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Mr. Ridings, in addition to the labor upon his farm, has been a mechanic. The ability to handle all kinds of tool has led him to hte contruction of farm implements, suck as wagons, buggies, cultivators, grain cradles, rakes, etc. He has also been an undertaker since the time he settled in Clay.

When there has been work to be done which no one seemed able to do, Mr. Ridings has been called on. His hearty hospitality and unassuming ways have won for him the esteem of his fellow men. This has been shown by the local honors which they have conferred upon him from time to time. For 25 years he has been a trustee, and a school director for upwards of 40 years -- supervisor, etc.

He thinks that probably he was "born for an accommodation to others," and the "others" seem to have thought so, too. His family has consisted of twelve children, of whom seven are still living. Of these, four, namely: J.D. Ridings, S. M. Ridings, Jacob E. S. Ridings, and Joseph B. Ridings, live in Clay township.

History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, 1880.

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"Samuel and his brother John, arrived in Highland co. in 1833, several years after the AMBROSE family. Both were acomplished iron workers and machinists. John opened a shop in Hillsboro where he made and repaired almost any type of machinery for the early settlers. Samuel opened the same type of shop on the south side of a stream that flowed west of Hollowtown and emptied into a branch of White Oak. His shop was about a mile west of the site of Hollowtown. He manufactured wagons, carriages, ploughs, cultivators, made grain cradles, was a blacksmith and woodworker. He also was an undertaker, and 'kept on hand a number of hand-crafted coffins'. His shop became one of the leading stops on the Underground Railroad. Many a fleeing slave wished he had gone a little farther or maybe a little faster when he was asked to hide in one of 'Sam Riding's coffin-boxes'."
Highland Pioneer Sketches 1778 - 1839 Mary Brotherton 61 61 gravestone - In memory of Mary Ridings, Consort of Peter Ridings, was born in England July 21st, 1778, died Nov. 6, 1839 aged 61 years, 3 months and 12 days. Respected, lived, lamented, died

(Some say she died on November 7.) 1775 - 1843 Peter Joseph Ridings 67 67 Peter built the first water-powered woolen mill near Winchester, VA. The mill also had associated lumber and grist mill and barrel stave facilities. Soon his successful business allowed Peter to move his family twelve miles down the river to a 62-acre farm east of Middletown, VA. Peter grew Wheat and hay, owned milk cows, and raised hogs for food. At Middletown he built a second mill. Within the year it burned to the ground, and his infant son, Cyrus, born in 1809, died in the fire. He built a third mill, and eventually owned more than 370 acres in the area. 1843 - 1918 Christian Crum Ridings 74 74 Lived in Salem Twp. before he moved to Kansas. Was in the Union Army in the Civil War.

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C. C. Ridings lived in Salem township, where he was Justice of the Peace from 1872 to 1877, when he resigned and moved to Kansas. 1842 - 1921 Elizabeth Meyers 78 78 1868 - 1942 Samuel P. Ridings 73 73 This book was among Rachel Webster's possessions which were divided in 1983. Among the pages in the book were three newspaper clippings which are copied here:

SAM P. RIDINGS OF MEDFORD DIES AT ENID Attorney, Author, Former Cowboy, Long Prominent (From the Journal Bureau) MEDFORD, Jan 8 (1942)-Sam P. Ridings, 73, attorney and author of "The Chisholm Trail, " died Wednesday night in an Enid hospital where he had been critically ill for 10 days.

Funeral arrangements await word from a son. Major Eugene Ridings of the army general staff at Washington. The Hill funeral home is in charge. Ridings was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1868 and went to Caldwell, Kans., with his family at the age of 7. When 15 he and a youthful friend went to what is now the Oklahoma Panhandle where they-or particularly Ridings-rode the range. He first rode the Chisholm trail, about which he later wrote his book, in 1881. As a cowboy there was probably none who knew and was personally acquainted with more frontiersmen, cattlemen and rangemen.

Ridings returned to Caldwell where he -finished his highschool education and graduated -from the University of Kansas with a bachelor of law degree in 1892. He was connected with a law firm at Caldwell later. At the opening of the Cherokee Strip Ridings made the run and settled on a farm near the present site of the town of Jefferson. The farm is now the Grant county home. Ridings was prominently connected with the Republican party in politics.

