John married Martha Bennett on 4 Apr 1865 in Gilmer Co., West Virginia. Martha was born in 1840 in Gilmer Co., West Virginia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William F. Riddle was born in 1867; and died.
2. James E. Riddle was born in 1868; and died.
3. Agnes J. Riddle was born in 1873; and died.
4. Johathan Lewis Riddle was born on 11 Aug 1874 in West Virginia; died on 21 Dec 1959.
5. Albert Ervin Riddle was born in 1877; and died.

Hiram married Elizabeth Goff on 20 May 1830 in Lewis Co., West Virginia. Elizabeth was born in 1809 in Lewis Co., West Virginia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Sims Index"
Lewis Co., Benjamin Riddle, 50 Wts. Lit. Kan. 1836 1 276; 100 Tanner's
Fork 1838 1 341; 83 Tanner's Fork 18 38 1 342; 100 Farmer's Fork 1838 1
404; 180 Leading Cr. 1826 1 100; 100 Stink Stinking Cr. 1844 2 222; 100 Leading
Cr. 1840 2 35
Justice of the Pease 1811, "History of Randolph Co., W. VA. from it's
earliest exploration & settlement to the present time"
Ancestry.com, Ritchie County, West Virginia History, Chapter XIX, Grass
Run Settled: Benjamin Riddel married Miss Nancy Anne Goff, daughter of
Salathiel Goff, and settled at Hollow Meadows, on the Cheat River, in
Randolph (now Tucker) County; but near the close of the war of 1812, he
sold his possessions there, and removed to Gilmer county, and became one
of the pioneers, at the mouth of Leading Creek. Here he passed from
earth, and here his ashes lie. He was the father of ten sons and one
daughter; Salatheil, died in Roane County, in 1907, at the age of ninety
years; Silas T., the youngest son and the only survivor of the family,
resides near Washburn, in this county; and the others were Hiram, Richard
Welsh, John Goff, Benjamin Junior, George Washington, William (died in
infancy), William Slavens, James S. and Dorcas, who married William
Holbert, of Gilmer County.

Benjamin married Nancy Ann Goff on 14 Jan 1805 in Randolph Co., Virginia. Nancy was born about 1784 in Allegheny Co., Maryland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
now Tucker Co., West Virginia. In Randolph Co., WV Marriages of 1787-1816.

Notes:

On January 26, 1802, James signed an indenture to Hiram Goff in Randolph County VA (WV) to clear forty acres of land, build a house and a barn and plant a hundred apple trees in exchange for "Salathiel Goff's Holly Meadows Farm." This farm was sold to George Long by James' son Benjamin November 2, 1819 for $5,400.

James married Anne Welsh between 1760 and 1761 in Georgetown, Cecil Co., Maryland. Anne was born about 1734 in Prince George's Co., Maryland; died in Cheat River, Tucker, Lewis Co., West Virgina, USA; was buried in Mouth Of Leading Creek, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Pioneers in Roane County, WVA", by John A. House, 1906, page 247.

John Goff married Elizabeth Welsh, sister of Mrs. James Riddle/Riddel.

The Will of Thomas Welsh of Prince George's Co., Maryland was made August 30, 1799, and recorded Oct.28, 1801 (Liber T. Folio 477). It names wife, Dorcas (Darcas), Son Richard, daughters, Rachel Reese, Dorcas Housely, Anne RIDDLE, (MY LINE), Mary Beck, Elizabeth Prather, Comfort Wood, & Deborah Edmondston, son-in-law Nathan Edmonston, and grandchildren--Thomas Jones, Catharine Jones, & Samuel Jones.

More About ANNE WELSH
Emigration: 1773 or 1774
Ethnicity/Relig.: Scottish Des.
He married Dorcas Ann Welch, a daughter of Richard Welch. Another source reports Dorcas' parents as Philip and Eleanor Welsch.
On January 26, 1802, James signed an indenture to Hiram Goff in Randolph County VA (WV) to clear forty acres of land, build a house and a barn and plant a hundred apple trees in exchange for "Salathiel Goff's Holly Meadows Farm." This farm was sold to George Long by James' son Benjamin November 2, 1819 for $5,400.