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Ridings, Ada Neneta – Riggs, James Milton

Ridings, Ada Neneta

educator, poet, was born Dec. 22, 1870, in Hollowtown, Ohio. Since the age of six she has resided in Caldwell, Kan. She has attained success in educational work, and is the author of numerous poems of merit.

Ridings, S. P

lawyer, poet, was born in 1868 in Highland county, Ohio. He was raised on the frontiers of Kansas, received a thorough education, and graduated from the State university of Kansas. He has attained success in the practice of law in Oklahoma; and in literature has gained the name of The Poet of Pond Creek.

Ridlon, G. T

clergyman, jurist, author, was born July 12, 1841, in Hollis, Maine. During the civil war he served in the union army in the seventeenth and twenty-seventh regiments of Maine volunteer infantry. He is the author of A History of the Ancient Ryedales; Burbank Genealogy; Hamblens of Beech Hill; Saco Valley Settlements and Families; and Rambles in Europe.

Ridpath, John Clark

author, poet, was born April 26, 1840, in Putnam county, Ind. In 1885 he published his Cyclopedia of Universal History in four volumes. He is the author of Life and Work of James G. Blaine; Popular and Academic Histories of the United States; History of Texas; Life of Garfield; History of the World; Christopher Columbus; Columbia, a Quadricentennial Story; Great Races of Mankind; and Epic of Life, a poem.

Ried, Samuel Chester

naval officer, was born Aug. 25, 1783, in Norwich, Conn. He was in active service during the war of 1812, and regulated the pilotboats and signals at the Battery and the Narrows. He was also designer of the present United States flag. He died Jan. 28, 1861, in New York.

Rief, Charles

legislator, poet, was born Nov. 13, 1842, in Germany. His career has been an eventful one; he has traveled around the world twice; and has contributed many historical papers of value on the countries he has visited.

He is prominent in the municipal affairs of Grand Island, Neb.; is a member of the city council; president of the board of education; and has represented his county in the Nebraska legislature.

Rife, John W

soldier, manufacturer, congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1846, in Middletown, Pa. He was a member of the house of representatives of Pennsylvania in 1885 and 1886. He was elected to the fifty-first congress, and re-elected to the fifty-second congress as a republican.

Rigby, Isaac Albert

lawyer, wri ter, was born May 13, 1861, in Doniphan county, Kan. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools; attended the Kansas State university, from which institution he received the degree of LL. B. in 1885. He is a successful lawyer of Concordia, Kan.; has been president of the board of education; county attorney; and a delegate to republican congressional and state conventions. He has contributed extensively to law literature and the periodical press generally.

Rigdon, Sidney

printer, was born Feb. 19, 1793, in St. Clair, Pa. It is said that Rigdon was the printer who first made public, in connection with Joseph Smith, The Book of Mormon, a manuscript given him to be printed by one Spaulding, its author. He died July 14, 1876, in Friendship, N. Y.

Riggs, James Milton

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 17, 1839, in Scott county, Ill. He was elected a representative in the Illinois state legislature in 1870, and in 1872 was elected state's attorney for Scott county, and served four years. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the fortyeighth congress, and was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.