It has been 9 months since I first subscribed to the Riddle List. At that time, I was searching for the parents of my g-grandmother, Phoebe Ann Ridley/Riddle, of Hamblen Co. and Hawkins Co., TN. I had earlier located a marriage license indicating that on May 19, 1864, a Phoebe Riddle had married a William Darnell in Hawkins Co. In the 1870 census for Hawkins Co.,TN, I located Phebe A. as a member of household #105, headed by Eliza A. Ridley. Also included were Phoebe's known brothers and my grandfather, William Hickman Ridley, as a 5 year old. To the surprise of my whole family, there was also listed an older sister, Mary J., and another younger brother, David P. Initially, I could not locate Phoebe and her family in the 1860 census, but I did find a household (#83) in the 1850 census for Hawkins Co. that was headed by a James Riddle and including Eliza , girls Jane and Ann, and a baby boy James. The data for the family is as follows: James, 38, NC, Labourer, can read and write Eliza, 33, NC, cannot read or write Jane, 4, VA Ann, 2, VA James, 6/12, TN After much fustration that resulted from an indexing error, I located the family in the 1860 census for Hawkins Co. in household #226. The family was indexed as Biddle instead of Riddle. The data for this family is as follows: James, 46, F.L.( I assume this is Farm Laborer), NC. ( Note: Still no middle initial) Eliza A., 37, NC Mary J., 11, VA Pheba A., 10, TN James W., 8, TN Cornelius, 7, TN David P., 6, TN George W., 2,TN When I started my family search, the only known Ridley family members here in Hamblen Co. were Phoebe, Cornelius, and George W.. Three years ago, I located and made contact with the family of James W. Ridley, located in Greene Co., TN. I have also done some tracing of Mary Jane. Much to the surprise of the entire family, she is buried in a small family cemetery across the road from where I live. Why the change in the spelling of the family name? I have no idea. Whereas, last May, I was searching for Phoebe's parents, I am now looking for leads to follow to locate the parents of James and the family of Eliza A. I do know that James W. named his daughter Eliza Ann. The "A" in his mother's name might be for Ann also. I have not found any information on David P. Riddle/Ridley. I have just about exhausted the resources of the Hawkins Co. and Hamblen Co. libraries and the McClung Center in Knoxville. If anyone out there can provide some additional information about James, Eliza A.,or David P., it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks and regards. Warren