RIDDLES OF MIFFLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
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Dec. 8, 1826; married and died without issue in 1865. He was a tin-
smith by trade.
William-H. Riddle* (5), a son of James (2), was born at Milford, O.,
Aug. 25, 1826; a saddler by trade; died Sept. 15, 1865.
David Riddle (5), a son of James (2), was born at Milford, O.,
March 1, 1829; died Oct. 28, 1834.
Elizabeth Riddle' (3), a daughter of James (2), was born at Milford,
O., Dec. 3, 1831; died Nov. 28, 1862.
Edith Riddle' (1), a daughter of James (2), was born in Milford, O.
Aug. 3, 1836; died June 1, 1865.
Samuel Riddle¹ (1), a son of James (2), was born in Milford Centre,
Union County, O., June 29, 1839; died Aug. 25, 1842.
James Riddle (4), a son of James (2), was born in Milford, O.,
April 12, 1842; married Oct. 25, 1865, to Mary A. Andrews, at Pleasant
Valley, O. A tinsmith by trade. Moved to Bates County, Mo., in 1868.
Four children, of whom hereafter. Now engaged in stove, hardware, and
grocery business, prosperously.
Henry Riddle (2), a son of James
Aug. 26, 1846. A tinsmith by trade.
1879.
(2), was born in Milford, O.,
Resided at Plain City, O., in
Jane Riddle (2), eldest daughter of William³ (3), was born in Cham-
paign County, O., April 14, 1828; married Jan. 15, 1850, to Thomas Wil-
son, a Scotchman, and lives near Dawson, Sangamon County, Ill.
Artenecia Riddle¹ (1), second daughter of William³ (3), was born in
Champaign County, O., Oct. 11, 1830; married Feb. 22, 1849, to James
Chapman, who died in the spring of 1851, just as they were ready to
start for Oregon. Mrs. Chapman emigrated with her father, and subse-
quently married to William H. Merriman, of Jacksonville, Ore., where
they resided in 1873, having a large family.
Isabella Riddle (1), third daughter of William³ (3), was born in
Champaign County, O., Feb. 18, 1834; married to J. B. Nichols, a farmer,
and has a large family. They live at Cow Creek, near Canyonville, Ore.
William Riddle (6), eldest son of William³ (3), was born in Cham-
paign County, O., March 7, 1837, and died in Oregon, July 10, 1857; un-
married.
Hon. George-W. Riddle¹ (1), second son of William³ (3), was born
in Champaign County, O., Dec. 14, 1839; married April 20, 1865, to Anna
M., daughter of Harrison and Martha-Ann Rice (she was born in Illinois,
April 21, 1847, and died in Oregon, Sept. 19, 1876; an excellent woman),
and had issue three children, of whom hereafter. He is a farmer and wool-
grower. When only sixteen years old he was a volunteer Indian-fighter
and scout, and was in situations "that tried the courage of the strongest
men." He also acted as an interpreter in treating with the Indians. At
the opening of the Rebellion he and his brother enlisted with the expec-
tation of going South, but were employed on the frontier as scouts and
escorts. Mr. Riddle was with the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, W. P.
Huntington, at the first grand gathering of the blood-thirsty Modocs;
the party (four men) met about two hundred, old and young, decked in
hideous war-paint and ornaments; as fierce-looking as they could be.
The old chief, "Sconchin,"-nearly a hundred years old, was there and
made a speech, in which he expressed disappointment in not receiving
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