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BANTA, MELISSA ELIZABETH RIDDLE: 1834-1907.
Melissa Elizabeth Riddle , daughter of James and Elizabeth Riddle, was born near Cincinnati, O., on Mar. 27, 1834. In 1852 she married J. J. Perrin, who page: 17[View Page 17] died the following year, and in 1856 she married David Demaree Banta of Indiana. She published one book of poetry and wrote some prose which was published in magazines. She died in 1907.
Information from Parker & Heiney–Poets and Poetry of Indiana and Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. III.
- Songs of Home. Menasha, Wis.,
1895.
