Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #79 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary April 11, 1894
Deceased Person John Hudson Riddick, M.D.
Birth North Carolina
Death 8/5/1893 at camp ground of Chester Heights, Delaware county, Pa.
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information Was a servant under a Confederate officer during the war; later moved north to Boston. Received rudiments of education in public school there. Licensed to preach & graduated from Boston School of Theology. Returned to south connected with African M. E. churchin NOrfolk, Va.; joined Washington Conference of M. E. church. Transferred to Delaware Conference in 1884. Appointments: Chestertown, Md; Zoar, Phladelphia; Ezion, Wilmington: Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia.
Family and Other Information Spouse: Amelia A. Riddick. Survived by wife, 2 children 2 grandchildren & 1 sister.
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