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RIDDELLS OF PARKMOUNT, IRELAND.
[The author called at "Riddle's Banks" when returning from a western
tour in the summer of 1874, and was for a few hours the guest of Mr.
Riddle; and the pleasant greetings received from, and kind attentions
bestowed by, this estimable family will ever be cherished among the sunny
memories of life. Weary with a long journey, and weak from a serious
illness of only a few weeks previous, I was made to feel at home, and
while there was the recipient of every comfort that could make my stay
restful, and contribute to my happiness. Mr. Riddle was then in a pre-
carious condition of health, but was able to ride about the village with
me and point out his improvements and the beauties of the place. I
found him a companionable man, genial and tender-hearted. In our con-
versation concerning the history of his Scotch-Irish ancestors, he informed
me that his family had originally spelled their names "Riddell," which he
recognized as the correct orthography, and presumed the change of spell-
ing was made to accommodate the pronunciation, which, he said, was
invariably Riddle, in Ireland. I was holding his hand at the gate on the
morning of my departure, when Mr. Riddle expressed this sentiment:
"I hope to live about ten years, and then go to dwell with Jesus." His
wife was found a mild, amiable lady, very quiet and modest in appear-
ance, and was a congenial companion for her husband-a noble and
godly man. I little thought Mr. Riddle's stay with his affectionate family
would be so short, for in about two weeks after my return to my pastorate
in Massachusetts, I received intelligence of his death. A portrait of Mr.
Riddle, contributed to this work by his family, is an excellent likeness.
The view of the Riddle mansion is a good representation of the house, but
would have been more pleasing if it had embraced more of the grounds.]
Mary Riddle (1), second daughter of Leander (1), was born at
Parkmount, near Belfast, Ireland, in 1805; was married to Alexander
McDowell; emigrated to the United States many years ago, and is now
(1876) residing at Glen-Riddle, Delaware County, Penn. Her son, Mr.
Samuel-Riddle McDowell, is connected in the business at Glen-Riddle,
with his uncle.
Jane Riddle (1), third daughter of Leander (1), was born at Park-
mount, near Belfast, Ireland, in 1807; was married to Hamilton Maxwell,
a man of Scottish descent, and died in 1836.
SIXTH GENERATION.
*
Henry Riddle" (1), eldest son of Samuel (1), was born in Philadel-
phia, Penn., May 30, 1850; married Oct. 23, 1873, to Annie-M. Beatty,
second daughter of John C. and Jemima Beatty, of Media, Penn.
He has received an excellent literary education, besides a thorough
training in the military and polytechnic schools. When but eighteen
years old he had the general charge of the factory at Glen-Riddle, and
was admitted into the firm March 11, 1872. Mr. Riddle has made a tour
through Europe, and visited some families of his father's relatives in the
city of Belfast, Ireland. No issue in 1876.
Samuel-Doyle Riddle" (2), eldest son of Samuel (1), by his second.
wife, was born at Glen-Riddle, July 1, 1861.
Lydia-Maude Riddle (1), eldest daughter of Samuel (1), was born
at Glen-Riddle, Dec. 1, 1862.
*There is a Samuel Riddle residing at Glen-Riddle, in some way connected with
the above family, but I have not the genealogy. I was introduced to him at the
Family Meeting.
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