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the  Jenkintown  Water  Company  and  on  Jan.  7th,  1890,  Manager 
of  the  same. 
He  has  served  the  public  in  the  following  offices:  Borough 
Auditor,  three  years,  beginning  1875;  Board  of  Health,  from  its 
organization  in  1885  until  1887  ;  Justice  of  the  Peace,  five  years, 
taking  the  oath  of  office  on  April  27th,  1888. 
He  has  been  connected  in  an  official  capacity  with  the  Chelten- 
ham and  Willow  Grove  Turnpike  Company  since  Nov.  8th,  1886, 
when  he  was  elected  Manager  and  Secretary;  also  with  the  Doyles- 
town  and  Willow  Grove  Turnpike  Road  Company  and  the  Hatboro 
and  Warminster  Turnpike  Road  Company,  under  the  direction  of 
the  Philadelphia  Rapid  Transit  Company. 
At  the  time  of  his  death,  he  was  Secretary  of  the  Jenkintown 
Lyceum  Association,  of  which  body  he  has  been  a  member  since 
Sept.  19th,  1876.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  Pioneer  Fire  Com- 
pany No.  1,  of  Jenkintown;  also  a  charter  member  of  Jenkintown 
Lodge,  No.  400,  F.  &  A.  M. ;  a  member  of  Abington  R.  A.  Chapter 
No.  245;  President  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Abington 
Library  Society;  a  member  of  the  National  Geographical  Society; 
of  the  Franklin  Institute  of  Pennsylvania;  Life  Member  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy;  member  of  the  American  Good 
Roads  Association ;  of  Jenkintown  Lodge  No.  476,  K.  of  P. ;  active 
member  of  the  Bucks  County  Historical  Society;  Superintendent 
and  Treasurer  of  Cheltenham  and  Willow  Grove  Turnpike  Com- 
pany, of  Hatboro  and  Warmister  Turnpike  Road  Company  and 
of  the  Doylestown  and  Willow  Grove  Turnpike  Road  Company. 
Mr.  Ridpath  was  elected  corresponding  member  of  the  Adjunct 
Montgomery  County  Medical  Society  on  May  8th,  1885,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  was  one  of  the  two  living  original  members. 
His  fame  as  a  local  historian  was  known  throughout  the  Counties 
of  Montgomery,  Bucks,  and  Philadelphia,  many  of  his  articles  hav- 
ing appeared  in  various  magazines.  Among  them  are  "  The  Early 
History  of  Jenkintown,"  "  Amateur  Photographic  Failures/" 
"  Free  Masonry  in  Jenkintown,"  "  History  of  Friendship  Lodge, 
No.  400,"  and  "  Early  Ridpaths  in  Scotland."  He  edited  the  first 
newspaper  ever  published  in  the  Borough  of  Jenkintown,  "  The 
Pestle." 
He  is  survived  by  a  widow,  two  sons,  and  three  daughters. 
