and had issue several children, of whom hereafter. Mr. Riddle and wife have been dead several years; their children live at Lakeville. Benjamin Riddle (2), second son of Henry (1), was born June 18, 1823, and settled in Iowa. Mary Riddle (3), eldest daughter of Henry3 (1), was born March 6, 1825; was married to Johnson, and has issue; resides near St. Mary's Academy, South Bend, Ind. William Riddle (2), third son of Henry3 (1), was born Sept. 4, 1827; married, and settled at Crum's Point, Ind. Has three children, of whom hereafter. Nancy-A.-C. Riddle (2), second daughter of Henrys (1), was born Oct. 14, 1831; was married to Bowland, and is living near Tekamah, Burt County, Neb. J.-H. Riddle (3), fourth son of Henry (1), was born June 29, 1833; married, and had issue eight children, of whom hereafter. He is a farmer; has resided in Indiana and Kansas; now living at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. At one time owned two hundred acres of land at Warren Centre. Was contractor on the railroad, and postmaster. Sarah-Jane Riddle1 (2), third daughter of Henry' (1), was born Feb. 25, 1836, and died at home aged 16 years. Emeline Riddle (2), fourth daughter of Henry (1), was born Aug. 11, 1839; was married to Ammons, had issue, and died at Bangor, Mich. Alexander Riddle (1), only son of John (2), was born in 1825, and went West many years ago, some say to Texas, others, to Kansas, since when nothing is known of him. Ann-Janet Riddle* (2), eldest daughter of John3 (2), was born April 7, 1827, and died several years ago. Emeline Riddle (1), youngest daughter of John (2), was born Dec. 3, 1829; was married Nov. 20, 1845, to Richmond Sheek, and resides in Davie County, N. C. Hon. Haywood-Yancy Riddle' (1), only son of Wiley (1), was born in Hardeman County, Tenn., June 20, 1834; married Martha G. Shelton, of Smith County, and had issue four children, of whom hereafter. Mr. Riddle received his collegiate education at Union University, where, after his graduation in 1854, he was for a short time assistant professor. He was graduated at the Lebanon (Tennessee) Law School in 1857, and practised his profession for a short time at Ripley, Miss. He removed to Smith County, Tenn., in 1858, and continued there until the beginning of the war of the Rebellion; during the war he served on the staff of Gen. Marcus J. Wright. In 1865, Mr. Riddle removed to Lebanon, and was clerk and master of chancery there for ten years. He was elected to Congress in 1875, and re-elected in 1876, to a seat in the Forty-fifth Congress. His services as a statesman marked him as a man of a high order of intellect and a judicious legislator. One of his colleagues in congress said of Mr. Riddle: "No more zealous, upright, and conscientious member was ever seated in that body. His life and temper were gentle, and although firm and fearless in the advocacy of the true and the right as his studious intellect saw it, his demeanor was ever marked by a knightly courtesy and consideration for those who differed from him in opinion. His speeches, - always characterized by a scholarly grace and finish,- were replete with learning and research." Another, who was well acquainted with him, has said: "He was a man of thorough intellectual training, and in his life of unremitting labor had acquired distinction in many fields of useful knowledge. He was an exemplary and life-time member of the Baptist Church, and in that best and highest of all the walks of human life, he was distinguished for his piety and a pure and spotless life. He was courteous and affable and deservedly popular." Mr. Riddle was broken down by overwork and retired from the active business of life to his home at Lebanon, where he died on the 29th of March, 1879, greatly and deservedly lamented by all who knew him. I have before me numerous testimonials to his many eminent qualities of both head and heart, presented by his distinguished associates at the bar and in Congress, but for want of space I cannot publish them in this work. The portrait in this book was subscribed for by Mr. Riddle about one year before his death. Mrs. Riddle was a suitable companion for so good and great a man; a woman of amiable qualities and refined tastes. Gillie-A. Riddle* (1), only daughter of Wiley3 (1) and his wife, Ruth Bowers, was born in Hardeman County, Tenn., about 1838; was married to R. E. Palmer, and resides in Tippah County, Miss. Lewis-Emerson Riddle1 (1), eldest son of William3 (1), was born in Davie County, N. C., June 20, 1819; married Jane, daughter of William and Jane Gullet, and had issue eight children, of whom hereafter. He is a farmer in Davie County, N. C. Thomas-Calvin Riddle* (1), second son of William3 (1), was born in Davie County, N. C., July 30, 1825; married Susan Vogler, daughter of Gottlieb and Martha Vogler, and settled on land, which, at his father's death, was equally divided between him and his elder brother. He says, "We are well enough to do in the world." He has issue four children, of whom hereafter. His first wife died in ten years after marriage, and he married secondly, Sophia-Regina Butner, daughter of John and Charlotte Butner, by whom eight children. John-Wesley Riddle' (3), third son of William (1), was born in Davie County, N. C., Sept. 11, 1832; married Eliza, daughter of Elisha and Mary Alexander, of Davie County, N. C., and moved to Indiana in 1859, where his wife died, leaving four children, of whom hereafter. He married secondly, a Mrs. Hawkins; moved to Texas, where he has been extensively engaged in farming. FIFTH GENERATION. J.-H. Riddle" (5), eldest son of Wiley (2). Mary-J. Riddles (4), eldest daughter of Wiley (2). Nancy-A. Riddle (3), second daughter of Wiley (2). Robert Riddle (1), third son of Wiley (2). Elizabeth Riddle" (1), third daughter of Wiley1 (2). James Riddles (1), fourth son of Wiley (2). Alexander Riddle" (1), son of William (2). William-R. Riddle' (5), eldest son of J. H.1 (3), was born in Warren township, Ind., Aug. 19, 1855. Is in the pump business. |