John Ridge
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 185 years ago |
Born | Calhoun |
Georgia | |
United States | |
Nationality | American |
Assassinated | Indian Territory |
Parents | Major Ridge |
Other name | Skah-tle-loh-skee (Yellow Bird) |
Children | John Rollin Ridge |
Susan Catherine Washbourne | |
Died | Indian Territory |
Spous | Sarah Bird Northup |
Date of birth | January 1,1802 |
Date of died | June 22,1839 |
Education | Foreign Mission School |
Grandchildren | Mabel Washbourne Anderson |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 630730 |
John Ridge Life story
John Ridge, born Skah-tle-loh-skee, was from a prominent family of the Cherokee Nation, then located in present-day Georgia. He went to Cornwall, Connecticut, to study at the Foreign Mission School. He met Sarah Bird Northup, of a New England Yankee family, and they married in 1824.