Riddle, Daniel Webster {I0188} (b. 13 Sep 1840, d. 10 Aug 1925)

Note: Daniel Webster Riddle attended boarding school at Crain Creek Academy. He taught his first school in Chatham County, NC at Poe's Schoolhouse in 1858.
When Daniel married Martha Poe her father Joesph Poe gave them a home and Daniel's father James Alvis Riddle gave him a horse and fixed him up for farming.
Daniel joined the Confederate Army on March 3, 1863 in Chatham County, NC at the age of 23 and was a member of Company D 61st Infantry Regiment, NC he was promoted to full Corporal on December 31, 1864. He was listed as POW on April 13, 1865 in Raleigh, NC hospital and was promoted to 2nd Lt. just before the close of the war. He and his wife Martha moved to Mt. Vernon, Georgia where his brother James Alvis Riddle Jr. lived . They stayed there until 1890 when they moved back to North Carolina. A couple of months later Daniel returned to Georgia and stayed for two years working as a clerk for his brother but was not satisfied and took his bound boy Rufus and returned to North Carolina. Daniel and Martha never tried to keep house after that. They boarded with his sister-in-law Alice Poe who at the age of 83 in September of 1930 published a little booklet titled "Aunt Alice's Story" which is very informative and gives some of the history of this family.

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Death: 10 Aug 1925 Toombes County, Georgia

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Death: 17 Oct 1886

Source: (Name)
Title: "Aunt Alice Story" by Alice Poe Brown

Death: 8 Jan 1896 Chatham County, NC

Note: Mary Ann Riddle was like her mother a devoted christian all her life and she had a beautiful singing voice.
Mary is buried at Buffalo Presbyertian Church in Sanford, NC with her mother Flora and husband William and next to the graves of Duncan James Riddle and many of his family.

Source: (Name)
Title: Grave at Buffalo Presby Church
Media: Book

Death: 25 Feb 1920 Lee County, NC

Note: William was a good citizen, kind husband and a devoted father. He joined the Confederate Army in 1863 and lived to a good age.

Death: 21 Mar 1901 Moore County, NC

Note: James Alvis Riddle Jr. had very few advantages as his father had lost all his property and the Civil War was going strong when he was a teen-ager. James and his younger brother Glenn had to farm and make a living for the family.
When the 16 year olds were called to serve in the war James enlisted Dec. 23, 1863 in Co. D, Regiment 60. He was in Capt. Hoke's 61st Division and fought in the Battle of Fredricksburg, Va. and several other sites. He was captured and in prison in Elmira, New York for many months.
After the war James stayed with his mother for several years then went into the turpentine business in the lower counties of NC and from there he went to Georgia in 1876. Being devoted to his mother he returned often to see her.
James bought land in Screven County, Ga. and started a turpentine business and married Zera in 1881. In 1883 James went to Mongomery County, Ga. and was the first naval stores operator in that part of the state. He operated turpentine stills at Lothair, Tarrytown, Number Ten and Jefferson Place near Ailey. James also operated a mercantile business in Mt. Veron, Ga. and was the largest land owner in that county.
In 1906 a committee of citizens from Ailey and Mt. Veron met with representives of the Union Baptist Institute and agreed to to give 15 acres of land and $14,000. to aid in construction and equipment for the building of the school.
Capt. James Alvis Riddle's name headed the list of donors and the family has supported the college throughout the years and all the Riddle children and grand-children have graduated from this college.
Capt. James Riddle was a mason and contributed to his church generously. His obituary in The Montgomery Mointor states "he was a man of wonderful energy, gifted with that sunshiny disposition which made him a favorite with a host of friends".

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Death: 7 May 1917 Ailey, Ga

Death: 1 Feb 1920 Ailey, Ga

Note: In "Aunt Alice's Story" by Alice Poe Brown she tells us that Glenn almost broke his mother's heart when he decided to leave home. Glenn Riddle picked up his suit case to leave and his mother took his arm and said "I'll go with you as far as I can". When they had walked a good ways Glenn stopped and said "Mother you must go back" and Flora threw her arms around his neck and said "I'll never see my boy any more" and it was true she never saw him again.
Glenn Riddle left his home in Moore County, NC about 1869. A story passed down by his descendents says Berlin Addison Robert of Lousiana once took his daughter, Lucy Francis with him on a visit to relatives in South Carolina. On the return trip they met a young man on his way to Texas where he intended to locate. Mr. Robert gave him such a glowing account of Lousiana and it's wonderful possibilities that the young man became quite interested and was invited to stop in Lousiana to see the country. This young man was Glenn C. Riddle, he was so pleased with what he saw that he spent a year with Mr. Robert on his plantation.
While staying on the Robert Plantation in Lousiana Glenn fell in love with Mr. Robert's daughter Lucy Francis Robert. After they married they located in Avoyelles Parrish where he held several public offices including that of Deputy Sheriff and Secretary of the Parrish. He was civic minded and always interested in public welfare.

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Death: 15 Dec 1903 Marksville, La

Cause: Drowned

Death: 8 Aug 1935 Marksville, La

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Death: 22 Jan 1949 Vidalia, Ga

Death: 19 Mar 1986 Vidalia, Ga

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Death: 12 Feb 1974 Jesup, Ga

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Death: 7 Feb 1935 Montgomery County, Ga

Death: 23 Oct 1969

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Note: James is listed as a Pharmacist in Duval County, Florida in 1920 Census.

Source: (Name)
Title: Supplement to One Riddle Family Tree by Dorotha Marsh.
Media: Book

Death: WFT Est. 1915-1974