John Davis Riddle, 18211896 (aged 75 years)

Birth
Birth
Note: The date on the cemetery marker conflicts with the birth date given in family papers.
Marriage
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Note: Her obituary says she was born in 1845 in Mendon, Michigan.
Birth of a son
Real Estate Grantor
Note: Lot no. 75, beginning at the NE corner of a piece of land laid off by a Committee appointed for that purpose to George Tiffany. Olive had received this tract from her father's estate, and they received $150 for it. Both John and Olive signed with a mark.
Birth of a daughter
Anecdote
Note: J. D. Riddle paid $1.80 in tax on the N/2NE/4 of Section 12, T5N, R10W.
Birth of a son
Occupation
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Anecdote
about 1862
Note: He lost an eye in an accident.
Birth of a daughter
Real Estate Grantee
Note: 5 acres of land in Sec. 12, T5S, R10W from Morgan D. and Sally White.
Marriage of a daughter
Note: Wm. Carrington, JP; witnessed by A.G. Drake and Estelle Carroll, both of Mendon.

Wm. Carrington, JP; witnessed by A.G. Drake and Estelle Carroll, both of Mendon.

Her obituary says she was married in 1867.

Marriage of a daughter
Occupation
Anecdote
about 1870
Note: he developed a cataract in his remaining eye that left him totally blind. Surgery to remove it was unsuccessful.
Real Estate Grantee
Note: 10 acres in Sec. 12, T5S, R10W from Polly Ulum.
Real Estate Grantee
Note: a tract in Sec. 12, T5S, R10W from Vintrey Green.
Real Estate Grantee
Note: N/2S/2NW/4 Sec. 13, T5S, R10W
Marriage of a daughter
Note: The 1880 birth record of Joseph E. Edmonds states his birth was legitimate.
Marriage of a daughter
Note: A.H. Vose, Minister of the Gospel; witnessed by Asahel Galloway of Leonidas and Martha P. Vose of Mendon
Marriage of a son
Marriage of a son
Anecdote
Citation details: page 311
Note: He owned 50 acres worth $1200.
Description
Marriage of a daughter
Cause of Death
Note: suicide by hanging
Death
Anecdote
Note: According to the local paper dated August 20, 1896, "John Riddle, 75, a farmer 4 miles south of Mendon committed suicide this Sunday past. He hung himself in his barn. He was blind and afraid of poverty it is said."
Burial
Family with Olive Hall Dunbar
himself
John D. Riddle Close up
18211896
Birth: May 10, 1821Pennsylvania
Death: August 16, 1896Mendon, St. Joseph County, Michigan
wife
18231902
Birth: June 10, 1823 46 39 Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Death: June 1, 1902her home in Mendon Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan
Marriage MarriageJanuary 12, 1843Summit County, Ohio
2 years
daughter
18451922
Birth: April 15, 1845 23 21 Ohio
Death: March 20, 1922Mendon, St. Joseph Co., Michigan
2 years
daughter
18471929
Birth: April 3, 1847 25 23 Ohio
Death: March 10, 1929Hyannis, Grant County, Nebraska
5 months
son
18471912
Birth: August 29, 1847 26 24
Death: December 24, 1912
4 years
son
18511931
Birth: December 8, 1851 30 28 Mendon, St. Joseph Co., Michigan
Death: January 12, 1931Leonidas, St. Joseph Co., Michigan
22 months
daughter
Laura Riddle family scanned im
18531933
Birth: October 9, 1853 32 30 Mendon, St. Joseph County, Michigan
Death: September 2, 1933Palisade, Hitchcock County, Nebraska
2 years
son
John H. 1855 - 1937 & Matilda
18551937
Birth: September 15, 1855 34 32 Mendon Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan
Death: August 31, 1937St. Joseph County, Michigan
3 years
son
18581934
Birth: December 29, 1858 37 35 Michigan
Death: October 29, 1934Columbus Hospital, Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana
6 years
daughter
18651947
Birth: April 8, 1865 43 41 Mendon, St. Joseph Co., Michigan
Death: June 18, 1947Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
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Citation details: page 311
Description
Cause of Death
Name
Death
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Burial
Birth

The date on the cemetery marker conflicts with the birth date given in family papers.

Real Estate Grantor

Lot no. 75, beginning at the NE corner of a piece of land laid off by a Committee appointed for that purpose to George Tiffany. Olive had received this tract from her father's estate, and they received $150 for it. Both John and Olive signed with a mark.

Anecdote

J. D. Riddle paid $1.80 in tax on the N/2NE/4 of Section 12, T5N, R10W.

Anecdote

He lost an eye in an accident.

Real Estate Grantee

5 acres of land in Sec. 12, T5S, R10W from Morgan D. and Sally White.

Anecdote

he developed a cataract in his remaining eye that left him totally blind. Surgery to remove it was unsuccessful.

Real Estate Grantee

10 acres in Sec. 12, T5S, R10W from Polly Ulum.

Real Estate Grantee

a tract in Sec. 12, T5S, R10W from Vintrey Green.

Real Estate Grantee

N/2S/2NW/4 Sec. 13, T5S, R10W

Anecdote

He owned 50 acres worth $1200.

Cause of Death

suicide by hanging

Anecdote

According to the local paper dated August 20, 1896, "John Riddle, 75, a farmer 4 miles south of Mendon committed suicide this Sunday past. He hung himself in his barn. He was blind and afraid of poverty it is said."