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RIDDLES OF BALLYMONY, IRELAND.
N. J., where she has built a pretty home. To her the promise, "I will
establish the border of the widow," has been fully verified, and her chil-
dren are ornaments in society.
Mary Riddell³ (1), second daughter of Charles2 (1), was born Jan. 23,
1829, and died at Pittsburgh, Penn., in June, 1872; unmarried.
Jane Riddell (1), third daughter of Charles2 (1), was born Nov. 12,
1830, and is now living in Allegheny City, Penn.
Hugh Riddell (1), third son of Charles2 (1), was born in Ballymony,
Ireland, May 1, 1832, and died at the age of seven, in Pennsylvania.
Robert Riddles (2), youngest son of Charles2 (1), was born in Bally-
mony, Ireland, Feb. 23, 1834; came to America with his parents in 1835,
and has been twice married: first, to Hannah, daughter of Francis Mc-
Kinley, of Bloomington, Ind. (she and three children died of consump-
tion); secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of William K. McAlister, of Nash-
ville, Tenn., in 1872, by whom two children. He sold his interest in the
firm of A. & D. H. Chambers & Co., glass manufacturers, Pittsburgh, Penn.,
in 1874, and removed to Tennessee, where, in the city of Nashville, he
now carries on a sash, door, and blind factory. He is said to be six feet
and two inches in height, and fine looking.
Martha Riddell (1), eldest daughter of John2 (1), was born in Ire-
land, Londonderry County, about 1809; was married to Hugh Cunning-
ham, and has a son Charles, supposed to be in California. Martha and
husband reside at Glengadd, Bendoorah, County Antrim, Ireland.
Thomas Riddell (1), eldest son of John2 (1), was born in Ireland,
about 1810-11, and died in New York city, in 1879. He was twice mar-
ried, and had three children, all of whom died in infancy. His last wife
(whose maiden-name was Sarah Boden) survives, and lives in the United
Presbyterian Home, in New York city.
Charles Riddell³ (2), second son of John2 (1), came to Philadelphia,
and died there, aged eighteen; was a marble-cutter.
William-John Riddell (2), third son of John2 (1), was born at Meath
Park, County Londonderry, Ireland; came to this country in 1848; mar-
ried Agnes Fulton, in Allegheny City, Penn., April 2, 1850, and had seven
children, of whom hereafter. He was employed as gardener in Pittsburgh,
Penn., for five years, then removed to Ripley, Brown County, O., where
he followed the same business; returned to Pittsburgh in 1866, where he
now resides.
Holland Riddles (1), fourth son of John2 (1), was born at Meath
Park, Londonderry County, Ireland, Dec. 2, 1820; came to America in
1848; married Nov. 11, 1850, in Lawrenceville, Allegheny County, Penn.,
Hester-Ann Reed; Rev. Nathaniel West, of the Presbyterian Church, per-
forming the ceremony at her residence. He was first employed as clerk
at Edward Healzelton's wholesale grocery in the "Diamond," Pittsburgh,
Penn., where he remained one year; next, one year in the same capacity
for Waterman & Clouse, on Liberty Street. He subsequently engaged in
business for himself, and dealt in produce and game for five years, when
the partnership of Riddle, Werts & Co. was formed and continued two
years. After the dissolution of this firm he purchased stock and buildings
of John D. McGill & Son, and carried on the wholesale grocery and pro-
duce business under his own name until 1871, when, having built a hand-
some four-story stone-front on the site of the old buildings, he admitted
his son, then a young man, who had been with him many years, under the
