Riegel,Ida Josephine, of Riegelsville, Bucks Co., was born in Riegelsville, "NJ", the d/o John Leidy Riegel, by his 2nd wife, Lydia Stover. John L. Riegel was born in NJ, May 19, 1819. His parents, Benjamin and Elizabeth (Leidy) Riegel, of Lower Saucon township, Northarmpton Co., and his grandmother, Catharine (Kram) Riegel. His maternal grandparents were John and Elizabeth (Lerch) Leidy. Mr. Riegel was educated in NJ., he moved to PA in 1874, he died Dec 27, 1893, age 74. He married Sept 12, 1839, to Elizabeth Shimer, who died in 1858. Children; 5, only 2 survived-Benjamin and Sarah Jane, the wife of B. F. Fackenthall. Mr.Riegel married 2nd on April 30, 1859 to Catharine Stover, an old Bucks Co. family. They became the parents of 3 children, 1 survived, Ella E., wife of Silas DeWitt, who died at age 21, leaving a son, John Riegel DeWitt. Mrs. Catharine (Stover) Riegel died in 1864, and Mr. Riegel married 3rd March 28, 1855 to Lydia Stover, who died in 1873. She was the mother of 4 children; Clara M., Ida Josephine, John, and Laura. On June 19, 1876, Mr. Riegel married 4th to Mary Easton, who survived him, and they were the parents of 1 child, George E. Best Wishes, Geri