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On this page...
I am recording my
Mother's (Robbie Mae (Adcox) Horton
Family History
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Beginning with Her
Mother's Heritage
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" Our family is a quilt,
Stitched with Memories.
Sewn by God's Care,
Quilted with Laughter,
Bound by Love,
A Comfort thru the Years."
- unknown author
Here I will begin with My (Aloma)
Great-Great-Great-Great Grandparents.....
My Mother's Great-Great-Great Grandfather
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Sam T. Riddle
Born;1777
Rowan County, North Carolina
Died; August 1866
Athens, Tennessee
and
Mary Riddle
Born; 1777
North Carolina
Died; 1867
This marriage produced... 9 children
3 son's & 6 daughters
#1- (son) John Riddle (my blood-line)
Born; 1811
North Carolina
Married; Jane B. (Riddle)
Death; unknown
#2- (son) James Riddle
Born;1813
Athens ,Tennessee
Married; Rhonda King (Riddle)
July 13,1833
Rhea County, Tennessee
Death;unknown
#3-(daughter) Elizabeth West (Riddle)
Born; 1814
Athens, Tennessee
Married; Enoch West
Death;unknown
#4- (daughter) Mary Ann Dake (Riddle)
Born; 1817
Athens, Tennessee
Married; Jackson G. Dake
December 24, 1840
Athens, Tennessee
Died; 1860
Athens, Tennessee
Death; unknown
#5- (daughter) Sarah C. Inman (Riddle)
Born; March 24,1818
Athens, Tennessee
Married; John Inman
August 8, 1844
Athens, Tennesee
Died; March 24, 1900
Athens, Tennessee
#6- (son) Samuel T. Riddle, Jr.
Born; June 2,1821
Married; Sarah T.Dake
August 17,1841
Athens, Tennessee
Died; March 26,1863
Fayetteville,Arkansaw
#7- (daughter) Emeline Dixon (Riddle)
Born; 1822
Athens, Tennessee
Married; Thomas Dixon
Feburary 3,1848
Died; 1867
#8- (daughter) Martha Dickson (Riddle)
Born; 1825
Athens, Tennessee
Married; John Dickson
Febuary 11,1847
Died; 1881
#9- (daughter) Rhonda Dake (Riddle)
Born; 1830
Athens, Tennessee
Married; Jackson G. Dake
( Rhonda married her brother-in-law after her sister/his wife passed away)
Died; 1870
Athens, Tennessee
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The Marriage of John Riddle
(my great-great-great grandfather)
Marriage
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John Riddle
To
Jane B. Riddle
This Marriage produced 7 Children,
4 sons & 3 daughters
#1- (daughter) Melinda Riddle
Born; 1831
Athens, Tennessee
Death;Unknown
#2- (son) Pleasant F. Riddle
Born; 1833
Served in the * Cival-War * as a (Rebel)
Confederate Soldier
Death; unknown
#3- (son) Miles H. Riddle (my great-grandfather)
Born; 1835
Athens, Tennessee
Married; Mary A. (Bishop) Riddle
March 4, 1858
Athens, Tennessee
Died; 1864
Miles served in the * Cival-War* as
A (Yankee) Northern Soldier, Private Miles H. Riddle served in the 3rd Calvary,
Tennessee Division;
Miles died in a prison camp in Alabama, only a few months before the war ended.
#4-(son) Daniel Riddle
Born; 1839
Athens,Tennessee
Death; unknown
#5- (daughter) Mary L. Riddle
Born; 1843
Athens, Tennessee
Death;unknown
#6- (daughter) Martha A. E. Riddle
Born; 1845
Athens, Tennessee
Death;unknown
#7- (son) James Riddle
Born; 1849
Athens , Tennessee
Death; Unknown
 note;... The history of My Great-Great Grandfather
(Miles H. Riddle--Union (Northern)Soldier
and
His brother
(Pleasant F. Riddle --Confederate (Southern) Soldier
Proves that the
*Cival-War* was Trulely
"Brother-Against-Brother"
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" The National Cival War Cemetery "
Vicksburg, Mississippi
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| Aloma at The Grave-Site Of Pvt.. Miles Riddle |
During The *Cival-War*
The State of Tennessee
Became known as the
'Volunteer State'
Due to the fact, The soldier's/men of
Tennessee volunteered to fight,
They were split..
Some fought with
The Union and Some with The South.
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And..... This is also a fact of how
Tennessee's Football team's
recieved the name of
" Tennessee Vols"
(Tennessee Volunteers)
The Marriage of Miles A. Riddle
( My Great-Great Grandfather)
Marriage
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Miles A. Riddle
To
Mary A. Bishop (Riddle
This Marriage produced 2 children
1 son & 1 daughter
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