He was one of the first county attorneys in Grant at the time when the courthouse was located at Pond Creek. He carried several fights to the U. S. supreme court during the battle in the county about moving the location of the county seat. He practiced law for two years in Olympia, Wash., and returned to Medford in 1912.

There has hardly been an inportant case in the Grand county courts for the past 25 or 30 years on which Ridings hasn't been an attorney for one side or the other.

He wrote his book, "The Chisholm Trail, " in 1935 and 1936.

Ridings married Miss Nettie Lewis March 18, 1896. Survivors are his wife; one son, Major Ridings and two daughters, Mrs. Paul Breeden of Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. Marie Cooke of Marigold, Miss. He was a charter member of the Montana-Wyoming National Cowboys association and the Old Time Cherokee Strip Cowboys association. Ridings also maintained membership in the Masons and Elks and was a lifetime member of the Oklahoma Historical society.

RIDINGS SERVICES SCHEDULED FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY -- Methodist Church Funeral Follows Masonic Rites (From the Journal Bureau) MEDFORD, Jan. 9 (1942) -- Scottish Rite services for Sam P. Ridings, prominent Medford attorney and author, will be held Friday at midnight, under final arrangements completed here.

The final funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 O'clock at the Medford Methodist Church. The rites will be conducted by Rev. George Parkhurst, pastor of the Methodist church of Alva. He will be assisted by Rev. W. I. Smith, Medford pastor, and Rev. C. H. Schuermann, Renfrow pastor. Burial will be made in the Caldwell cemetery under the direction of the Hills funeral home. The final arrangements were confirmed after it had been learned that a son Major Eugene Ridings, U. S. army general staff, would arrive late Friday afternoon from Washington.

Ridings, 73, succombed Wednesday night at an Enid hospital following an illness of 10 weeks. He was one of Grant county's best known citizens and was considered an authority on early history of this section of the southwest. He had been actively engaged in the practice of law here for more than 40 years and was the senior partner of the law firm of Ridings and Drennan.

Because of the death of Ridings, the January motion day session of district court has been cancelled. Judge J. W. Bird announced that the docket would be heard at a later date. It had originally been assigned for Saturday.

HUNDREDS ATTEND RIDINGS FUNERAL AT MEDFORD -- Alva Pastor, Two Other Ministers, Conduct Services (From the Journal Bureau) MEDFORD, Jan. 1O (1942)-Hundreds of friends and business associates, including many from the legal fraternity, gathered with relatives Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church to pay a parting tribute to Sam P. Ridings, attorney and author, who died Wednesday night.
The rites were conducted by Rev. George A. Parkhurst, pastor of the Methodist church of Alva, formerly of Medford.

