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Henry Reitenauer

Henry Reitenauer

Male Abt 1760 - Abt 1860  (~ 100 years)

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  1. 1.  Henry ReitenauerHenry Reitenauer was born Abt 1760, North Carolina; died Abt 1860, Tennessee; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Burial: 1935, Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Henry is believed to have married four times. Not all of his marriage dates are known and most of his children's birth dates are known.

    Henry grew up on the Yadkin River at the Boone Settlement, North Carolina. From early youth he was an explorer with Indian traders west of the mountains, learning several Indian languages. He enlisted in the 11th Virginia Continental Line at Hampshire County, Virginia in the Revolutionary War. He was a flatboat man and helped transport goods down the Ohio from present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to French settlements in present-day Illinois and Indiana. In 1788, he was captured by the Northern Indians near Maysville, Kentucky, and taken to Detroit, Michigan. Arthur Campbell secured his release from the Indians. Upon his return, he took a fine horse from Col. Campbell to Squire Boone's Station near Louisville, Kentucky. Later, he was a visitor along the Powell and Clinch Rivers. He visited many times at George Yoakum's Station in Powell Valley, and at Sharp's Station south of the Clinch River in Big Valley.

    Near the close of the century, he went to England and Holland. On his return from Europe, he came to Knoxville, Tennessee. Shortly after 1800 he built a log structure near the juncture of Powell and Clinch Rivers to be used as a church and a school for his large family. The church, known as Mt. Moriah Methodist Church, was re-built at the same site three times before it was taken by the TVA in 1935.

    A family story said that William was given the family bible, in which all the family was listed, to safeguard. Another story indicated that Barbara was the last known one to have it.

    Henry was living in Campbell County, Tennessee in 1815, listed in John Grants Clinch River Ferry account book.

    In 1850, Henry was living with his son Daniel Webster and his wife Mary Ann in 16 Subdivision, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Henry was buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County Tennessee, now under Lake Norris, Tennessee. He was re-interred in 1935 in Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee where a new tombstone is placed:

    Henry Ridenour
    Born ca. 1760
    Died ca. 1840
    Pvt. Virginia Line
    Revolutionary War
    Placed by the Tennessee
    Society Sons of the Revolution
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    Reference:
    "One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 39, 129.
    Melvin Otho Ridenour Letter, 21 Jan 1995, p 2.
    "Ancestors are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 13 March 1996.
    "Ancestors are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 14 July 1996.

    Henry married Susannah Webb 11 Dec 1788, , Montgomery, Virginia. (daughter of William Webb) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. John Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1781; died 1860.
    2. 3. Katherine Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1789, Virginia; died 1858, Booneville, , Missouri.
    3. 4. David Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Aug 1793, , Virginia; died 16 Mar 1879, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    4. 5. Sarah Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 6. Mary "Polly" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1795, Virginia.
    6. 7. Barbara Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1799, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Abt 1840/1843.

    Henry married Cox Bef 1800. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 8. William Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Feb 1800, Tennessee; died 1 Aug 1854, Tennessee.
    2. 9. Alexandor T. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1805, Tennessee; died 1844.
    3. 10. Eve Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 11. Elizabeth Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1805, Tennessee.
    5. 12. George Martin Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1808; died 1838.
    6. 13. Joseph Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1812.
    7. 14. Henry Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1812.

    Henry — Hancock. (daughter of William Hancock, Sr.) [Group Sheet]

    Henry married Elizabeth Bef 1821. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 15. Daniel Webster Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Jul 1821, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1901; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    2. 16. Anne Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1824.
    3. 17. Keziah Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 18. Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 19. Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born Abt 1781; died 1860.

  2. 3.  Katherine Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born Abt 1789, Virginia; died 1858, Booneville, , Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 59WP-8T

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, January 1998.

    Katherine married John Reynolds, Jr. Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  3. 4.  David Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born 14 Aug 1793, , Virginia; died 16 Mar 1879, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "One-From-Two letter", 31 July 1992, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 2.
    "One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 130.
    "Ancestors Are Forever", 17 September 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 91.

    David married Elizabeth Heath 15 Jun 1811, Anderson County, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born Jun 1792. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 20. David "Golly" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Nov 1827, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 21 Nov 1905.
    2. 21. Moses Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jun 1828, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    3. 22. Charles Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1850, Anderson County, Tennessee.

  4. 5.  Sarah Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1)

    Sarah — William Wilson. [Group Sheet]


  5. 6.  Mary "Polly" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born Abt 1795, Virginia.

    Mary married John Kelly Grant 1816. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 23. Rufus Grant  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Sep 1824, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1901; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

  6. 7.  Barbara Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born Abt 1799, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Abt 1840/1843.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126, 687.

    Barbara — Peter Cooper. Peter (son of Thomas Cooper and Mariah Burton) was born 1786, North Carolina; died 20 Aug 1875, Campbell County, Tennessee; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 24. Alvis Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born Mar 1811, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 1900, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    2. 25. Mary Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1813, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Bef 1880.
    3. 26. Jane Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1815, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    4. 27. Barbara Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1817, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1887.
    5. 28. George Washington Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Nov 1819, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Bef 1 Feb 1888, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    6. 29. Sarah "Sally" Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Mar 1821, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 27 Oct 1883, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    7. 30. Catherine "Katie" Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1823, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 11 Nov 1895, Tennessee.
    8. 31. Eli Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born Aug 1825, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Abt 1900.
    9. 32. Rebecca Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1827, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    10. 33. James Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1829, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 16 Aug 1864, Andersonville Prison, Macon County, Georgia; was buried Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon County, Georgia.
    11. 34. Sophia Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1831, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 1880.
    12. 35. Henry Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1836, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 29 Jun 1864, Andersonville Prison, Macon County, Georgia; was buried Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon County, Georgia.
    13. 36. Milton Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jan 1840, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 1 Jun 1925, Vanzant, Douglas County, Missouri.

  7. 8.  William Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born 5 Feb 1800, Tennessee; died 1 Aug 1854, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    William is believed to have fathered a child, Keziah Ridenour born about 1838 died about 1854 in Tennessee, with his half sister, Keziah Brummet, who was raised by William and his wife, Elizabeth "Betsey" Grant, after her mother died.

    William married Elizabeth "Betsey" Grant 13 Feb 1820. Elizabeth (daughter of John Grant, Sr.) was born 26 Jul 1798, Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut; died 7 Jul 1854, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 37. George E. Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Sep 1820, Tennessee; died Chillocothe, Peoria County, Illinois.
    2. 38. Oliver H. P. Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Oct 1822; died Bef 13 Jun 1840.
    3. 39. Cynthia Emmaline Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Apr 1824; died 9 Mar 1851.
    4. 40. Lawrence Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Apr 1826; died 28 Apr 1826.
    5. 41. William Hamilton Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Aug 1827, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 27 May 1897, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky; was buried Woodbine Cemetery, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    6. 42. Elmore Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jan 1830.
    7. 43. Alexander S. "Alec" Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Mar 1831, Tennessee.
    8. 44. Henry Lawrence "Coonfoot" Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Apr 1833, Tennessee; died 9 Mar 1903; was buried Bolinger Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.
    9. 45. Daniel H. Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Aug 1835, Tennessee; died 1910.
    10. 46. Charles W. Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Jun 1837, Tennessee; died 4 Jun 1908, Helena, Lewis & Clark County, Montana.
    11. 47. Elizabeth A. Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Oct 1839, Tennessee.
    12. 48. Patton H. Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Jun 1842, Tennessee; died Abt 20 Oct 1883, Knox County, Tennessee.
    13. 49. Harvey Guess Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Nov 1845, Tennessee; died 26 Nov 1925; was buried Bowman-Bolinger Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

    William married Keziah Reitenauer NOT MARRIED. (daughter of Henry Reitenauer and Elizabeth) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 50. Keziah Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1838; died Abt 1854, Tennessee.

  8. 9.  Alexandor T. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born Abt 1805, Tennessee; died 1844.

    Notes:

    "http://www.cosmos.org/HTML/d0002/g0000040.htm#11235"

    Living in 1840 in Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Ancestral File also lists given name as Alex and Eleander.

    Alexander Ridenour and John Loy were joint owners of some land in 1st Civil Dist. Campbell Co. TN, their heirs, Henderson Loy and George Whiten, 03071865 Common Pleas Court, Campbell Co. TN, petitioned court, 02101865, to sell land. Land sold 02071866 to James H. Phillips, s/o John Phillips-Catherine. Taxes were unpaid for 1862, 1864 and 1865
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    Reference:
    "Anna O Sawyer notes", March 1916, p 5.
    "One-From-Two letter", 31 July 1992, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 1, 2.
    "One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 129.

    Alexandor married Sara T. Loy Abt 1830. Sara (daughter of John Loy, II and Philopena Sharp) was born Abt 1813, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 1849, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 51. Newton Ceaser "Cannon" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Jul 1835, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 26 Jan 1898, Clarinda, Iowa; was buried Summit Cemetery, Yorktown, Page County, Iowa.
    2. 52. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1836/1840.
    3. 53. Mary Ann Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1840, Tennessee.
    4. 54. Daniel Webster Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Nov 1841, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 4 Jan 1902, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 6 Jan 1902, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

  9. 10.  Eve Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1)

    Notes:

    Lived in Knox County, Tennessee.

    Eve — John Miller. [Group Sheet]


  10. 11.  Elizabeth Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born Abt 1805, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    1850 Campbell County, Tennessee Census.

    Elizabeth — William Jones. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 55. Isaac Jones  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1837.
    2. 56. William Jones  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1839.

  11. 12.  George Martin Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born Abt 1808; died 1838.

    Notes:

    Drowned in Clinch River.


  12. 13.  Joseph Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born Abt 1812.

  13. 14.  Henry Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born Abt 1812.

  14. 15.  Daniel Webster Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born 13 Jul 1821, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1901; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Daniel married Mary Ann Sharp 17 Jan 1843, Anderson County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of John Joseph Sharp, Jr. and Abbigail "Abby") was born 15 Mar 1825, Tennessee; died 21 Sep 1894; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 57. W. W. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Jun 1843, Tennessee; died 18 Jun 1844, Tennessee.
    2. 58. Henry Clay Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Dec 1844, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 28 Jan 1864, Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia.
    3. 59. John Franklin "Frank" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Sep 1846, Tennessee; died 13 Sep 1929.
    4. 60. Elizabeth Ann Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Feb 1848, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 5 Mar 1907.
    5. 61. George Washington "Squire" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Nov 1848, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 18 Oct 1931; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    6. 62. Parlia Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jan 1852, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1852, Tennessee.
    7. 63. Alexander G. "A. T." Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Jan 1854, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 12 Sep 1930.
    8. 64. Lewis L. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Jan 1857, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 1921; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    9. 65. Nancy Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1858.
    10. 66. Mary Isabel Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Nov 1859, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 23 Nov 1881.
    11. 67. Nicholas Sherman Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Nov 1861, Anderson County, Tennessee; died Feb 1929.
    12. 68. Louisa J. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Jul 1864, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 1898.
    13. 69. Thomas S. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Nov 1869, Tennessee; died 27 Oct 1872.

  15. 16.  Anne Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born Abt 1824.

    Anne married William Sharp 25 Jul 1841, Anderson County, Tennessee. William (son of John Joseph Sharp, Jr. and Abbigail "Abby") was born 1819, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 70. Mary Ann "Pollyann" Sharp  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1842, Tennessee.
    2. 71. Lewis Sharp  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1845, Tennessee.

  16. 17.  Keziah Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1)

    Notes:

    Drowned in Clinch River.
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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", 1 January 2000, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 687.

    Keziah — Brummet. [Group Sheet]

    Keziah married William Reitenauer NOT MARRIED. William (son of Henry Reitenauer and Cox) was born 5 Feb 1800, Tennessee; died 1 Aug 1854, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 50. Keziah Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1838; died Abt 1854, Tennessee.

  17. 18.  Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", 1 January 2000, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 687.

    Will Harmon. [Group Sheet]


  18. 19.  Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", 1 January 2000, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 687.

    Richardson. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 3

  1. 20.  David "Golly" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 1 Nov 1827, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 21 Nov 1905.

    David married Mary Ann "Polly" Summers 29 Jul 1855, Anderson County, Tennessee. Mary was born 1835, Tennessee; died 10 Jul 1897. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 72. Carroll E. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1854, Tennessee; died 1885.
    2. 73. Martin Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1855, Tennessee; died 1884, Tennessee.
    3. 74. Elisabeth Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1857, Tennessee.
    4. 75. Neoma Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1858, Tennessee.
    5. 76. Francis Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Apr 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    6. 77. David Ridenour, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Jul 1862, Tennessee; died 20 Sep 1914.
    7. 78. Mary Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1864, Tennessee.

  2. 21.  Moses Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born Jun 1828, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 7, Union County, Tennessee

    Moses married Susan "Sukey" Hucherson 15 Nov 1853, Anderson County, Tennessee. Susan was born Jan 1833, Union County, Tennessee; died 4 Jan 1917; was buried Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 79. Sarah Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1854.
    2. 80. John Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1855, Tennessee.
    3. 81. Nathaniel Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Mar 1856, Union County, Tennessee; died 26 Aug 1942, Tennessee; was buried Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.
    4. 82. Martin Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1857, Tennessee.
    5. 83. Rubin Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Nov 1861, Tennessee; died 1 Aug 1938, Union County, Tennessee; was buried 2 Aug 1938, Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.
    6. 84. Winston "Wince" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Jan 1866, Union County, Tennessee; died 2 Oct 1934, Union County, Tennessee; was buried Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

  3. 22.  Charles Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 1850, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", 17 September 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 59, 91.


  4. 23.  Rufus Grant Descendancy chart to this point (6.Mary2, 1.Henry1) was born 29 Sep 1824, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1901; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Rufus — Lucy Parker. Lucy was born 24 Sep 1822, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1902; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 85. Lewis Jones Grant  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Nov 1860, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 4 Jul 1948, Roane County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Jul 1948, Grantsboro Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

  5. 24.  Alvis Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born Mar 1811, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 1900, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Alvis — Mary Ann Lowe. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 86. Mary Cooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 May 1843; died 21 Mar 1923.

  6. 25.  Mary Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1813, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Bef 1880.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Mary married Lindsey Wilson Abt 1834. (son of Edward "Ned" Wilson) [Group Sheet]


  7. 26.  Jane Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1815, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Jane — Scaggs. [Group Sheet]


  8. 27.  Barbara Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born 1817, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1887.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Barbara — Jacob Sharp. Jacob (son of George Washington Sharp and Sarah Helton) was born Abt 1814; died 29 Jun 1889. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 87. Fraklin Earl Sharp  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1844; died 15 Sep 1889.

  9. 28.  George Washington Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born 15 Nov 1819, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Bef 1 Feb 1888, Whitley County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    George married Emily Wilson 25 Jan 1838, Campbell County, Tennessee. (daughter of Edward "Ned" Wilson) [Group Sheet]


  10. 29.  Sarah "Sally" Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Mar 1821, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 27 Oct 1883, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Sarah married Robert Housley 1838, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  11. 30.  Catherine "Katie" Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1823, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 11 Nov 1895, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Catherine married Henry Sharp 23 Dec 1840, Campbell County, Tennessee. Henry (son of George Washington Sharp and Sarah Helton) was born Abt 1820; died 30 Nov 1863. [Group Sheet]


  12. 31.  Eli Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born Aug 1825, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Abt 1900.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Eli married Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Gross 12 Jul 1846, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Eli married Elizabeth Cooper 1 Oct 1867, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  13. 32.  Rebecca Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born 1827, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.


  14. 33.  James Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born 1829, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 16 Aug 1864, Andersonville Prison, Macon County, Georgia; was buried Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon County, Georgia.

    Notes:

    Civil War.
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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    James married Ada Burton 19 Jun 1847, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  15. 34.  Sophia Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born 1831, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 1880.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Sophia married James W. "Jimmy" Hatmaker 14 Mar 1846, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  16. 35.  Henry Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born 1836, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 29 Jun 1864, Andersonville Prison, Macon County, Georgia; was buried Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon County, Georgia.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Henry married Lydia V. Neal 9 Aug 1855, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  17. 36.  Milton Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born 2 Jan 1840, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 1 Jun 1925, Vanzant, Douglas County, Missouri.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Milton married Jane Housley 1859. [Group Sheet]


  18. 37.  George E. Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 27 Sep 1820, Tennessee; died Chillocothe, Peoria County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Served in Civil War, Illinois Regiment and was in the Peach Orchard fighting at the Battle of Shiloh.

    George married Sarah Jane "Sally" Brantley 17 Sep 1842, Campbell County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Brantley) was born 1827, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 88. Cynthia E. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1844, Tennessee.
    2. 89. Emily J. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1846, Tennessee.
    3. 90. Elizabeth Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1848, Tennessee.

  19. 38.  Oliver H. P. Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 13 Oct 1822; died Bef 13 Jun 1840.

  20. 39.  Cynthia Emmaline Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Apr 1824; died 9 Mar 1851.

    Cynthia married Pulaski "Pew" Hall 22 Sep 1848, Campbell County, Tennessee. Pulaski died Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 91. Pulaski Hall, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point

  21. 40.  Lawrence Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 14 Apr 1826; died 28 Apr 1826.

  22. 41.  William Hamilton Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 16 Aug 1827, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 27 May 1897, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky; was buried Woodbine Cemetery, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky.

