Dau of John Laughlin & Jane Cuttle;
m1. James McCarthy Riddell in 25 Nov 1851 at Postville, Iowa;
m2. David A. Riddell (a brother of her first husband).
In the early part of 1857 James and Elizabeth Riddell and three other families came to Nebraska and settled about twenty miles south of the salt basins in what is now Centerville Precinct of Lancaster county. They built a log house and broke a small section of sod for growing corn and potatoes. From the beginning they had trouble with Indians stealing their produce and livestock. Many of the settlers left due to the Indian raids and also because the fever and ague were prevalent.
In March 1865, James Riddell and family removed to Nebraska City and for a time was engaged in buying and fitting out freight teams to cross the plains to Fort Kearney. That same year he took a homestead in Lancaster county, four miles south of Lancaster, in what is now Yankee Hill Precinct, on Salt Creek. For the harvest of 1867 he went to Nebraska City and purchased a combined McCormick reaper and mower. This machine did all the reaping and mowing in the county that year and was oiled with butter. Because of the difficulties of marketing grain crops at that time, most early settlers concentrated on stock raising rather than growing grain.
After a few years the family moved to Lincoln, then to Waverly, and finally to Raymond where James Riddell died. Elizabeth's second husband is reported to have the brother of her first. She and her second husband lived in Raymond until his death.
Elizabeth spent the last three years of her life living with her son Wiley in Hickman.
m1. James McCarthy Riddell in 25 Nov 1851 at Postville, Iowa;
m2. David A. Riddell (a brother of her first husband).
In the early part of 1857 James and Elizabeth Riddell and three other families came to Nebraska and settled about twenty miles south of the salt basins in what is now Centerville Precinct of Lancaster county. They built a log house and broke a small section of sod for growing corn and potatoes. From the beginning they had trouble with Indians stealing their produce and livestock. Many of the settlers left due to the Indian raids and also because the fever and ague were prevalent.
In March 1865, James Riddell and family removed to Nebraska City and for a time was engaged in buying and fitting out freight teams to cross the plains to Fort Kearney. That same year he took a homestead in Lancaster county, four miles south of Lancaster, in what is now Yankee Hill Precinct, on Salt Creek. For the harvest of 1867 he went to Nebraska City and purchased a combined McCormick reaper and mower. This machine did all the reaping and mowing in the county that year and was oiled with butter. Because of the difficulties of marketing grain crops at that time, most early settlers concentrated on stock raising rather than growing grain.
After a few years the family moved to Lincoln, then to Waverly, and finally to Raymond where James Riddell died. Elizabeth's second husband is reported to have the brother of her first. She and her second husband lived in Raymond until his death.
Elizabeth spent the last three years of her life living with her son Wiley in Hickman.
Dau of John Laughlin & Jane Cuttle;
m1. James McCarthy Riddell in 25 Nov 1851 at Postville, Iowa;
m2. David A. Riddell (a brother of her first husband).
In the early part of 1857 James and Elizabeth Riddell and three other families came to Nebraska and settled about twenty miles south of the salt basins in what is now Centerville Precinct of Lancaster county. They built a log house and broke a small section of sod for growing corn and potatoes. From the beginning they had trouble with Indians stealing their produce and livestock. Many of the settlers left due to the Indian raids and also because the fever and ague were prevalent.
In March 1865, James Riddell and family removed to Nebraska City and for a time was engaged in buying and fitting out freight teams to cross the plains to Fort Kearney. That same year he took a homestead in Lancaster county, four miles south of Lancaster, in what is now Yankee Hill Precinct, on Salt Creek. For the harvest of 1867 he went to Nebraska City and purchased a combined McCormick reaper and mower. This machine did all the reaping and mowing in the county that year and was oiled with butter. Because of the difficulties of marketing grain crops at that time, most early settlers concentrated on stock raising rather than growing grain.
After a few years the family moved to Lincoln, then to Waverly, and finally to Raymond where James Riddell died. Elizabeth's second husband is reported to have the brother of her first. She and her second husband lived in Raymond until his death.
Elizabeth spent the last three years of her life living with her son Wiley in Hickman.
m1. James McCarthy Riddell in 25 Nov 1851 at Postville, Iowa;
m2. David A. Riddell (a brother of her first husband).
In the early part of 1857 James and Elizabeth Riddell and three other families came to Nebraska and settled about twenty miles south of the salt basins in what is now Centerville Precinct of Lancaster county. They built a log house and broke a small section of sod for growing corn and potatoes. From the beginning they had trouble with Indians stealing their produce and livestock. Many of the settlers left due to the Indian raids and also because the fever and ague were prevalent.
In March 1865, James Riddell and family removed to Nebraska City and for a time was engaged in buying and fitting out freight teams to cross the plains to Fort Kearney. That same year he took a homestead in Lancaster county, four miles south of Lancaster, in what is now Yankee Hill Precinct, on Salt Creek. For the harvest of 1867 he went to Nebraska City and purchased a combined McCormick reaper and mower. This machine did all the reaping and mowing in the county that year and was oiled with butter. Because of the difficulties of marketing grain crops at that time, most early settlers concentrated on stock raising rather than growing grain.
After a few years the family moved to Lincoln, then to Waverly, and finally to Raymond where James Riddell died. Elizabeth's second husband is reported to have the brother of her first. She and her second husband lived in Raymond until his death.
Elizabeth spent the last three years of her life living with her son Wiley in Hickman.
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