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RIDDLES OF MIFFLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
more blankets and tobacco from the "White Father." The party camped
with the Indians on the night after the meeting, but Huntington com-
plained that he could not sleep well. "Captain Jack," "Hookety Jim,"
and all the other chiefs that made themselves so famous in the "Lava
Beds" afterwards, were present, and made arrangements for a grand pow-
wow, to be held "two moons afterwards." He and brothers remained at
home during the bloody Indian war of 1855-6, and built a stockade
around their house; piercing the walls with loop-holes for muskets. He
was reared with the rifle, and with two of his brothers was so good a
shot that he could hit an Indian's eye at one hundred paces. He resides
on the place where the family first sat down, in a valley among the moun-
tains, which travelers say rivals Italy in beauty. Mr. Riddle is over six
feet in height; has curly hair, and withal is a man of grand and formi-
dable personal appearance.* He has been in the Legislature, and in every
position to which he has been called by his country, or his constituency,
he has fully sustained the confidence reposed in him.
Abner Riddle (5), third son of William³ (3), was born in Sangamon
County, Ill., near Springfield, Oct. 27, 1842; married Alice-Cary, daughter
of Harrison and Martha-Ann Rice, in 1865, and has issue four children, of
whom hereafter. He is a farmer; a man of industrious habits, and a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church. Early trained to frontier warfare and the use
of the rifle, he has rendered much useful service as a scout and Indian-
fighter. He served three years in the Union army during the late Rebel-
lion, and was with Colonel Drew on his famous scout from Fort Klamath.
John-Bousman Riddle¹ (8), fourth son of William³ (3), was born in
Sangamon County, Ill., near Springfield, Nov. 9, 1844; married in 1864
to Jane Feathers, and has issue. His wife and child were drowned in the
Umpqua River (Mr. Riddle was nearly drowned at the same time), and
he subsequently married Mary-Frances Catchings, by whom he had (in
1873) three children; names unknown.
Ann-Maria Riddle¹ (2), fourth daughter of William³ (3), was born in
Sangamon County, Ill., near Springfield, April 13, 1847; was married to
R. V. Bealle, of Jackson County, Ore., and lives on a farm there.
has issue.
She
Tobias-Stilley Riddle¹ (1), fifth son of William³ (3), was born in
Sangamon County, Ill., near Springfield, Aug. 30, 1849; married to Sarah
Smyth, and had issue (in 1873) two children. The wife's half of the old
"Donation Claim" was willed to Tobias, and after his mother's death he
sold out to his brother, George W. Riddle, and removed to Fort Henry,
Ore., where he is engaged in cattle-raising.
Clara-Allic Riddle (1), youngest daughter of William³ (3), was born
in Oregon, April 8, 1853; died Oct. 10, 1855.
Clara Riddle (2), eldest daughter of Abner (4), was born Feb. 25,
1832; married in September, 1850, to Ira W. Gorton; he died in 1871, and
Mrs. Gorton married Oct. 10, 1872, to Judge William H. West.
Llewellyn Riddle' (1), eldest son of Abner (4), was born July 9, 1834,
and died March 16, 1856; unmarried. He was a saddler by trade.
John-M. Riddle¹ (9), second son of Abner³ (4), was born May 29,
1836; married Jan. 1, 1868, to Maggie-Johnson, daughter of Rev. Samuel
*All the sons of William are full six feet in height: George W. is six feet four
and a half inches.
