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REDLONS OF BUXTON, MAINE.
time agent for a company in Washington, D. C., but at last account was
connected with telephonic operations, and located in Boston. He is
a large, corpulent man. Complexion light. Business capacity good. In-
herits the peculiar traits of the family.
James-Henry Ridlon (12), eldest son of Alexander (1), was born
Jan. 20, 1854, presumably in Illinois; married Ellen, daughter of Isaac
Rodgers, and has issue, of whom hereafter. Resides in Middleton, Kan.
Farmer. Member of the Moravian Church. Resembles his father.
Albert-Aquila Ridlon (2), second sono f Alexander (1), was born
March 29, 1855, and lives at Middleton, Kan. Farmer. A member of
the Moravian Church. Unmarried in 1876.
Martha-Jane Ridlon (10), eldest daughter of Alexander (1), was
born March 22, 1857; was married to George Hibbard, and lives near
Middleton, Kan. Her uncle Peter thinks she was married to Stout.
James-Frederick Ridlon (13), eldest son of Peter (1), was born
in Saco, Me., March, 1835; married Rachel (Sutton) Easdale, widow,
and has issue three children, of whom hereafter. He graduated at Bloom-
ington University, Ill., in 1862; representative in legislature of Kansas,
in 1870. Teaches school in winter, and runs a farm in summer.
Martha-Augusta Ridlon' (11), eldest daughter of Peter (1), was born
in Saco, Me., June 16, 1836. Dress-maker in Chicago. Unmarried.
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Abigail-W. Ridlon (4), second daughter of Peter (1), was born in
Saco, Me., Aug. 30, 1837 [in a letter dated Dec. 28, 1882, her father
gives her birth "Septem. 12, 1837"; both dates were from the same au-
thority]; was married to Isaac D. Webster, in New Brunswick, where
she went to teach school, and is now (1882) living at Mecosta, Mecosta
County, Michigan. Has issue.
Chester-Oliver Ridlon (1), second son of Peter (1), was born in
Monmouth, Ill., May 13, 1849 (he was by a second wife), married Hattie
Moor, in December, 1882, and lives near his father, in Gardner, Kan.,
where he owns a well-stocked farm of two hundred and forty acres.
resembles his father; is mirthful, sarcastic, and humorous.
SIXTH GENERATION.
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Hannah Ridlon (10), eldest daughter of William (4), was born in
Buxton, Me., May 3, 1844; supposed to be married.
Lewis-F. Ridlon (4), eldest son of Williams (4), was born in Buxton,
Me., Sept. 23, 1847, and died March 27, 1853.
Henry-Clay Ridlon (5), second son of William (4), was born in Bux-
ton, Me., Jan. 24, 1856; married a daughter of Samuel Dunn, of Buxton,
and lives at " Bog Mills," so called, in that town. He learned the black-
smith's trade with his uncle, Mr. Spinney, of West Gorham, and was at
Moderation Village in 1879. A fine-looking young man; tall, well formed,
and powerful. Resembles the Redlon family in features of face and move-
ment. Is considered an excellent mechanic.
Eliza-Sanborn Redlon (6), eldest daughter of James (4), was born
in Buxton, Me., Dec. 21, 1832; was married to Andrew Flood, and lives
on a farm in the "Spruce Swamp" neighborhood. A beautiful, gentle-
spirited woman.