Assisting was Rev. W. I. Smith, local pastor, and Rev. C. H. Schuermann of Jefferson. The active pallbearers were Frank Hamilton, John Drennan, Frank Warzyn, Raymond Early, Orville Slater and Howard Reed.
Honorary pallbearers included members of the Grant county bar and others as follows: District Judge J. W. Baird, Enid; District Judge O. C. Wybrant, Woodward; Don A Armstrong, Oklahoma City; Robert L. Cooper, Robert Sullivan, and J. H. Asher, Pond Creek; P. C. Simons, Enid; Ellis W. Eddy, E. H. Breeden, Evan Breeden, J. E. Falkenberg, Denny W. Falkenberg, W. T. Clark, Hohn C. Stevenson, M. E. Prout, Dr. I. V. Hardy and Charles Sprague, Sr., all of Medford. Burial was in the Caldwell cemetery under the direction of Hills funeral home. The last rites Saturday afternoon followed midnight Scottish Rite services Friday at the Methodist church. Guthrie and Enid Scottish Rite officials were in charge.
 1756 - 1795 Mary Morris 39 39 Children:
Peter Joseph Ridings b: 25 Jun 1775 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England c: 17 Sep 1775 in Ainsworth, Lancastershire, England, Cockey Moor Presbyterian
Ruth Ridings b: 1777 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
William Ridings b: 1778/1779 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England c: 21 Feb 1770 in St Peter's, Bolton, Lancastershire, England
John Ridings b: ABT 1780 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
Mary Ridings b: 1782 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
James Ridings b: ABT 1785 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
Hannah Ridings b: 1786/1787 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
Alice Ridings b: 1788
Caleb Joseph Ridings b: ABT 1790 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
Sarah Ridings b: 1790/1791 1747 - 1824 John Ridings 76 76 Children:
Peter Joseph Ridings b: 25 Jun 1775 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England c: 17 Sep 1775 in Ainsworth, Lancastershire, England, Cockey Moor Presbyterian
Ruth Ridings b: 1777 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
William Ridings b: 1778/1779 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England c: 21 Feb 1770 in St Peter's, Bolton, Lancastershire, England
John Ridings b: ABT 1780 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
Mary Ridings b: 1782 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
James Ridings b: ABT 1785 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
Hannah Ridings b: 1786/1787 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
Alice Ridings b: 1788
Caleb Joseph Ridings b: ABT 1790 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England
Sarah Ridings b: 1790/1791 1710 - ~1748 Alice Ainsworth 38 38 Children:
James Ridings b: 1 Aug 1739 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
Mary Ridings b: 16 Jan 1741 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
Richard Ridings b: 1742/1743 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
Alice Ridings b: 16 Oct 1744 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
John Ridings b: 26 Nov 1747 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England 1710 - >1755 John Ridings 45 45 Children:
James Ridings b: 1 Aug 1739 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
Mary Ridings b: 16 Jan 1741 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
Richard Ridings b: 1742/1743 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
Alice Ridings b: 16 Oct 1744 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
John Ridings b: 26 Nov 1747 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England 1815 - 1897 Catherine Ambrose 82 82 Marriage (a child) Marriage (a child) Marriage (a child) Marriage (four children) Marriage (five children) Marriage (a child) Marriage (two children) Marriage (six children) Marriage (three children) Marriage (three children) Marriage (two children) Marriage (a child) Marriage (three children) Marriage (six children) Marriage (five children) Marriage (three children) Marriage Marriage Marriage Marriage Marriage ~1680 James Ridings Children:
1. Mary Ridings b: 31 Jul 1705 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
2. Peter Ridings b: ABT 1706 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
3. Ann Ridings b: 11 Sep 1708 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
4. John Ridings b: ABT 1710 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
5. Richard Ridings b: ABT 1712 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
6. James Ridings b: ABT 1714 in Tottington Twp, Lancastershire, England
 ~1657 - 1752 James Ridings 95 95 Children:
Richard ? RIDINGS
James RIDINGS (III) b: ABT 1680
John RIDINGS b: ABT 1694/95
David RIDINGS b: ABT 1704 ~1637 James Ridings Children:
James RIDINGS (II) b: ABT 1657/58
Mary RIDINGS 1813 - 1873 George Ridings 60 60 He married Susan HERSHMAN and had 4 children.
Moved to Illinois. 1816 - 1865 Peter Franklin Ridings 49 49 He married Mary Jane LARRICK and Elizabeth HALTERMAN, 6 children, and moved to Missouri.

"During the Civil War, this family suffered, as did many others; but two instances of specially brutal treatment may be mentioned: Peter was taken from his home and family and shot dead by a squad of Union soldiers, within a half mile of his home; while at another time, John W. Ridings' wife was killed in her own home on the Middle Road, West of Newtown. A large squad of Sheridan's Cavalry, led by Brown, a renegade Frederick County man, made a rush upon the house, firing many volleys. Mrs. Ridings was killed. Both cases were without excuse. William Ridings, her son, lives in the vicinity at this writing; and several other children survive. E. C. Ridings, James W. (now Notary Public) and other members of the two families mentioned, live at Middletown and vicinity."
Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants
By Thomas Kemp Cartmell, 1909 1818 Charles Gustavus Ridings Was Charles hung to death? 1820 - 1822 Isaac Newton Ridings 2 2 1799 - 1834 Ann Newman 35 35 Taken from "The Ridings of Virginia."
"The Ridings' Cemetery is located just northeast of Middletown where Chapel Road (old Reliance Road) meets Route 11. It is now part of the property known as Cooley Farm, and as of 1981 it was still in the posession of the Cooley family....There are 10 grave sites contained within the iron fence, and all of the individuals buried there are members of the Ridings family."

