RIDDLE, George M.

RIDDLE

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/31/2021 at 12:17:29

George M. Riddle
born Jan 3, 1849

George M. Riddle, attorney-at-law, located in Ida Grove, Iowa, has been a resident of this city since September, 1884. He is engaged in the practice of his profession and in the real-estate business, and is also a writer of insurance, and agent for the following insurance companies: The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance, of Hartford, Connecticut, in the loan department; the Continental, of New York; the Hawkeye, of Des Moines, Iowa; the Burlington, of Burlington; the Security, of Davenport, and Rockford, Illinois. Mr. Riddle also makes loans on city and country property, representing several of the soundest concerns in the country. In his real-estate deals he generally confines himself to this county, but handles some land in Nebraska. He is one of the active and progressive men of this city, and his practice extends in all the courts. He is a native of Blair county, Pennsylvania, born in Scotch Valley, January 3, 1849, son of D. M. and Margaret (Smith) Riddle, of Scotch descent, although removed several degrees. The mother is deceased, but the father is a resident of Ida Grove, where he was a farmer. Seven children resulted from this marriage, as follows: James S.; William C., a farmer; George M.; Laura I.; Joseph D., a farmer; John G., a farmer; and Jesse L., a resident of Ida Grove, engaged in the mercantile business. Our subject was reared to farm life, educated in the district schools, and at the age of sixteen he engaged for several years in clerking in Pennsylvania, and then went to Virginia, where he was in charge of the Cambria Iron Works’ Store, and was Postmaster during U. S. Grant’s second term. He remained there for six years, when he removed to Philadelphia, and engaged in a wholesale house for a time, but in 1877 he removed to Decatur, Illinois, where he remained for two years. He then went to Mason City, Illinois, remaining there for almost two years, after which he went to Fairfield, Iowa, and in 1884 settled in Ida Grove. He read law under F. F. Kiner, and was admitted to the bar in 1884, and has since practiced his profession.
Politically, our subject is a Republican, a very active worker in the party ranks, and is Chairman of the County Central Committee. He has held the office of Secretary of the School Board, of Ida Grove, for seven terms; is a member of A. F. & A. M., Kane Lodge, No. 379, of I. O. O. F., of Altoona, Pennsylvania, Mountain City Lodge, of United Workmen, and of M. W. of A. He was married in Mason City, Illinois, October 14, 1879, to Miss Ida B. Humes, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and one child, George D., has been born to this union. They are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which they are universally respected.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.566