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Family: John Ridge / Sarah Bird Northrop (F431)

• Father | Male John Ridge

  
  

  Born	1802	Rome, GA
  Died	22 Jun 1839	Honey Creek, Cherokee Nation
  Buried		Polson Cemetery, Jay, Delaware Co., OK
  Married	27 Jan 1824
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  Mother | Female Sarah Bird Northrop

  
  

  Born	7 Dec 1804	New Haven, New Haven Co., CT
  Died	31 Mar 1856	Fayetteville, Washington Co., AR
  Buried		Mt Comfort Cemetery, Fayeteville, Washington Co., AR
  Father	John Prout Northrop | F425 Group Sheet
  Mother	Lydia Camp | F425 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Married: "While at school in Cornwall he fell in love with Sarah Bird Northrup, and after two years convinced her parents to allow them to marry. However, the couple's New England community reacted angrily to the marriage of a Native American man and an American woman, and their unwillingness to accept his marriage forever altered Ridge's attitude toward American and Native American relations." --Wikipedia