    William married Janice C. Parsedic "Jane" Croley 19 Nov 1848, Campbell County, Tennessee. Janice (daughter of William Croley and Elizabeth Powell) was born 9 Jul 1828, Tennessee; died 12 Sep 1891, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky; was buried Woodbine Cemetery, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 92. Martha Emmaline Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Aug 1849, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 30 Oct 1917.
    2. 93. Wimer Croley Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Nov 1850, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 20 Sep 1901, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky; was buried Skinner Cemetery.
    3. 94. Elizabeth Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 May 1853, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 11 Sep 1940, Wolf Creek, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    4. 95. Daniel Berry Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Feb 1855, Whitley County, Kentucky; died Dec 1917.
    5. 96. William Wesley Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Mar 1857, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 29 May 1925.
    6. 97. Mary Ann Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Apr 1859, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 21 Apr 1938.
    7. 98. Ephraim Merrit Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Nov 1861, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 3 Jan 1862, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    8. 99. Nancy Jane Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Oct 1863, Hensee, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 26 Jan 1934, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    9. 100. Louisa Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Jul 1866, Delia, Grant County, Kentucky; died 26 Jan 1925, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    10. 101. Juda R. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Feb 1869, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 5 Nov 1923.
    11. 102. Rebecca Delilah Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Nov 1871, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 12 May 1929.

    William married Margaret Lowe Abt 1892. [Group Sheet]


  23. 42.  Elmore Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 1 Jan 1830.

    Notes:

    Died young.


  24. 43.  Alexander S. "Alec" Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 26 Mar 1831, Tennessee.

    Alexander married Lydia Landrum 15 Jan 1861, Anderson County, Tennessee. Lydia was born Abt 1842, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 103. William Russell Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Jan 1859, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    2. 104. Henry H. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 May 1863, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    3. 105. Oliver M. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Apr 1865, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    4. 106. James W. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Nov 1867, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    5. 107. Elizabeth E. Reitenauer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Dec 1869, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    6. 108. Parley C. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Jun 1873, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    7. 109. Elbert C. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1877.
    8. 110. Garfield Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    9. 111. Emma Arlene Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Dec 1875, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1960, Wolf Creek, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    10. 112. Alice Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    11. 113. Charles Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Mar 1879, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.

  25. 44.  Henry Lawrence "Coonfoot" Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Apr 1833, Tennessee; died 9 Mar 1903; was buried Bolinger Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Craigs, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Henry married Nancy Jane Curnutt 18 Dec 1856, Campbell County, Tennessee. Nancy was born Abt 1832, Tennessee; was buried Bolinger Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 114. Francis Marion Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Jul 1860, Tennessee.
    2. 115. William Franklin "Frank" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Jul 1860, Tennessee.
    3. 116. Emma Aileen "Emily" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Mar 1862, Tennessee; died 25 Jun 1937; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    4. 117. Joseph Lett "Joe" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jan 1863, Tennessee; died 17 Nov 1930, Tennessee; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    5. 118. Harvey George Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Jun 1865, Tennessee; died 1934.
    6. 119. Joyce Elizabeth Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Jun 1868, Tennessee; died Abt 1950.
    7. 120. Sarah F. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Mar 1871, Tennessee.
    8. 121. Charles Alexander Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Apr 1874, Tennessee; died 1 Mar 1946, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Mar 1946, Grantsboro Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    9. 122. Minnie Moss "Mossie" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1878, Tennessee.

  26. 45.  Daniel H. Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 7 Aug 1835, Tennessee; died 1910.

    Daniel married Mary Jane Sharp 19 Sep 1861, Anderson County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Isaac Sharp and Jane Robbins) was born Abt 1844; died Abt 1910. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 123. Peny Ann Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1862.
    2. 124. Patton Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1865, Tennessee.
    3. 125. William Brownlow "Wiley" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Jul 1867, Tennessee; died 11 Sep 1912.
    4. 126. Alvis Kincaid Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Nov 1869, Tennessee.
    5. 127. Isaac N. "Ike" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1874, Tennessee.
    6. 128. Ulysses Hays Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1878, Tennessee; died 1898.
    7. 129. Elizabeth Joyce "Lizzie" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 May 1883; died 9 Sep 1948; was buried Red Hill Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    8. 130. Mary Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point

  27. 46.  Charles W. Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 10 Jun 1837, Tennessee; died 4 Jun 1908, Helena, Lewis & Clark County, Montana.

    Notes:

    Went with brother George E. to Kentucky, to Illinois, and just prior to the Civil War, to the Black Hills of South Dakota. He made and lost several [three] fortunes in copper mining. At one time called "the richest man in Montana". His partner was listed in 1900 as George Barribal. He had destroyed his identity, and his small estate was lost because there was no way of identifying him. As he was dying, he told someone he had a brother Henry [Henry Lawrence "Coonfoot" Ridenour] in Forkvale, Campbell County, Tennessee.] [Served Civil War, IA Regt] [Lv 1850 1st Dist, Campbell Co. TN, with parents, census; KY; IL; 1880 Helena, Lewis & Clark County, Montana, census; 1900 Helena, Lewis & Clark Co. MT, census]


  28. 47.  Elizabeth A. Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 9 Oct 1839, Tennessee.

    Elizabeth married Oliver C. "Mark" Mynatt 24 Dec 1865, Knox County, Tennessee. (son of Thomas Mynatt) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 131. Mark Mynatt  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 132. Donald Mynatt  Descendancy chart to this point

  29. 48.  Patton H. Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 10 Jun 1842, Tennessee; died Abt 20 Oct 1883, Knox County, Tennessee.

    Patton married Betty J. Murphy 13 Sep 1866, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 133. Patton G. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point

  30. 49.  Harvey Guess Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 10 Nov 1845, Tennessee; died 26 Nov 1925; was buried Bowman-Bolinger Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, District 2, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Harvey married Lucinda Dagley 4 Jul 1867, Tennessee. Lucinda (daughter of Moses Dagley and Nancy Jane Curnutt) was born 4 Jul 1853, Tennessee; died 22 Apr 1924; was buried Bowman-Bolinger Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 134. Mary Ann Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1868, Tennessee; died 6 Sep 1888.
    2. 135. Martha Jane Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Feb 1870, Tennessee.
    3. 136. Charles Wiley Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 May 1873, Tennessee; died 1940.
    4. 137. Florence Emma Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Jun 1875, Tennessee; died Bef 3 Dec 2004.
    5. 138. Ruthie E. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Sep 1877, Tennessee.
    6. 139. Nancy C. "Nannie" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Jun 1880, Tennessee.
    7. 140. Thomas Fletcher Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jun 1882, Tennessee; was buried Grantsboro Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    8. 141. Harriet B. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Jan 1885, Tennessee.
    9. 142. Rose Eckle Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Sep 1887, Tennessee.
    10. 143. Helena Ethel "Lena" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Dec 1890; died 18 Dec 1928; was buried New Loyston Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.
    11. 144. John Herman Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Mar 1893, Tennessee; died Dec 1971, Indiana.

  31. 50.  Keziah Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1838; died Abt 1854, Tennessee.

  32. 51.  Newton Ceaser "Cannon" RidenourNewton Ceaser "Cannon" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born 14 Jul 1835, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 26 Jan 1898, Clarinda, Iowa; was buried Summit Cemetery, Yorktown, Page County, Iowa.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Page County, Iowa land abstracts 1839-1875 lists N. C. Rideour, Date 1856, section 36, part of Clarinda, "N/A" Acres, Township Nodaway, Occup. Ed. & Pub. Democ, born Campbell Co. TN.

    1856 - First Editor & Publisher, was N.C. RIDENOUR, from Campbell Co., TN. [2.] (Clarinda Democrate)

    Newton enlisted 2 August 1862 in the Union Army in Clarinda, Iowa where he assisted in organizing Co. F 23rd Iowa Infantry, was 1st Lieutenant and served throughout the Civil War. He had an enviable war record, coming out an Aide de Camp under Brevet General Glasgow.

    Battles regiment fought
    Battle at Anderson Hills, Mississippi on 01 May 1863
    Battle at Port Gibson, Mississippi on 01 May 1863
    Battle at Black River Bridge, Mississippi on 17 May 1863
    Battle at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana on 07 June 1863
    Battle at Vicksburg, Mississippi on 14 June 1863
    Battle at Indianola, Texas on 22 February 1864
    Battle at Centralia, Missouri on 27 September 1864
    Battle at Limesport, Louisiana on 06 October 1864
    Battle at Spanish Fort, Alabama on 27 March 1865
    Battle at Spanish Fort, Alabama on 28 March 1865
    Battle at Spanish Fort, Alabama on 30 March 1865
    Battle at Spanish Fort, Alabama on 01 April 1865
    Battle at Spanish Fort, Alabama on 04 April 1865

    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.

    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.

    http://books.google.com/books?id=XqkZAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA367&ots=pT2n6z2LVF&dq=%22newton%20c.%20ridenour%22&pg=PA367#v=onepage&q=%22newton%20c.%20ridenour%22&f=false

    N. G. RIDENOUR.

    February 25, 1884.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to

    be printed.

    Mr. Holmes, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, submitted the

    following '

    REPORT:

    TTo accompany bill H. E. 5443.]

    The Committee on Invalid Pensions, to ichom was referred the bill (H. B. 2000) for the relief of Netcton C. Ridenour, second lieutenant, Company F, Twenty-third Iowa Volunteer Infantry, having had the same under consideration, report as follows :

    A bill for the relief of this claimant was introduced in the Forty-seventh Congress, and reported favorably by the Committee on Invalid Pensions (H. R. 6523), being a substitute for the original bill (H. R. 310), same session, and passed the House.

    The following is the report of the Invalid Pension Committee in regard to said bill in the Forty-seventh Congress, which is adopted and made a part of this report:

    Newton C. Ridenour, late second lieutenant Company F, Twenty-third Iowa Volunteer Infautry, was granted a pension July 26, 1880, at the rate of $3per month, the certificate being No. 164978. Prior to and until June 29, 1863, said Ridenour was serving with his regiment in the tield in the campaign against Vicksburg as an orderly sergeant. On June 29, 1863, was commissioned second lieutenant, for which place he was recommended early in June, said commission being dated June 29, 1863.

    About the 5th day of July, 1863, by order of the officer commanding the regiment, said Ridenour took command of Company F, and continued in command until October 5, 1864, when he was assigned to staff duty. Said Ridenour was discharged as an enlisted man .is of the date of June 29, 1863, and he was accepted and mustered in as second lieutenant, to take effect July 1, 1863. Immediately after the surrender of Vicksburg said Ridenour, in charge of said company, in July, 1863, marched from said city to Jackson, Miss. During said march said claimant was attacked with varicocele, and was at times rendered thereby unable to march, and was compelled to resort to the ambulance. When he eutered the service he was a strong, healthy man. Previously to said month of July, 1863, or in the latter part of Juue of that year, the petitioner was somewhat unwell, although the precise nature of his ailment is unknown, and he was not then aware that it was the varicocele for which he was afterwards pensioned. It is not certain that said disease had ite inceptiou before July, 1863. But if that was the fact, it is apparent and uncontradicted that the principal development, growth, and establishment of the disease occurred after the commencement of the march from Vicksburg to Jackson. It is shown by medical evidence that the disability of said Ridenour is perinaneut and incurable, and that such disability incapacitates said Ridenour from performing manual labor.

    This committee is of the opinion that, uudertueexistingcircumstancesof the case as hereinbefore stated, said Ridenour should be regarded as a second lieutenant at the time of the occurrence of the disability for which pension has been granted, and bis rating should be increased accordingly.

    This committee therefore recommend the passage of a substitute bill, which is herewith submitted.

    Your committee would recommend the substitution of the accompanying bill in lieu of the bill H. E. 2000, Forty-eighth Congress, and that the claimant be granted a pension as provided in said substituted bill.

    All of which is herewith submitted.

    March «, 1889.

    CHAP. 481.—An act for the relief of Newton C. Redenour.

    Whereas, by an error committed by the adjudicating officers of the Pension Bureau Newton C. Ridenour, late second lieutenant Company F, Twenty-third Regiment Iowa Infantry, was not placed on the pension-roll as a second lieutenant upon the allowance of a pension to him; and

    Whereas by act of Congress a bill was passed for his relief in this regard, and to rate him in accordance with said rank and with the intention only of correcting ihiserror, but which contained the words Vol a, p. on. that it should " be in lieu of all other pensions and

    Whereas he now claims to be entitled to an increase of pension on account of disabilities, for which he was originally pensioned, and to pension for additional disabilities, but the Pension Bureau and the Department of the Interior construe the language quoted of the act of Congress mentioned as barring his rights thereto, regardless of the merits: Therefore,

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said act of RjJ^Sec^dnourCongress for the relief of said Newton C. Ridenour shall be construed as only correcting the error of the adjudicating officers of the Pension Bureau as to the rank of said Ridenour and nis proper rating by reason thereof, and that his right to increase of pension and to additional pension for other disabilities shall net be ..ffected thereby.

    Approved, March 2, 18&9.


    Papers in his pension file refer to his middle name as Cannon. Maybe he picked this up in the Civil War.
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    Reference:
    "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.
    Delores A. Wood, dawood@usit.net, 24 September 1996.

    Newton married Lizzie Todd Ford Smith 25 Mar 1866, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa. Lizzie (daughter of T. P. Smith and Sarah Jones) was born 16 Nov 1847, Illinois; died 18 Jan 1923, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; was buried Clarinda, Page County, Iowa. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 145. Eva R. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Sep 1868, Iowa; died 19 Dec 1947, Los Angeles County, California; was buried Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
    2. 146. Clyde C. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Jun 1870, Iowa.

  33. 52.  Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1836/1840.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "One-From-Two", July 1992, p 1.


  34. 53.  Mary Ann Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1840, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Campbell County, Tennessee census with aunt and uncle Peter and Philpena Loy and grandmother Philpena Sharp Loy. 1860 1st District, Campbell County, Tennessee census, worked as domestic for John Phillips-Catherine family.
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    Reference:
    "One-From-Two", July 1992, p 1.
    Delores A. Wood, dawood@usit.net.

    Mary married George M. Whitten 28 Dec 1864, Campbell County, Tennessee. George was born Abt 1823, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 147. Nancy Florence Whitten  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jan 1866, Tennessee; died 31 Jul 1953, Peshastin, Chelan County, Washington.
    2. 148. Sheridan Whitten  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1868, Tennessee.
    3. 149. Laura E. Whitten  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1870, Tennessee.
    4. 150. Hurd Edwin Whitten  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1871, Missouri; died 16 Sep 1950, Kent, King County, Washington.
    5. 151. Warren Whitten  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1872, Missouri.
    6. 152. Willard Whitten  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1878, Missouri.

  35. 54.  Daniel Webster RidenourDaniel Webster Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born 19 Nov 1841, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 4 Jan 1902, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 6 Jan 1902, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Campbell County, Tennessee census with uncle and aunt Peter and Philpena Loy and grandmother Philpena Sharp Loy. Listed in Preble County, Ohio 1860 census living in the home of Mary Piatt.

    Enlisted when 19 years old in Civil War at Eaton, Preble County, Ohio, 17 April 1861 in Company C 20th Ohio Infantry under Kelly's Command in the Army of Occupation West Virginia, mustered out 18 August 1861. After expiration of time, reenlisted 28 August 1861 in Company E 22nd Ohio and was mustered out 18 November 1864 at Benton Barracks, Missouri a corporal. He then enlisted 13 February 1865 as Private in Company I 187th regiment, was promoted to sergeant, demoted back to Private 8 September 1865 and mustered out of service 20 January 1866 at Macon, Georgia making four years and seven months service for his Country and holding three honorable discharges.

    He was in many prominent battles among which was Corinth where a Texas Brigade charged them seven lines deep. Was with Grant in the fierce conflict at Shiloh, where the brave 22nd served the enemy eighty rounds in succession.

    Twenty thousand were killed and wounded (both sides) in the terrific struggle, most of the three days siege was fought in the woods and at close range.

    Daniel was with the taking of Forts Henry and Donelson and the thrilling siege of Vicksburg until the "planting of the Colors" upon the enemy's works. In the National Cemetery in Vicksburg among the regimental marble slabs is one denoting the position of the brave 22nd Ohio in that great battle.

    Daniel was with Sherman in his March from Atlanta to the Sea. In all the experience of those exciting years he was only slightly wounded in the heel, was in a hospital a short time with malaria.

    At the time of his death he was a member of W. H. L Wallace Post No. 66 G. A. R. in Eldorado, Kansas. The Chapter was draped thirty days in his memory.

    Death: Pneumonia and heart failure.
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    Reference:
    Anna O. Sawyer Ridenour Notes, 1902, p 7.

    I enlisted in Eaton, Ohio, April 17th, 1861, for three months served four months, and was discharged; re-enlisted and served four years and seven months all told. That compares well with most of the old boys.

    I commenced trying to be soldier at Hamilton, Ohio, - went on guard, tackled our rations regularly, cooked, slept on the soft side of boards and thought it was great fun playing soldier. It was fun compared with the real service that awaited us when we were on the march, camping, cooking, carrying our guns, knapsacks, canteens, etc. in all 50 pounds weight. It wasn't all sweet in the south then, no indeedy. Tired and footsore, we would go into camp at night, make a supper of coffee and hard tack and when ready to fall over asleep from weariness, hear the rasping voice of the 1st Sergant: "Ridenor, you'll have to go on picket tonight" What would a good fellow do? Growl a little and say: "Why don't you detail So and so?" "Now you come along. No fooling. This is what you are here for." Away we'd go; watch all night or something to shoot and note that a little stump a foot or so tall in the evening would stretch itself up to ten feet in height and walking straight at and intending to shoot you on the picket post. Rain, sleet, snow, mud, dust, good or bad weather, it was the never-ending routine, and to obey orders and ask no questions. That's what it took to make a good soldier.

    Tough as was our soldiering, we had many jolly hours. We were young and full of blood, our pulses bounding, our hearts light and we saw the bright side of about everything. I must say however that the disagreeables overbalanced the agreeables.

