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| Name |
RIDDLE, Samuel S. [1] |
| Born |
09 Nov 1831 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Person ID |
I4308 |
Hans Georg Spang |
| Last Modified |
2 Aug 2015 |
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- 1901 Index Biographical Record of Linn County, Iowa Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1901
Samuel S. Riddle
Among the leading and influential citizens of Franklin township is numbered the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch, his home being on section 14. A native of Pennsylvania, he was born in Bedford county, on the 9th of November, 1831, and is a son of George F. Riddle, who was born near Harper's Ferry, Virginia. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Riddle, was a Scotchman by birth, and was reared in his native land. On his emigration to the new world in an early day he located in Virginia, but afterward removed to Bedford county, Pennsylvania, where he bought a large farm, making it his home throughout the remainder of his life. Like his father, George F. Riddle, was also an agriculturist. Desiring to try his fortune in the west he removed to La Salle county, Illinois, in 1858, and for four years made his home on a farm one mile from Mendota. He then came to Iowa, and for a year resided near Marengo. At the end of that time he became a resident of Linn county, purchasing a farm near Lisbon, and to its cultivation and improvement he devoted the remainder of his life, his death occuring there in April 1867. In early manhood he married Miss Sophia Sill, a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Daniel and Catherine Sill, who were of English descent. She survived her husband about twelve years, and died on the home farm in 1879. They had a family of eight children, seven sons and one daughter, of whom our subject was fourth in order of birth.
Samuel S. Riddle passed the days of his boyhood and youth in the county of his nativity, and is indebted to its common schools for his educaional privileges. On leaving home in 1854 he went to New York city, where he spent one year with an elder brother, and then returned to his father's farm. In 1856 he was united in marriage with Harriet Spang, who was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Rudolph and Mary (Dunarbarger) Spang. A year later they left their native state and removed to Mendota, Illinois, where Mr. Riddle conducted a store for one year, and then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, operating a rented farm ner that place until 1861. He then came to Iowa, and after living on his father's farm for a year, he purchased land on section 1, Franklin township, this county, where he made his home for four years. On disposing of that property he located on his brother's farm, where the following three years were spent, and at the end of that time he bought a farm on section 15. Franklin township, which he occupied until 1884, when he rented it and removed to his present farm on section 14, the same township. This place is conveniently located on the main road from Mt. Vernon to Lisbon, and is one of the most desirable farms in that locality. Its neat and thrifty appearance evidences the skill and ability of the owner in his chosen calling, as well as his sound judgement in business affairs. Good and substantial buildings are surrounded by well tilled fields, and all of the conveniences and accessories of a model farm are there found.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Riddle were born six children, namely: Calvin, War Bell, Hattie, Laura Ceclia, Eva S. and Lloyd Edwin. They are people of the highest respectability and are quite prominent socially in the communities where they reside. In religious faith they are Lutherans and in political sentiment Mr. Riddle is an ardent Republican.
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