Samuel Ridenour
As early as 1840 Samuel Ridenour gave one and a half acres of land for burial purpose, but it was not until 1880 that the heirs of this liberal- minded gentleman deeded the ground to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Samuel Ridenour died June 30, 1850, aged 57 years, 9 months and 3 days. He was in every way a man of the highest order, qualified for almost any undertaking, and so constituted as to win the cordial esteem and regard of his fellow-man. John M. Ridenour, a son, was at the time of his death a captian in the Twenty-eight United States Infantry. He was wounded by the explosion of a mine at the Battle of Petersburg, VA. He was then taken prisoner and held in captivity for three months, and during two months of this time lay in prison at Castle Thunder, dying afterwards from the effects of bad medical treatment. He died November 25, 1869, aged 32 years, 3 months and 23 days.
From A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County Ohio, With Illustrations and Sketches of its Representative Men and Pioneers, Western Biographical Publishing Company, Cincinnati Ohio, 1882.