RIDLONS OF PORTER, MAINE.
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goods store in Parsonfield, where his father previously traded. He is
small, has light complexion, and in features of face resembles the Han-
cock family, from which he is descended through his paternal grandmoth-
He is an active, enterprising business man.
Willie-Francis Ridlon (20), second son of Joseph5 (7), was born in
Parsonfield, Me., Jan. 1, 1857; died Oct. 4, 1865.
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Woodbridge-Gordon Ridlon (1), third son of Joseph' (7), was born
in Parsonfield, Me., Jan. 9, 1860. He is a young man of scholarly tastes,
and desires a classical education, but a trouble in his eyes has deprived
him of the advantages of study. He has carried on business in the store
with his brother.
John-Franklin Ridlon® (34), fourth* son of Joseph5 (7), was born in
Parsonfield, Me., June 4, 1863. Now (1878) in a store, clerking for his
brothers, before mentioned.
Willie-Francis Ridlon (21), fifth son of Joseph5 (7), was born in Par-
sonfield, Me., April 3, 1869; died Oct. 5, 1869.
Frederick-Murch Ridlon (4), eldest son of Isaac (7), was born in
Baldwin, Me., June 8, 1856; married June 8, 1878, to Hattie-Jane, daugh-
ter of Charles and Abigail (Edgecomb) Tufts, of Limerick, where he now
(1879) resides, and carries on the well-known "William Hancock farm."
No children.
Franklin-M. Ridlon (4), second son of Isaac (7), was born in Bald-
win, Me., April 12, 1861, and is now (1879) living with his mother in Lim-
erick, unmarried.
Mary-Jane Ridlon (51), eldest daughter of Daniel' (8), was born in
Standish, Cumberland County, Me., in 1816; was married to Col. Joseph
Shaw of that town, and is now (1878) living there.
Charlotte Ridlon (1), second daughter of Daniel (8), was born in
Standish, Me., Aug. 20, 1821; was married in 1844 to Andrew-Hobson
Wiggin, of Baldwin; he died July 4, 1857, and she married, secondly, in
1861, Ethiel Flanders, of Buxton. Mr. Flanders has deceased, and she is
again a widow. No children.
Olive Ridlon (8), third daughter of Daniel' (8), was born in Stan-
dish, Me., and was married to Charles MacDonald, of Leominster, Mass.
Recilphia Ridlon® (1), fourth daughter of Daniel' (8), was born in Stan-
dish, Me., and died unmarried in 1868, aged 42. One of the most amiable
of women.
Almond-Shirlock Ridlon (3), eldest son of Daniel (8), was born in
Standish, Me., in 1829; married Carrie Gardner, and has three children, of
whom hereafter. Mr. Ridlon is a large man, weighing over two hundred
pounds. He has light complexion, and is called handsome. He is super-
intendent of a nail-factory in Somerset, Mass. This son, and his four sis-
ters before named, were by Daniel Ridlon's first wife, Ellen Kennell.
Comfort-A. Ridlon (2), eldest daughter of Daniel' (8) by his second
wife, was born in Brownfield, Me., Nov. 12, 1835; died in Porter, Me.,
Sept. 27, 1871, and was buried near her father's homestead in that town.
Susan Ridlon" (11), second daughter of Daniel' (8) by his second wife,
was born in Porter, Me., Jan. 16, 1838; was married April 12, 1862, to
William B. Davis, and lives on a farm near Kezar Falls, Parsonfield, Me.
*An infant born Feb. 21, 1862, died the next day.
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