| b 14 Jul 1835, , Campbell, Tennessee | ||||
| d 26 Jan 1898, Clarinda, , Iowa | Henry Reitenauer | > | bur Clarinda, , Iowa | John Ridenour | Anna Catherina Fuhrer | > |
| Martin Ridenour | b 1745 | Peter Noe | ||
| | b 1778 | Catherine 'Caty' Noe | Hannah | ||
| Alexandor T. Ridenour | d 1838 | b 1746 | ||
| |b 1805 | | | William Clark | ||
| |d 1844 | Sarah Clark | b 1765 | ||
| | | Lucy Scurry | |||
| Newton Ceaser Ridenour | ||||
| |Lizzie Todd Ford Smith | |m 25 Mar 1866 | |||
| |Clarinda, Page, Iowa | | | |||
| Sara T. Lay | ||||
| b 1810 | | | |||
| d 1849 | ||||
| 1 | Eva R. Ridenour | 2 | Clyde C. Ridenour |
Newton was receiving $3.00/month pension in Clarinda, Iowa because of 'injury to abdomen'. Date of original allowance was February 1880. Certificate number 164,978.
Widow received a pension of 17 dollars a month while living in Chicago in 1902.
16 November 1847 in Illinois birthdate according to Buddy Ridenour.
Newton C. Ridenour's pension case was so complicated it required two acts of Congress to resolve '[Private--No. 25.] AN ACT for the relief of N. C. Ridenour' approved 3 June 1884 and 'Private--No. 313.] An act for the relief of Newton C. Redenour', approved 2 March 1889.
Papers in his pension file refer to his middle name as Cannon. Maybe he picked this up in the Civil War.
Source: 'Anna O Sawyer notes', 1902, p 6. 'One-From-Two letter', 31 July 1992, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 2. 'List of Pensioners on the Roll', 1 Jan 1883, p 773. Newton C. Ridenour Civil War Pension Papers, US National Archives.