Biography

12/1812 - 01/24/1905


RIDDLE, John Williamson, a Representative from Armstrong and Westmoreland Counties; born, December of 1812 in Westmoreland County, Pa.; farmer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1864 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1865 term; appointed, associate judge, Westmoreland County (1873-1878); died, January 24, 1905 in Delmont, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Delmont Presbyterian Cemetery, Delmont, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.


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