Sarah M. 'Sallie' Edwards - Presley Riddle

Sarah M.'Sallie' (Edwards) Riddle

--b. 1816/20 Lincoln Co. Georgia
--d. aft 1889 probably Unionville, Monroe Co. Georgia
--m. Presley RIDDLE
--abt 1838 probably Monroe Co. GA
----b. abt 1804 North Carolina
----d. 1850/60 Oktibbeha, Co. Mississppi
------s/o William Riddle and Rachel SPEARS

• 1816/20 Lincoln Co., Georgia

  --Sarah Edwards was born

• 1838 Monroe Co., GA

  Will of father, John Edwards

  ". . . I also give and bequeath to my daughter, Sarah Riddle, one negro woman by the name of Fib, which she now has in her possession."

• 1850-Oktibbeha Co. Ms., page 298, #573-573
  --enumerated Oct 23, 1850

  Preply RIDDLE   46 m w farmer  GA
  Sarah           40 f w         GA
  David           10 m w         GA
  John             8 m w         AL
  James            5 m w         MS
  

• 1860 Monroe Co., GA , page 45, #314-306, Lines 1-3 (page 747 on microfilm)

  Sarah EDWARD         72   F    Farmer     4,000  10,400    GA
  Sarah RIDLEY         40   F                                GA
  John   RIDLEY        17   M    Overseer                    GA
  

• 1880 Monroe Co., Georgia, Unionville, page 11B

  Sallie RIDDLE   Self   W   Female   W   64   GA   Keeping House   NC   GA  
  Edy CRAWFORD    Other  S   Female   B   11   GA   Servant         GA   GA  
  

1. David Alvin Riddle

   --b. 1840 Monroe Co., Georgia
   
   

2. John Riddle

   --b. 1842 Talladega Co., Alabama
   
   

3. James Monroe Riddle

   --b. December 29, 1845 Oktibbeha, Co. Mississppi
   --d. December 2, 1926 probably Lake Co. Florida
   --m. Eliza Jennie THORNTON
   --October 29, 1868 Monroe Co., Georgia
   ----b. December 3, 1848 Georgia
   ----d. May 10, 1932 probably Lake Co., Florida
   
   • 1850 Oktibbeha Co. MS
     --listed as James Riddle, age 5

   • 1860 Monroe Co., GA
     --listed as James Ridley, age 13 with Uncle, C. M. Edwards

   • 1860's - Civil War
     • March 4, 1862 - volunteered in Confederate Army from Forsythe, GA
       ---Company A, 14th Georgia Volunteer Infantry.
     • July23, 1862 - medically discharged near Richmond, VA.
       ----Suffering from Measles, diarrhea, and severe congestion of the lungs. Was paid off and given $1.00 for food to get back to Forsythe.
     • March 30, 1864, re-enlisted at Macon, GA, after recuperating
     • May 6, 1846 -wounded at Wilderness, VA
     • April 9, 865 -with General Lee at the surrender at Appomattox, VA

   • 1870 Monroe Co. GA
     --listed as James Riddle, age 23

   • 1880 Monroe Co., GA
     --listed as James M. Riddle, age 34

   • 1900 Lee Co., Florida
     --listed as James M. Riddle, age 54

   • 1910 Lake Co., Florida
     --listed as James M. Riddle, age 64

   • 1920 Lake Co., Florida
     --listed as James M. Riddle, age 74

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   Children of James and Eliza

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   1. Martha Jane 'Mattie' (Riddle) Peurifoy

      --b. September 27, 1869 Monroe Co., Georgia
      --d. Unknown in Florida
      --m. Casswell Albert PEURIFOY
      --abt 1889 Georgia
      ----b. January 1868 Georgia
      ----d. --- in Florida
      

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   2. George Washington Riddle

      --b. November 22, 1871 Georgia
      --d. March 9, 1946 Ft. Myers, Florida
      --m. Allie Clyde SHEHEE
      --August 30, 1892
      ----b. May 28, 1873 Meansville, Georgia
      ----d. January 11, 1922 Ft. Myers, Florida

      The Sea Shell Islands - A History of Sanibel and Captiva
      ---by Elinore Moyer Dormer; Vantage Press, 1st ed. 1975, page 157

      George Riddle came to Sanibel with his father, James, in 1895, after the Great Freeze had destroyed their groves in Umatilla, FL. They bought 80 acres of land along Casa Ybel Road and planted it in vegetables and citrus. James Riddle left the island two years later, but his son stayed on, built a house for his wife, Clyde, and two small daughters, Florette and Irene. He bought 40 more acres on Tarpon Bay Road and by 1904, had a store there.

      George became a school trustee and for one term, a Lee County Commissioner. Other children came along - Louise, George, Jeannie Clyde,James, Blanche and Marion, - their home was enlarged and the family was deeply involved in island affairs. It was the 1910 hurrican which brought them financial disaster. The family survived the storm in their packing house, the little children tucked into the vegetable bins, but the gardens were a total loss.

      George Riddle tried washing the salt from the soil but never again was he able to raise good crops on his land. In 1914, he gave up trying and moved the family, via a Cooper boat, to Ft. Myers. Mrs. Riddle died in 1923, her husband in 1946 and none of the family ever returned to live on Sanibel.

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   3. Charles Riddle

      --b. November 23, 1871 Monroe Co., Georgia
      --d. 1872 Monroe Co. Georgia
      

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   4. Annie Lou (Riddle) Harrison

      --b. April 21, 1884 Georgia
      --d. unknown
      --m. William C. HARRISON
      --abt 1900 probably Lee Co., Florida
      ----b. 1872 Georgia
      ----d. unknown