilson. This reference is available at the DCHS research library.)

(A biographical sketch from a Chester Times or Delaware County Daily Times newspaper clipping, "Know Your Police" from the collection of John C. "Snakes" Boyle, contributed by his granddaughters, Jane Boyle & Patty Boyle.)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)

(A biographical sketch taken from One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914)