Benjamin Preston Riddle 
Benjamin Preston was born on January 25th, 1829 in Jackson Co.,AL.1 Benjamin Preston's father was Alexander Riddle and his mother was Mary Bynum. His paternal grandfather was Harmon Riddle and his paternal grandmother is Elizabeth Easley; his maternal grandfather is Isaac or Solmon Bynum. He had three brothers and three sisters, named John, Thomas, Alexander, Sarah, Martha and Mary E.. He was the third oldest of the seven children. He died at the age of 77 on June 30th, 1906 in Willis Point,Van Zandt Co.,TX. He was buried in July 1906 in Cana Cemetery.1 General Notes
Cause of Death:<CAUS> "a pernicious fever"
Excerpt from "The Southland"**, vol. XII, no. 1, Waco, TX, 1904
"...is one of the old landmarks, well known throughout the county and this section of Texas. The Riddles came from North Carolina, where Harmon Riddle, the frandfather of our subject was born, who was a farmer and also where Alexander Riddle, the father was born; he was a farmer andalso a salesman. He came to Texas in 1847. He married a Bynum. She was bornin South Carolina and married in 1820. They had ten children. Both he and his wife died in Cherokee county, in Texas, she July 1850, he in 1856. B. P. Riddle himself was born January 25, 1829, in Jackson county, Alabama. He was educated in Talledega county; began farming in 1849, and has continued in that vocation ever since. He married Miss Mary Ann Bass February 8, 1850. They have eight children, three girls and five boys, and have lost five children. He movedto Texas in 1847 from Talledega county, Alabama and came from Cherokee county,Texas to Van Zandt thiry-one years ago.
Brother Riddle is a great Baptist and has been one of those useful active pillars of the church and society all these years. He engaged in the Confederate service and has in all these years and in many capacities been a soldier, and a heroic one at that. Acquired quite a little landed estate where he now lives, but has given his land to his children and used it in one benevolence or another, until it has been reduced to a good home, on which he lives and where he enjoys life. He has the love and respect of probably as many people as any man who may be found in the county or section, he is honored and loved by all the people. He has lived in wisdom's ways,and his investments have been of that enduring kind, tableted on the hearts ofthe people, the fragrance of whose record will be enjoyed in the years to come."
**taken from "Texans Who Wore The Grey", by Sid S. Johnson, Captain 3rd Texas Cavalry, Ross Brigade, C.S.A. and Brigadier General Texas Brigade, Forrest's Cavalry, U.C.V.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1760 d.~ 1835 in Scottsboro,Jackon Co.,AL
- b.~ 1770 in North Carolina d.1842 in Wilson Co.,TN
- b.~ 1725
- b.1764 d.1842 in Scotsboro,Jackon Co.,AL
- b.1798 in Stokes Co.,North Carolina d.1856 in Cherokee Co.,TX
- b.~ 1775
- b.25 Jan 1829 in Jackson Co.,AL d.30 Jun 1906 in Willis Point,Van Zandt Co.,TX
- b.~ 1770
- b.1802 in South Carolina d.Jul 1850 in Cherokee Co.,TX
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‌Benjamin Preston and Mary Ann were married in a religious ceremony on February 16th, 1850 in Cherokee Co.,TX.1 They had eight sons and three daughters, named John Byrum, Alexander Willis, Nicholas Buchanan, Benjamin T., William H., Jordon G., Robert E. Lee, Charles H., Mary Emma, Mattie and Effie.
Family Notes
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Children
John Byrum Riddle
John Byrum was born in 1850 in Cheroke Co.,TX. He died at the age of 71 on October 25th, 1921.
Nicholas Buchanan Riddle
Nicholas Buchanan was born on October 5th, 1856 in Mt. Selman,Cherokee Co.,TX.1 He died at the age of 80 on February 11th, 1937 in Austin,Travis Co.,TX. He was buried on February 16th, 1937 in Brown Ranch Cemetery,Coleman County,TX.1
William H. Riddle
William H. was born in 1859 in Cheroke Co.,TX. He died about 1869 in Cheroke Co.,TX.
Jordon G. Riddle
Jordon G. was born on February 14th, 1860 in Cheroke Co.,TX. He died at the age of 20 on March 24th, 1880 in Van Zandt Co.,TX.
Mary Emma Riddle
Mary Emma was born on November 28th, 1861 in Cheroke Co.,TX. She died at the age of 87 on April 24th, 1949 in Van Zandt Co.,TX.
Martha Elizabeth (Mattie) Riddle
Martha Elizabeth, known as Mattie, was born on June 3rd, 1866 in Cheroke Co.,TX. She died at the age of 80 on August 22nd, 1946 in Van Zandt Co.,TX. She was buried in Cana Cemetery,Wills Point,TX.2
Robert E. Lee Riddle
Robert E. Lee was born on October 10th, 1869 in Cheroke Co.,TX. He died at the age of 7 on November 25th, 1876 in Van Zandt Co.,TX.
Charles H. Riddle
Charles H. was born on July 18th, 1874 in Van Zandt Co.,TX. He died at the age of 96 on October 12th, 1970 in Texas.3
Sarah Effa (Effie) Riddle
Sarah Effa, known as Effie, was born on February 23rd, 1878 in Van Zandt Co.,TX. She died at the age of 90 on September 26th, 1968 in Kaufman Co.,TX. She was buried in September 1968 in White Rose Cemetery,Van Zandt Co.,TX.4 5
1 {"Riddle Family Group Record"}
2 GEDCOM: Tippah County Mississippi Connecting Families
3 {Texas Deaths 1964-98}
4 {GEDCOM: My Family}
5 {Texas Deaths 1964-98}
Further sources/citations:
{Benjamin Riddle household, 1850 US Census, Cherokee County, Texas}, {Texas Census 1810-1890}, {GEDCOM File : .gedall.ged}
2 GEDCOM: Tippah County Mississippi Connecting Families
3 {Texas Deaths 1964-98}
4 {GEDCOM: My Family}
5 {Texas Deaths 1964-98}
Further sources/citations:
{Benjamin Riddle household, 1850 US Census, Cherokee County, Texas}, {Texas Census 1810-1890}, {GEDCOM File : .gedall.ged}
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