Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Matthew Riddle and Mary Jane Hoffman


Husband Matthew Riddle 1 2 

           Born: 25 Dec 1834 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Aug 1894 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: Robert Riddle (1788-1856) 4 5
         Mother: Catharine Phipps (1799-1885) 6 7


       Marriage: 14 Feb 1860 - Venango Co, PA

Wife Mary Jane Hoffman 1 

           Born: Aug 1840 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1928 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: Philip Ghost Hoffman (1815-1903) 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Miles (1816-1856)


   Other Spouse: John E. Deemer (      -      )

Children
1 M Eli Wilson Riddle 10 

           Born: 12 Nov 1860 - near Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Aug 1916 - near Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Mary Ella Rodenbaugh (1866-1950) 10
           Marr: 24 Aug 1887 - Pennsylvania

2 F Elizabeth Etta Riddle 11 

           Born: 15 Dec 1863 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Nov 1934
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 12

         Spouse: William Jackson Moore (1862-1944) 11
           Marr: 24 Aug 1887 - ? Venango Co, PA

3 M Rev. Benton Van Riddle 

           Born: 22 Apr 1865 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rhetta Maude Wilcox (1870-1902)
           Marr: 11 Jul 1894 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 13

         Spouse: Pearl Davidson (      -      )

4 M Edward Joshua Riddle 

           Born: 14 Aug 1868 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Mar 1949 - Butler Co, PA
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 14

         Spouse: Anna Bell McCallister (1866-1907)
           Marr: 1890 - Tionesta, Forest Co, PA

         Spouse: Cora May [Unk] (Abt 1869-Abt 1909)

         Spouse: Anna Katherine Marsula (1876/1877-1953)
           Marr: Abt 1909 - Pennsylvania

5 M Robert Miles Riddle 

           Born: Mar 1872 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Mar 1935 or 1936
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 15

         Spouse: Clara A. Strutters (Bet 1867/1869-1904)
           Marr: Abt 1894

         Spouse: Candace Ghost (1882-1958)
           Marr: Bet 1904 and 1907

6 F Harriet Olive Riddle 

            AKA: Harriet Olivia Riddle
           Born: 17 Oct 1874 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1934 or 1936
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 16

         Spouse: Robert Black Wilson (1873-1939)
           Marr: 1899 - ? Venango Co, PA

7 M James Victor Riddle 17 

           Born: 30 May 1878 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Oct 1942
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Ruth Sloan (      -      )

         Spouse: Erma Mary Oliphant (1884-1938) 17
           Marr: 21 Feb 1905 - ? Venango Co, PA

8 F Mary Grace Riddle 

           Born: 23 Aug 1883 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1935
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 18

         Spouse: Robert W. Irwin (1876-1935)

General Notes: Husband - Matthew Riddle


Another source gives his date of birth as May 26, 1834.

General Notes: Wife - Mary Jane Hoffman

Residing at Eakins Corners, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA, in 1919.

She is mentioned as a daughter of Philip Ghost Hoffman CAB 1005. She is not mentioned in the discussion of the Hoffman family CAB 994. Possibly there was more than one Philip Ghost Hoffman - See Philip G. Hoffman, son of James and Mary (Ghost) Hoffman.

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Sources

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 574.

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

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 19.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 977, 980, 984.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 585, 677.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 977, 980.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 585.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 804.

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 998.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 786.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1033.

12 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 68.

13 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #2720.

14 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 24.

15 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 86.

16 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 72.

17 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 12.

18 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 54.

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