RIDLENS OF INDIANA.
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Elmira Ridlen (2), eldest daughter of Abraham (4), was born in
Illinois, June 3, 1824; was married Oct. 3, 1838, to Hugh Christia, and
secondly, to Gauf. She died in Crawford County, Ark., in 1854, leav-
ing children.
Lorender Ridlen (1), second daughter of Abraham* (4), was born in
Illinois, May 15, 1826; was married Oct. 3, 1868, to George W. West, of
Douglas County, and is now (1881) living at Neosho, Mo.
Leander Ridlen" (1), eldest son of Abraham* (4), was born in Illinois,
Sept. 12, 1828; married Julia Carter in 1847, and died in Caldwell
County, Tex., Jan. 9, 1854, leaving issue one child, whose name is unknown.
George-W. Ridlen (2), second son of Abraham* (4), was born in Il-
linois, Aug. 31, 1831; was married in 1853 to Lucien Lowe, and died
in Decatur County, Ind., Dec. 23, 1855, leaving one child, whose name is
not known.
Lafayette Ridlen (1), third son of Abraham (4), was born in Illi-
nois, Oct. 30, 1834, and died unmarried Oct. 6, 1864, in Douglas County,
in his native State.
Alexander-M. Ridlen (2), fourth son of Abraham* (4), was born in
Illinois, by second wife, Sept. 7, 1854, and is now (1881) in Neosho
County, Kan.
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Bettie Ridlen (7), third daughter of Abraham (4), was born in Illi-
nois, Oct. 4, 1857, and died Oct. 21, 1859, in Shelby County, Ind.
Ella Ridlen (1), third daughter of Abraham (4), was born in Illi-
nois, April 17, 1860, and in 1881 was living with her half-sister, Mrs.
West, in Neosho, Mo., unmarried.
John-Wesley Ridlen (20), eldest son of John (6), was born in Little
York, Ind., Oct. 17, 1829; married Maria Newbury, Oct. 24, 1850, and
has issue nine children, of whom hereafter. Mr. Ridlen is a farmer and
cooper by occupation. Resides at Little York. He says, "The Ridlens
of the West are a fine-feeling people." He was orderly sergeant in the
Sixty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in the Union army dur-
ing the war of the Rebellion. He does not resemble the Ridlons of New
England.
George Ridlen (3), second son of John' (6), was born in Little York,
Ind., Oct. 2, 1831; married Sarah E. Hobson, Aug. 20, 1851, and had issue
two children, who died in infancy. He married, secondly, Rosine Lester,
and by her had three children, of whom hereafter. He was lieutenant in
the Twenty-second Indiana Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, of the Union
army, in the war of the Rebellion, and was killed during the engagement
at Perrysville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, by a "minie-ball passing through his
breast." He was a tall, stately young officer, and fell while bravely lead-
ing his command.
Elizabeth Ridlen" (8), eldest daughter of John (6), was born in
Little York, Ind., March 16, 1834; was married to Alfred Morris, and
died June 10, 1861.
James Ridlen (10), third son of John¹ (6), was born in Little York,
Ind., Jan. 1, 1837, and died Nov. 14, 1852.
Samuel Ridlen (9), fourth son of John (6), was born in Little York,
Ind., March 8, 1839; married Emeline Sullivan, and had issue (1876)
five children, of whom hereafter. He is a cooper, living in his native
town. Tall, slender, and with sharp, prominent features, he resembles
the family of Tibbetts - his maternal ancestors ― more than Ridlons.
