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RIDDELLS OF ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
Sept. 24, 1826. These had issue three sons, of whom hereafter. It is pre-
sumed that this family lived in Kentucky.
Lucy Riddell (2), eldest daughter of William³ (2), was born in Orange
County, Va., Nov. 18, 1792; was married to Simeon Christy, of Boone
County, Ky., and died May 11, 1822, leaving two children, in Missouri.
William Riddell (4), fifth son of William (2), was born in Orange
County, Va., June 8, 1796, and died unmarried, June 19, 1818.
Neal Riddell (1), sixth son of William³ (2), was born in Orange
County, Va., May 28, 1798; married, firstly, Miss Perceval; secondly, Mil-
dred Sandy, of Hamilton County, O., Sept. 11, 1832; thirdly, a sister of his
second wife, and fourthly, to a Miss Goodridge. He had issue eight chil-
dren, of whom hereafter. He resided somewhere in Kentucky.
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Valentine Riddell (2), seventh son of William³ (2), was born in
Orange County, Va., May 3, 1800; married Dec. 25, 1818, to Elizabeth
Garnett, by whom he had issue three daughters, of whom hereafter. He
married secondly, March 10, 1830, to Sallie Fowler, by whom he had two
daughters, of whom hereafter. He resided in Boone County, Ky.
a farmer; died Jan. 11, 1834; his second wife died March 8, 1853.
Sally Riddell (2), second daughter of William³ (2), was born in
Orange County, Va., April 28, 1802; was married to Wesley Mitchell, and
died June 24, 1823.
John Riddell (2), eighth son of Williams (2), was born in Orange
County, Va., May 17, 1804; married Florenda McKay, Oct. 23, 1825; had
issue ten children, and died Feb. 11, 1865. His widow died Jan. 19, 1873.
Mr. Riddell was a farmer in Kentucky.
Fountain Riddell' (1), ninth son of William (2), was born in Orange
County, Va., May 9, 1806. (There is a discrepancy between statements
furnished by different members of this family; some state that the subject
of this notice was born in Kentucky, while others state that he went to
Kentucky with his father at the age of seven years.) He married when
twenty-one years old to Eliza-Ann, daughter of William and Mary (Wal-
ler) Herndon, of Kenton County, Ky. Mr. Riddell lived a while in Ken-
ton County, but at length purchased a tract of land of Thomas Stephens
in the woods near Walton, on the Lexington and Covington turnpike,
about eighteen miles from the city of Covington. He cleared a farm, add-
ing tract after tract until his plantation consisted of about eight hundred
acres of improved land. He kept a large stock and farmed successfully
till 1870, when his wife died and he sold his personal property and divided
his land among his children; since that time he has spent his days with
his children at Chariton, Mo. He died at the house of Charles E. Allen,
his son-in-law, July 16, 1875, aged 68 years. His wife (she was born
May 2, 1810) died March 3, 1870. Both were members of the Christian
Church; they had issue eleven children, of whom hereafter.
Elizabeth Riddell (1), third daughter of William³ (2), was born in
Orange County, Va., April 1, 1808, and died in Kentucky, unmarried.
Madison Riddell (1), tenth son of William³ (2), was born in Orange
County, Va., April 9, 1811; married July 4, 1832, to Francis G. Fowler,
and had issue seven children, of whom hereafter. He died April 4, 1849.
FIFTH GENERATION.
James Riddle" (5), a son of Fielding' (1), was born in Orange Coun-
ty, Va.; married at Muddy Creek, to Routha-Ellen Gilmore, in Rocking-
ham County, between 1820 and 1830, and had issue eleven children, of
