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REDLONS OF OHIO.
A good farmer and something of a mechanic. He died in Marian Coun-
ty (Indiana?), Ohio, in 1853. I have no record of his wife's death; they
had issue ten children, of whom hereafter.
Stephen Ridlen (1), second son of Abraham³ (2), was born in Phillips-
burgh (now Hollis, Me.), Province of Massachusetts, Nov. 4, 1787; went to
Ohio with his parents in 1800; married Ann Bellville, and had issue eight
children, of whom hereafter. He entered the American army in the war
of 1812, under Col. Findley of the Fourth Ohio Regiment, in the com-
pany of Capt. S. B. Kyler; he was at Detroit, Mich., at the disgraceful
surrender of General Hull, and with his fellow-prisoners marched to
Cleveland, Ohio, where he was paroled and afterwards exchanged. He
endured great hardships during his term of service; was marched from
Maume to Detroit, a distance of sixty miles, bare-footed. For his ser-
vices he received one hundred and sixty acres of land in Indiana, upon
which he settled in 1825; he cleared a fine farm here and lived a con-
tented, happy life. He also received a pension. He removed to Illinois
in 1852, and died in the family of his son at Willow Hill, Jasper County.
He was of medium height, very broad across his shoulders, and heavily,
compactly built; his neck was very short and large, his jaws square,
mouth and chin broad, features regular, hair white and coarse, and his
facial expression calm and determined. Mr. Ridlen was esteemed a kind
and honest man. The author has his portrait.
Patience Ridlen* (2), eldest daughter of Abraham³ (2), was born in
Phillipsburgh (now Hollis, Me.), Mass., Aug. 4, 1788, and went to Ohio
with her parents in 1800. She was married in 1815, to Levi Wells, in
Ohio, and is now living in the family of her daughter, Mrs. Nancy Fore-
man, at Rockville, Ind., in her 96th year. She has been a member of the
Church of the United Brethren for many years. Date of husband's death
unknown. It was supposed by the brothers and sisters of this woman
that she had been many years dead, until in 1881, I found her by adver-
tising in western newspapers; and when the news of her survival reached
her friends she seemed like one raised from the dead. I have her portrait,
finished in India-ink, taken in her 94th year. She had issue, and several
children are still living.
Ruth Ridlen (2), second daughter of Abraham³ (2), was born in
Phillipsburgh, Mass. (now Hollis, Me.), Aug. 10, 1790, and was taken to
Ohio by her parents in 1800. She was married in 1816, to John Robert-
son, and lived at Adams, Decatur County, Ind., where she died in 1870,
leaving issue. Her husband was blind for some years, and her life was
one of many trials and vicissitudes; she was a good, patient, devoted
servant of God, and is now at rest. A good portrait of this woman is
owned by the author.
Samuel Ridlen (3), third son of Abraham³ (2), was born in the
township of Phillipsburgh, Mass. (now Hollis, Me.), June 10, 1792, and
was taken to Ohio in the year 1800 by his parents. He married Sarah
Davis, July 18, 1813, and settled near Cincinnati, Ohio, as a blacksmith.
He was in the Fourth Ohio Regiment, under Col. Findley, and served as
a sergeant in the company of Capt. S. B. Kyler, from April 25, 1812, to
April 24, 1813, and was at Detroit at Hull's surrender. Like his brothers,
he was marched over sixty miles with bare feet. He received one hun-
dred and sixty acres of excellent land in southern Illinois for his services
in the army, and settled there when in middle life; do not know the
year of his removal from Ohio, but his children were educated in that
