Background
Ridgaway, Henry Baseom was born on September 7, 1830 in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. Son of James and Mary (Jump) Ridgaway.
Ridgaway, Henry Baseom was born on September 7, 1830 in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. Son of James and Mary (Jump) Ridgaway.
Graduate Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1849.
Admitted on trial to Baltimore Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1850, ordained deacon, 1853, elder, 1855. Served in Maryland. chs., 1855-1860, Chestnut St. Church, Portland, Maine, 1861-1862, various New York chs., 1862-1876. Minister Methodist Church, Cincinnati, 1876-1881.
Professor history theology Garret Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois, 1882-1889, professor practical theology, 1884-1895, president, 1885-1892. Visited English Wesleyan Conference, 1870. Delegate General Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1872, 92.
Fraternal delegate general Conference, Methodist Church South, 1882. Attended Centennial Conference, Baltimore, 1884. Author: The Lord’s Land, 1876.
Outlines of Theological Encyclopedia, 1889.
Married Rosamund Caldwell, 1855.