Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Charles Milton Riddle and Emma Florence Cross


Husband Charles Milton Riddle 1 2 3 

           Born: 14 Feb 1846 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Mar 1916 4
         Buried:  - McKee Cemetery, Clintonville, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: John Washington Riddle (1817-1892) 6 7
         Mother: Jane McCoy (1819-1870)


       Marriage: 27 Feb 1873 1 4

Wife Emma Florence Cross 1 2 8 

           Born: 17 Nov 1850 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Feb 1894 4
         Buried:  - McKee Cemetery, Clintonville, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: Judge Robert Cross (1811-1874) 2 9 10 11
         Mother: Hannah McKissick (1816-1893) 2 10 11 12


Children
1 F Lottie Winifred Riddle 4 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: N. B. Long (      -      ) 4

2 F Bertha Alice Riddle 4 13 

           Born: 4 Oct 1876 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Jan 1970 13
         Buried:  - Lake Park Cemetery, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH

         Spouse: Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Hovis (1873-1922) 4 13 14
           Marr: 1903 13

3 M Sidney Artemas Riddle 4 15 

           Born: 20 Apr 1880 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Minnie Caroline Graham (Abt 1877-      ) 15
           Marr: 7 Aug 1906 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 15 17

4 F Harriet Eliza Riddle 18 

           Born: 1884
     Christened: 
           Died: 1970
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 19

         Spouse: Samuel P. Anderson (1860-1928) 20 21 22
           Marr: 28 Feb 1912 - ? Venango Co, PA 23

5 F Ruth Beatrice Riddle 24 

           Born: 30 Oct 1886 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1968
         Buried:  - McKee Cemetery, Clintonville, Venango Co, PA 25

         Spouse: John Albert Dufford (1872-1937) 24
           Marr: 5 Oct 1909 - ? Venango Co, PA 26

         Spouse: Robert Emmet Earl Marsteller (1877-1964) 27
           Marr: 18 Dec 1956 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 28

General Notes: Husband - Charles Milton Riddle


He grew up on the home place, receiving his education in the common schools of the locality and becoming used to farm work from his early days. Having learned the shoemaker's trade at Clintonville, he kept a shop of his own at Kennerdell, in Clinton Township, where he also held the position of express agent. Returning to Clintonville he settled there permanently, being associated for some years with Arch Williams, now of Grove City, and he continued to follow shoemaking there and in Pittsburgh until the oil excitement drew him into that business. He was engaged in the building of oil tanks, rigs, shackles, etc., from 1906, being so occupied until he retired because of failing health, some five years before his death. Mr. Riddle was elected to the offices of school director and constable and discharged his public duties faithfully and competently, being chosen to the latter position several times. He was one of the earliest members of the Prohibition Party, and showed the courage of his convictions by advocating its principles openly when it had but two or three adherents in the town, also living up to the doctrines he espoused. He and his wife were leading members of the United Presbyterian Church in the borough and untiring in their efforts in its behalf, Mr. Riddle always doing more than his share of church and Sunday school work. [HVC 1919, 912]

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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 995.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 604, 911.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 912.

5 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 104.

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

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 677, 912.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 604, 912.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 603.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 323.

11 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 47.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 604.

13 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 107.

14 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 992.

15 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 288.

16 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 289.

17 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #7415.

18 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 685, 912.

19 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 14.

20 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 644.

21 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 974.

22 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 683, 911.

23 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 685.

24 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 912, 1061.

25 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 101.

26 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1061.

27 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 32.

28 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #31140.

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