Elizabeth, Harriet and Rhodie (aged 60, 50 and 48), as well as 44 year old Bettie Winston and 17 year old white servant Priscilla Gentry. Death and legacy Congressman Ridgway was interred in the family cemetery in Amherst. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) References External links 1823 births 1870 deaths Politicians from Lynchburg, Virginia Virginia Whigs Conservative Party of Virginia politicians Conservative Party of Virginia members of the United States House of Representatives Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Virginia lawyers American newspaper editors Emory and Henry College alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni Politicians from Richmond, Virginia 19th-century American journalists American male journalists 19th-century American male writers 19th-century American politicians Journalists from Virginia 19th-century American lawyers