When John Henry Riddlebaugh was born on 28 September 1859, in Fairfield, Ohio, United States, his father, John Henry Riddlebaugh, was 35 and his mother, Alice Ann Catherine Shumaker, was 30. He married Almeda Elvira Wiseley on 9 November 1882, in Pleasant Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Parsons, Labette, Kansas, United States in 1920. He died on 28 September 1951, in Findlay, Hancock, Ohio, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Findlay, Hancock, Ohio, United States.