James
Richard
Riddle
Born in Lewis, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Phoebe Ann (Riddle) Springston, Mary Elizabeth (Riddle) Bush, Benjamin Newton Riddle, Martha J. Riddle, Dorcas Amanda (Riddel) Miller, Margaret Lucy (Riddle) Moore, Cora Ellen (Riddle) Stalnaker, Virginia Alice (Riddle) Woofter, Silas Francoy Riddle, Laura Jemima (Riddle) Wilson and Sarah Elizabeth (Riddle) Roe
Husband of
Mary Jane (VanDevender) Riddle
— married
1 Oct 1864 in Calhoun County, WV (recorded Ritchie County, WV)
Husband of
Mary Augusta (Beall) Riddle
— married
6 Oct 1875 in Gilmer County, WV
Father of
Ella May (Riddle) VanDevender
Died
at age 68
in Gilmer County, WV
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Mar 2015
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Biography
1870 residence Burning Springs Twp., Wirt County, WV; 1880 residence Troy District, Gilmer County, WV; 1900 residence Troy District, Gilmer County, WV
He is buried in the Troy I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Troy, Gilmer County, WV.
He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was wounded in the shoulder by a piece of shell in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Children of James Richard & Mary Jane (VanDevender) Riddle, his first wife:
Charles Newton Riddle
Frances Elizabeth “Fanny” (Riddle) Ralston
Homer Frank Riddle
Ona Louise (Riddle) McHenry Dearing
Laura Gay Riddle
Children of James Richard & Mary Augusta (Beall) Riddle, his second wife:
George Wellington Riddell
Ella May (Riddle) VanDevender
Rosa Gertrude Riddle
Phoeba Belle Riddle
Everett Wade Riddle
Dorcas Othelia (Riddle) Scott
Opie O’Dell (Riddle) White
Oda O’Vera (Riddle) Hundley
James Roy Riddle
Effie Zoe Riddle
John Glenn Riddle
Elza Merle (Riddle) Parr
Sources
- "The Goff Family" Roy L. Lockhart 1974, his marriage records, his death record, personal examination of his tombstone 1975, Find A Grave, U.S. census returns.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D9-57S : 4 April 2020), James Riddel in household of George W Riddel, Gilmer county, Gilmer, Virginia, United States; citing family 125, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Steve Dawson
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup W1c, FTDNA kit #508701
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~1.56%
Brian Wade :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A328136 [compare], Ancestry member bswade87
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~0.78%
Judith Miller :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A452093 [compare], Ancestry member judithterry22
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~0.39%
Jane Johnson :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ML7600051 [compare], Ancestry member JaneJohnsonGraves
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