Hello - I've just been reading the comments for a couple of days and haven't posted anything up until now. I'm helping a friend/cousin try to find his ancestors. We know that John Thomas Riddle was born in 1853 in Allegheny County or City PA; his mother, Catherine, if she was indeed his real mother, was widowed before or after he was born, he and his "mother" and possibly others moved to Massillon, OH, and that John worked on the towpath of the canal running from Massillon to Pittsburgh when he was about 11 and for a few years after (until about 1864.) It is possible his name wasn't Riddle when born; possible that he was adopted; possible that his father was killed in the Rev. War. Does anyone have a John Thomas Morris Riddle (name taken from a Bible) in their family, or has anyone run across this name before? Thank you. Sasha Stanley stanlekv@erinet.com