REDLONS OF OHIO.
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exposure and over-exertion, being so young and naturally frail, contracted
disease, was discharged, and died soon after his return at his father's
home in Vermont. Place of burial unknown.
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John Ridlon (7), third son of John³ (3), was born near Burlington,
Vt., Aug. 15, 1795; married Sarah Myers, in Ohio, - after his father had
emigrated to that State in 1814, and settled first in Loveland, as a
farmer. When his father became old he removed to the northern part of
the State, and purchased a farm in the town of Waynesfield, Auglaize
County, where he lived with his father till the time of his death in 1848.
His widow, by whom he had twelve children, married a second husband,
and was living near her first husband's old farm, in Waynesfield, in 1873,
at which time I dined at her house. Mr. Ridlon or Redley, as he spelled
his name was tall, slender, and very nervous and quick of movement;
he was impulsive and high-tempered; sensitive and sure to resent an in-
sult, but kind-hearted and pleasant when well used. His hair and beard
were black, his eyes small and bright, his features rather long, and in gen-
eral appearance resembled his mother's family more than the Ridlons.
He was said to be a man of great physical strength, and many traditions
respecting feats accomplished by him are held in his family.
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Abigail Ridlon' (1), eldest daughter of John (3), was born in Ver-
mont, Sept. 20, 1797; went to Ohio with her parents in 1814; married
Benjamin Carl, of Loveland, Clearmont County, Ohio, and had issue.
She was left a widow and went to Michigan to live with her daughter,
where she is said to have died at a good old age. I question the accu-
racy of the above date of her birth; think she was born in Maine, and at
an earlier year. Her cousins now living in Hollis, Me., say, "Aunt Abby
had three children when she went to Vermont, and one was a daughter.'
Sarah Ridlon (5), second daughter of John³ (3), was born in Ver-
mont, Jan. 17, 1798; went to Ohio with her parents in 1814, and married
Roswell Graves, of Loveland, Clearmont County, in that State, and had
issue. She was left a widow, her husband having died in middle life.
No record of her death.
Judith Ridlon (3), third daughter of John
mont, Sept. 10, 1800, and died in infancy.
Rachel Ridlon' (4), fourth daughter of John
mont, June 6, 1802, and died there in infancy.
John Ridlon's second wife.
(3), was born in Ver-
(3), was born in Ver-
She was probably by
Timothy-Tibbetts Ridlen' (1), eldest son of Abraham (2), was
born in Pepperellborough (now Saco, Me.), Aug. 2, 1786; was carried to
Ohio by his parents in 1800; married Sarah Wright, in 1810, and settled
in Clearmont County, Ohio, where he carried on farming many years.
When crossing the Alleghany mountains, while on the way from Massa-
chusetts to the Ohio River, he was thrown from a young horse he was
riding and sustained a bad fracture of his arm. There was no physician
to be had, and the men and women reduced the arm to as near its natural
position as they could, bound splints about it, and proceeded on their
way; the limb was not properly united, however, and the movements of
the horse caused him such pain he was placed in a carriage, but suffered
extremely all the remainder of the journey. Timothy and his broth-
ers changed their names, after going West, to Ridlen. He was of me-
dium height, well built, and very strong; his hair was brown, and his com-
plexion ruddy. He was firm in his principles and an earnest Christian.
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