250 RIDDELLS OF COLERAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, NO. 1.
in his attentions and devotion to objects of his esteem. The interests
of an invalid daughter were a motive for his retirement to the quiet
country parish at Tamworth; here he tenderly watched over his child for
twelve years, during which he hardly left her for a day; he read to her,
lifted her, brought news from the outside world to her, watched her
as she sometimes passed suddenly into a world of terrible visions,
and with all this grew dull of hearing, so that he could hardly hear her
weak voice. Through all these years he lived thus without a murmur,
grateful for every little kindness, thoughtful for every one, steadfast in
his faith, unwavering in fulfilling all the duties of life. He grew pre-
maturely old under his cares, but never lost his cheerfulness. The only
shadows of despondency passed over him when he had laid this daughter
in the grave and resigned his charge. In a letter to the author of this
work, a work in which he took a deep interest, he wrote, "My coal
is quenched."
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As a sermonizer Mr. Riddel was not eloquent; his sermons were pre-
pared with much study and care; were very practical, pointed, and clear,
delivered in a calm, social manner. His reading was extensive, and the
fund of information which he had acquired was almost unlimited. Social,
conversational, cautious, and with commanding gravity, he entertained
his friends. He was tall and spare, shaved clean, was quite bald, wore
glasses, and carried a calm yet pleasant expression of face. I believe all
who knew him rate him with the best of men. He was buried in Mt.
Auburn Cemetery; and the few friends who gathered at the chapel there,
drawn by love for the departed, were possessed with a feeling of thank-
fulness, that one who had endured so much was himself at rest.
William Riddell¹ (3), second son of William³ (1), was born in Bristol,
Me., April 15, 1801; died April 24, 1801.
Jane Riddell' (5), second daughter of William³ (1), was born June 20,
1802; married William Hadley, of Putnam, O., March 19, 1833.
born in Francestown, N. H., Aug. 7, 1793. They resided for a time at
Malta, Morgan County, and in Straitsville, Perry County, O., where she
died Aug. 30, 1862; he died March 9, 1863. They had six children.
William Riddell (4), third son of Williams (1), was born Aug. 28,
1803; died June 16, 1804.
Selina Riddell (1), third daughter of William³ (1), was born June
19, 1807; married, Nov. 8, 1832, to Caleb-Allen Cooley, of South Deer-
field, Mass. He was born March 28, 1800, and died Sept. 20, 1845; she
died March 2, 1837, leaving two children.
Septima Riddell (1), fourth daughter of William³ (1), was born Oct.
29, 1810; died Nov. 4, 1810.
James-Aiken Riddell' (2), eldest son of Samuel (1), born July 9,
1795; married Lydia Cooper in 1823; settled in Sullivan, Wis, and had
issue five children, of whom hereafter.
William Riddell (5), second son of Samuel (1), was born April 14,
1798; married first, in 1830, to Phebe Thayer, and secondly, June, 1843,
to Sally Artherton. His first wife died in August, 1834. He resided at
Charlemont, Mass., in 1852, and had a family of children.
Fanny-Clark Riddell (1), eldest daughter of Samuel (1), was born
July 17, 1800; married in July, 1825, to Isaac Allis. Her first husband
died, and she married, secondly, Oct. 25, 1841, to David Morgan; resi-
dence, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wis.
