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RIDDELLS OF BEDFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NO. 1.
Lieut. William-Franklin Riddle¹ (5), second son of Benjamin³ (1),
was born in Bedford, N. H., July 22, 1835. He was in mercantile busi-
ness in Detroit, Mich., at the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion;
entered the Union army and served as first lieutenant in the Twenty-sec-
ond Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers. After the war he resumed busi-
ness at Detroit.
Abbie-Jane Riddle* (1), second daughter of Benjamin³ (1), was born
at Amherst, N. H., Aug. 22, 1839; was married Oct. 23, 1869, to Frank
Whipple, and resides at Port Huron, Mich. Has children.
Lieut. Freeman-Benjamin Riddle' (2), third son of Benjamin³ (1),
was born at Beloit, Wis., Sept. 30, 1841. He served three years in the
Union army, during the war of the Rebellion, as a private in the Fifth
Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers, and was thence commissioned first lieu-
tenant in the Thirty-seventh Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers, in which
service he fell mortally wounded while gallantly leading his troops in
battle, on the 4th of June, 1864, at Petersburgh, Va.
Kittie Riddle (1), youngest daughter of Benjamin (1), was born at
Beloit, Wis., April 8, 1852; was living at Port Huron in 1873.
FIFTH GENERATION.
Sarah-Ellen Riddles (3), eldest daughter of John' (4), born in July,
1852; was married to William Richardson in 1871, at Prairie City, Ill.,
where they lived about three years, and where, after several removals
to Kansas and elsewhere, they now reside, near their old homestead.
Mary-Elizabeth Riddle" (6), second daughter of John (4), was born
at Prairie City, Ill., July 19, 1856; was married in 1880 to Jesse Rowe,
of Cherokee, Kan., and is now living at Monmouth, Kan.
Alma-Eva Riddle" (1), third daughter of John (4), was born at Prai-
rie City, Ill., June, 1858; was married in 1881 to Edmund Richardson
(brother of William), in Wichita, Kan., but removed to Prairie City with
her sister Sarah, and now lives there.
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Harriet-Esther Riddle (2), fourth daughter of John' (4), was born at
Prairie City, Ill., Feb. 3, 1860; was married to V. C. Chamberlain, of Seely-
ville, Ind.
Freeman-Gilmore Riddle (3), eldest son of Charles* (1), was born
in Manchester, N. H., July 25, 1866.
Eddie Riddle" (1), eldest son of Hugh' (3), was born Dec. 23, 1853;
died Sept. 7, 1854.
Charles-F. Riddles (3), second son of Hugh (3), was born May 13,
1855; married at Elmira, N. Y. He became identified with the Erie
Railroad in early manhood.
Frederick Riddles (1), third son of Hugh (3), was born Jan. 29,
1858; died Sept. 30, 1862.
Mary Riddle (7), a daughter of Hugh¹ (3), was born Jan. 5, 1865;
died May 12, 1867.
Emma Riddle (1), only daughter of George (1), was born in Bed-
ford, N. H, Feb. 19, 1856; was married April 24, 1884, to Walter C.
Lewis, of Haverhill, Mass.