    I tell you when we were on line of battle waiting orders to advance, "guide right; march; steady;" we lived a lifetime in a few minutes. It was waiting, inaction that tired our nerves. Our minds had time to dwell on things dangerous to our bodies. When the word came we were glad of it though no one could say whether he would come out alive.

    At Shiloh our captain came along our front serving 40 rounds extra, 80 rounds in all. We knew that meant hot work. One of our men stepped out and said to the captain, "I am afraid to go into the fight." The captain's words will not bear publication and I felt it took more nerve to make an acknowledgment of cowardice than to go into the fight. I can see that "boy," after 34 years, standing before the captain who declining the service of a coward sent him to his tent where he was taken sick. Later he was sent home and in a few weeks died, really "scared to death." Twenty thousand were killed, wounded, and missing (both sides) in that great struggle. I feel pride in it. General Sherman speaks of our regiment four times in his report of the fight and the details he gives are inspiring to all who soldiered for love of country. I recall with pleasure my part in the taking of forts Henry and Donelson; Shiloh, siege of Corinth and other brushes with our recreant southern brothers.
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    Reference:
    Daniel W. Ridenour testimonial.

    Bruce E. Ridenour writes A. L. L. Hamilton from Joliet, Illinois, under date of
    January 4th, as follows:

    I take this means of informing you that Dan W. Ridenour, my father, was taken sick Sunday morning, December 29th, with a heavy chill. Monday and Tuesday he was some better and the doctor pronounced it grippe, but Wednesday night he was suddenly taken worse and his case speedily developed into pneumonia. He suffered untold agonies until he became unconscious this morning at 11 o'clock. He died this afternoon at ten minutes past three, January 4th. Our doctor could have saved him had it not been for an attack of heart failure.
    Yours in sorrow,
    Bruce E. Ridenour.
    518 Oneida Street, Joliet, Illinois

    Mr. Ridenour was a resident of El Dorado for thirteen years. He was born in Ohio and was a harness maker by trade. In 1886 he moved from Clarinda, Iowa to Caldwell this state. Two years later he purchased the harness business of James Dodwell at El Dorado and moved his family here. About a year ago his son, Bruce, secured a position as book keeper for an electric light company of Joliet. A short time after that Mr. Ridenour moved his family to Joliet and he went to work at his trade. Mr. Ridenour was a soldier and enjoyed living over those strenuous times with the old boys, as much as any of them. He served in Ohio regiments for four years and seven months service. When the first call was made he went for three months service. When his time expired he re-enlisted for three years and after that he veterened for the war.

    Mr. Ridenour was a good man, a kind and loving husband and father. Besides his wife he leaves a son and two daughters, all grown, Bruce E., and Misses Myrth and Blanche.

    Mr. Ridenour, speaking of his service during the war, said, not long before he left El Dorado:

    At Corinth a Texas brigade charged us seven lines deep. The gunners mowed swaths through their ranks with grape and canister and yet they closed up their ranks and came on, stopping for nothing until they came to our breast works. Their Colonel was killed in the charge and left on the field. No words can express the awfulness I felt in going over that field where the dead were literally piled up and the cries of the wounded will never be forgotten while life lasts.

    Some think we old boys are not dying fast enough. We are satisfied to stay a little longer and as a comrade falls out, slain by the common enemy, Death, we just close up ranks as we did in the battles for the Union; where if a soldier was shot we would close up the gap and move forward, not stopping to think of the fallen one.

    It is only a question of time when the last of us must fall out, with no rank to close. We need not fear, we fought the good fight, won the greatest victories of modern times and when we bivouac

    "On Fames's eternal camping ground,"

    it will be with the consciousness that we have left the noblest heritage to our children, a united country.

    I did my duty as a soldier to the best of my ability. I am proud of my record. I would not change it if I could. I feel that I was fortunate to escape the dangers that threatened me and all soldiers during the Civil war.

    D. W. Ridenour

    D. W. Ridenour -- comrade, good citizen and honest man died at his home Joliet, Illinois last Saturday. Another soldier of the trying times of 1863 to '65 gone. When I heard the news this morning how the memories of old association came thronging through the mind. The hours of pleasure spent in his shop when he was a resident of our city, where we could talk over our old times with kindred spirits -- how vividly this last drama awakens us to the fact that we have lost a friend.

    If we miss him from memory how much more does the family circle with the familiar face of father and husband gone from every place in the home?

    R. C. Young

    El Dorado Times

    Daniel Webster Ridenour built a house in Clarinda, Iowa in 1875.

    Buried in SE 1/4 Lot 66 Block D in Oakwood Cemetery with wife and only son.
    ----------
    Reference:
    "Anna O Sawyer notes", 1902, p 6.
    Daniel W. Ridenour Civil War Pension Papers, US National Archives.
    Delores A. Wood, dawood@usit.net.
    21 May 1998, Becky Hilbert, RJH885@aol.com.

    Military details:
    OHIO
    TWENTIETH INFANTRY
    (Three Months)

    Twentieth Infantry. - (Three Months' Service.) Col., Thomas Morton; Lieut.-Col., John W. Cruikshank; Maj., Charles N. Lamison. The companies composing this organization were enrolled as follows: A and F, April 20, at Lima; B, April 19, at Oxford; C and D, April 22, at Eaton; E, April 17, at St. Mary's; G, April 25, at Chesterville; H, April 27, at Sidney; I, April 22, at Steubenville, and K, April 25, at Columbus. Cos. A, B, C, D, I and K were ordered to Camp Jackson, Columbus, and E F, G and H to Camp Goddard, Zanesville. The quota being full under the president's first call for 75,000 troops, the muster and regimental organization was delayed for several weeks, until the companies were mustered into state service. After being mustered in the six companies at Camp Jackson joined the remainder of the regiment at Zanesville and there the regimental organization was formed and the equipment and drilling for the field actively engaged in until early in June, when it was ordered to move to Virginia. Arriving at Bellaire, it crossed the Ohio river to Benwood, and was distributed along the line of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad as far as Grafton, with headquarters at Fairmount. The regiment performed a large amount of marching and guard duty, and rendered valuable service to the government in assisting to stay the progress of the Confederates, who were endeavoring to carry the war into the North. Its entire service was in this direction, with the exception of one expedition made to counteract the retreat of the Confederates from Carrick's ford. It would have been successful in this expedition if the news had not been carried to the enemy of its approach. The regiment then being on top of Knobby mountain, the Confederates at once broke camp and moved towards Petersburg. Its term of enlistment about to expire, the regiment moved back on the railroad for a few days and was then ordered home to be mustered out, which was done on Aug. 18, 1861. The casualties during its brief period of service were 2 killed in a railroad accident, 1 died from accidental gunshot wound, and 7 died of disease.


    OHIO
    TWENTY-SECOND INFANTRY
    (Three Years)

    Twenty-second Infantry. - (Three Years' Service.) Cols., Crafts J. Wright, Oliver Wood; Lieut.-Cols., Joseph Felix St. James, Benjamin T. Wright, Homer Thrall; Majs., Charles W. Anderson, George R. French. This regiment, although originally known as the 13th Mo., organized at St. Louis, from Aug. 9 to Nov. 5, 1861, to serve for three years, was commanded by Ohio officers and its ranks filled mainly by soldiers from this state. Its designation was changed to the 22nd Ohio infantry by order of the secretary of war, May 29, 1862. Its first baptism of fire was at Fort Donelson, Tenn., and in that engagement the regiment behaved very creditably. At Shiloh the numerical force of the regiment was 450 officers and men and during the two days of that well-contested battle it was warmly engaged, losing in killed and wounded 89 officers and men. In the slow and tedious advance on Corinth, succeeding the battle of Shiloh, the regiment was continually in the front. On the evacuation of Corinth by the enemy it marched with the army to Booneville, Miss., in pursuit and then returned to Corinth. It joined in the pursuit of the Confederates after their attempt to recapture the place had been repulsed in October, but, like the whole army engaged in that fruitless race, gained no laurels. While on garrison duty at Trenton, Tenn., in Dec., 1862, a detachment of the 22nd captured the notorious guerrilla chief, Col. Dawson, who afterward died in the Alton (Ill.)
    penitentiary. The regiment participated in the occupation of Little Rock, Ark., in Sept., 1863, and during the year following remained on guard duty in that state. In Oct., 1864, it received orders to report at Camp Dennison, Ohio, to complete its record and be mustered out of service, which was done on Nov. 18.

    22nd OH Infantry
    Organized: on 3/29/62
    Mustered Out: 11/18/64

    Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2
    Officers Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 2
    Enlisted Men Killed or Mortally Wounded: 36
    Enlisted Men Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 167

    From
    To
    Brigade
    Division
    Corps
    Army
    Comment

    Jul '62
    Sep '62
    2
    2
    District of Corinth
    District and Army of West Tennessee


    Sep '62
    Oct '62
    1
    2
    District of Corinth
    District and Army of West Tennessee


    Sep '62
    Nov '62
    2
    2
    District of Corinth
    District and Army of West Tennessee


    Oct '62
    Dec '62
    2

    District Corinth, 13
    District and Army of West Tennessee
    Desig changed from 14th MO Inf 11/20/62

    Dec '62
    Dec '62
    2
    District of Corinth
    17
    Department of the Tennessee


    Dec '62
    Mar '63
    4
    District of Jackson
    Left Wing, 16
    Department of the Tennessee


    Mar '63
    May '63
    2
    3
    16
    Department of the Tennessee


    May '63
    Jul '63
    2
    Kimball's Provisional
    16
    Department of the Tennessee


    Jul '63
    Aug '63
    2
    Kimball's
    District of East AR
    Department of the Tennessee


    Aug '63
    Jan '64
    2
    2nd

    Arkansas Expedition


    Jan '64
    Mar '64
    2
    2
    7
    Department of Arkansas


    Mar '64
    May '64
    3
    3
    7
    Department of Arkansas


    May '64
    Feb '65
    2
    2
    7
    Department of Arkansas


    Feb '65
    Aug '65
    1
    3
    7
    Department of Arkansas
    Mustered Out

    OHIO
    ONE HUNDRED and EIGHTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
    (One Year)

    One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Infantry. - Col., Andrew R. Z. Dawson; Lieut-Col., Llewellyn R. Davis; Maj., Daniel A. Russell. This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, March 2, 1865, to serve for one year, and left on March 3 for Nashville, Tenn. On its arrival at Nashville it was met by orders to report at Dalton, Ga. From Dalton the regiment marched to Kingston. Marching back to Dalton it went into camp for some 30 days, when the railroad being repaired it was placed on the cars and sent to Macon, Ga. It performed provost duty in Macon until Jan. 20, 1866, when it was mustered out in mustered out in accordance with orders from the war department.

    Daniel married Anna Olivia Sawyer 3 May 1872, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa. Anna (daughter of Alfred Sawyer and Lury Ann Macomber Fay) was born 22 Jan 1848, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont; died 23 Mar 1932, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 25 Mar 1932, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 153. Myrth Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Jul 1874, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; died 19 Feb 1958.
    2. 154. Bruce Eugene Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Jan 1878, Clarinda, Iowa; died 13 Feb 1962; was buried 15 Feb 1962, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.
    3. 155. Blanche Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 May 1882, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; died 18 Nov 1974, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

  36. 55.  Isaac Jones Descendancy chart to this point (11.Elizabeth2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1837.

  37. 56.  William Jones Descendancy chart to this point (11.Elizabeth2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1839.

  38. 57.  W. W. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 18 Jun 1843, Tennessee; died 18 Jun 1844, Tennessee.

  39. 58.  Henry Clay Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 10 Dec 1844, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 28 Jan 1864, Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia.

  40. 59.  John Franklin "Frank" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 27 Sep 1846, Tennessee; died 13 Sep 1929.

    John married Elizabeth J. Grey 5 Nov 1868, Campbell County, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born 18 Nov 1852, Virginia; died 1 Mar 1882. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 156. Nancy J. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Oct 1869, Tennessee; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    2. 157. Ida F. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Jun 1873, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1935.
    3. 158. William S. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Mar 1874, Tennessee; died 25 Sep 1927, Tennessee.
    4. 159. Mary E. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1874, Tennessee.
    5. 160. Caperton Clear Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Nov 1875, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1961.
    6. 161. Lewis Luther Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Apr 1877, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 10 Apr 1965, Tennessee; was buried Newcomb Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    7. 162. Louisa Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1879, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 1908.
    8. 163. Joseph Paris "Joe" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Feb 1886, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1956, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Dec 1956, Red Hill Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    9. 164. Clara E. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    10. 165. Henry P. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    11. 166. Mary Isabelle "Belle" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Mar 1889, Walnut Grove, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1956, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

  41. 60.  Elizabeth Ann Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 3 Feb 1848, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 5 Mar 1907.

    Elizabeth married Lt. William Ausbury Morton 29 Sep 1867, Anderson County, Tennessee. William (son of David Morton and Nancy Catherine James) was born 11 Oct 1835; died 3 Dec 1894, Forkvale, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 167. Nancy Catherine Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Aug 1868; died 6 Oct 1894.
    2. 168. Mary Isabella Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Dec 1869; died 13 Jan 1870.
    3. 169. George Wager Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Feb 1871; died 17 Apr 1968.
    4. 170. Henry Thomas Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Oct 1875; died 2 Mar 1877.
    5. 171. Cordelia Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Feb 1878; died 25 Oct 1956; was buried Concord Masonic Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
    6. 172. Martha Jane Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Aug 1878; died 27 Nov 1931.
    7. 173. James Abraham Garfield Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 31 Mar 1880, Forkvale, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 21 Nov 1958, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    8. 174. John Sherman Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 May 1882; died 2 Dec 1894.
    9. 175. Nora Maude Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jun 1884; died 10 Apr 1945.
    10. 176. Bertha Lucretia Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Oct 1886; died 24 Sep 1969.
    11. 177. Addie Ethel Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Mar 1889; died 8 Jun 1966.

  42. 61.  George Washington "Squire" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 19 Nov 1848, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 18 Oct 1931; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    George married Lucinda Stooksbury 18 Jan 1877, Union County, Tennessee. Lucinda (daughter of John Stooksbury and Ursula Pyles) was born 25 Dec 1859; died 4 Apr 1922; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 178. Thomas Sheridan Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Feb 1878, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 12 Aug 1948; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    2. 179. John W. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Sep 1879, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 1879.
    3. 180. Martha Jane Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Oct 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 3 Jun 1903; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    4. 181. William Asbury Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Nov 1882, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 19 Jan 1971, Washington.
    5. 182. James Blaine Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Oct 1884, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1966, Indiana.
    6. 183. Laura H. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Apr 1886, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 24 Oct 1890.
    7. 184. Henry Harrison Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Feb 1888, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 10 Nov 1948, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    8. 185. Mary Etta Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Dec 1888, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 16 May 1968; was buried Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
    9. 186. Bertha Ursula Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Dec 1891, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 5 May 1962, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Christus Gardens, Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    10. 187. Oscar Gipson "Gip" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Oct 1893, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 22 Dec 1974, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried Norris Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Andersonville, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    11. 188. Ollie Ann Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Jul 1895, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1974; was buried Sinking Springs Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    12. 189. Stella F. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Aug 1897, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1978.
    13. 190. Alma M. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Apr 1899, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 4 Aug 1955.
    14. 191. Edith Beatrice Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Nov 1904, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 29 Aug 1978.

  43. 62.  Parlia Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 1 Jan 1852, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1852, Tennessee.

  44. 63.  Alexander G. "A. T." Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 23 Jan 1854, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 12 Sep 1930.

    Alexander married Hannah Stooksbury 21 Jul 1878, Union County, Tennessee. Hannah (daughter of Samuel Stooksbury and Sarah Sharp) was born 12 Jan 1860; died 17 Apr 1936. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 192. Sarah Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1879.
    2. 193. Moses Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 194. Mark Samuel Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Feb 1881; died 9 Oct 1960; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    4. 195. Mary Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 196. William Sherman Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Feb 1885; died 23 Jul 1959; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    6. 197. Isabelle "Izzie" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 198. Zora Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 199. Cora Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1894, Tennessee.
    9. 200. Emert Wade Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 May 1896; died 13 Jun 1966; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    10. 201. Ethel Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    11. 202. Louisa Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point

  45. 64.  Lewis L. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 8 Jan 1857, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 1921; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Lewis married Laura Ayers 9 Oct 1879, Campbell County, Tennessee. Laura was born 1 May 1856, Tennessee; died 21 Aug 1889; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 203. Horace Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 May 1881.
    2. 204. Leora Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Nov 1882, Tennessee; died 16 Jul 1974, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried Sinking Springs Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    3. 205. Hettie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Oct 1884.
    4. 206. James E. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Oct 1887; died 19 Jul 1889; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    5. 207. Mary O. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Jul 1889; died 12 Oct 1889; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Lewis — Rhoda Emma Braden. Rhoda (daughter of George Braden, Jr. and Ann Smith) was born 28 Apr 1864, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1930; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 208. Rossie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Aug 1896; died Bef 24 Oct 2011.
    2. 209. Lucille Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Sep 1899.
    3. 210. Robert Roscoe Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Aug 1901; died 23 Jun 1970, Tennessee; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    4. 211. Wager Escoe Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Aug 1901; died 2 Jul 1902; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

  46. 65.  Nancy Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1858.

  47. 66.  Mary Isabel Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Nov 1859, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 23 Nov 1881.

    Mary married John Mitchell 28 Oct 1880, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  48. 67.  Nicholas Sherman Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 30 Nov 1861, Anderson County, Tennessee; died Feb 1929.

    Nicholas — Nora Oakes. [Group Sheet]


  49. 68.  Louisa J. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 13 Jul 1864, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 1898.

    Louisa married Russell Stooksbury 1892. [Group Sheet]


  50. 69.  Thomas S. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 5 Nov 1869, Tennessee; died 27 Oct 1872.

