James Victor Riddle and Erma Mary Oliphant

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Husband James Victor Riddle ¹

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           Born: 30 May 1878 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 8 Oct 1942
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: Matthew Riddle (1834-1894) 3 4
         Mother: Mary Jane Hoffman (1840-1928) 3

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       Marriage: 21 Feb 1905 - ? Venango Co, PA

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   Other Spouse: Ruth Sloan (      -      )

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Wife Erma Mary Oliphant ¹

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           Born: 25 Mar 1884 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 19 Feb 1938 5
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: Hosea Oliphant (1850-1931)
         Mother: Mary J. Fleming (1857-1958)

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Children

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1 F Garnet Bessie Riddle

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            AKA: Garnett Riddle
           Born: Abt 1907 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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2 F Hazel F. Riddle

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           Born: Abt 1908 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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3 M Russell James Riddle

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           Born: Abt 1910 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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4 M Harry Oliphant Riddle ¹

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           Born: 26 Oct 1910 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 3 Apr 1991
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

         Spouse: Helen Elizabeth Hoffman (1912-      ) 1

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5 F Mildred K. Riddle

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           Born: Abt 1912 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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6 M Clinton Matthew Riddle

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           Born: 14 Aug 1914 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: Jun 1984 - ? Franklin, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 7

         Spouse: Luella Jane Snyder (1909-1998)
           Marr: 1947 - Venango Co, PA

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7 M Woodrow Wilson Riddle

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           Born: 10 Nov 1916 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 12 Aug 1934
 Cause of Death: Automobile accident
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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8 F Ester Riddle

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            AKA: Esther Riddle
           Born:  - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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9 F Shirley Riddle

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           Born:  - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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10 M Robert Riddle

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           Born:  - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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General Notes: Husband - James Victor Riddle

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His education was acquired in the local public schools, and he was well prepared for the responsibilities of life both by his home training and his other early experiences. During five years of his young manhood he worked in the Butler County oil fields for the Phillips Gas Company, and after the home farm came into his hands he followed that business on his own land, and had seven producing wells, all of the second sand, which yielded a good average flow. For nine years he also operated a portable sawmill, caring for these lines along with his general agricultural work, which was conducted on modern lines and enhanced the value of the farm appreciably. In about 1917 he built a new barn, which proved a convenient addition to his facilities, and he was always on the lookout for opportunities to make changes which would do away with unnecessary work and expedite essential operations, being thoroughly modern in his ideas and methods. [CAB, 1005]

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General Notes: Wife - Erma Mary Oliphant

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She was well educated, attending the State normal school at Slippery Rock and receiving a certificate to teach, but she entered another profession, taking a course in nursing at the Warren Hospital, from which she was graduated. [CAB, 1005]

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

2 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.

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

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

5 Ruby Jane (Bailey) McCord, Genealogy of the Phipps Family (Self-published), Pg 19.

6 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 58.

7 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 93.