William H. Ridenour

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1841-03-11

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1923-12-09

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"William H. Ridenour" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018943, (accessed April 19, 2025).

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Hamilton County, Ohio, resident and soldier. Ohio native. Son of Jacob Ridenour and Julia Ridenour. Married to Elizabeth Ridenour. Father of Elijah Ridenour. Resident of Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1850. Served in the 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private, first sergeant, and second lieutenant from February 8, 1862 to May 29, 1864. Wounded and captured at the Battle of Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, on August 3, 1862. Paroled August 30, 1862. Served as acting ordnance officer at Lexington from January 1863 to April 1864. Resigned from service dated May 29, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Millcreek, p. 30B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Fulton County, Rochester, p. 134A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0316.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 16.
"Mortuary Record," The South Bend Tribune, (South Bend, IN), December 11, 1923, p. 5.
"William H. Ridenour (1841-1923)," Find A Grave, Memorial 34865537, accessed November 30, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34865537.

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