Riddell, Thomas
Death
1850-09-17
(aged 55 years)
Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Cause of Death
Cholera
Birth
1795
Gravestone
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Thomas Riddell
Biography
1842 census Mineral Point Richland County, Thomas Riddle
261/2611850 Census Mineral Point Thomas Riddle joiner 55 bp England property value $2,500; Jane Riddell 56 bp Eng; Virginia Riddell 14 bp Eng; next household number: Francis and Dinah Vivian
NY Passenger/ Immigration lists: Thomas Riddle, age 48 occupation Joiner arrived NY 6/4/1839 from London on the President
Obituary
We regret that it becomes our duty to add to the list of deaths by cholera in this town, the name of Mr. Thomas Riddle. He died on Tuesday of last week; and in the loss of Mr. Riddle Mineral Point has been robbed of one of her best citizens. Few, indeed, are the persons whose loss would be more severely felt by all classes, than will his. He was ever kind, affectionate, and liberal-hearted; an obliging neighbor, and a devoted Christian. Yet, with all his good qualities, he could not escape the ravages of that dread pestilence. A very eloquent and impressive funeral discourse was preached on Sunday last, By Rev. Mr. De Pei, of the Episcopalian Church, (of which Mr. R was a member) to an unusually large and attentive audience, who deeply sympathize with the afflicted family in a loss so sudden and so great. Wisconsin Tribune Sept 27, 1850