RIDDELLS OF CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND.
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Elizabeth Riddell (1), eldest daughter of Humphrey (1), was born
in Maryland, in 1828 (?); was married to Dr. W. W. Shepherd, in Clinton
County, O., and lives at Sligo, in said County; has three children.
John-Sumerfield Riddell (2), eldest son of Humphrey (1), was born
in Maryland, Nov. 1, 1830; married in 1855 to Mary-Catherine Peters
(she was born Aug. 31, 1835), of Willington, O., and is now resident at
Toledo, Mercer County, Ill. He is a shoemaker by trade, but does not fol-
low that business. He has seven children, of whom hereafter.
These two,
-John and Elizabeth, - were the children of Humphrey's second wife.
Mary-Jane Riddell (1), second daughter of Humphrey (1), and the
eldest by his third wife, was born in Chester County, Penn., March 10,
1836; was married to John H. Luner, of Chester County, June 23, 1856
(he was born Oct. 29, 1819), and resides at Millersburgh, Ill.
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Harriet Riddell (1), third daughter of Humphreys (1), was born in
Willington, Clinton County, O., Nov. 5, 1838; was married in 1856, to
John Farran (he was born in Indiana, Feb. 27, 1832), and lives in Millers-
burgh, Mercer County, Ill.
Silas-Harrison Riddell (2), second son of Humphrey (1), was born
in Mercer County, Ill., Aug. 30, 1840; married Dec. 10, 1861, to Sarah-
Frances Vernon, daughter of James and Eliza (Duncan) Vernon, of Shelby
County, Ind. Mr. Riddell was a school-teacher and farmer until 1864,
when he engaged in mercantile business with his brother-in-law, T. A.
Vernon. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1866; discontinued
his business in 1869, and is now a clerk in a dry-goods store in Millersburgh,
Mercer County, Ill. He has issue five children, of whom hereafter.
Levi-Parker Riddell (4), third son of Humphreys (1), was born in
Clinton County, O, April 8, 1843; married to Elizabeth Hodge, in Mer-
cer County, Ill., and is now living on a farm near Ketta, Keokuk Coun-
ty, Ia.
James-Lincoln Riddell (1), fourth son of Humphrey (1), was born
in Clinton County, O, Nov. 6, 1844; married to Emma Lloyd (?), and is
now living at David City, Neb.; a farmer.
Lutitia Riddell (1), fourth daughter of Humphrey³ (1), was born in
Clinton County, O., March 27, 1847; was married to William Clegg, of
Mercer County, Ill., and died at the birth of her first child.
Benjamin-Jennings Riddell (2), fifth son of Humphrey³ (1), was
born in Clinton County, O., Aug. 1, 1849, and died Aug. 5, 1852.
Emily Riddell (1), fifth daughter of Humphreys (1), was born in
Clinton County, O., Oct. 21, 1851; was married to Frank Vernon, son of
Jacob and Sallie Vernon, and is now resident at Independence, Mo.
Charles-Humphrey Riddell (1), sixth son of Humphrey³ (1), was
born in Mercer County, Ill., Nov. 30, 1855, and is now in California; un-
married.
Ross-Eddy Riddell (1), seventh son of Humphrey (1), was born in
Mercer County, Ill., Aug. 2, 1858, and died April 23, 1875; presumably
unmarried.
Levi-P. Riddell' (5), eldest son of Silas (1), was born Jan. 16, 1836;
married, and is now (1878) a lawyer at Xenia, O.
Robert-Wilson Riddell' (2), second son of Silas (1), was born April
26, 1837; married.
Humphrey Riddell (2), third son of Silas (1), was born Dec. 27,
1838, and died Oct. 16, 1839.
