Eunice Catharine Pierce

  General Notes:

The 1850 Federal Census for Nansemond Co., VA, page 143B, dated August 16, 1850 records Edward [Cunningham] Riddick (of Jas) (42 - Nansemond Co.) with his wife Unice Riddick (38 - Nansemond Co.) and children Juliana (16 - Nansemond Co.), Roxana V. M. (10 - Nansemond Co.), Catharine (6 - Nasnemond Co.), and Robert E. (5 - Nansemond Co.). Also in the household are Catharine Duke (57 - Nansemond Co.) and Mary Goodman (46 - Nansemond Co.). Edward has real estate valued at $5,000 and reports having 25 slaves in the 1850 slave schedule. Catherine is the mother of Unice.

The 1860 Federal Census for the Upper Parish, Nansemond Co., VA, Suffolk P. O., page 650, dated August 8, 1860) records Edward C. Riddick (57 - VA) with his wife Eunice (49 - VA) and son Robert (15 - VA). Edward is a farmer and has real estate valued at $5,500 and a personal estate valued at $28,000 including 31 slaves. Also in the household are Catharine Duke (66) and Mary Goodman (56). Catharine Duke has a personal estate valued at $3,400.

The 1870 Federal Census for the Cypress Chapel Township, Nansemond Co., VA, Suffolk P. O., page 210, dated July 4, 1870) records Edward C. Riddick (61 - VA) with his wife Eunice (60 - VA) and son Robert E. [Edward] (25 - VA) and his wife, Alice O. [Alice Ophelia Brinkley] Riddick (23). Edward is a farmer and has real estate valued at $10,000 and a personal estate valued at $1,000. Robert is a Physician. Also in the household are 7 farm workers and Domestic Servants.

The 1880 Federal Census for the Cypress Magisterial District, Nansemond Co., VA, page 51, dated June 18, 1880 records Edward C. Riddick (73 - VA) with his wife Eunice (69 - VA). Also in the household is Edward's widowed daughter, Emiline Rodgers (49) and her son Edward R. Rodgers (27).

Eunice married Edward Cunningham Riddick, son of James Riddick and Catherine Goodman, on 18 Dec 1829. (Edward Cunningham Riddick was born on 24 Dec 1808 in Nansemond Co. VA and died on 4 May 1886 in Nansemond Co. VA.)