Anna Ridenour: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.	Anna Ridenour (daughter of Jonathan Ridenour and Eleanor Ridenour). Notes: ---------- Reference: "One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 44, 109. Anna married John Newcomer 26 Aug 1857, , Washington, Maryland. [Group Sheet] Children: Frank Newcomer Laura Newcomer

Generation: 2

Jonathan Ridenour was born 15 Oct 1796, , Washington, Maryland (son of John Ridenour and Eve).

Notes:

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Reference:
"One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 40, 44, 109.
"Ancestors Are Forever", 17 September 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 211.

Jonathan married Eleanor Ridenour 1 Jan 1822, , Washington, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Eleanor Ridenour

Notes:

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Reference:
"One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 40, 44, 109.

Children:

Cecilia Catherine Ridenour was born 29 Mar 1822, , Washington, Maryland.
John W. Ridenour
Upton H. Ridenour
Edward J. Ridenour
1. Anna Ridenour

Generation: 3

John Ridenour was born 5 May 1762, , Washington, Maryland (son of Mathias Reitenauer and Eve); died 16 Apr 1801.

Notes:

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Reference:
"One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 40, 44, 57, 109.
"Ancestors Are Forever", 17 September 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 211.
"Genealogy of the Ridenour Family," Ephraim Valintine Ridenour, 1910, p 12.

John — Eve. [Group Sheet]

Eve

Notes:

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Reference:
"One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 40, 44, 57, 109.

Children:

Christina Ridenour was born 9 Aug 1790, , Washington, Maryland.
Mary Ridenour was born 1792.
Mathias Ridenour was born 7 Mar 1793, , Maryland.
Elizabeth Ridenour was born 10 Oct 1794, , Washington, Maryland.
2. Jonathan Ridenour was born 15 Oct 1796, , Washington, Maryland.

Generation: 4

Mathias Reitenauer was born 11 Jan 1727, , Alsace, France; was christened 25 Oct 1725, , Bas-Rhin, France (son of Nicholas Reitenauer, II and Anna Magdalena Arnet); died 14 Feb 1792, , Hagerstown, Maryland.

Notes:

Mathias was too old to carry a gun in the Revolutionary War, but served his
country by furnishing grain for the Army. Mathias took up 3000 acres of land
during his time at Hagerstown, Maryland.
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Reference:
"One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 12, 16, 29, 35, 40,
43, 57, 61, 101.
Ancestral File 4.02, AFN 4RDS-X3.
"Ridenour Family 983-1900s", Boulder Genealogical Society Quarterly, May 1979,
p 72.
Melvin Otho Ridenour Letter, 21 Jan 1995, p 2.

Mathias — Eve. Eve died Oct 1816. [Group Sheet]

Eve died Oct 1816.

Notes:

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Reference:
"One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 12, 16, 29, 35, 40,
43, 57, 61, 101.
"Ancestors Are Forever", 17 September 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 289.

Children:

Nicholas Ridenour was born 15 Aug 1755, , Maryland; died 28 Jan 1823, , Washington, Maryland.
Henry Ridenour was born 7 Oct 1757, , Maryland; died 8 Jan 1823.
Jacob Ridenour was born 11 Jan 1759, , Maryland; died 21 Sep 1827, , Virginia.
4. John Ridenour was born 5 May 1762, , Washington, Maryland; died 16 Apr 1801.
Eva Reitenauer was born 24 Dec 1764, , Washington, Maryland.
Rosina Ridenour was born 30 Mar 1765, , Maryland.
Mathias Ridenour, Jr. was born 11 Mar 1770, , Maryland; died 1803.
Daniel Ridenour was born 5 Oct 1773, , Maryland.
David Ridenour was born 20 Nov 1775, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland; died 14 Aug 1854, Jefferson County, Ohio; was buried Osage Cemetery, Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio.