John Alphonse Riddle and Mary Melissa Sterrett

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Husband John Alphonse Riddle ^{1 2}

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           Born: 2 May 1851 or 1852 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1922
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: William Clark Riddle (Cir 1822-1887) 3 5
         Mother: Mary Davidson (Cir 1820-1892) 6

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Melissa Sterrett ^{1 7}

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           Born: 1854 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 1937
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Robert Montgomery Sterrett (1827-1915) 8 9
         Mother: Mary Ann Karns (1834-1929) 10

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Children

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1 F Berdell Riddle ¹¹

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            AKA: Berta Riddle
           Born: Abt Sep 1870
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Oct 1870
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Alton "Altie" Riddle ¹¹

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           Born: Abt Jan 1874
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Sep 1874
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Herbert S. Riddle ¹¹

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           Born: 21 Aug 1877 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Estella E. Wilson (1878-      ) 11
           Marr: 24 May 1899 11

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4 M Frank Loyten Riddle ¹¹

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           Born: 1 Aug 1880 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Grace I. Curran (      -      ) 12
           Marr: 1912 - ? Venango Co, PA

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5 M Harry Clark Riddle ¹¹

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           Born:  - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Marie Twila George (      -      ) 12
           Marr: 18 Jul 1913 - Wichita Falls, Wichita Co, TX 12

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6 M Lloyd Elton Riddle ¹¹

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           Born: 26 Jul 1885 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Alice M. Clark (      -1908) 12
           Marr: 1908 - ? Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Bessie Grace Kunkle (      -      )
           Marr: 1 Jun 1915 - Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK 13

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7 F Effa D. "Effie" Riddle ¹¹

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           Born: 20 Jan 1888
     Christened: 
           Died: Apr 1980 - ? Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 14

         Spouse: Norman W. Mayes (1885-1957) 11
           Marr: 8 Sep 1910 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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8 M Ralph Riddle ¹¹

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           Born: 1892
     Christened: 
           Died: 1894
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 M Charles A. Riddle ¹¹

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           Born: 4 Apr 1895
     Christened: 
           Died: Jun 1982 - ? Grove City, Mercer Co, PA
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Edna M. Cokaine (1897-1966) 12
           Marr: 4 Sep 1918 - ? Venango Co, PA 12

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General Notes: Husband - John Alphonse Riddle

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He had such educational advantages as the local public schools afforded. Reared on his father's farm, he was trained from early boyhood in the work of cultivating the soil and improving farm property, and by the time he reached his majority was ready to begin on his own account. His first purchase was the Joseph Henderson farm, where his operations prospered so encouragingly that he was able to buy the R. C. Eakin farm adjoining, bringing the area of his property up to 150 acres, all good farming land. He steadily improved his farm, and besides doing general farming became interested in stock raising, making a specialty of feeding cattle for the market. He held the township offices of school director and auditor, and for at least ten years was health officer of Irwin and Clinton Townships. Politically he believed in the doctrines of the Republican Party. As a member of the Presbyterian Church he also took a helpful part in the religious life of the locality, acting as collector for over thirty years. [CAB, 677]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 964.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 596, 677.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 677.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 33.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 984.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 677, 1015.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 596, 678.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1106.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 595, 678.

10 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 963.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 678.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 679.

13 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 206.

14 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 105.