  51. 70.  Mary Ann "Pollyann" Sharp Descendancy chart to this point (16.Anne2, 1.Henry1) was born 1842, Tennessee.

  52. 71.  Lewis Sharp Descendancy chart to this point (16.Anne2, 1.Henry1) was born 1845, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 72.  Carroll E. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (20.David3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 1854, Tennessee; died 1885.

    Carroll married Betsey Jane Lewis 18 Apr 1880, Union County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 73.  Martin Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (20.David3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 1855, Tennessee; died 1884, Tennessee.

  3. 74.  Elisabeth Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (20.David3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 1857, Tennessee.

  4. 75.  Neoma Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (20.David3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 1858, Tennessee.

  5. 76.  Francis Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (20.David3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born Apr 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee.

  6. 77.  David Ridenour, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (20.David3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 23 Jul 1862, Tennessee; died 20 Sep 1914.

    David — Lucy. Lucy was born Mar 1849, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 212. Raey A. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Feb 1885, Tennessee.
    2. 213. Mary Harriett Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Dec 1887, Tennessee.
    3. 214. Russell B. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Apr 1891, Tennessee.
    4. 215. William Clay Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Mar 1895, Tennessee; died 1 Jul 1975; was buried Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

  7. 78.  Mary Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (20.David3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1864, Tennessee.

  8. 79.  Sarah Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (21.Moses3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1854.

    Sarah married Joseph Davis 8 Jan 1871, Union County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  9. 80.  John Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (21.Moses3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 1855, Tennessee.

  10. 81.  Nathaniel Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (21.Moses3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 1 Mar 1856, Union County, Tennessee; died 26 Aug 1942, Tennessee; was buried Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

    Nathaniel married Sintha E. Flatford 8 Jan 1871, Union County, Tennessee. Sintha was born 14 Dec 1859, Union County, Tennessee; died 14 Oct 1928; was buried Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 216. Moses Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Sep 1880, Union County, Tennessee; died 24 May 1947, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 25 May 1947, Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.
    2. 217. Martha Anna Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Sep 1888, Tennessee; died 21 Jan 1955; was buried Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.
    3. 218. Mary Lucinda Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Jul 1892; died 7 Jul 1946; was buried Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

  11. 82.  Martin Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (21.Moses3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 1857, Tennessee.

    Martin married Lucy Pyles 2 Oct 1875, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  12. 83.  Rubin Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (21.Moses3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 11 Nov 1861, Tennessee; died 1 Aug 1938, Union County, Tennessee; was buried 2 Aug 1938, Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 7, Union County, Tennessee

    Rubin — Alvi Lucinda Delapp. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 219. Marcus S. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Feb 1881, Tennessee.
    2. 220. John A. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born May 1883, Tennessee.
    3. 221. James M. Daniel Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jul 1885, Tennessee; died 23 Apr 1972; was buried Piney Grove Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    4. 222. Nancy C. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jun 1889, Tennessee.
    5. 223. Lettie J. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jun 1890, Tennessee.

    Rubin married Sarah 9 Sep 1894, Union County, Tennessee. Sarah was born May 1847, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  13. 84.  Winston "Wince" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (21.Moses3, 4.David2, 1.Henry1) was born 25 Jan 1866, Union County, Tennessee; died 2 Oct 1934, Union County, Tennessee; was buried Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 7, Union County, Tennessee

    Winston married Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Cooper 16 Oct 1889, Union County, Tennessee. Mary was born Oct 1872, Union County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 224. John T. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Jun 1887, Tennessee; died 21 Feb 1974; was buried Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.
    2. 225. Alice B. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Aug 1891, Tennessee; died 13 Dec 1980; was buried Milan Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.
    3. 226. Minnie B. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Apr 1894, Tennessee.
    4. 227. Della J. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Oct 1897, Union County, Tennessee; died 26 May 1923, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 28 May 1923, Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.
    5. 228. Kizzie C. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Jan 1898, Tennessee; died 15 Jun 1974; was buried Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    6. 229. Schyler B. "Boots" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Oct 1900, Tennessee; died 29 Nov 1978; was buried Ridenour Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.
    7. 230. Henry L. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Mar 1903, Tennessee; died 3 Nov 1981, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Fort Sumter Community Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

  14. 85.  Lewis Jones Grant Descendancy chart to this point (23.Rufus3, 6.Mary2, 1.Henry1) was born 22 Nov 1860, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 4 Jul 1948, Roane County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Jul 1948, Grantsboro Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Lewis — Amanda Jane Haggard. Amanda was born 3 Oct 1866, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 1 Oct 1931; was buried Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery County, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 231. Sarah Maggie Grant  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Aug 1894, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 27 Apr 1944, Campbell County, Tennessee; was buried 29 Apr 1944, Grantsboro Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

  15. 86.  Mary Cooper Descendancy chart to this point (24.Alvis3, 7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born 15 May 1843; died 21 Mar 1923.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Boyd Sharp, BSHARP@SURF1.DE, 14 November 1999.

    Mary married Fraklin Earl Sharp 14 Jul 1863. Fraklin (son of Jacob Sharp and Barbara Cooper) was born 1844; died 15 Sep 1889. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 232. Archie Sharp  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Sep 1886; died 10 Aug 1966.

  16. 87.  Fraklin Earl Sharp Descendancy chart to this point (27.Barbara3, 7.Barbara2, 1.Henry1) was born 1844; died 15 Sep 1889.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Boyd Sharp, BSHARP@SURF1.DE, 14 November 1999.

    Fraklin married Mary Cooper 14 Jul 1863. Mary (daughter of Alvis Cooper and Mary Ann Lowe) was born 15 May 1843; died 21 Mar 1923. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 232. Archie Sharp  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Sep 1886; died 10 Aug 1966.

  17. 88.  Cynthia E. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (37.George3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 1844, Tennessee.

  18. 89.  Emily J. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (37.George3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 1846, Tennessee.

  19. 90.  Elizabeth Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (37.George3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 1848, Tennessee.

  20. 91.  Pulaski Hall, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (39.Cynthia3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1)

  21. 92.  Martha Emmaline Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (41.William3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 16 Aug 1849, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 30 Oct 1917.

    Martha married William Grant 17 Oct 1880, Campbell County, Tennessee. (son of Grant) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 233. Harrison Grant  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 234. Mary Ann Grant  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 235. Helen Grant  Descendancy chart to this point

  22. 93.  Wimer Croley Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (41.William3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Nov 1850, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 20 Sep 1901, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky; was buried Skinner Cemetery.

    Wimer married Hannah Marlowe 25 Feb 1875, Whitley County, Kentucky. Hannah (daughter of Thomas Marlowe and Elizabeth "Betty" Rose) was born 14 Oct 1857, Kentucky; died 24 Sep 1933, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 236. Thomas Sherrod Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Nov 1875, Pleasant View, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 19 Aug 1923, Kentucky.
    2. 237. Alexander "Billie" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jul 1879, Pleasant View, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    3. 238. Wymer Crit Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Mar 1887, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 13 Oct 1955, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    4. 239. Lizzie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Dec 1888, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    5. 240. Charles Frederick Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 31 May 1889, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 17 Oct 1941, Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky; was buried Woodbine Cemetery, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    6. 241. Ephraim Merritt Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Apr 1893, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 4 Mar 1962, Shelby County, Kentucky.
    7. 242. Jane Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jan 1895, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 10 Jan 1977.
    8. 243. Dorothy "Dottie" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jun 1899, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    9. 244. Maynard S. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1902, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 14 May 1978, Kenton County, Kentucky.
    10. 245. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    11. 246. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    12. 247. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point

  23. 94.  Elizabeth Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (41.William3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 1 May 1853, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 11 Sep 1940, Wolf Creek, Whitley County, Kentucky.

    Elizabeth married Sherrod Thomas 6 Sep 1877, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 248. John Newton Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Feb 1881; died 20 Mar 1967.

  24. 95.  Daniel Berry Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (41.William3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 4 Feb 1855, Whitley County, Kentucky; died Dec 1917.

    Daniel married Josephine Skeens Lay 29 Jan 1882, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 249. Norman Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 250. Ephraim Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 251. Anna Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 252. Fred Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 253. Ed Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 254. Charlie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 255. Nellie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 256. Millard Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    9. 257. Walter Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    10. 258. Bessie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    11. 259. Hobart Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    12. 260. Edna Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    13. 261. Bob Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    14. 262. Meedy Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point

  25. 96.  William Wesley Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (41.William3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 3 Mar 1857, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 29 May 1925.

    William married Sarah Ann Lawson 30 Nov 1884, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  26. 97.  Mary Ann Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (41.William3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 30 Apr 1859, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 21 Apr 1938.

    Mary married Francis Marion Thomas 6 Sep 1877, Campbell County, Tennessee. (son of Aaron Thomas and Mary Broyles) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 263. Mary Jane Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point died 1957.
    2. 264. John Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point

  27. 98.  Ephraim Merrit Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (41.William3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 3 Nov 1861, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 3 Jan 1862, Whitley County, Kentucky.

  28. 99.  Nancy Jane Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (41.William3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 29 Oct 1863, Hensee, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 26 Jan 1934, Whitley County, Kentucky.

    Nancy married Michael Thomas 2 Nov 1879, Campbell County, Tennessee. Michael (son of Aaron Thomas and Mary Broyles) was born 18 Apr 1860; died 18 Apr 1934. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 265. Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 266. Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 267. Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 268. Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point

  29. 100.  Louisa Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (41.William3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 14 Jul 1866, Delia, Grant County, Kentucky; died 26 Jan 1925, Whitley County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    THE FOLLOWING IS A WORD FOR WORD COPY FROM SIX CLOSE TYPE WRITTEN PAGES, FADED AND HARD TO READ.
    THERE IS NO DATE INDICATING WHEN THE ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN , BUT IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN IN THE MID-1970'S.
    MELVIN OTHO RIDENOUR-JULY 1990
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    CERTAIN RIDENOURS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE
    BY LEON DENNY MOSES

    FORWARD
    MY MOTHER WAS LOUISA RIDENER (MRS. CALVIN MARTIN) MOSES, OF WHITLEY CO. KENTUCKY. SHE WAS BORN IN 1866. HER FATHER, WILLIAM HAMILTON RIDENER (RIDENOUR), BORN 1827, WAS SON OF WILLIAM RIDENOUR (RIDENHOUR), OF CAMPBELL CO. TENN. BORN 1800-1801. WILLIAM WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY SON OF MARTIN RIDENHOUR, OF CAMPBELL CO., PROBABLY BORN IN HAMBURG, GERMANY, 1770-1780. MOST OF THE INFORMATION FOR THIS HISTORY WAS TOLD BY MY MOTHER, SOMETIMES IN HER EXACT WORDS PUT IN QUOTATION MARKS. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY & THE U.S. CENSUS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UPON OCCASIONALLY, & DULY ACKNOWLEDGED. STRANGE ENOUGH, THERE ARE FEW CONTRADICTIONS AMONG MY SOURCES.
    ABOUT 175 YEARS AGO, APPARENTLY A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN WAS LIVING IN HAMBURG, GERMANY. HE WAS IN LOVE WITH A YOUNG FRAULIEN, BUT THEY COULD NOT MARRY IN GERMANY. MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE FIRST COUSINS, BUT I THINK MY MOTHER SAID IT WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS TO YOUNG. THEY ELOPED TO NEW YORK TO GET MARRIED.
    THE YOUNG GERMAN'S NAME WAS POSSIBLY REIDENHAUER( PRONOUNCED REEDEN-HOWER). WE MUST NOT TAKE THIS GUESS TOO SERIOUSLY, FOR I ONCE MET A MAN FROM HAMBURG WHOSE NAME WAS ALREADY RIDENAUR (PRONOUNCED LIKE THE TENNESSEE RIDENOUR). ANYWAY, IN AMERICA, THE NAME BECAME RIDENHOUR, RIDENHOWER, RIDENER, ETC. THEN MY GRANDFATHER WAS A RIDENER, WHEREAS HIS FATHER, HIS BROTHERS, & MOST OF HIS OTHER RELATIVES WERE RIDENOURS. RIDENOURS CAN BE MET IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY; MOST OF THEM HAIL FROM PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA & TENNESSEE BUT VERY FEW CAN TRACE FARTHER BACK THAN THEIR GRANDFATHERS.
    WE ARE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN THOSE RIDENOURS WHO LIVED IN CAMPBELL CO. TENN., ABOUT 25 CROWFLIGHT MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE & EIGHT OR TEN MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSBORO, THE COUNTY SEAT, WHERE VALUABLE RECORDS MIGHT BE FOUND BY GENEALOGISTS. CENSUS REPORTS SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE FAMILY HISTORY BUT THEY DO NOT TELL US HOW LONG IT TOOK OUR FAMILY TO REACH TENN. ALL CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATE THAT THE ORIGINAL GERMAN COUPLE WENT THERE A YEAR OR TWO AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE, & THAT WILLIAM RIDENOUR, MY GRANDFATHER'S FATHER , WAS THEIR SON. ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1850, HE WAS BORN IN LATE 1800 OR EARLY 1801, WHILE HIS MOTHER WAS STILL UNDER 20--THAT IS IF OUR GUESS HOLDS GOOD.
    GRANDMOTHER RIDENER (B.1828) TOLD MY MOTHER THAT MY GRANDFATHER'S GRAND-PARENTS SPOKE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WHEN QUARRLING, TALKING SECRETS IN THE PRESENCE OF CHILDREN, ETC. SHE DID NOT SAY GERMAN, BUT WE CAN GUESS IT. WE ALL KNOW THAT SOME CHILDREN OF GERMAN-AMERICAN SOMETIMES SPEAK SOME GERMAN, WHILE GRANDCHILDREN OF GERMANS PRACTICALLY NEVER SPEAK IT. THIS IS A FURTHER INDICATION THAT BOTH OF THE OLD FOLKS WERE BORN IN THE OLD COUNTRY.
    THE CENSUS OF1830 SAYS THAT MARTIN RIDENHOUR (PROBABLY PRONOUNCED RIDENHOWER) WAS LIVING IN CAMPBELL CO. TENN. HE WAS 50-59; HIS WIFE 40-49. THEY HAD 5 BOYS UNDER 20, & A DAUGHTER 10-14. I BELIEVE SHE MARRIED A GRANT. IF SHE SEEMS TOO YOUNG TO BE THE GRANDMOTHER OF BILL GRANT, REMEMBER THAT BILL'S SON HARRISON WAS UNDER 16 & HIS WIFE UNDER 15 WHEN THEIR FIRST CHILD WAS BORN. NEXT TO MARTIN (LIKE A SON) WAS WILLIAM RIDENHOUR, 20-29, WITH A WIFE 20-29. THEY HAD 4 BOYS UNDER 10, A GIRL 5-9, & ANOTHER GIRL TO OLD TO BE THEIR DAUGHTER. PRIOR TO 1850 THE NAMES OF FAMILY MEMBERS WERE NOT GIVEN & WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE WIVES, CHILDREN, HIRED HANDS, ETC. IT HURTS GENEALOGY.
    IN 1840 WILLIAM RIDENOUR APPEARS, STILL IN CAMPBELL CO. HE IS NOW 30-39, & SO IS HIS WIFE. THEY NOW HAVE 6 BOYS UNDER 20 & A NEW GIRL UNDER 5. THE GIRL "TO OLD TO BE THEIR DAUGHTER" IN 1830 HAS DROPPED OUT. AS A GUESS, SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIS WIFE'S SISTER, MAIDEN NAME GRANT. THE GIRL OF 1830 IS NOW 15-19, JUST THE RIGHT AGE TO MARRY JOHN. BUT THAT WILL COME LATER IN THE HISTORY.
    IN 1840 MARTIN RIDENHOUR DOES NOT APPEAR, BUT A JEREMIAH DOES. & HIS WIFE ARE BOTH 20-29. THEY HAVE THE SAME CHILDREN THAT MARTIN HAD IN 1830--EACH OF THEM 10 YEARS OLDER--PLUS A GIRL UNDER 5, & A WOMAN 50-59, WHO WAS THE AGE THAT MARTIN'S WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN. WE CAN ASSUME, THEREFORE, THAT MARTIN HAD DIED IN THE 1830'S, & THAT JEREMIAH, ALMOST CERTAINLY HIS SON, HAD MOVED IN AS HEAD OF MARTIN'S HOUSEHOLD, INCLUDING HIS WIDOW. I THINK I HAVE HEARD OF MY GRANDFATHER'S UNCLE JEREMIAH, BROTHER OF WILLIAM. I AM RATHER SURE THAT JEREMIAH WAS FATHER OF OLIVER RIDENOUR, WHO VISITED US ABOUT 1908, & DISAPPEARED FOREVER ON HIS WAY HOME. HE WAS AROUND MY MOTHER'S AGE, BUT WAS NOT HER FIRST COUSIN. THREE OTHER CAMPBELL COUNTY RIDENOURS THAT YEAR ARE JOHN, A.T. & WILLIAM C. OF COURSE WILLIAM C. WOULD NOT BE A BROTHER TO WILLIAM, BUT I THINK I HAVE HEARD OF MY GRANDFATHER'S UNCLE JOHN. (YES, MEMORY CAN & DOES PLAY TRICKS ON US.) BUT I KNOW THAT WILLIAM HAD A SISTER WHO MARRIED A GRANT, & A BROTHER WHO WAS FATHER OF KIZZIE RIDENOUR. KIZZIE WAS THE PRONUNCIATION; THE SPELLING MAY HAVE BEEN KEZIA, LIKE THE DAUGHTER OF JOB IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
    SOME DAY I HOPE TO LOOK UP JEREMIAH IN THE 1850 CENSUS TO SEE WHETHER HE HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED KIZZIE, ALSO WHETHER THE ELDER WOMAN IN HIS 1840 HOUSEHOLD (IF STILL LIVING) HAD A NAME WHICH WOULD RING THE BELL IN MY MEMORY. AND IF SHE WAS BORN IN GERMANY, IT WOULD PROVE BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT MARTIN RIDENHOUR WAS INDEED THE YOUNG GERMAN FROM HAMBURG & CONSEQUENTLY MY GERMAN SPEAKING GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER.
    CENSUS REPORTS SHOW OTHER RIDENOURS IN OTHER COUNTIES, BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT MARTIN RIDENOUR WAS FATHER OF WILLIAM RIDENHOUR, WHO BECAME WILLIAM RIDENOUR. HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN AKIN TO THOSE OTHER RIDENOURS, BUT I HAVE NO PROOF. CERTAINLY THE EVIDENCE IS NOT AS STRONG AS IT IS THAT WILLIAM WAS SON OF MARTIN. AFTER ALL, WE DO NOT KNOW THAT OUR GERMAN ANCESTOR (MARTIN ?) WAS THE ONLY RIDENOUR, OR THE FIRST WHO CAME OVER TO THE U.S. MAYBE THOSE OTHER RIDENOURS BECAME THE ANCESTORS OF THOSE "OTHER RIDENERS" IN THE WEST END OF WHITLEY ( NOW McCREARY CO., KENTUCKY, WHO WERE "NO KIN TO US" WHEN I WAS A BOY. ABOUT 60 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER'S BROTHER, DANIEL BERRY RIDENER, DID CLAIM KIN WITH THEM WHILE HE WAS RUNNING FOR COUNTY OFFICE. HE WAS PROMPTLY ACCUSED OF SOLICITING VOTES UNDER FALSE PRETNESES! ( YES, HE WASN'T ELECTED.)
    OLD WILLIAM RIDENOUR'S SON WILLIAM H., MY MOTHERS FATHER, CHANGED HIS NAME TO RIDENER SOON AFTER MOVING TO WHITLEY CO. KENTUCKY, ABOUT 1855, AT AGE ABOUT 28. OLD WILLIAM HAD 8 SONS & 2 DAUGHTERS. ALL OF THE BOYS & THE YOUNGER GIRL SHOW UP IN THE 1850 CENSUS. SHE LATER MARRIED OLIVER MYNATT, ALMOST CERTAINLY SON OF THOMAS MYNATT, & BECAME THE MOTHER OF DONAD MYNATT. DONALD MARRIED MY MOTHER'S YOUNGEST SISTER, REBECCA DELILAH RIDENER, & THEY HAD A LARGE FAMILY. ONE SON CARROLL (CARL) NEWTON MYNATT, SWAPPED LETTERS TILL1967. IF I AM NOT SADLY MISTAKEN, THE OLDER DAUGHTER WAS NAMED MARY (& CALLED "POLLY" AS USUAL) & MARRIED JOHN HOLLINGSWORTH, OF CAMPBELL CO. THIS IS INDICATED BY THE FACT THAT 50 ODD YEARS AGO MY SISTER WAS SWAPPING LETTERS WITH "RIDENER KINFOLK" NAMED HOLLINGSWORTH, WHO LIVED IN THE OLD RIDENOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I AM ALL BUT SURE THAT THEY WERE DESCENDENTS OF JOHN & POLLY HOLLINGSWORTH.
    IT IS FURTHER INDICATED BY WHAT MY MOTHER USED TO CALL " AN OLD RIDENER STORY" . AROUND 1850, APPARENTLY, THE GOLD FEVER HAD SPREAD FROM CALIFORNIA TO EAST TENN., & JOHN HOLLINGSWORTH CAUGHT IT. POLLY WOULD NOT LET HIM TO GO TO THE GOLD FIELDS. ONE DAY SHE SENT HIM TO DRIVE THE GEESE HOME SO SHE COULD PICK THEIR FEATHERS OFF. HE DIDN'T COME BACK. THEY HUNTED THE FIELDS & FISHED THE STREAMS BUT COULDN'T FIND JOHN'S BODY. POLLY KEPT ON LIVING AT THE SAME PLACE. THREE OR FOUR YEARS LATER, SHE WAS WORKING AT SOMETHING ON THE PORCH. A FLOCK OF GEESE ENTERED THE YARD, DRIVEN BY A MAN WHO CALLED OUT, " HERE'S YOUR GEESE, POLLY!" WELL, POLLY & JOHN LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER, & I THINK SOMEWHAT RICHER ON ACCOUNT OF HIS ADVENTURES IN THE GOLD FIELDS. (NOTE: A FEW YEARS AGO I READ A STORY MUCH LIKE THIS. COULD LIGHTNING HAVE STRUCK TWICE) NOW, I CAN'T SAY POSITIVELY THAT MARY "POLLY: HOLLINGSWORTH WAS THE DAUGHTER OF OLD WILLIAM RIDENOUR, BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME I CAN'T FIGURE THE STORY OR THE KINSHIP OUT IN ANY OTHER WAY. I BELIEVE I'M RIGHT, BUT I'M FRESH OUT OF MARRIAGE RECORDS, ETC., TO BACK ME UP. DOCUMENTS WOULD BE MOST WELCOME.
    OLD WILLIAM RIDENOUR LIVED WHERE POWELL RIVER RUNS INTO THE CLINCH; HE OWNED THE FARM BETWEEN THE RIVERS AT THIS POINT. IT IS VALUED AT $1000 IN 1850; WHEN MOST EAST TENN. FARMS RAN $100 TO $300. MY MOTHER NEVER SAID THAT THE POWELL RUNS INTO THE CLINCH; YOU SEE, HER GRANDMOTHER CROLEY WAS ELISABETH POWELL OF POWELL RIVER VALLEY! THE PLACE IS A SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE NORRIS DAM & MOST OF IT IS NOW COVERED BY WATER. 80 YEARS AGO THERE WAS A NEARBY VILLAGE CALLED FORKVALE.
    WILLIAM MARRIED ELIZABETH GRANT. HER BROTHER MARRIED WILLIAM'S SISTER, & THEIR SON WAS FATHER OF BILL GRANT, WHO MARRIED MY MOTHER'S OLDEST SISTER, EMMALINE RIDENER. HE TOLD ME THAT THE EARLIEST GRANTS HE KNEW ABOUT WERE 3 BROTHERS, JOHN, JAMES & JESSE. I AM 99% SURE THAT HE SAID JAMES WAS THE ONE WHO MARRIED WILLIAM RIDENOUR'S SISTER. ANYWAY, UNCLE BILL'S FATHER & WILLIAM HAMILTON RIDENER WERE DOUBLE COUSINS. IN MY BOYHOOD WE USED TO SAY THAT UNCLE BILL & AUNT EMMALINE WERE FIRST COUSINS BECAUSE THEIR FATHERS WERE DOUBLE COUSINS. (BUT PERHAPS THE NAMES JAMES & JOHN SHOULD BE REVERSED.) HE WAS A FEW YEARS YOUNGER THAN AUNT EMMALINE (BORN1849); THE 1860 & 1870 CENSUS MIGHT TELL HIS FATHER'S NAME.
    THE GRANTS & RIDENOURS DISAGREED ON THEIR RELATION TO GENERAL (PRESIDENT) U.S. GRANT, (THEY CALLED HIM ULYSSUS.) HIS ANCESTORS LIVED IN CONNECTICUT; ELIZABETH GRANT RIDENOUR WAS BORN IN CONN. HIS GRANDFATHER, GREAT-GRANDFATHER & GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER WERE NAMED NOAH; A BRANCH OF HER FAMILY WAS NAMED NOAH. HIS FATHER WAS JESSE; SHE HAD A BROTHER JESSE. IF THE SAME JESSE, THEN GRANT WAS FIRST COUSIN TO WILLIAM RIDENOUR'S CHILDREN. ONE OF GRANT'S GREAT-GRANDFATHERS & HIS YOUNG SON WERE KILLED BY INDIANS. NOW, SOMEWHERE IN OUR ANCESTRAL LINE IS THE NAME STRAWN; WHICH MY MOTHER'S OLDER SISTER MRS. MARY ANN THOMAS SAID WAS STRONG. SO HERE IS THE STORY " BETSY STRAWN & THE INDIANS"
    AT A CERTAIN TIME & PLACE, OUR EVER-SO-GREAT-GRANDFATHER & HIS YOUNG SON WERE WORKING IN THE CORNFIELD NEAR THE CABIN. BETSY, HIS WIFE, SAW A BUNCH OF INDIANS SWOOP DOWN & KILL & SCALP THEM. SHE GRABBED HER BABY SON & CLIMBED UP INTO THE LOFT MADE OF LOOSE SPLIT BOARDS, LEAVING A KEG OF WHISKEY SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR. SHE GAVE HER BABY THE BREAST, THEN PUT HER FINGERS GENTLY ON HIS THROAT SO SHE COULD CHOKE HIM TO DEATH IF HE STARTED MAKING A NOISE. THE INDIANS RUSHED IN, SAW THE KEG OF WHISKEY, & IMMEDIATELY STARTED DRINKING. OUR BABY ANCESTOR SAVED HIS LIFE BY GOOD BEHAVIOR.
    THE INDIANS SOON PASSED OUT ON THE FLOOR, DEAD DRUNK. THEN BETSY CLIMBED DOWN OUT OF THE LOFT, CARRIED THE BABY OUT TO THE EDGE OF THE YARD, WENT BACK IN & TOSSED A BURNING CHUNK OF WOOD FROM THE FIREPLACE ONTO THE BED, WENT OUT, BARRED THE DOOR, PICKED UP THE BABY, & STRUCK OFF TOWARD THE NEAREST WHITE SETTLEMENT. SHE SAID LATER THAT SHE "NEVER HEARD SUCH SCREAMS IN ALL HER LIFE AS THOSE BURNING INDIANS UTTERED." IF THIS STORY SOUNDS TOO AWFUL, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT INFANT NATIONS HAVE SELDOM BEEN RAISED ENTIRELY ON "THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS."
    GRANT'S FATHER, JESSE, WAS A TANNER & DEALER IN HIDES & LEATHER. BIOGRAPHERS TELL US THAT GRANT WOULDN'T LET HIM HAVE THE SKINS OF ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED FOR THE ARMY. NEVERTHELESS, THE FAMILY STORY IS THAT HE DID HELP MY GRANDFATHER GET A GOOD JOB AS A CARPENTER AT SOME SORT OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION. I DON'T KNOW WHERE. WAGES WERE VERY HIGH & OLD BILLY RIDENER WORKED LONG, HARD & WELL. BESIDES, HE WAS MARRIED TO A CROLEY & CROLEYS KNOW HOW TO EARN 4 & SAVE 5. HE WAS NEVER AGAIN REGARDED AS A POOR MAN. WITH A GLEAM IN THE EYE, HE ONCE SHOWED MY FATHER HIS OLD JACKPLANE. I HAVE HEARD OTHER STORIES ABOUT GRANT'S SOLICITUDE FOR MY GRANDFATHER, BUT IN MY OPINION THEY ARE SPURIOUS & NOT WORTHY OF A PLACE IN OUR HISTORY.
    MY MOTHER SAID THERE WERE LETTERS BETWEEN THE GENERAL & HIS TENN. RELATIVES. AUNT MARY ANN THOMAS SAID THAT GRANT'S WIFE, JULIA, WROTE TO MY GRANDFATHER ABOUT A SORE AT THE ROOT OF GRANT'S TONGUE. WE KNOW HE DIED OF THROAT CANCER IN 1885. SHE SAID THE LETTER WAS IN THE HANDS OF SOME SORT OF COUSIN NAMED ULYSSES STEPHENS. I MET HIM ONCE, OVER 60 YEARS AGO; IF LIVING, HE IS NOW IN HIS 90'S. ( ALL THIS IS MORE BELIEVABLE BECAUSE MY MOTHER & AUNT MARY ANN WERE NOT STUDENTS OF HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY).
    YES, I BELIEVE WE ARE AKIN TO U.S. GRANT, BUT I HESITATE TO GUESS HOW CLOSE. I AM INCLINED TO BELIEVE, THOUGH, THAT HIS FATHER JESSE WAS BROTHER TO ELIZABETH GRANT RIDENOUR, WHICH WOULD MAKE HIM FIRST COUSIN TO HER SONS, ALEX, WILLIAM H., HENRY, HARVE, ETC. WE MUST ADMIT THAT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN OTHER JESSE GRANTS IN THOSE DAYS, FOR JESSE WAS A MIGHTY POPULAR NAME 175 YEARS AGO. THE JESSES OUTNUMBERED THE DAVIDS BY 2 TO 1.
    IN 1850, JAMES H. GRANT, ABOUT 40, LIVED NEAR THE WILLIAM RIDENOUR ( I FAILED TO TAKE CAREFUL NOTES). IN HIS HOUSE LIVED CYNTHIA GRANT, 66, BORN CONN.; ALSO ABIGAIL GRANT, 60, BORN MASS. THE CENSUS DIDN'T SAY MRS. OR MISS. I CAN'T HELP FEELING THAT THIS JAMES H. WAS WILLIAM RIDENOUR'S BROTHER-IN-LAW. THE GRANDFATHER OF UNCLE BILL GRANT & HIS YOUNGER BROTHER JESSE, BOTH OF WHOM LIVED LATER IN WHITLEY CO. MOREOVER I BELIEVE THAT CYNTHIA GRANT WAS MOTHER OF JAMES & ELIZABETH GRANT, & THEREFORE MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMOTHER. (CYNTHIA WAS ABOUT 15 YEARS OLDER THAN ELIZABETH).
    AUNT MARY ANN THOMAS SAID THERE WAS AN EVANS IN OUR ANCESTRAL LINE. I FORGET WHERE, BUT I SUSPECT IT IS ON THE CROLEY SIDE. I KNOW THAT THE POWELLS WERE ON THAT SIDE. I ONLY LOOKED INTO THE CENSUS OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR WM. POWELL, I FOUND ABOUT 16 OF THEM, PLUS 6 OR 8 OTHER WILLIAMS WHO HAD MIDDLE INITIALS. NOW THAT'S WHAT I'D CALL A GENEALOGICAL BRICK WALL!
    TODAY, ABOUT 120 YEARS LATER, VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW HOW WILLIAM & ELISABETH GRANT RIDENOUR DIED. WELL, ON ONE HOT SUMMER DAY, IN OR SOON AFTER 1850, THEY WERE STACKING FLAX IN THE FIELD. WILLIAM'S NIECE, KIZZIE RIDENOUR, WAS HELPING THEM. STACKING FLAX WAS "THE HOTTEST JOB A FARMER HAD TO DO;" SO ALL THREE BECAME VERY HOT & THIRSTY, & CALLED ONE OF THE BOYS ( UNCLE DAN,I THINK ) TO FETCH SOME WATER. IN " AN OLD-FASHIONED COFFEE POT WITH A SPOUT OUT ON THE SIDE", HE BROUGHT THEM " HALF A GALLON OR THREE QUARTS" OF VERY COLD SPRING WATER FROM A SPRING AT THE FOOT OF A BIG CLIFF. ALL THREE DRANK VERY HEARTILY, & IN A FEW MINUTES BECAME VERY SICK. THEY SENT FOR THE DOCTOR-- I PRESUME IN JACKSBORO 8 TO 10 MILES AWAY. ALL THREE OF THEM DIED, EITHER THAT DAY OR WITHIN A FEW DAYS. THE DOCTOR SAID " THEY WERE SO HOT & THE WATER SO COLD THAT IT CHILLED THE BLOOD AROUND THEIR HEARTS. " I DESCRIBED THE CASE TO MY SON, DR LYDON DENNY MOSES. HE COULD NOT BE 100% SURE, OF COURSE, BUT HE DID VENTURE AS ONE DIAGNOSIS " HEART ATTACK FROM SUDDEN CHILL CAUSING SUDDEN CONSTRICTION OF ARTERIES IN THE UPPER HALF OF THE BODY." WILLIAM & ELIZABETH " WERE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE, & KIZZIE AT THEIR FEET." THEIR GREAT-GREAT-GRANDAUGHTER, EVA THEZIEHLKE, TOLD ME RECENTLY THAT ALL THREE HAVE BEEN MOVED & REBURIED IN La FOLLETTE, TENN. ( WHICH IS 6 OR 8 MILES ABOVE JACKSBORO, AS I REMEMBER.) HOW MANY RIDENOUR & GRANT GRAVES ARE UNDER WATER NO ONE KNOWS, OR EVER WILL.
    WILLIAM RIDENOUR & HIS FAMILY APPEAR IN THE 1850 CENSUS OF CAMPBELL CO. 49, B0RN TENN., FARM WORTH $1000, WIFE-ELIZABETH,51, BORN CONN.( WE KNOW HER NAME WAS ELIZABETH GRANT). THEIR CHILDREN, ALL BORN IN TENN.; ALEXANDER S., 19; HENRY L.,17; DANIEL, 15; CHARLES W., 13; ELIZABETH A.,11; PATTON H., 7; HARVEY G., 5.
    LISTED NEXT TO WILLIAM ARE WILLIAM H. RIDENOUR, 23; JANE,22; & MARTHA E. 8 MONTHS. COURSE, THESE WERE WILLIAM HAMILTON RIDENER, JANE CROLEY RIDENER, & MARTHA EMMALINE, MARRIED BILL GRANT. NEXT TO WILLIAM H. ARE GEORGE E. RIDENOUR, 29; SARAH, 23; & 3 LITTLE GIRLS, NAMED CYNTHIA, EMILY J., & ELIZABERTH. SINCE THESE 2 RIDENOUR SONS DID NOT OWN LAND, WE ASSUME THAT THEY WERE TENANTS ON LAND BELONGING TO THEIR FATHER WILLIAM. THESE ARE ALL THE CHILDREN OF OLD WILLIAM THAT I EVER HEARD OF, EXCEPT ( PROBABLY) MARY ( CALLED POLLY), WHOM I HAVE ALREADY GIVE IN MARRIAGE TO JOHN HOLLINGSWORTH, ESQ. I BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS YOUNGER THAN GEORGE & OLDER THAN WILLIAM H. BESIDES, THE 1840 CENSUS LISTS A BOY 15-19 & A BOY 10-14 ( MY GRANDFATHER). ALL THE CHILDREN HAVE MIDDLE INITIALS. APPARENTLY THE PARENTS HAD NO MIDDLE NAMES.
    WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS LIST FOR THE FIRST TIME, I REMEMBERED ALL THE NAMES EXCEPT PATTON. MAYBE HE WAS TO YOUNG TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON MY GRANDPARENTS BEFORE THEY MOVED TO KENTUCKY ABOUT 1855. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THOUGH, I THOUGHT I REMEMBERED HIM; BUT THAT JUST MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED BY 2 SONS BELONGING TO AN AUNT--PAT & DAN. ( NOW LAUGH) MY COUSIN , JOHN N. THOMAS, TOLD ME ABOUT VISITING CAMPBELL AROUND 1910 (?). HE SAW UNCLE HENRY & 2 BROTHERS, I SUPPOSE UNCLE HARVE & UNCLE ALEX.
    IN THE EARLY 1880'S MY MOTHER'S FIRST COUSIN, RUSS RIDENOUR, THE SON OF WHOM I KNOWNOT, MOVED TO WHITLEY CO., CHANGED HIS NAME TO RIDENER, & MARRIED MY FATHER'S COUSIN LOUISE MOSES. MY FATHER USED TO SAY HE GOT EVEN WITH RUSS BY MARRYING RUSS'S COUSIN LOUISA RIDENER! I ALSO HAVE AN 1884 TINTYPE OF MY MOTHER WITH THE WIFE OF ANOTHER RIDENER COUSIN WHOSE NAME HAS SLIPPED. UNCLE ELIC'S DAUGHTER EMMA MARRIED MY COUSIN JOHN N. THOMAS. THESE THREE & MY GRANDFATHER ARE THE ONLY FOUR THAT I EVER HEARD OF MOVING FROM TENN. TO KENTUCKY.
    KENTUCKY & TENN. ARE ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE, & IN 1860 HAD ALMOST THE SAME POPULATION. WHEN WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR POPULATION, THE CIVIL WAR(1861-1865) WAS BLOODIER THAN ALLOUT OTHER WARS PUT TOGETHER--INCLUDING THE REVOLUTION & VIET NAM (1775-1972.) WELL, IN THE CIVIL WAR, KENTUCKY WAS A BORDER STATE NORTH, WHILE TENN. WAS A BORDER STATE SOUTH. IN ROUND NUMBERS, EACH GAVE 140,--- SOLDIERS TO THAT WAR. KENTUCKY GAVE 105,000 TO THE UNION SIDE & 35,000 TO THE CONFEDERATE SIDE. TENN. GAVE 100,000 TO THE CONFEDERATE SIDE & 40,000 TO THE UNION SIDE. FOUR OF THESE UNION SOLDIERS WERE SONS OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH RIDENOUR. NOW LET ME INTRODUCE MY GREAT-UNCLES & GREAT-AUNTS, THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH.
    GEORGE E. RIDENOUR WAS IN THE UNION ARMY. AFTER THE WAR HE MOVED TO CHILLICOTHE, PEORIA CO., ILL, (PRONOUNCED EEL-A-NOISE). WHILE MY MOTHER WAS A GIRL. PROBABLY IN THE MIDDLE TO LATE 1870'S, HE MADE TRIPS BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY. THE L & N RR DIDN'T GET TO WHITLEY CO. TILL 1884. ANYHOW, UNCLE GEORGE CAME IN TWO WAGONS. HE LOADED THEM UP WITH CURIOS FROM THE HILL COUNTRY--PINE KNOTS, PECULEAR ROCKS, STRANGE GROWTHS OF TREES, MOSS, EXOTIC FERNS, SHRUBS, ETC. IN ILLINOIS HE POLISHED & TENDED THEM IN HIS SHOP; THEN HE SOLD THEM TO THE "NATIVES" AS DECORATIONS & ORNAMENTS. APPARENTLY HE MADE A NEAT SUM ON THE DEAL. MY MOTHER & THE FAMILY SWAPPED A FEW LETTERS FOR AWHILE. AT A SCOTTISH RITE MEETING A FEW YEARS AGO, I MET A RIDENOUR FROM THAT AREA, BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS.
    HIS OLDER SISTER HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AS PROBABLY MARY (POLLY) HOLLINGSWORTH THE GRANDMOTHER OF "RIDENER KINFOLKS" WHOM MY SISTER CORRESPONDED WITH AROUND & SOON AFTER WORLD WAR I.
    WILLIAM HAMILTON RIDENOUR, MY GRANDFATHER, WHO MOVED TO KENTUCKY & BECAME A RIDENER, WILL BE DISCUSSED AT GREATER LENGTH IN THE 2ND CHAPTER OF THIS HISTORY.
    ALEXANDER S. BECAME THE FATHER OF EMMA ( MRS JOHN NEWTON) THOMAS, OF WHITLEY CO. I BELIEVE HE LIVED & DIED IN CAMPBELL CO.
    HENRY L. SERVED IN THE UNION ARMY, & AFTER THE WAR REMAINED IN CAMPBELL CO.. WILL TELL MORE ABOUT HIM IN THE SKETCH OF UNCLE HARVE.
    DANIEL H. IS ONLY A NAME WHICH I HAVE HEARD--"UNCLE DAN."
    CHARLES W. SERVED IN THE UNION ARMY. AFTER THE WAR HE "WENT WEST." ALONG ABOUT 1882 OR 1883 A MAN FROM MONTANA CAME THROUGH & SPENT A NIGHT OR 2 AT MY GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE. HE SAID HE KNEW UNCLE CHARLES VERY WELL. HE SAID UNCLE CHARLES WAS " ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN IN MONTANA," BUT I DONT REMEMBER WHAT HE DID FOR A LIVING. HE SAID ALSO THAT UNCLE CHARLES WAS NOT MARRIED. HE SAID THAT UNCLE CHARLES WAS "THE SPITTIN' IMAGE" OF MY MOTHER AT THE TIME. ( THIS WAS SAYING HE WAS MIGHTY GOOD LOOKING!) WELL, SHE GOT UNCLE CHARLES'S ADDRESS, & THEY WROTE A FEW LETTERS BACK & FORTH; THEN NO FURTHER NEWS. SHE SOMETIMES DAY DREAMED THAT HE WOULD REMEMBER HER IN HIS WILL.
    ELIZABETH A. MARRIED OLIVER MYNATT. SHE HAS BEEN SKETCHED ALREADY.
    PATTON H. AS I HAVE SAID, IS ONLY A NAME IN THE 1850 CENSUS OF CAMPBELL CO.
    HARVEY G. THE YOUNGEST CHILD, IS DUE A LONG SKETCH. WHEN HIS PARENTS DIED, HE WAS ONLY FIVE OR A LITTLE OLDER, & HIS RAISING WAS COMPLETED BY HIS BROTHER HENRY, WHO WAS 12 YEARS OLDER THAN HARVE & MAYBE MARRIED ALREADY. UNCLE HENRY'S WIFE HAD A DAUGHTER BY A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE; I THINK HER NAME WAS LUCINDA. THE TWO CHILDREN GREW UP TOGETHER. ONE DAY, I PRESUME AFTER THE WAR, UNCLE HARVE SAID " WE'RE A-GOIN' DOWN TO HAM GRANT'S TO GIT MARRIED." THE "OLD FOLKS" LAUGHED & THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD JOKE, BUT WHEN THE "YOUNG ONES" CAME BACK MARRIED, UNCLE HENRY & HIS WIFE "NEARLY HAD A FIT." OF COURSE THE BRIDE & GROOM WERE NO KIN AT ALL, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE A MARRIAGE BETWEEN BROTHER & SISTER. I THINK HE OUTLIVED HER; AT ANY RATE HE DIED ABOUT 1925.
    WHEN THE CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT, UNCLE HARVE WAS 16. SOONER OR LATER HE ENLISTED IN THE UNION ARMY. I KNOW NOTHING OF HIS MILITARY LIFE EXCEPT THAT HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER BY THE CONFEDERATES & PUT IN A PLACE THAT LOOKS A GREAT DEAL LIKE ANDERSONVILLE PRISON. MY MOTHER NEVER MENTIONED THAT TERRIBLE PLACE, PROBABLY BECAUSE SHE NEVER HEARD OF IT. HE WAS STARVED & HIS FEET WERE FROSTBITTEN. AT THE END OF THE WAR HE WAS TURNED OUT TO LIVE OR DIE, IN SOME WAY UNCLE HENRY HEARD WHERE HE WAS, SO HE RODE "DAY & NIGHT" TO RESCUE HIM. IF THE TRIP WERE FROM CAMPBELL CO. TO ANDERSONVILLE, GEORGIA, THAT WOULD MEAN OVER 300 MILES EACH WAY, PLUS MANY MORE MILES TO ALLOW FOR CROOKED ROADES, OUT-OF-THE-WAY FORDS, ETC. SO I DOUBT THAT IT WAS ANDERSONVILLE PRISON. ( ANDERSONVILLE, A DOZEN MILES SOUTHWEST OF OGLETHORPE, HAD 263 PEOPLE IN 1960).
    UNCLE HENRY FOUND UNCLE HARVE CRAWLING ALONG THE ROAD, EATING CORN PICKED OUT OF MANURE. HE BUNDLED THE POOR FELLOW UP, PUT HIM ON THE HORSE, & TOOK HIM TO A MEAL. WHEN UNCLE HARVE STARTED TO EAT, HE SAID, "NOW, HENRY, I DON'T WANT TO KILL MYSELF. WHEN YOU THINK I'VE HAD ENOUGH, TELL ME TO STOP." UNCLE HENRY ALWAYS SAID THE "HARDEST WORDS HE EVER HAD TO SPEAK" WERE "HARVE, I GUESS YOU'D BETTER STOP NOW & WAIT AWHILE."
    WELL, ANDERSONVILLE OR NO, UNCLE HENRY GOT HIM HOME, WHERE, AS WE HAVE SEEN HE MARRIED UNCLE HENRY'S STEPDAUGHTER & LIVED AT THE FORKS OF CLINCH & POWELL. FOR MANY YEARS, IF NOT ALWAYS, IN THE WINTER TIME HE HAD TO WEAR MOCCASINS MADE OF GROUNDHOG SKINS WITH THE FUR ON THE INSIDE TO WARM & PROTECT HIS FORMERLY FROSTBITTEN FEET. NATURALLY, HE WAS VERY BITTER TOWARD ALL CONFEDERATE VETERANS, BUT OF COURSE HE KNEW THAT UNION PRISONERS WERE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING COLD & HUNGRY IN THE SOUTH AT END OF THAT TERRIBLE & TRAGIC LOST WAR.
    IN THE SUMMER OF 1921, WHILE I WAS WORKING AT THE COAL MINES TO PAY PART OF MY EXPENSES IN THE 2nd YEAR OF COLLEGE, MY MOTHER VISITED HER UNCLE HARVE FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS. SINCE I WAS WORKING OVERTIME, NIGH ONTO 65 HOURS A WEEK, I WAS TO TIRED TO DISCUSS OR REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT RELATIVES SHE HAD SEEN ON HER VISIT. UNCLE HARVE DIED 3 OR 4 YEARS LATER (c. 1925) ABOUT 60 YEARS AFTER UNCLE HENRY SAVED HIS LIFE.
    I AM A STRONG BELIEVER IN PROBABILITY & CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THIS SKETCH, THEREFORE, I HAVE TOLD NOTHING THAT DIDN'T RING TRUE. IN SOME PLACES, NOTES & COMMENTS WERE VERY APPROPRIATE. MOST OF THE INFORMATION CAME FROM MY MOTHER LOUISA RIDENER MOSES. IN PLACES HER EXACT WORDS HAVE STUCK IN MY MIND. THESE I HAVE PUT INSIDE QUOTATION MARKS.

