American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Matrimonial Escutcheon, approx. 11-1/2 x 16 in. (sight) Crider & Bro., York, PA, 1868. With photographs. Marriage of Taylor Stevenson and Sarah Jane Kamer, both of Clinton Co., Iowa. 3 July 1879. Framed and glazed.

[With:] 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 in. photograph on larger gilt-edged mount. No photographer’s ID. Index card accompanying this indicates it is Col. John Riddle with his family in Springfield [township], Ohio. 

[With:] 8-1/2 x 12 in. lithograph of the John L. Riddle Residence, Springfield Township, Ohio. This appears to be from a history of Hamilton County, Ohio. 

[With:] Etching of Col. John Riddle on 8-3/4 x 12 in. page. (Small water stains)

[With:] Etching John Riddle on same paper (probably the Col.’s son)

[With:] Two etchings of John Riddle (same).

[With:] Etching of Catharine Riddle, wife of Col. John Riddle.

[With:] Oval image of family with three young children. Oval 4 x 5 in. (Framed and glazed.)

[With:] Two tri-fold daguerreian cases (Berg 5-22). One has a gentleman, a lady holding an infant, and another young child (extensive hand-coloring of child; woman has cheeks tinted). Second case has an older boy (emulsion flaking off tintype), an older girl and an infant. (girl’s dress colored, infant’s cheeks tinted) (some hinges split) Cases overall 2-1/4 x 2-3/4 in.

Col. John Riddle was a native of New Jersey (b.1761). He moved to Ohio in 1790. Col. Riddle was a blacksmith by trade, but only practiced this part-time after moving to Ohio, spending the rest of his time clearing land for farming.  His son, John, was born in Cincinnati and attended public schools. He married Catherine Long, a native of Springfield Township. John became a full-time farmer in Springfield Township. The family owned several farms in the township over the years, most in the Glendale area. John's youngest son remained on the farm to assist his father, and, upon his father's retirement, purchased the farm, continuing the family farming and stock breeding tradition.