Stephen Ridinger and Elizabeth Pershing

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Husband Stephen Ridinger ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 Feb 1801 1 2
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           Died: 1883 2
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         Father: Michael Ridinger (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Ingram (      -      ) 1

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Wife Elizabeth Pershing ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1797 2
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Children

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1 F Mary Ridinger ¹

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         Spouse: James Nesbit (      -      ) 1

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2 M Jacob Ridinger ¹

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           Died: while young - near Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co, PA
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3 F Susan Ridinger ¹

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           Died: 20 Sep 1888 1
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4 M Stephen Ridinger, Jr. ^{1 2 4}

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           Born: 14 Nov 1833 - near Lycippus, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 5 Jun 1903 2 4
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         Spouse: Catharine Mary Lauffer (1835-1931) 2 5
           Marr: 22 Dec 1853 4 5

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5 M William N. Ridinger ¹

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           Born: 4 May 1835 1
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           Died: 2 Jan 1895
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6 F Martha Ridinger ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Stephen Ridinger

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He spent his early boyhood at York, Pennsyl­vania, at which place he came frequently in contact with the Indians who had their camps nearby, and in later life, when recounting early reminiscences, would refer to his frequent visits to the Indian camps. During his boyhood his family removed to Ohio, and subsequently his father offered him a farm upon which New Philadelphia was later built, but he refused the offer because the ground was swampy and as he thought useless. The piece of ground referred to was given to his sister Catharine. Stephen left home at the age of sixteen years, working out for some years, and finally drifted to the foot of the ridge at Lycippus, Westmoreland County, Pennsyl­vania.

He and his first wife resided in the neighborhood of Lycippus for many years, their children having all been born there, and later moved to the vicinity of Wilkinsburg, where he owned ten acres of land. Whilst residing on his little ten acre farm near Wilkinsburg, his wife and son Jacob died of typhoid fever, and were buried near Braddock, Pennsyl­vania. Shortly afterward he moved to Westmoreland county, thence to the state of Indiana, where he spent some years, returning to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, locating near Apollo, where he married his second wife, and after her death he removed to Irwin, Westmoreland County, where his own death occurred.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 503.

2 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 518.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 502.

4 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 55.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 504.