    Louisa married Calvin Martin Moses 15 Aug 1887, Wolf Creek Territory, Whitley County, Kentucky. Calvin was born 13 Apr 1861, Little Wolf Creek, Whitley County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 269. William Merritt "Billy" Moses  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Aug 1888, Pleasant View, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    2. 270. Holly D. Vasco Moses  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jun 1890, Pleasant View, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    3. 271. Donald Mynatt Moses  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 May 1892, Pleasant View, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    4. 272. Lottie May Moses  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 273. Leon Denny Moses  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Apr 1897, Little Wolf Creek, Whitley County, Kentucky.

  30. 101.  Juda R. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (41.William3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 25 Feb 1869, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 5 Nov 1923.

    Juda — Daniel Thomas. Daniel (son of Aaron Thomas and Mary Broyles) was born 16 Feb 1862; died 16 Jul 1931. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 274. Elmore Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1884.
    2. 275. Roscoe Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1885.
    3. 276. Fannie Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1888.
    4. 277. Luther Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 278. Conny Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 279. Beula Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 280. Ruby Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 281. Mossie Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    9. 282. Homer Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    10. 283. Jerome Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    11. 284. Dennie Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    12. 285. Mamie Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point

  31. 102.  Rebecca Delilah Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (41.William3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 13 Nov 1871, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 12 May 1929.

    Rebecca — Donald Mynatt. (son of Oliver C. "Mark" Mynatt and Elizabeth A. Reitenauer) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 286. Carroll Newton "Carl" Mynatt  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 287. Mary "Polly" Mynatt  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 288. Nell Mynatt  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 289. Donald Mynatt, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point

  32. 103.  William Russell Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (43.Alexander3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 18 Jan 1859, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    William married Louisa Moses 5 Oct 1884, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  33. 104.  Henry H. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (43.Alexander3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 12 May 1863, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.

  34. 105.  Oliver M. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (43.Alexander3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 19 Apr 1865, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.

  35. 106.  James W. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (43.Alexander3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 10 Nov 1867, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.

  36. 107.  Elizabeth E. Reitenauer Descendancy chart to this point (43.Alexander3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 9 Dec 1869, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Elizabeth — Rutherford. [Group Sheet]


  37. 108.  Parley C. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (43.Alexander3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 16 Jun 1873, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.

  38. 109.  Elbert C. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (43.Alexander3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 1877.

    Notes:

    Died young.


  39. 110.  Garfield Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (43.Alexander3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1)

  40. 111.  Emma Arlene Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (43.Alexander3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 19 Dec 1875, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1960, Wolf Creek, Whitley County, Kentucky.

    Emma married John Newton Thomas 10 Aug 1900. John (son of Sherrod Thomas and Elizabeth Ridenour) was born 2 Feb 1881; died 20 Mar 1967. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 290. Harry Lee Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Apr 1901; died 27 Aug 1953.
    2. 291. Herbert James Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Sep 1902; died 14 Sep 1964, Tennessee.
    3. 292. Elsie Cordelia Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Aug 1904; died 30 Mar.
    4. 293. Harley Vincent Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Sep 1906; died 24 Dec 1985, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    5. 294. Harold Dexter Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Dec 1908; died 13 Nov 1945.
    6. 295. Elva Elizabeth Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Nov 1910; died 20 Dec 1929.
    7. 296. Hillary Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 297. Hildred Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Dec 1914; died 3 Oct 1928.
    9. 298. Hazel Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point
    10. 299. Hosea Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Dec 1919; died 22 Mar 1946.

  41. 112.  Alice Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (43.Alexander3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1)

  42. 113.  Charles Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (43.Alexander3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 16 Mar 1879, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee.

  43. 114.  Francis Marion Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (44.Henry3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 29 Jul 1860, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Craigs, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Francis — Emaline Ridenour. [Group Sheet]

    Francis married Mary E. Isley 7 Jan 1883, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Francis — Hatmaker. [Group Sheet]


  44. 115.  William Franklin "Frank" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (44.Henry3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 29 Jul 1860, Tennessee.

    William married Matilda Ann "Tilda" Cox 19 Jun 1879, Campbell County, Tennessee. Matilda (daughter of Abraham Cox and Jinnie "Gence" Housley) was born Jun 1862, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 300. Francis Marion Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Sep 1880, Tennessee; died 9 Dec 1911; was buried Sharp Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    2. 301. Henry C. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born May 1882, Tennessee.
    3. 302. Nancy J. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Feb 1884, Tennessee.
    4. 303. George Abraham "Hamie" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 May 1886, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 28 Jul 1936.
    5. 304. Joseph T. "Joe" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Apr 1887, Tennessee.
    6. 305. Samuel H. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Aug 1890, Tennessee.
    7. 306. Ida Alice Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Sep 1886, Tennessee; died 9 May 1954.
    8. 307. Nora Lillian Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Aug 1892, Tennessee.
    9. 308. Silas M. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Apr 1896, Tennessee.
    10. 309. McKinley H. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Sep 1896; died 14 May 1922; was buried Rains Grove Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    11. 310. Janie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    12. 311. Elmer Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point
    13. 312. Charlie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point

  45. 116.  Emma Aileen "Emily" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (44.Henry3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 10 Mar 1862, Tennessee; died 25 Jun 1937; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Craigs, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Emma married George Washington Heatherly 18 Dec 1884, Campbell County, Tennessee. George (son of William Heatherly and Catherine E. Jackson) was born 14 Mar 1843, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 19 Jun 1906, Campbell County, Tennessee; was buried Bakers' Forge Cemetery, Lafollette, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 313. Gracie Heatherly  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Nov 1885; died 29 Nov 1885; was buried Bakers' Forge Cemetery, Lafollette, Tennessee.
    2. 314. Carrie Maude Heatherly  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Apr 1887; died 3 Oct 1979, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    3. 315. Dora B. Heatherly  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Aug 1889; died 1 Aug 1987.
    4. 316. Nancy Catherine "Cory" Heatherly  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Feb 1891; died 16 Mar 1982.
    5. 317. Henry Harrison Heatherly  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Dec 1892; died 12 Jul 1972; was buried Bakers' Forge Cemetery, Lafollette, Tennessee.
    6. 318. Dewey Hobart Heatherly  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Sep 1898.
    7. 319. Vivian F. Heatherly  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Jan 1901; died 1980.
    8. 320. Lucinda Edna Heatherly  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Jul 1904; died 2 Mar 1906.

