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Eli RIDDLE

Eli RIDDLE

Male 1804 - 1896  (91 years)

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  • Name Eli RIDDLE 
    Born 11 Nov 1804  [1, 2] 
    • Birthplace given in 1859 marriage as Monongalia County, but in 1873 marriage as Hampshire County. Some researchers report Randolph County.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation minister  [3] 
    Died 28 Oct 1896  [1] 
    Buried Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 6 1850:
      Eli Riddle, 45, farmer; Sarah, 51; Highley (female), 22; John, 20; David, 17; Rachel, 14; Telitha, 12.

      1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 17 1860:
      Eli Riddle, 55, farmer; Emily J, 19.
      In the adjacent separate household, living alone, was David J. Riddle, 26, farmer.
      The next household was that of John C. Riddle, 28, farmer; Minerva, 22; Eli, 6; Millard F, 4; Alpheus, 2.
      The next household was that of Fletcher S. Riddle, 22, farmer; Sylvester E, 2; James L, 1.

      1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated in Jul 1870:
      Eli Riddle, 64, farmer; Orville L, 9; Rosa A, 8; Ben Hail, 7; Laura B, 5; West Virginia, 3; Ida G, 1; Ruth Hamrick, 18.
    Person ID I31036  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2017 

    Father John Clinton RIDDLE,   b. 30 Jun 1778, Prince Georges Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1858, Roane Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Tamer GOFF,   b. Sep 1782, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1823, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Family ID F19560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah CUNNINGHAM,   b. 5 Oct 1799,   d. 29 Nov 1855  (Age 56 years)  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. John Clinton RIDDLE,   b. 28 Jun 1830,   d. 1 Oct 1866  (Age 36 years)
    +2. David J. RIDDLE,   b. 9 Oct 1832,   d. 25 Aug 1923, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     3. Jane RIDDLE,   b. Mar 1841,   d. 10 Oct 1844  (Age ~ 3 years)
    Family ID F23370  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Emily Jane STUTLER,   b. 20 Dec 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1870  (Age 29 years)  [5] 
    Married 13 Jan 1859  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Orville L. RIDDLE,   b. 1860,   d. 1942  (Age 82 years)
    +2. Benjamin Hale RIDDLE,   b. 19 May 1863,   d. 14 Oct 1953, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     3. Laura B. RIDDLE,   b. 22 Jul 1865,   d. 12 May 1876  (Age 10 years)
    +4. West Virginia RIDDLE,   b. 22 Jan 1867, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1960, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +5. Ida Grant RIDDLE,   b. 12 Apr 1869, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1937, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F12000  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Augusta J. HENRY,   b. CA 1817,   bur. (UNMARKED), Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 17 Jul 1873  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F28419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    6. [S1774] 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. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 28.
      Identified as Eli Riddle, widower, 68, b. Hampshire Co Va, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Tamer; and Augusta J. Osburn, widow, b. in (blank), res. Ritchie Co, dau of John & Bertha. Married Jul 17 1873. (Note: The record is unclear whether Osburn was her maiden name or her previous married name. But Minnie Kendall Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," p. 93, clarifies that she was Augusta Henry of New York, who was married to a Welsh, then remarried and was widowed in 1871 by John Osbourne.)