Marjie, Maria Smith Ridenour was the sister of my 6th great grandfather Conrad Smith. What I sent you as the source for Marie's family is all I have. I do remember trying to email the person listed and that messaged bounced back. There are several land records dealing the division of John SMITH'S ( father of Conrad, Maria Magdalena SMITH RIDENOUR, Barbara SMITH DILLSAVER, Barbara SMITH WINSTEAD, & others) land in Shenadoah Co., VA. Rebecca --- Tom & Marjie Evans <theme@windstream.net> wrote: > Rebecca, thanks for the info, most I have except for > 3rd family. The 1st > family of the John and Christena Walters Ridenour > family ( Fairfield Co. > OH) and the 2nd family of Ludwick Ridenour & Rosina > Pflueger family (Perry > Co. OH) 3rd family info do not have. > Is that a reference to the Shenandoah VA rootsweb > message board, is that > where you found the info on the 3rd Family ? > From what you said : > Maria Smith/Schmidt wife,of a Henry Ridenour, had > brother & sisters > that moved to Fairfield Co., OH, Clear Creek twp, > being same area as John & > Christena Walters Ridenour. That may bring this FA. > Co. OH family related > some way to Adam Ritenour and Marie Cassel family, > or just coincidence. > > Really appreciate the info. Plan to share it with > the Ridenour message > board. > Marjie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rebecca C. Huddle" <rebhud@sbcglobal.net> > To: <ohfairfi@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 6:57 PM > Subject: Re: [OHFAIRFI] Church Records - RIDENOUR > genealogy > > > Marjie & Tom, > > I am not Ridenour descendant, but I have accumalated > a > wide variety of information on the early inhabitants > of Amanda & Clear Creek twp's in Fairfield Co., OH. > Among these are three Ridnour Families > > FIRST REIDENOUR FAMILY > J. Ridenour purchased land in Amanda Twp in 1809. > I > believe him to be the John Ridenour listed in the > will > below: > > #114 Will of John Ridenor filed 1814, Wife > Christiana, sons John, Michael, Henry, George & > Peter; > daughters: Elizabeth, Caty, Christiana, Mary, > Sarah, > Esther and Susanna. Sec 21 Twp 13 range 20 (This > is > Amanda Twp) p 13 Fairfield County Wills and Estate > Abstracts Cases 1-500, Jean Collier, Fa. Co. OGS > 1996 > > Only church record is: > (Child) Daniel Reidanauer; John Reidanauer and > Susanna; John Bobbameir and Sally; 8 Oct 1812; 26 > Jul > 1812. p 83-84 Baptisms by Rev. Jacob Leist > Recorded > in Israel's Lutheran And Reformed Church Records at > Amanda, Fairfield Co., Oh. National Genealogical > Society Quarterly, vol XVIII, Dec 1930 > > 1820 Amanda Twp., Fa. Co., OH Census progression: > ... > Henry Hufford, Samuel Raenby, Isaac Hufford, Joseph > Hufford, George Lineburg, John Tunis, Adam > Bronhaver, > Susanna Ridenhour, Wm Corkins, Thomas Gallehar, > Michael Ridenhour, Henry Ridenhour, George > Ridenhour, > George Poppenmair, George Nye, Edward Hasler, Daniel > Collins, Laurence Barnhart, Peter Kesler, Jacob > Gardener, Christian Donar... > > "Michael Ridenour. Born in Westmoreland Co., PA., 4 > Aug 1784, son of John and Christina (Walthers). > Married Hannah Shots in the same county and moved to > Fairfield Co., OH in 1809. Children: Elizabeth, > Samuel, Lydia, Sarah, Rebecca, John, Susanna, Eli, > George M., Isabelle and Daniel. Moved to Allen Co., > OH in 1831 and entered land in sec 7, German Twp., > in > 1829 and in sec 6 in 1830. Died July 19, 1839 and > buried in Ridenour Cem. on Ridenour Farm in Sugar > Creek Twp., on State Rt 84 (In 1941 stone almost > illegible) " Soldeirs of the War of 1812 Buried in > Allen County, OHIO; p 18 OR & PF > > SECOND RIDENOUR FAMILY > > Samuel O. Ridenour Samuel O. Ridenour, deceased, > formerly one of the best-known citizens of this > county, and the owner of a valuable farm of 90 acres > in section 8, Perry township, was born in Allen > County, Ohio, > Septembr 11, 1832, and was a son of Jacob and > Catherine (Oats) Ridenour. The Ridenour family is > of > German extraction and was established in America by > Lewis Ridenour, the great-grandfather of our > subject. > He came to the Colonies prior to the American > Revolution and assisted the Patriot Army in the > capacity of a teamster. He first settled in > Virginia, > whence he removed to Westmoreland County, > Pennsylvania, and there engaged in farming until > 1803, > when he migrated to Ohio. He settled in Perry > County, > being accompanied by his wife and 10 children. > He had seven sons and three daughters. His sons, > all of whom served in the war of 1812, were as > follows: Mathias, David, John, Jacob, Lewis, Isaac > and > Martin. Of these, David, John and Isaac came to > Allen > County > and all settled in Perry township. David never > married, but John and Isaac both reared families and > their descendants to-day are numbered with the most > prominent and reliable citizens of their various > communities. > John Ridenour, the grandfather of Samuel O., was > born in Virginia in 1785; he accompanied his father > to > Pennsylvania and subsequently to Ohio. In March, > 1831, > he entered a half section of land in section 5, > Perry > township. Here he cleared up a farm, on which he > died > in 1874, being survived by his widow until July, > 1879. > John Ridenour married Hannah Spahn, who was born at > Hagerstown, Maryland, and accompanied her parents to > Perry township. The children of this marriage were: > Jacob, father of our subject; John, who died in > Perry > township; Mathias, of Paulding County, Ohio; > George,who died in Perry township; Rebecca, > deceased, > who was the wife of Samuel Wollett (THE WOLLET > Family > spent time in Amanda twp., Fair. co., OH); Hannah, > deceased, who was the wife of J. L. Stevenson; > Phebe, > deceased, who was the wife of SamuelWollett; and > Amelia, deceased. > Jacob Ridenour, son of John and Hannah Ridenour, > was born in Perry County, Ohio, January 14, 1809, > and > there learned the blacksmith'strade. In 1831 he came > to Perry Township, Allen County, and settled on the > 80 > acres of land acquired by his father, and on which > Samuel O. Ridenour lived at the time of his death. > Here, in the latter part of 1832, he established a > blacksmith shop, and for many years carried on his > trade in connection with farming. Politically he was > a > stanch Democrat, and always assumed a lively > interest > in public affairs. He served as township trustee, > and > performed his full share in the development of the > section in which he lived. He was one of the > original > members of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, > aiding liberally in its erection and serving as one > of > its trustees. His first wife was Catherine Oats, a > daughter of William Oats, of Perry County, Ohio. She > died in 1836, leaving three children as follows: > Samuel O. ; Jacob, who died from exposure while in > the > service of his country, as a member of Company K, > 118th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.; and Catherine, who > married > Daniel Losh and died in 1860. Jacob Ridenour's > second > wife was Mrs. Lovis (Mechling) Boyer. They had six > children, namely: Rebecca, wife of William Verbryke; > Phebe, wife of James K. Spear; Lovis, widow of Isaac > Lehman, of Indiana; Emma, deceased, who was the wife > of J. G. Barr; Knox P., of Dayton, Ohio; and John > W., > deceased. Mr. Ridenour died November 9, 1879, his > wife > having preceded him in 1872. > Samuel O. Ridenour was reared from infancy to > manhood on the old family homestead in Perry > Township. > He passed his entire life here, and was always > === message truncated ===