  46. 117.  Joseph Lett "Joe" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (44.Henry3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 12 Jan 1863, Tennessee; died 17 Nov 1930, Tennessee; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Craigs, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Joseph married Emily Elizabeth Sharp Abt 1889. Emily (daughter of George W. Sharp and Mary Elizabeth Tiller) was born 1 Dec 1866, Tennessee; died 1 Nov 1945; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 321. Dr. George Lawrence Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Dec 1889, Forkvale, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 12 Dec 1974, Caryville, Campbell County, Tennessee; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    2. 322. Carrie Elizabeth Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Dec 1891, Tennessee; died 23 Jun 1985, Tennessee.
    3. 323. Frank Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1893; died 1893.
    4. 324. Francis Marion Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1894; died 1896; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    5. 325. Harry H. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Dec 1896, Tennessee; died 17 Nov 1964, Tennessee; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    6. 326. Marion Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Jun 1899, Tennessee; died Oct 1985, Tennessee.
    7. 327. Nancy Maude Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Jul 1899, Tennessee; died 1 Jul 1993.
    8. 328. Cora A. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Sep 1901.
    9. 329. Birdie Darby Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1904; died 1904; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    10. 330. Mayme L. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Nov 1905, Tennessee; died 29 Aug 1981, Tennessee; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    11. 331. Joseph Lett Ridenour, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jan 1908; died 3 Mar 1991, Humphreys County, Tennessee; was buried Jacksboro Cemetery.

  47. 118.  Harvey George Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (44.Henry3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 8 Jun 1865, Tennessee; died 1934.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Craigs, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Harvey married Mary E. Durham 12 Feb 1885, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 332. Hettie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Mar 1885; died 12 Dec 1972; was buried Woodward Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    2. 333. Ella A. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Dec 1887.
    3. 334. Bertha L. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Dec 1889.
    4. 335. Oscar L. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Oct 1892; died Apr 1970.
    5. 336. George M. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 May 1894; died Jan 1963.
    6. 337. Albert Roy Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Mar 1896, Tennessee; died 1 Apr 1970, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Harvey — Margaret Wright. [Group Sheet]


  48. 119.  Joyce Elizabeth Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (44.Henry3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 9 Jun 1868, Tennessee; died Abt 1950.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Craigs, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Joyce — Allen Gaylor. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 338. Francie Gaylor  Descendancy chart to this point

    Joyce — John Albright. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 339. Charles Albright  Descendancy chart to this point

  49. 120.  Sarah F. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (44.Henry3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Mar 1871, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Craigs, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Sarah — William Brownlow "Wiley" Ridenour. William (son of Daniel H. Reitenauer and Mary Jane Sharp) was born 20 Jul 1867, Tennessee; died 11 Sep 1912. [Group Sheet]

    Sarah — Tom Huntley. [Group Sheet]


  50. 121.  Charles Alexander Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (44.Henry3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Apr 1874, Tennessee; died 1 Mar 1946, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Mar 1946, Grantsboro Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Craigs, Campbell County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Scott County, Tennessee

    Charles — Ida Mae Walker. Ida was born 14 Dec 1870, Tennessee; died 5 Sep 1958; was buried Grantsboro Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 340. Pearl Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 May 1902, Tennessee; died 10 Aug 1958.
    2. 341. Della Harriett Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1905, Tennessee; died 10 Aug 1958, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried Grantsboro Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    3. 342. Lester R. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Jun 1913, Tennessee; died 14 Apr 1999, LaFollette Medical Center, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee; was buried Oak Grove Cemetery.
    4. 343. Lawrence Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point died Bef 14 Apr 1999.

  51. 122.  Minnie Moss "Mossie" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (44.Henry3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1878, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Craigs, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Minnie — Reuben Gaylor. Reuben died 1913. [Group Sheet]

    Minnie — George Allen. [Group Sheet]

    Minnie — John Reynolds. [Group Sheet]


  52. 123.  Peny Ann Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (45.Daniel3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1862.

    Peny married Crawford Houlsey 17 May 1879, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  53. 124.  Patton Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (45.Daniel3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1865, Tennessee.

  54. 125.  William Brownlow "Wiley" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (45.Daniel3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 20 Jul 1867, Tennessee; died 11 Sep 1912.

    William — Sarah F. Ridenour. Sarah (daughter of Henry Lawrence "Coonfoot" Reitenauer and Nancy Jane Curnutt) was born 17 Mar 1871, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  55. 126.  Alvis Kincaid Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (45.Daniel3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born Nov 1869, Tennessee.

    Alvis married F. Fermpson 1895. F. was born Jan 1875, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 344. Lee Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Mar 1895, Tennessee; died Jul 1970.
    2. 345. Flora Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Apr 1896, Tennessee.
    3. 346. Calvin Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Feb 1899, Tennessee.

  56. 127.  Isaac N. "Ike" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (45.Daniel3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 1874, Tennessee.

  57. 128.  Ulysses Hays Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (45.Daniel3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 1878, Tennessee; died 1898.

  58. 129.  Elizabeth Joyce "Lizzie" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (45.Daniel3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 9 May 1883; died 9 Sep 1948; was buried Red Hill Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Elizabeth — Wilson. [Group Sheet]


  59. 130.  Mary Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (45.Daniel3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1)

  60. 131.  Mark Mynatt Descendancy chart to this point (47.Elizabeth3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1)

    Notes:

    Phillipine Islands during insurrection.


  61. 132.  Donald Mynatt Descendancy chart to this point (47.Elizabeth3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1)

    Donald — Rebecca Delilah Ridenour. Rebecca (daughter of William Hamilton Reitenauer and Janice C. Parsedic "Jane" Croley) was born 13 Nov 1871, Whitley County, Kentucky; died 12 May 1929. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 286. Carroll Newton "Carl" Mynatt  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 287. Mary "Polly" Mynatt  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 288. Nell Mynatt  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 289. Donald Mynatt, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point

  62. 133.  Patton G. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (48.Patton3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1)

    Patton married Minnie J. Rutherford 20 Jun 1889, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  63. 134.  Mary Ann Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (49.Harvey3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 1868, Tennessee; died 6 Sep 1888.

    Mary married Caswell Cox 29 Apr 1885, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  64. 135.  Martha Jane Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (49.Harvey3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 9 Feb 1870, Tennessee.

    Martha — Caswell Cox. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 347. Pearl Linton Cox  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Oct 1904; died Jul 1968.

  65. 136.  Charles Wiley Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (49.Harvey3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 24 May 1873, Tennessee; died 1940.

    Charles — Perkins. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 348. Ada Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Apr 1893; died 30 Jun 1917; was buried Sharp Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Charles married Margaret L. "Maggie" Brown 24 Dec 1899, Union County, Tennessee. Margaret was born 28 Oct 1880, North Carolina; died 7 Jan 1969. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 349. Lewis Edgar Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Dec 1900, Tennessee; died Feb 1947; was buried Willoughby Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    2. 350. Callie Artist Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1908; died 1982.
    3. 351. Kyra Lee Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Jun 1913; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    4. 352. Charles Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point

  66. 137.  Florence Emma Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (49.Harvey3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 9 Jun 1875, Tennessee; died Bef 3 Dec 2004.

    Florence married Joseph Uriah Collins Abt 1893. Joseph was born Oct 1871, Tennessee; died Bef 3 Dec 2004. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 353. Homer H. Collins  Descendancy chart to this point was born Mar 1894, Tennessee; died Bef 3 Dec 2004.
    2. 354. Charles Hobart Collins  Descendancy chart to this point was born Aug 1897, Tennessee; died Bef 3 Dec 2004.
    3. 355. Goebel Collins  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1900, Tennessee; died Bef 3 Dec 2004.
    4. 356. Goldie Beatrice Collins  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 May 1902, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 20 Aug 1979, Andersonville, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    5. 357. James Virgil Collins  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Nov 1913, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 2006, Rockvale, Tennessee.
    6. 358. Gertrude Collins  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1906, Tennessee; died Bef 3 Dec 2004.
    7. 359. Lena Lois Collins  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Oct 1908, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 2004, Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried 7 Dec 2004, Norris Memorial Garden.
    8. 360. Estella Collins  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1910, Tennessee.
    9. 361. Verdie Collins  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1914, Tennessee; died Bef 3 Dec 2004.
    10. 362. Mildred Collins  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1919, Tennessee.
    11. 363. Robert C. Collins  Descendancy chart to this point

  67. 138.  Ruthie E. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (49.Harvey3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 7 Sep 1877, Tennessee.

    Ruthie — George Mitchell. [Group Sheet]


  68. 139.  Nancy C. "Nannie" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (49.Harvey3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 10 Jun 1880, Tennessee.

    Nancy — Robert Mitchell. [Group Sheet]


  69. 140.  Thomas Fletcher Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (49.Harvey3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 2 Jun 1882, Tennessee; was buried Grantsboro Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 2, Campbell County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Campbell County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, District 2, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Thomas married Jennie Brown 7 Dec 1900, Campbell County, Tennessee. Jennie was born 28 May 1882, North Carolina; died 20 Aug 1925; was buried Bolinger Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 364. Eston Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1902, Tennessee; died Bef 17 Feb 2000.
    2. 365. Walter Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Jul 1905; died 4 Jul 1905.
    3. 366. Lassie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jul 1907; died 11 Jun 1908.
    4. 367. Clyde G. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 May 1909, Tennessee; died 9 Mar 1964; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    5. 368. Sarah Oma Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1912, Tennessee; died Bef 17 Feb 2000.
    6. 369. Allie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1914, Tennessee; died Bef 17 Feb 2000.
    7. 370. Leona Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1917, Tennessee; died Bef 17 Feb 2000.
    8. 371. Lester Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1917, Tennessee.
    9. 372. Robert B. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1920, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 2000, St. Mary's Medical Center, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Feb 2000, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery.
    10. 373. Mildred Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1923, Tennessee.

  70. 141.  Harriet B. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (49.Harvey3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 7 Jan 1885, Tennessee.

    Harriet — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Harriet — Mack Loy. [Group Sheet]


  71. 142.  Rose Eckle Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (49.Harvey3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 29 Sep 1887, Tennessee.

    Rose — Joe Hatfield. [Group Sheet]


  72. 143.  Helena Ethel "Lena" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (49.Harvey3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 15 Dec 1890; died 18 Dec 1928; was buried New Loyston Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

    Helena — Kelly Jones. [Group Sheet]

    Helena — Robert Lee Stooksbury. Robert (son of John Isaac "Dink" Stooksbury and Elizabeth Jane "Betsy" Sharp) was born 4 Jul 1879; died 25 Jan 1956; was buried New Loyston Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  73. 144.  John Herman Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (49.Harvey3, 8.William2, 1.Henry1) was born 8 Mar 1893, Tennessee; died Dec 1971, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, District 2, Campbell County, Tennessee

    John — Lizzie Landrum. Lizzie was born Abt 1898, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 374. Zelma Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1916, Tennessee.
    2. 375. Wanda Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1918, Tennessee.
    3. 376. Millard H. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 May 1918, Tennessee; died 7 Aug 1969; was buried Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.

  74. 145.  Eva R. RidenourEva R. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (51.Newton3, 9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born 15 Sep 1868, Iowa; died 19 Dec 1947, Los Angeles County, California; was buried Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa
    • Census: 1910, Chicago, Ward 6, Cook County, Illinois
    • Census: 1920, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California
    • Census: 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

    Notes:

    Paper dated 15 January 1898.
    ----------
    Reference:
    Buddy Ridenour

    Eva married George Thornton Greeley 31 Mar 1886, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa. George (son of Charles A. Greeley and Helen) was born Aug 1856, New Hampshire; died 28 May 1920, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 377. Helen R. Greeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Mar 1887, Iowa; died 27 Nov 1980, Los Angeles County, California.
    2. 378. Edith E. Greeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born Dec 1888, Iowa.
    3. 379. Ruth J. Greeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born Feb 1892, Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa.

  75. 146.  Clyde C. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (51.Newton3, 9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Jun 1870, Iowa.

    Notes:

    Paper dated 15 January 1898. Date of reply 11 July 1898. Another sent 26 September another sent with same information. Filled out for father.
    ----------
    Reference:
    Buddy Ridenour

    Clyde married Marie J. Bailey 21 Jun 1898, Clarinda, Page County, Tennessee. Marie (daughter of Anna M.) was born Jul 1870, Ohio. [Group Sheet]


  76. 147.  Nancy Florence Whitten Descendancy chart to this point (53.Mary3, 9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born 2 Jan 1866, Tennessee; died 31 Jul 1953, Peshastin, Chelan County, Washington.

    Nancy — Burnett. [Group Sheet]

    Nancy — Wells. [Group Sheet]


  77. 148.  Sheridan Whitten Descendancy chart to this point (53.Mary3, 9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1868, Tennessee.

  78. 149.  Laura E. Whitten Descendancy chart to this point (53.Mary3, 9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1870, Tennessee.

  79. 150.  Hurd Edwin Whitten Descendancy chart to this point (53.Mary3, 9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1871, Missouri; died 16 Sep 1950, Kent, King County, Washington.

  80. 151.  Warren Whitten Descendancy chart to this point (53.Mary3, 9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1872, Missouri.

  81. 152.  Willard Whitten Descendancy chart to this point (53.Mary3, 9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1878, Missouri.

  82. 153.  Myrth Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (54.Daniel3, 9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born 5 Jul 1874, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; died 19 Feb 1958.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, 509 North Prairie Ave, Joliet, Will County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Mrs. Myrth Metz, 83, of 509 N. Prarie Ave., died early today at St. Joseph's hospital.

    Mrs. Metz's nephews, Joseph Swithin, 1111 Clara Ave., and Robert Barnes, 1113 Clara Ave., became concerned about her because she had not been seen around her home for two or three days.

    Police were notified and when they arrived at the house, they found all the doors and windows locked. From a step ladder police looked through a rear bedroom window and noticed Mrs. Metz lying on the floor. Police broke down a rear door and she was removed to the hospital. According to the police report, she was still conscious when she was taken from the house.

    Mrs. Metz was born in Clarinda, Ia., and had lived in Joliet for the past 57 years. Prior to her marriage, she was employed in the office of the Barrett Hardware Co., Inc. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian church. She had been under the care of a physician for a heart condition for some time. Her husband, John, preceded her in death in 1951.

    She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Fred Mateer, Chicago, and a brother, Bruce Ridenour, of Joliet.

    Funeral services will be held at the Sonntag funeral home Friday at 1:30 p.m., with the Rev. Lynn Taylor officiating. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday.
    ----------
    Reference:
    Newspaper clipping.

    Myrth married John Martin Metz 30 Sep 1911, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. John (son of Rolandus Solomon Metz and Carrie Louer) was born 9 Aug 1876, Manhattan Township, Will County, Illinois; died 1951. [Group Sheet]


  83. 154.  Bruce Eugene Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (54.Daniel3, 9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born 20 Jan 1878, Clarinda, Iowa; died 13 Feb 1962; was buried 15 Feb 1962, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

  84. 155.  Blanche RidenourBlanche Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (54.Daniel3, 9.Alexandor2, 1.Henry1) was born 13 May 1882, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; died 18 Nov 1974, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, 105 Whitney Avenue, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
    • Census: 1920, 443 West Oakdale Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
    • Census: 1930, Long Beach, Harrison County, Mississippi
    • Census: 1940, 820 North East Tower Court, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

    Blanche married Fred De Loss Mateer 24 Sep 1902, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Fred (son of Samuel Alexander Mateer and Mary Charlotte Butler) was born 8 Sep 1876, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 12 Dec 1971, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 380. Marjorie Ruth Mateer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Jan 1904, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 12 May 1994, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Jul 1994, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.
    2. 381. Dorothy Louise Mateer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Sep 1905, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 23 Sep 1993, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.
    3. 382. Bruce De Loss Mateer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Nov 1908, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 29 Oct 2002, Wichita, Kansas; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.
    4. 383. Blanche Ridenour Mateer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Apr 1912, Illinois; died 4 Dec 1939, Wisconsin; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

  85. 156.  Nancy J. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (59.John3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 7 Oct 1869, Tennessee; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Nancy married Charles Gurley 1894. Charles was born 26 Oct 1873; died 19 Nov 1922; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 384. Conda Lee Gurley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1900; died 1953.

  86. 157.  Ida F. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (59.John3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 10 Jun 1873, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1935.

    Ida — Campbell. [Group Sheet]


  87. 158.  William S. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (59.John3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 23 Mar 1874, Tennessee; died 25 Sep 1927, Tennessee.

