RIDLONS OF SWEDEN, MAINE,
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Mary Ridlon (18), eldest daughter of Matthias (3), was born in
Hollis, Me., Dec. 27, 1818, and died Aug. 28, 1825.
Martha Ridlon (5), second daughter of Matthias (3), was born in
Eaton, N. H., July 6, 1820; was married to Zachariah Gammon, had is-
sue, and died Jan. 26, 1843.
Sarah-Ann Ridlon (7), third daughter of Matthias (3), was born in
Eaton, N. H., April 10, 1822, and died in Sweden, Me., Oct. 22, 1842.
Hannah Ridlon' (6), fourth daughter of Matthias (3), was born in
Eaton, N. H., May 19, 1823; was married to R. B. Morrison, of Sweden,
Me., and died in December, 1843.
Thomas-E. Ridlon (7), eldest son of Matthias (3), was born in Hol-
lis, Me., Feb. 27, 1825; married Philinda D., eldest daughter of John and
Martha (Ridlon) Ridlon, of Hollis, in 1848, and has lived in Hollis,
Sweden, Bridgton, and Alfred. He built a house and lived on a farm
near his father for many years. He is a cooper by trade, very ingenious,
and has followed that business and farming all his life. His first wife
died in August, 1872, and he married, secondly, Ada Littlefield, of Alfred,
where he now (1883) lives. He is an industrious, hard-working, honest
man; steady in his habits, inoffensive and accommodating as a neighbor.
About six feet in height, raw-boned, muscular, quick-motioned, and im-
pulsive; has light hair and beard, and florid complexion. He has had
issue nine children, all by his first wife, of whom hereafter.
William Ridlon' (8), second son of Matthias¹ (3), was born in Hol-
lis, Me., Oct. 22, 1826; married Hannah E., daughter of George and Han-
nah (Douglas) Wentworth, of Sweden (she was born Oct. 10, 1832),
Feb. 1, 1862, and has two children, of whom hereafter. He has always
lived on the homestead with his parents, working on the farm in summer,
and lumbering or coopering in winter. He is tall, broad-shouldered, and
very powerfully built; indeed few men are his equal in physical strength.
Hair and beard formerly jet-black, features of the old Ridlon mould, com-
plexion ruddy. Naturally quiet and sedate; strictly honest, straight-for-
ward, and reliable; highly esteemed in his town.
Samuel Ridlon' (5), third son of Matthias (3), was born in Hollis,
Me., Jan. 1, 1828, went to New York in 1843, and died at the residence
of Lawrence Beard, in March, 1850. His father hastened to New York
immediately on learning of his illness, but too late to see him alive.
was a very pure-minded, amiable young man ; deeply lamented.
Edmond-P. Ridlon (2), fourth son of Matthias (3), was born in
Hollis, Me., April 9, 1830, and died April 14, 1831.
Philena Ridlon (1), fifth daughter of Matthias (3), was born in
Hollis, Me. (presumably), Jan. 26, 1832, and died Sept. 19, 1833.
Sabra Ridlon (1), sixth daughter of Matthias (3), was born in
Sweden, Me., Feb. 2, 1834; was married to Robert Locklin, and has
issue. Resides near her father in Sweden.
Albert Ridlon (1), fifth son of Matthias (3), was born in Sweden,
Me., March 23, 1837, and died March 21, 1862, while away from home,
where he had been at work as cooper. He was a young man of excellent
principles and deportment, and was beloved by a large circle of acquaint-
ances. He was well formed, and had fair hair and complexion.
Elizabeth Ridlon (6), seventh daughter of Matthias (3), was born
in Sweden, Me., Jan. 1, 1840, and died April 22, 1843.
Benjamin Ridlon" (4), sixth son of Matthias (3), was born in Swe-
den, Me., May 10, 1841, and died July 10, 1842.
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