All other information about Ann Newman is taken from this book from the Winchester Library, Winchester, Frederick, VA. Copied by Charles Ridings. 1798 - 1878 Edwin Brotherton Ridings 80 80 Edwin B. Ridings son of Dr. Peter and father of John W. Ridings, was born in England 1798; and died in Frederick County, 1878. He owned the old woolen factory, grist mills, etc. Though a member of the M. E. Church, he gave the ground for the U. B. Chapel (mentioned elsewhere). His first wife was Lydia Rhodes, the mother of Jacob, Peter and John W. In 1828 he married his second wife Susan Painter, who died in 1834, leaving James R. (a mute), Sarah A. and George E.

Information found in account written by Paul E. Ridings, grandson of James Ridings, July 21, 1901.

Marriage 1 Eliza BARROW b: 02 MAR 1811
Married: 11 DEC 1835 in Middletown, VA 6

Children
1. Mary Catherine RIDINGS b: 28 APR 1839
2. Frederick William RIDINGS b: 10 OCT 1841
3. Martha Ellen RIDINGS b: 03 DEC 1843
4. Charles Atwell RIDINGS b: 08 NOV 1846 in Middletown, Frederick Co., VA
5. Walker Hite RIDINGS b: 03 MAR 1850


Marriage 2 Susan PAINTER
Married: 13 NOV 1828 6

Children

1. Joseph Robert RIDINGS b: 31 JAN 1830
2. James Franklin RIDINGS b: 22 MAY 1831
3. Sarah Ann RIDINGS b: 04 DEC 1832
4. George Edwin RIDINGS b: 22 AUG 1835


Marriage 3 Lydia WINFIELD b: 20 JUL 1799
Married: 13 FEB 1824 6

Children

1. Jacob Peter RIDINGS b: 22 NOV 1824
2. John William RIDINGS b: 14 JUN 1826


Marriage 4 Elizabeth O. BARTON b: 1800

Children

1. Edmund H. RIDINGS b: 1820
 1801 Sarah Ellen Ridings She married John L. BELL in 1820, and had three children.
 1803 - 1884 John Peter Ridings 81 81 "John P. Ridings was the first regular and accomplished machinist in the town of Hillsborough. He settled there in 1833."
History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, 1880

He married Rebecca STONE and had six children. 1805 William B Ridings He married Mary WILKINSON and moved to Missouri. They only lived two and three years after marriage. 1807 - 1848 Joseph Ridings 41 41 He married Rosanna ROUSH. 1809 Cyrus Ridings Information found in account written by Paul E. Ridings, grandson of James Ridings, July 21, 1901. Cyrus was burned to death, but the when, why, and how is not listed. 1799 - 1877 James Ridings 78 78 He married Ann NEWMAN and Elizabeth COMPTON, with a total of 15 children.

James (Jimmy) Ridings wanted to come to America so badly, and couldn't book passage, for reasons unknown, that he stowed away in a water barrel on board a ship, with a vase full of water to keep him alive. When his water and/or rations ran out and he made his presence known, the ship's crew wanted to throw him overboard. He managed to convince them that his work as a deck-hand would be worth more to them than the rations he would eat. They decided to let him stay, and he landed in Virginia in the early 1800's. The vase that held the water which kept him alive is still in the family. He and his father, Dr. Peter Ridings, founded a town called Middletown, VA. Jimmy had a gristmill there on a stream which ran through the village. According to a relative who visited there, the remains of the mill are still there, as is a General Store.

This information given by Rex Valentine, Descendent of James Ridings.
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The old town is entitled to recognition as a manufacturing point. Clocks made at Middletown as far back as f786, were noted timekeepers, and were in demand far and near. Quite a lucrative business resulted from this single trade. The old wooden wheels were first used; then brass was introduced, and the artisans were able to produce the eight-day clock in attractive pattern. Some are in use to-day. The same enterprising clock makers also controlled the watch trade for many years; and strange to say, manufactured outfits for surveyors, producing a compass that gained enviable reputation. Doubtless the reader will be astonished to learn that the present County Surveyor, A. J. Tavenner, Esq., uses a compass manufactured by Jacob Danner at Middletown. Mr. T. purchased this old compass at a public sale several years since as a curiosity; and when he needed a new compass, sent this old instrument to an expert in a distant city, to have him determine its value. He was informed that the compass was of the type that had become rare, and was valuable, and the reputation of the maker was well established, and that the Surveyor could secure none better. This evidence of what the little town did in other years, is deemed worthy of preservation.

