John Levi Ridenour^{[1, 2]}

1867 - 1934  (66 years)

• Name	John Levi Ridenour
  Born	22 Feb 1867	Iowa
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Feb 1934  [3]
  Buried	Rochester Cemetery, Cedar County, Iowa
  Person ID	I213548	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2007

  
  

  Father	John Daniel Ridenour,   b. 23 Mar 1835, , Ohio ,   d. 11 Jun 1907  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Sarah Cordelia Kester,   b. 27 Oct 1840, Ohio ,   d. 2 May 1911  (Age 70 years)
  Married	22 Mar 1860	, Cedar, Iowa
  Family ID	F4737	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Minnie Olds,   d. 20 May 1959
  Married	28 Dec 1899
  Children	1. Mark H. Ridenour,   b. 1 Apr 1903   2. Elizabeth M. Ridenour,   b. 28 Apr 1905,   d. 30 Dec 1913  (Age 8 years)   3. Clarence A. Ridenour,   b. 18 Sep 1906,   d. 1 Oct 1910  (Age 4 years) + 4. Arnold C. Ridenour,   b. 18 Jun 1911, Cedar County, Iowa ,   d. 17 Mar 1969, Primghar, Iowa  (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F81572	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Feb 1867 - Iowa  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] 1880 Census, Rochester, Cedar, Iowa, 177C. [S84] E-Mail, Jacie Thomsen [jacie.thomsen@gmail.com], 9 Apr 2007. [S142] Newspaper Article, Tipton Adv, 22 Feb 1934. John Levi Ridenour, son of John D. and Sarah Ridenour, was born Feb. 22, 1867, in Cedar co, Iowa, and passed away at his home near Tipton Feb. 19, 1934 aged 66 years 11 months and 27 days. The deceased was educated in the country schools of Cedar county and afterward took a business course in a commercial school in Davenport and was employed for some time in a wholesale house in that city. He then spent two seasons working with a surveyor near Huron, S. D., where he was married Dec. 28, 1899 to Miss Minnie Olds of his home county. The following year they established their home in Cedar county where they lived until his death. To this union 4 children were born. Mark, Elizabeth, Clarence, and Arnold of whom Mark and Arnold are living. He was a good neighbor, kind to fault, a good husband, a man with many friends and one with a profound respect for the better things of life. The funeral was conducted Thursday afternoon from the Rochester church by Rev. Alvin Hoskins. Burial at Rochester.