Elizabeth Ridenour ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Elizabeth was Elizabeth Reitenauer.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1850, Mifflin Township, Franklin County, Ohio, USA. ⁴ George Ridenour, farmer, 58, was living with wife Mary, 50; Daniel, farmer, 27; Elizabeth, 25; David, farmer, 19; William, farmer, 16; Reuben, 13; James, 10; Mary, 6. Also with them is Mary Starret, 82. George's farm was worth $3,500. The next household is John Ridenour, farmer, 23, and his wife Anna, 21. His farm has no value so he is living on father George's land. George was born in Maryland, John in Ohio, and everyone else in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1860, Mifflin Township, Franklin County, Ohio, USA. ⁵ Peter Bigher, farm laborer, 35, was living with wife Elizabeth, 30; Albert, 5; Sarah, 3; Sylvester, 1; Jno, farm laborer, 16; and Mary, 18, domestic. Peter was born in Pennsylvania, everyone else in Ohio. His real estate is worth $400.

• Census, 1880, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, USA. ³ Peter Beecher, carpenter, 49, was living with wife Elizabeth, 55; son George A., carpenter, 25; Frank J., laborer, 19; Emma A., 16. Also with them: niece Serena M. Bell, 5; and brothers-in-law William S. Ridenour, 46, and James Ridenour, 39. Peter and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Frank, Emma, and Serena were born in Indiana. Everyone else was born in Ohio. Elizabeth, William and James Ridenour's father was from Maryland, their mother from Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1895, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, USA. ⁶ Peter Beecher, 63, was with Elizabeth, 69; Emma, 31; and S. May Bell, 20. Peter was born in Pennsylvania, Elizabeth in Ohio, and the others in Indiana. Everyone's occupation was farmer and all came to Kansas from Iowa.

Next door is G. A. Beecher, 40; Sadie P., 33; Carl A., 5; and Maggie, 2. G.A. was born in Ohio, Sadie in Illinois, and the children in Kansas. G.A. was a carpenter who came from Iowa. Sadie came to Kansas from New Mexico.

The post office Arkansas City. The township is Bolton.

Elizabeth married Peter Beecher, son of Beecher and Unknown, on 12 Feb 1854 in , Franklin County, Ohio, USA.^{1 2} (Peter Beecher was born in Oct 1831 in , , Pennsylvania, USA ^{3 7} and died after 1920 in Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, USA.)