NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - BIO: Michael Riddle (1887)

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From the The Ohio Biographies Project
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Transcribed by Deb Murray.

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Michael Riddle was born in Fayette County, Pa., September 9, 1813. In 1816
his parents, Moses A. and Mary, moved to Mississippi, raised a crop and
gathered it. The Indians became very hostile, and they were compelled to
leave everything they had. They came to Ashland, Ohio, where he entered 160
acres of land. In 1820 the family removed to the vicinity of Sarahsville,
Noble County, Ohio; thence to Middleburg, where the elder Riddle was
elected justice of the peace. The location not being a satisfactory one,
the family returned to Ashland, Ohio, in 1833, where he bought 160 acres of
land. In 1839 he moved to Holmes County, Ohio, entered eighty acres of
land, and in 1841 returned to Noble County, Ohio; and after several changes
, settled near Fulda, where he lived until he died, in 1847. His wife died
in 1857. Both were exemplary members of the Christian church.

Michael Riddle, son of Moses A. Riddle, was married May 7, 1840, to Miss
Susannah Lindcicome. Eight children have been born to them - Mary A.
(Grandon), Phebe E. (Morrison), Sarah J. (Archer), Cordelia (Archer),
Michael Jr. (ded February 19, 1887), Almond, Leonard, Martha A. (died March
12, 1861). Mr. Riddle commenced life in a pioneer cabin, and on a farm of
forty acres. To this he made additions, utnil he now owns 203 acres of
valuable land which is unincumbered. He has always taken a marked interest
in educational matters. Both he and his wife are worthy members of the
Christian church. Nathan Lindcicome, the father of Mrs. Riddle, came from
Eastern Virginia, and settled in Noble County, Ohio. He bought forty acres
of land near East Union, and lived there until his decease, which was
February 28, 1845. He was in the War of 1812, and was a noted hunter. He
killed the last bear that was ever seen in Noble County, near the residence
of Mr. Riddle.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by 
L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
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