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 1
Other spouse 3
Notes 
                Wife: Emily Jane Stutler   5  
             Married: Jan-13-1859          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  6
                Born: Dec-20-1840          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
                Died: Mar- 5-1870           1
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: 1859                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Elias Stutler   (1794 - 1870) 
              Mother: Nancy Hughes   (1787 - 1840) 
           M Child 1: Benjamin Hale Riddle      
       Also known as: Ben H. Riddle 1
                Born: May-19-1863           4,7
                Died: Oct-14-1953          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  4,7
              Buried:                      in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: Ida Mae Norris  b. May- 9-1873  d. Oct-13-1954  
           F Child 2: Laura B. Riddle      
                Born: Jul-22-1865           8
                Died: May-12-1876           1
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 3: West Virginia Riddle   9,10,5   
       Also known as: Virginia Riddle 11,12
                Born: Jan-22-1867          in Ritchie Co, WV  4,9
                Died: Mar- 6-1960          in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  10,4
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: John Cross  b. 1860  d. 1939  
             Married: Sep- 3-1883          in Ritchie Co, WV  9
           F Child 4: Ida Grant Riddle      
                Born: Apr-12-1869          in Ritchie Co, WV  9,3,4
                Died: Apr-29-1937          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  4,13,3
              Buried:                      in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: John Franklin Calhoun  b. 1865  d. 1951  
             Married: Nov-27-1890          in Ritchie Co, WV  14

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) Death record of daughter. 
(6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Eli Riddle, widowed, 54, b. Monongalia Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Tamer; and Emily Jane Stutler, 
18, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Elias & Nancy.  Married Jan 13 
1859. 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(10) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(11) Marriage record of daughter. 
(12) Obituary of daughter. 
(13) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
John F. Calhoun, 25, of Ritchie Co; and Ida G. Riddle, 21, of Ritchie Co.  Married Nov 27 
1890. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in 1859 marriage as Monongalia County, but in 1873 marriage
as Hampshire County.  Some researchers report Randolph County.







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