Brief Life History of John William
When John William Ridenhour was born on 17 March 1879, in Jefferson Township, Maries, Missouri, United States, his father, Adam Ridenhour, was 39 and his mother, Eliza Ann Anderson, was 25. He married Rhoda "Belle" Harris on 14 June 1916, in Cole, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Jefferson Township, Osage, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Jackson Township, Ozark, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died on 19 September 1932, in Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States.
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- John W Ridenour, "United States Census, 1930"
- Jno W Ridenhour, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- John William Ridenour, "Find A Grave Index"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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Variant of Ridenour , a surname of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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