RIDINGER, Samuel -- 1879 history

RIDINGER, BLAKELY, SHIPMAN, HICKENBOTTOM, SWANSON, HAWK, EMBER

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Date: 11/22/2003 at 00:27:58

"History of Jefferson County", Pub. 1879, p. 558.

RIDINGER, Samuel, farmer, SEc. 36; P. O. Salina; an early settler of this township; native of Montgomery, Va.; born in 1805; in 1820, removed with parents to Warren Co., Tenn.; to this county in 1839, and settled on the farm where he now resides. Married his first wife, Mary BLAKELY, in Tennessee; second wife was Sarah SHIPMAN; present wife was Leo (sic - Leah), daughter of Joseph and Becky HICKENBOTTOM, who settled in this county in 1837 or 1838; his children are Isaac B., Alexander, George, Effie, Catherine (now Mrs. J. SWANSON), Mary (now Mrs. Thomas HAWK), Jan (now Mrs. EMBER), Samuel and Marion. Member of the Christian Church. Owns about three hundred acres of land. Is one of the prosperous farmers of Jefferson Co.