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Family Papers, 1865-1932. 5 folders; 1 volume
Edward Ridenhour was born in the St. Louis area around 1845 and spent much of his life in
the town of Labaddie as a farmer. He volunteered for the 40th Missouri Infantry in 1861 and
served throughout the Civil War. After his discharge in 1865, he returned to Labaddie and died
some thirty years later.
Collection contains family papers dealing largely with the Civil War service, pension, and
estate settlement of Edward Ridenhour. The first folder includes Ridenhour's discharge from the
40th Missouri Infantry in 1865, receipts for membership dues for the Grand Army of the
Republic, and pension paperwork for the stipends his widow received after his death in 1895.
The second folder contains documents relating to the pension and to the Ridenhour estate. The
third folder contains land documents pertaining mostly to the Ridenhour family and ranging in
date from 1870 to 1932. Much of the land recorded in the deeds is in the area of Labaddie,
Missouri. The final folder contains handwritten notations of the Ridenhour family history as well
as a short notation of the history of Labaddie, an unidentified family photograph, and the calling
card of a Josie Larretto, and an 1814 Ridenhour family Bible.
Cite as: Edward Ridenhour Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1301
Ridgway, Joseph.
Papers, 1812-1859; 1923. 2 folders (approximately 35 items)
Joseph Ridgway moved to St. Louis from Massachusetts circa 1837.
Papers include letters to family in New Westbury, Massachusetts, regarding family news,
everyday happenings, tobacco and real estate business news, some mention of copper mining.
Cite as: Joseph Ridgway Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1302
Riehl Family.
Papers, 1848-1934. 2 boxes
Family records of the Riehl family of St. Louis and southern Illinois. Includes receipts, bills,
insurance and property records, and correspondence.
Some German handscript.
Cite as: Riehl Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2340
Ries, Ed (1931- ).
Reminiscences titled “When I Was a Boy,” circa 2006. 1 item (9 pages; pages are numbered
13-21)
Ed Ries grew up in Webster Groves and Chesterfield, St. Louis County, Missouri. His family
first lived on Forrest Ave. in Webster Groves. (The 1941 St. Louis County directory lists the
family at 690 North Forest Ave.). The family moved to a home on Ossenfort Road in
Chesterfield, before moving back to Webster Groves.
Reminiscences of Ed Ries, written for his children, discuss his experiences as a young boy
living in Chesterfield and Webster Groves circa 1939-1948. He recounts growing up in
Chesterfield on the land his father named Hollyhock Hill. He discusses chores, the flooding of
the Missouri River, peddlers, attending Wildhorse Creek School in Chesterfield, his experiences
living in a small, two-bedroom house in Webster Groves, and attending Webster Groves High
School. Reminiscences include a reproduction of a photograph of Ed Ries (page 19).
Cite as: Ed Ries Reminiscences Titled “When I Was a Boy,” Missouri History Museum