James Victor Riddle and Ruth Sloan

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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: 

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   Other Spouse: Erma Mary Oliphant (1884-1938) 1 - 21 Feb 1905 - ? Venango Co, PA

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Wife Ruth Sloan

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Children

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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]

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