RIDDLES OF YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
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hearted, and highly respected by all who came within the circle of his
acquaintance; bis death was deeply lamented.
Margaret Riddles (2), second daughter of James (3), was born Dec.
21, 1805; was married June 30, 1836, to the Rev. B. S. Schneck, pastor
of the German Reformed Church, at Chambersburgh, Penn., and for
many years editor of the Messenger, the organ of the German Reformed
Church. He died in 1874, in his 69th year.
William Riddle (2), third son of James (3), was born in 1805;
married Miss Margaret McDowell, of Franklin County, Penn. He died
at Chambersburgh in 1838, while preparing himself for the gospel minis-
try; a young man of remarkable natural gifts, an excellent scholar, and
of charining personal address.
Horace-Ross Riddle (1), fourth son of James (3), was born in 1810;
married Miss Sallie Hunter, of Virginia, and had issue three daughters.
Mr. Riddle is now a merchant in Baltimore, Md.; is said to be "
a very
eccentric old gentleman"; has never replied to my inquiries.
Dr. Edward Riddle (1), fifth son of James (3), was born in 1813;
studied medicine; went to California to practise his profession, and died
in San Francisco in 1848, unmarried.
James-N. Riddle (6), eldest son of William (1), was born at Mar-
tinsburgh, Va., Jan. 25, 1796; married and had issue six children; he
died May 10, 1863.
William-N. Riddle (3), second son of William (1), was born in
Martinsburgh, Va., April 10, 1800; married, and is now (1884) liv-
ing in Martinsburgh, a widower, aged 84; no children.
John Riddles (5), third son of William (1), was born at Martins-
burgh, Va., Jan. 25, 1803; married to Susan Tabb, March 6, 1828; moved
from Martinsburgh to Ely, Ralls County, Mo., in the year 1836, as a
farmer. When he entered upon his new land "the wild grass was grow-
ing rank and tall upon the broad prairie, and the red deer fed unscared
by the presence of man." He was an ordained elder of the church at
West Ely; assisted in the building of the house of worship there, and
his name rests under the corner-stone. He died April 14, 1845, leaving a
widow and eight children, of whom hereafter.
Rev. David-H. Riddle (2), D. D., LL. D., fourth son of William¹ (1),
was born in Martinsburgh, Va. (now Western Virginia), April 14, 1805;
married November, 1828, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Matthew Brown,
D. D., who was president of Jefferson College from 1823 to 1845, and by her
(who died Dec. 3, 1858) had issue nine children, of whom hereafter.
Mr. Riddle entered Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1821; was grad-
uated in 1823, valedictorian of a class numbering thirty-three, eighteen
of whom became ministers. He studied theology at Princeton Seminary
from 1825 to 1828; was licensed to preach in 1827; ordained and installed
as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Va., Dec. 28, 1828.
He removed to Pittsburgh, Penn., to become pastor of the Third Presby-
terian Church there in the fall of 1833, and remained until the spring of
1857, when he became pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church, of Jer-
sey City, N. J., where he continued until the close of the year 1862, at
which time he was elected president of Jefferson College. At the union
of Washington and Jefferson Colleges, in 1865, he became professor of
moral science. In 1868 he removed to Martinsburgh, to take the pastoral
care of the Presbyterian church there, where he still is (1884). He was
