Abner S. Riddick, Ouachita County, AR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889. Contributed by Carol Smith. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ouachita County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas Abner S. Riddick is a native of this county, his birth occurring on the farm where he now resides, on January 12, 1858, and is a son of Benjamin F. Riddick, who was born in Virginia in 1812. The father is one of the pioneers now living in this county, having resided here since 1845, and having emigrated from Tennessee. He is engaged in farming, and is one of the much respected and esteemed citizens of the county. His wife was formerly Miss Laura Cleeves, whose birth occurred in South Carolina about 1816, and she is living at the present time. Of the nine children born to his parents, Benjamin F. is the eighth in order of birth. He received his education in the common schools of this county, and in the fall of 1886 was married to Miss Nancy L. Johnson, a native of Nevada County, Arkansas born in 1868, and the daughter of William R. Johnson {sketch contained in this writing}. Two children are the result of this union: Daniel B. and Annie L. Mr. Riddick has 235 acres of land, with about seventy-five acres under cultivation and resides about eighteen miles southwest of Camden. He served as bailiff in this county two years. He is a member of the K. of P. lodge at Stephens, and in his political views is strictly Democrat, casting his vote of the General Hancock. Mrs. Riddick is a member of the Baptist Church.