Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Eli Riddle    
                Born: Nov-11-1804           1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct-28-1896           1
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3,4
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      minister  3
              Father: John Clinton Riddle   (1778 - 1858) 
              Mother: Tamer Goff   (1782 - 1823) 
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
Notes 
                Wife: Sarah ___   3  
                Born: ca 1798               5
                Died: Nov-29-1855           1,5
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: John Clinton Riddle      
                Born: Jun-28-1830           4,6
                Died: Oct- 1-1866           4 (see note 2)
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Minerva Richards  b. Feb- 1-1836  d. Jul-30-1897  
           M Child 2: David J. Riddle      
                Born: Oct- 9-1832           7,8
                Died: Aug-25-1923          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  9
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Sherman Co, Nebraska  
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: Hester Ann Jones  b. 1844  d. Jul-30-1876  
           F Child 3: Jane Riddle      
                Born: Mar-  -1841           10
                Died: Oct-10-1844           1
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(6) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(7) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(8) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(9) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in 1859 marriage as Monongalia County, but in 1873 marriage
as Hampshire County.  Some researchers report Randolph County.
Note (2) He is absent from the 1870 Census, which lists only his wife and
children.







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