The first successful effort to produce a machine to supplant the flail and threshing floor, to thresh wheat from the straw in this county, had its start in the same town. Some old men of today remember the one manufactured by James Ridings, about 1817; and then the McKeever. These inventions were wonders in their day. When it was discovered that if was possible to beat out one hundred bushels of grain in one day, farmers grew suspicious. Such threshing instruments served their day well. The writer remembers their marvellous work; and has watched this line of progress up to the time when the steam thresher has made it possible to separate wheat from straw—the former ready for the mill, and the latter perfectly ricked by an automatic ricking attachment. We might enquire what may not happen in this branch of industry 'ere the first half of the 20th Century is passed.
Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants
By Thomas Kemp Cartmell, 1909.

 1870 Nettie Adah Ridings 1835 - 1912 William Henry or Hanby Ridings 77 77 Judy Solomon shows his name as William Hanby. 1860 - 1926 Sarah Catharine Ridings 66 66 1863 - 1949 Virginia E. Ridings 86 86 1865 - 1937 Anna Elizabeth Ridings 71 71 1869 - 1891 Elmore E. Ridings 21 21 Did not marry. 1873 - 1959 William Edward Ridings 85 85 1876 - 1961 Effie Alice May Ridings 85 85 1878 - 1915 Mary Elizabeth Ridings 37 37 1880 - 1957 Minnie Lee Ridings 76 76 1883 - 1931 Crum Carl Ridings 48 48 Jacob Swartz Maxine Mercy Swartz 1865 - 1948 Robert Harper 83 83 1902 Lois L. Harper 1903 Oliver Crum Harper 1857 - 1941 Henry W. Martin 84 84 1885 - 1885 Gracie Martin 6m 6m 1886 William Warren Martin 1888 Dorothy Maude Martin 1890 - 1977 Mattie L. Martin 87 87 1893 Wilbur H. Martin 1906 Leo Henry Martin 1879 - 1946 Dorothy Mc Donald 66 66 1907 Mary Mona Ridings 1909 - 1971 Olive Ruth Ridings 61 61 1912 - 1973 Dorothy Elizabeth Ridings 61 61 Benjamin Peters 1901 Helen J. Peters 1902 Carl A. Peters 1904 Charles B. Peters Harry Mc Intire 1901 Diedre Mc Intire 1904 Harry Glen Mc Intire 1879 - 1973 Walter Bishop Cramer 93 93 1909 Donna Margaret Cramer 1840 - 1871 Sarah E. Swartz 31 31 1843 - 1917 Phoebe Ann Lewis 74 74 1837 - ~1863 George B. Ridings 26 26 "Peter F. and George B. Ridings lost their lives in the defense of their country in the war of the Rebellion."
History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, 1880 1840 - 1862 Peter Franklin Ridings 21 21 "Peter F. and George B. Ridings lost their lives in the defense of their country in the war of the Rebellion."

History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, 1880 1851 - 1930 Samuel Mathias Ridings 79 79 He was a school director for 40 years and a township trustee for 25. ~1858 - 1862 James Atwell Ridings 4 4 1847 - 1922 John D. Ridings 74 74 "J. D. Ridings is a physician of the eclectic school, in Buford."
History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, 1880 1850 - <1850 Louis Ridings 6m 6m 1854 - 1926 Jacob Edwin Sonner Ridings 71 71 1856 - 1939 Joseph Ball Ridings 83 83 Lydia J. House 1855 - 1924 Hester C. Brown 68 68 1858 - 1892 Mary Jane Moberly 33 33 Eva S. Hazleton George Ridings Arthur Ridings Harry Ridings 1875 - 1875 Atwell Ridings 2m 2m 1876 - 1938 Jessie Owen Ridings 62 62 1879 - 1881 Mertie Estella Ridings 1 1 1882 - 1944 Cyrus Franklin Ridings 62 62 1887 - 1949 Clarence Earl Ridings 62 62 1890 Samuel Floyd Ridings 1876 - 1946 Nellie Hutchinson 70 70 D. 1938 Judie Alice Moberly George W. Ridings 1881 - 1902 Edgar Lee Ridings 20 20 1888 - 1961 Carl Crum Ridings 73 73 1890 - 1984 Della Marie Ridings 94 94 Earhart 1879 - 1924 Lydia Jane Ridings 45 45 Joseph Estridge Ridings 1892 - 1957 Guy Ridings 65 65 Never Married. Charles Mc Elfresh 1879 Ridings Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.