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JAMES P. RIDDLE, farmer, is a son of Robert and Catharine (Phipps) Riddle, the latter a daughter of John Phipps. The paternal grandfather was Matthew Riddle, the progenitor of the Riddle family of Venango county, and one of the pioneers of what is now Clinton township. Our subject was born in that township in 1819, spent his early life therein, and received his education in the common schools. He was married in 1845 to Miss Eleanor, daughter of William Perry of Scrubgrass township. She died in 1851 leaving three children: Franklin, of Kansas; Elizabeth, who resides upon the farm which she inherited from her uncle in the northern part of Scrubgrass township, and Eleanor, wife of Hugh M. Hay, of Oakland township. He married for his second wife Miss Mary, daughter of Joseph Parks of Scrubgrass township, who has borne him five children: Robert L., of Kansas; Joseph; Mrs. Sarah C. Anderson, of Butler county; Mrs. Emma Fleming, of Mercer county, and Ann. Mr. Riddle is one of the enterprising farmers of the community, and served as county commissioner one term.
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