    William — Nannie. Nannie was born 12 May 1886; died 22 Jul 1936. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 385. James Elbert Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Aug 1905, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 1906, Tennessee.
    2. 386. Walter Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Nov 1906, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Abt 1908, Tennessee.
    3. 387. Bertha Mae Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 May 1910, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1911, Tennessee.

  88. 159.  Mary E. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (59.John3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 1874, Tennessee.

  89. 160.  Caperton Clear Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (59.John3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 18 Nov 1875, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1961.

  90. 161.  Lewis Luther Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (59.John3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 29 Apr 1877, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 10 Apr 1965, Tennessee; was buried Newcomb Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Lewis — Elphia "Lela" Lane. Elphia was born 7 Mar 1890, Tennessee; died 2 Oct 1982; was buried Newcomb Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 388. Clyde Lewis Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Apr 1906, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 26 Mar 1958, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Mar 1958, Newcomb Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    2. 389. Dr. James Carson Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Sep 1908, Newcomb, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 4 Mar 2002, Windwood Health Care Center, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    3. 390. George W. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Mar 1911, Catula, Tennessee; died 16 May 1989.
    4. 391. Robert Tilman Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 May 1913, Tennessee; died 15 Apr 1997; was buried Olive Branch Cemetery.
    5. 392. Edd A. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Sep 1913, Tennessee; died Dec 1987.
    6. 393. Costo C. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 May 1919, Tennessee; died 30 Nov 1964; was buried Newcomb Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    7. 394. Joseph D. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Jan 1925; died 13 Jan 1925; was buried Newcomb Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    8. 395. Judge Billy Ray Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Mar 1927, Knox County, Tennessee; died 29 Feb 2008; was buried 3 Mar 2008, Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park.
    9. 396. Bobbie Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point

  91. 162.  Louisa Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (59.John3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 1879, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 1908.

    Louisa married James A. Reno 1898. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 397. Virgil Reno  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1901; died 1929.

  92. 163.  Joseph Paris "Joe" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (59.John3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 11 Feb 1886, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1956, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Dec 1956, Red Hill Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, Gatliff, Campbell County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, District 5, Campbell County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 2, Anderson County, Tennessee

    Joseph married Maggie Nola Wallace 10 Apr 1906, Anderson County, Tennessee. Maggie (daughter of Enoch Wallace and Parley Sharp) was born 20 Sep 1891, Tennessee; died 25 Sep 1979, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Red Hill Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 398. Huletta Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1908, Tennessee; died 23 Mar 1971, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried Norris Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Andersonville, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    2. 399. William "Bill" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1910, Tennessee; died Bef 3 Nov 2009.
    3. 400. Odessa Mae "Dee" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Jul 1912, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 3 Nov 2009, Rain Tree Manor Nursing Center, McMinnville, Tennessee; was buried 6 Nov 2009, Red Hill Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    4. 401. Nola Ailene Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Jul 1914, Tennessee; died 12 Jan 1999; was buried Red Hill Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    5. 402. Dorothy L. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1918, Tennessee; died Bef 3 Nov 2009.
    6. 403. Gracie Madolyn Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Aug 1919, Tennessee; died 4 Apr 1976; was buried Red Hill Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    7. 404. Elbert Boyd Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Feb 1922; died 27 Mar 1985; was buried Norris Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    8. 405. Joseph Paris "Joe" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Dec 1925, Tennessee; died 22 Apr 2015; was buried 25 Apr 2015, Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    9. 406. Jack C. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1930, Kentucky.

  93. 164.  Clara E. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (59.John3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1)

  94. 165.  Henry P. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (59.John3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1)

  95. 166.  Mary Isabelle "Belle" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (59.John3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 27 Mar 1889, Walnut Grove, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1956, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Mary married William Henry "Bill" Swaney 2 Nov 1902. William was born 24 Sep 1875, Greenville, Greene County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 407. Claude Edward Swaney  Descendancy chart to this point

  96. 167.  Nancy Catherine Morton Descendancy chart to this point (60.Elizabeth3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 7 Aug 1868; died 6 Oct 1894.

  97. 168.  Mary Isabella Morton Descendancy chart to this point (60.Elizabeth3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 21 Dec 1869; died 13 Jan 1870.

  98. 169.  George Wager Morton Descendancy chart to this point (60.Elizabeth3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 3 Feb 1871; died 17 Apr 1968.

    George married Birdie May Myers 21 Feb 1912. [Group Sheet]


  99. 170.  Henry Thomas Morton Descendancy chart to this point (60.Elizabeth3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 18 Oct 1875; died 2 Mar 1877.

  100. 171.  Cordelia Morton Descendancy chart to this point (60.Elizabeth3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 23 Feb 1878; died 25 Oct 1956; was buried Concord Masonic Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.

    Cordelia — Silas Hatmaker. Silas was born 1 Apr 1878; died 30 Nov 1961; was buried Concord Masonic Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  101. 172.  Martha Jane Morton Descendancy chart to this point (60.Elizabeth3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 3 Aug 1878; died 27 Nov 1931.

    Martha — John Ayers. [Group Sheet]


  102. 173.  James Abraham Garfield Morton Descendancy chart to this point (60.Elizabeth3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 31 Mar 1880, Forkvale, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 21 Nov 1958, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

    James — Maude Ayers. [Group Sheet]


  103. 174.  John Sherman Morton Descendancy chart to this point (60.Elizabeth3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 12 May 1882; died 2 Dec 1894.

  104. 175.  Nora Maude Morton Descendancy chart to this point (60.Elizabeth3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 2 Jun 1884; died 10 Apr 1945.

  105. 176.  Bertha Lucretia Morton Descendancy chart to this point (60.Elizabeth3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 23 Oct 1886; died 24 Sep 1969.

    Bertha — William G. "Willie" Stout. [Group Sheet]


  106. 177.  Addie Ethel Morton Descendancy chart to this point (60.Elizabeth3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 20 Mar 1889; died 8 Jun 1966.

    Addie — Blaine Albright. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 408. Ruth Albright  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1914, Walnut Grove, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 21 Dec 2009; was buried 23 Dec 2009, Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    2. 409. Nell Albright  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 410. Lena Grace Albright  Descendancy chart to this point

  107. 178.  Thomas Sheridan Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 21 Feb 1878, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 12 Aug 1948; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

  108. 179.  John W. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 15 Sep 1879, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 1879.

  109. 180.  Martha Jane Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 4 Oct 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 3 Jun 1903; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Martha married William H. Landrum 3 Jun 1901. William was born Jan 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 3 Jun 1901. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 411. Ethel Landrum  Descendancy chart to this point

  110. 181.  William Asbury Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 1 Nov 1882, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 19 Jan 1971, Washington.

    William — Hattie Throckmorton. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 412. Sylvan Robert Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Feb 1918, Potlatch, Latah County, Idaho; died 5 Nov 1990, Clarkston, Asotin County, Washington.
    2. 413. Everett Newton Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point

  111. 182.  James Blaine Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 15 Oct 1884, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1966, Indiana.

    James married Pearl Sanders 15 Jan 1913, Benton County, Indiana. Pearl was born 1 Mar 1891, Milan, Ripley County, Indiana; died Jan 1976, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 414. Geneieve J. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Jul 1915, Milan, Ripley County, Indiana.
    2. 415. Hope Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Dec 1919, Milan, Ripley County, Indiana.
    3. 416. Robert Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Dec 1919, Milan, Ripley County, Indiana; died 7 Dec 1919, Milan, Ripley County, Indiana.
    4. 417. David Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Milan, Ripley County, Indiana.
    5. 418. Charles Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Milan, Ripley County, Indiana.

  112. 183.  Laura H. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 15 Apr 1886, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 24 Oct 1890.

  113. 184.  Henry Harrison Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 8 Feb 1888, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 10 Nov 1948, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Henry — Goldie Beatrice Collins. Goldie (daughter of Joseph Uriah Collins and Florence Emma Ridenour) was born 21 May 1902, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 20 Aug 1979, Andersonville, Anderson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 419. Oscar Mayo Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Mar 1920, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1992, Tennessee.
    2. 420. Milburn Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Apr 1922; died 18 Aug 1922; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    3. 421. Stella Lois Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Feb 1923, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 25 Sep 2009; was buried 28 Sep 2009, Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. 422. Georgia Lee Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Jan 1925.
    5. 423. Henry Harrison Ridenour, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Mar 1926, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 20 Oct 2008; was buried 24 Oct 2008, Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery.
    6. 424. Dorthy Loucindy Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jan 1928; died Bef 19 Dec 2005.
    7. 425. Ive Rae Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Aug 1931.
    8. 426. Callie May Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Aug 1931, Andersonville, Tennessee; died 19 Dec 2005; was buried 22 Dec 2005, Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery.
    9. 427. Mary Jo Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Aug 1934.
    10. 428. James Clay Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Sep 1937.
    11. 429. Bishop Collins "Bill" Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Dec 1941.
    12. 430. Benny Carroll Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Dec 1941.
    13. 431. Larry Bardell Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Jul 1946.

  114. 185.  Mary Etta Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 21 Dec 1888, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 16 May 1968; was buried Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia.

    Mary — John Floyd Blisard. John was born 5 Apr 1886, Agee, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 4 Jan 1950; was buried Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 432. Ruth Blisard  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 433. John L. Blisard  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 434. Betty Jane Blisard  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 435. Anna Lou Blisard  Descendancy chart to this point

  115. 186.  Bertha Ursula Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 5 Dec 1891, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 5 May 1962, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Christus Gardens, Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

    Bertha married William Henry Stooksbury 5 Nov 1910, Loyston, Union County, Tennessee. William (son of Jacob Stooksbury and Suffronia Snodderly) was born 4 Apr 1887, Union County, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1972, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Christus Gardens, Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 436. Estelle Mae Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Aug 1911, Union County, Tennessee.
    2. 437. Hobart Haun Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Jul 1913, Loyston, Union County, Tennessee; died 23 Sep 1962.
    3. 438. Thomas Edward "Slim" Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Mar 1915, Loyston, Union County, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1978, Knox County, Tennessee.
    4. 439. Samuel Kyle Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Oct 1916, Loyston, Union County, Tennessee; died 30 Sep 1918, Loyston, Union County, Tennessee.
    5. 440. George Lester Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Jan 1919, Loyston, Union County, Tennessee; died Aug 1976.
    6. 441. Grady Tilman Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Apr 1921, Loyston, Union County, Tennessee; died Bef 29 Mar 2010.
    7. 442. Janie Rowena Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Jun 1924, Loyston, Union County, Tennessee.
    8. 443. Glenmore Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Mar 1926, Loyston, Union County, Tennessee; died 29 Mar 2010; was buried 3 Apr 2010, Bookwalter Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    9. 444. Mary Kate Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Apr 1929, Loyston, Union County, Tennessee; died 28 Oct 2009; was buried 2 Nov 2009, Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

  116. 187.  Oscar Gipson "Gip" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 8 Oct 1893, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 22 Dec 1974, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried Norris Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Andersonville, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Oscar married Bessie Lee Wood 25 Dec 1921, Anderson County, Tennessee. Bessie (daughter of William Rube Wood and Lucy Mae Irwin) was born 21 Jun 1905, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 10 Mar 2005, Lake City, Tennessee; was buried 12 Mar 2005, Norris Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Andersonville, Anderson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 445. Margaret Opal Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Oct 1922, Agee, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 2005.
    2. 446. Nona Grace Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jul 1924, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 16 Apr 2011; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    3. 447. William Rule Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jan 1926, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 8 Apr 1994; was buried Norris Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Andersonville, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    4. 448. Oscar George Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Dec 1927, Kildav, Kentucky; died 28 Apr 1930.

  117. 188.  Ollie Ann Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 5 Jul 1895, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1974; was buried Sinking Springs Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Ollie — Handy F. Stooksbury. Handy (son of Isaac Stooksbury and Shrelda Hutcheson) was born Jul 1892, Union County, Tennessee; died 7 Apr 1974, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried Sinking Springs Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 449. Everette R. Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Apr 1917; died 1 Nov 2003.
    2. 450. Albert A. Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Sep 1919, Loyston, Union County, Tennessee; died 24 Aug 1979, Norris, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried Norris Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    3. 451. Rethal Myrtle Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Nov 1921; died 26 Jan 1991, Humphreys County, Tennessee.
    4. 452. Mary Nell Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point died Bef 19 Mar 2005.
    5. 453. Helen Mae Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Nov 1927; died 19 Mar 2005, Fort Sander's Regional, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 22 Mar 2005, Woodhaven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    6. 454. Alva Ruth "Doofie" Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Jan 1931, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 6 Aug 2003, Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried 10 Aug 2003, Grandview Memorial Gardens.

  118. 189.  Stella F. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 16 Aug 1897, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1978.

    Stella — W. Phair Wallace. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 455. Juanita Wallace  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 456. Mary Jean Wallace  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 457. Shirley Wallace  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 458. Betty Jane Wallace  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Sep 1934, Ozark, Christian County, Missouri.
    5. 459. Ruth Wallace  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 460. Jimmy G. Wallace  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 461. Rex Wallace  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 462. Mattie Wallace  Descendancy chart to this point

  119. 190.  Alma M. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 4 Apr 1899, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 4 Aug 1955.

    Alma married W. Edgbert Sharp 26 Aug 1934. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 463. Lou Ella Sharp  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Jan 1937; died 31 Jan 1937.

  120. 191.  Edith Beatrice Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (61.George3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 4 Nov 1904, Anderson County, Tennessee; died 29 Aug 1978.

    Edith married Cleve Daugherty 12 Apr 1933. [Group Sheet]

    Edith — Frank Hackworth. [Group Sheet]


  121. 192.  Sarah Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (63.Alexander3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 1879.

  122. 193.  Moses Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (63.Alexander3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1)

    Moses — Elizabeth Williams. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 464. Sarah S. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Jan 1904, Tennessee; died 4 Sep 1935, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

  123. 194.  Mark Samuel Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (63.Alexander3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 2 Feb 1881; died 9 Oct 1960; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Mark — Parlie Katherine Loy. Parlie (daughter of Green Loy) was born 11 May 1882, Union County, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1932, Westbourne, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  124. 195.  Mary Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (63.Alexander3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1)

  125. 196.  William Sherman Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (63.Alexander3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 20 Feb 1885; died 23 Jul 1959; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    William — Lizzie Bowman. Lizzie (daughter of Coward Bowrhon and Margaret Wright) was born 3 Oct 1889; died 10 Feb 1917, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried 15 Feb 1917, Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 465. Ella M. Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1911, Tennessee.
    2. 466. Geneva Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1913, Tennessee.
    3. 467. Walter Maynard Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Nov 1914; died 5 Oct 1992, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Sherwood Chapel and Memorial Gardens.
    4. 468. Buler Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1917, Tennessee.

    William — Myrtle Jones. Myrtle was born Abt 1892, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 469. Mildred Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1923, Tennessee.
    2. 470. Christine Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1925, Tennessee.

  126. 197.  Isabelle "Izzie" Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (63.Alexander3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1)

  127. 198.  Zora Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (63.Alexander3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1)

  128. 199.  Cora Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (63.Alexander3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born Abt 1894, Tennessee.

  129. 200.  Emert Wade Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (63.Alexander3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 20 May 1896; died 13 Jun 1966; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Emert — Essie Denny. Essie (daughter of Thomas T. Denny and Sue E.) was born 22 Oct 1902; died 8 Jun 1996; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 471. Edward Ridenour  Descendancy chart to this point

  130. 201.  Ethel Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (63.Alexander3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1)

    Ethel — Prater. [Group Sheet]


  131. 202.  Louisa Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (63.Alexander3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1)

    Louisa — Bowman. [Group Sheet]


  132. 203.  Horace Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (64.Lewis3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 9 May 1881.

  133. 204.  Leora Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (64.Lewis3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 5 Nov 1882, Tennessee; died 16 Jul 1974, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried Sinking Springs Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Leora — William T. Sharp. William (son of Fredrick Wolf Sharp and Louisa Jane Jones) was born 25 Mar 1881, Tennessee; died 8 Dec 1976, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried Sinking Springs Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 472. Vera Sharp  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1911, Tennessee; died Bef 12 Mar 2011.
    2. 473. Mildred Ruth Sharp  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Jan 1914, Tennessee; died 8 Feb 2014; was buried Old Salem Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
    3. 474. Azalee A. Sharp  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Mar 1917, Tennessee; died 12 Mar 2011, NHC, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 15 Mar 2011, Sinking Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee.

  134. 205.  Hettie Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (64.Lewis3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 14 Oct 1884.

    Hettie — Fred Brown. [Group Sheet]


  135. 206.  James E. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (64.Lewis3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Oct 1887; died 19 Jul 1889; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

  136. 207.  Mary O. Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (64.Lewis3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 21 Jul 1889; died 12 Oct 1889; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

  137. 208.  Rossie Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (64.Lewis3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 8 Aug 1896; died Bef 24 Oct 2011.

    Rossie — Paris Conrad Stooksbury. Paris died Bef 24 Oct 2011. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 475. Tresseie Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1921; died 5 Feb 2004, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.
    2. 476. Goodlow Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point died Bef 5 Feb 2004.
    3. 477. Homer Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point died Bef 5 Feb 2004.
    4. 478. Mossie Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point died Bef 5 Feb 2004.
    5. 479. Milas Broadus Stooksbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Aug 1928; died 24 Oct 2011; was buried 27 Oct 2011, Fort Sumter Community Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

  138. 209.  Lucille Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (64.Lewis3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 27 Sep 1899.

  139. 210.  Robert Roscoe Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (64.Lewis3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Aug 1901; died 23 Jun 1970, Tennessee; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Robert — Della. Della was born 1 Mar 1906; died 18 Nov 1988; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  140. 211.  Wager Escoe Ridenour Descendancy chart to this point (64.Lewis3, 15.Daniel2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Aug 1901; died 2 Jul 1902; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.