George Washington Riddle (1819 - 1891)

Born 4 Mar 1819 in Lewis, Virginia, United States (now Gilmer, West Virginia, United States)

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca M. (Keith) Riddle — married 6 Feb 1840 in Lewis County, VA (now WV)

Descendants

Died 12 Oct 1891 at age 72 in Gilmer, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

1840 residence Lewis County, VA (now WV); 1850 residence District 17, Gilmer County, VA (now WV); 1860 residence Gilmer County, VA (now WV); 1870 residence Dekalb Twp., Gilmer County, WV; 1880 residence Dekalb District, Gilmer County, WV

He is buried in the Riddle Cemetery, on Third Run, near Glenville, Gilmer County, WV (no date of death on tombstone).

Birth

Date: 1819

Place: Lewis County, Virginia, United States

Residence

Date: 28 JUL 1860

Place: 1860 census p.6/Gilmer County, West Virginia, USA

Date: 1870

Place: De Kalb, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States

Date: 1850

Place: District 17, Gilmer, Virginia

Date: 1880

Place: De Kalb, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States

Sources

• "The Goff Family" Roy L. Lockhart 1974, his bio in Hardesty's 1884 History of Gilmer County, WV, his marriage record, personal examination of his tombstone 1975, U.S. census returns.
• Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.
• 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D9-5Q1 : 4 April 2020), 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.).
• 1870 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record;