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years, while his mother was at New Orleans. From Oxford Academy he
went to Amherst College, Massachusetts; thence in 1848, to Yale College,
New Haven, Conn., where he received, in 1851, his degree of A. B.; he
was there one of the five presidents of the Lionian Society. In 1852 he
was at New Orleans, a student of chemistry and the natural sciences,
with his brother John in the University; and in the winters of 1851-2,
he gave a short course of lectures on chemistry at the Louisiana College
in New Orleans. He compiled a genealogical sketch of this branch of
the Riddell family in 1852, which has been the basis of the present article
in this work; much, however, has been added concerning several branches
of the family. Mr. Riddell was shot while near his residence in Houston,
Tex., by an assassin in 1872. He married Sarah-Glenn Chalmers, of Aus-
tin Tex., and had two children. He is said to have been a stalwart-built
man, broad-shouldered and full-chested, a regular athlete. He had dark
hair and blue eyes; a receding forehead, and regular features; was social
and kind-hearted.
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Susan-A. Riddell' (4), youngest daughter of John (1), was born in
Preston, N. Y., March 24, 1831; was married in March, 1852, to Henry
P. Marion (brother to the husband of her sister Lovina), and in that year
was living on a farm in Preston, Conn. He was superintendent of
schools for the town, also a Justice of the Peace and town collector.
Susan, in 1838, went with her mother to New Orleans and remained there
five years, returning in 1843. She attended school at Plymouth; also at
Oxford Academy for two years. In 1849 she returned to New Orleans in
company with her brother John and family, and remained till the follow-
ing summer. She then returned and lived with her mother until her
marriage.
William Riddell (2), eldest son of Robert (3), was born in Wilming-
ton, Vt. (?), in 1814; died in 1816.
Thomas Riddell (2), second son of Roberts (3), was born in Wil-
mington, Vt. (?), in 1816; married and had issue several children,
of whom hereafter. It is said he carries on the tin-ware and stove business
at Bennington, Vt., and that he has been a prominent man there.
Enos Riddell (1), third son of Roberts (3), was born in Wilmington,
Vt., in 1818, and in 1852 was in Boston, Mass. Resides in Olean, N. Y.
No family.
Sarah Riddell (2), eldest daughter of Roberts (3), was born in Wil-
mington, Vt., in 1823; was married to Oskar L. Shafter, and had issue.
Mr. Shafter was a graduate of the Harvard Law School, and esteemed
one of the best lawyers in the State of Vermont; was candidate for gov-
ernor in 1848. He lived in a pretty, octagonal house, situated on a lot
ornamented with shade trees, some distance from the street. He was
said to be "a man of plain habits and frank disposition."
Mary Riddell (2), second daughter of Robert³ (3), was born in Wil-
mington, Vt., in 1826; married Franklin Lamb; secondly, Addison Read,
and lives in Hastings, Neb.
William Riddell (3), fourth son of Roberts (3), was born in Wil-
mington, Vt., in 1829, and was of Boston in 1852; married Carrie Thayer,
and has issue. Lives in Buffalo, N. Y.
Samuel-Taggart Riddell (2), fifth son of Robert (3), was born in
Wilmington, Vt., in 1833; married Lucretia Clark; no issue. Resides in
Fernandina, Florida.
