Alexandor T. Ridenour

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]

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]

Notes:

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

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]

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.
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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]

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.
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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]

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.
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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]

Nancy — Burnett. [Group Sheet]

Nancy — Wells. [Group Sheet]

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.
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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]

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]

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Ward 6, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
• Census: 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Notes:

Living at 1628 LaBrea Avenue, Hollywood, California in 1920.
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Reference:
26 May 1998, Becky Hilbert, RJH885@aol.com.
Probate records, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

Helen married Edmund W. Russell, Jr. 18 May 1912, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; divorced Yes, date unknown. Edmund was born Abt 1890. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Ward 6, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Living at 4833 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois in 1920.
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Reference:
26 May 1998, Becky Hilbert, RJH885@aol.com.
Probate records, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Ward 6, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1930, Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois
• Census: 1940, Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois

Notes:

Living at 4926 Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois in 1920.
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Reference:
26 May 1998, Becky Hilbert, RJH885@aol.com.
Probate records, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

Ruth married Thomas Edmund Wells 3 Jun 1916, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Thomas (son of Thomas E. Wells and Mary Nash) was born 9 Jun 1885, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died 5 Feb 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 7 Feb 1940, Lake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, 105 Whitney Avenue, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
• Census: 1920, 443 West Oakdale Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1930, 1516 Ardmore Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1940, 537 Arlington Place, #60, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Popular Young People to Marry

Announcement is made of the forthcoming nuptials of Marjorie Ruth Mateer and Milton Miles Beckwith, Saturday afternoon, September 24th, at 4 o'clock, in the auditorium of Fullerton Church. The Rev. Roy H. Brown, D. D., former pastor of Fullerton and beloved by all, will come from Des Moines, Iowa, to read the marriage ceremony.

Both Marjorie and Milton long have been actively identified in the work of the young people of Fullerton, the former being a teacher in the Bible School and the latter for several years acting as associate superintendent of the school. The young couple are immensely popular with the membership of Fullerton, as a result of their intense interest in the affairs of the church and for their own genuineness. The coming bride is a graduate of Chicago Teachers' College and taught in the grade schools of Hammond, Indiana. Mr. Beckwith was graduated from Northwestern University, where gained considerable fame as a member of one of that university's numerous collegiate championship swimming teams. He is a member of the Phi Mu Delta fraternity.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Mateer of the Granada Hotel, the future bride's father and mother, extend a cordial invitation to all friends to attend the wedding.
Although no formal invitations will be issued, the numerous friends of the young couple are expected to tax the capacity of the church auditorium.

September 24th also is the 25th wedding anniversary of the bride's parents, which will be celebrated at 8 o'clock that evening with the opening of the winter season at the Granada Hotel. All friends are, through these columns, tendered an invitation to be present at the informal reception and musicale in honor of the elder Mateers."

"One of the most beautiful weddings ever held in our old edifice was that in which Margorie Ruth Mateer became the bride of Milton Miles Beckwith, associate superintendent of the Bible School. Marjorie and Milton were the happy lovebirds at the reception which immediately followed the ceremony at the Granada Hotel. The bride's sister, Miss Dorothy Mateer, was bridesmaid, and the groom's brother, Willard, best man.
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References:
"The Fullerton Forum", September 1927, p 6.
"The Fullerton Forum", October 1927, p 8.

Marjorie married Milton Miles Beckwith 24 Sep 1927, Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Milton (son of Moritz Georg "George" von Beschwitz and Maude Eleanor Elizabeth Wheeler) was born 27 Sep 1901, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died 25 Aug 1981, Dunedin, Pinellas County, Florida; was buried 10 Oct 1981, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Marjorie married Carl Carlsen 16 Jun 1987, Florida. Carl (son of Carl Carlsen and Andrea Stokeland) was born 27 Apr 1901, Brooklyn, New York; died 28 Mar 1989, Dunedin, Pinellas, Florida. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, 105 Whitney Avenue, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
• Census: 1920, 443 West Oakdale Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1940, Ward 41, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Mateer announce the engagement of their daughter, Dorothy Louise Mateer to Carl Francis Hershbach, of Chicago.

Miss Dorothy is the second daughter of the family. She is at present associated with the Kemper Insurance Company. She is a graduate of Chicago Teacher's College and last year was on the staff of the Primary Department of the Hammond City Schools.

Mr. Hershbach is an Illinois University man and is in the Engineering Department of the Commonwealth Edison Corporation.

We all know "Dorothy" and "Carl," like them immensely and extend to them our congratulations and approval.
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Reference:
"Mateer-ial Topics", December 1927, p 4.

Dorothy married Carl F. Herschbach 14 Jul 1928, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Carl (son of Charles F. Herschbach and Catherine La Croix) was born 8 Jan 1903, Illinois; died Jul 1974; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, 105 Whitney Avenue, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
• Census: 1920, 443 West Oakdale Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1940, West Deerfield Township, Lake County, Illinois

Bruce married Ann Timson 16 Nov 1935, Lake Bluff, Lake County, Illinois. Ann (daughter of Charles Eldred Timson and Marjorie Ford Ludlow) was born 1 Aug 1914, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois; died 19 Sep 2012, Larksfield Place, Wichita, Kansas; was buried 23 May 2013, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1920, 443 West Oakdale Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1930, Long Beach, Harrison County, Mississippi