Mathias Reitenauer ^{1 2}

   Another name for Mathias was Matthias Ridenour.⁴

   FamilySearch ID: L719-CYC.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of 1742 and Rexingen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FRA. ¹

2. Residence: Beecher Rd & Ridenour Rd in 1810 in Gahanna, Franklin, OH. In Gahanna there is a Beecher Rd. located less than a mile from Ridenour Rd., defining the area where these two allied families lived. The Ridenours farmed the west side of Big Walnut Creek, and the Beechers on the east side. Mathias Ridernour->George Ridernour->Elizabeth Ridenour married Peter Beecher. Ridenour Cemetery is located on Ridenour Rd. in Gahanna city which is within Mifflin Township.

3. He has conflicting death information of 1814 and Gahanna, Franklin, OH. ¹

4. He signed a will Will Book A Page 54 on 22 Dec 1815 in Mifflin Twp., Franklin, OH. ⁵ Will signed 22 Dec 1815; proven Feb. term, 1816. Mentions wife, Catherine Ridenour; son John; son David; son George; son Daniel; daughter Susanna Turney; daughter Polly Turney; daughter Catharine ridenour; executors son John and Stephen R. Price; witnessed by Stephen R. Price, George Baughman and James Price. Note: Newspaper obituary: "Mrs. Katerine Ridenour died in Mifflin Township, March 16, 1842 in her 85th year. She emigrated to this county in 1810." (B.T.R.).

5. Tombstone: Subdivision 2, Old Vault Section, Lot 7: Inscription: Mathias Ridenour - First white settler of the Gahanna area - 1756 - 1816 -Erected by Mathias Ridenour Chapter, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1816, Gahanna: Ridenour Cemetery, Franklin, OH. ³

6. Book: History of Franklin County, 1858. ⁴
THE first settlement of what is no Mifflin Township was commenced about the year 1799 or 1800, by emigrants from Pennsylvania. Amongst the first settlers, were William Read, (afterward Judge Read,) William Simmons, Frederick Agler, George Baughman, Daniel Turney, Matthias Ridenour, then Ebenezer Butler, and others. In the division of the county into townships, in 1803, this territory was included in, and formed a part of Liberty Township. In 1811, the township was established and organized with its present boundaries, and named after their old Pennsylvania Governor--Mifflin.THE first settlement of what is no Mifflin Township was commenced about the year 1799 or 1800, by emigrants from Pennsylvania. Amongst the first settlers, were William Read, (afterward Judge Read,) William Simmons, Frederick Agler, George Baughman, Daniel Turney, Matthias Ridenour, then Ebenezer Butler, and others. In the division of the county into townships, in 1803, this territory was included in, and formed a part of Liberty Township. In 1811, the township was established and organized with its present boundaries, and named after their old Pennsylvania Governor--Mifflin.

7. Book: History of Frankin and Picaway Counties, Ohio, 1880. ⁶
Matthias Ridenour and his wife Catharine Page came in in 1810 and settled on Big Walnut creek. They were originally from Maryland, removed from there to Pennsylvania, and thence to Ross county from whence they came to Mifflin. Their family consisted of David, George, John, Susan, Mary and Catharine. All are now dead except David who is a leading citizen of Westerville, Blendon township. Susan married Daniel Turney, Mary married John Turney, and after his death, Frederick Neiswender, of Jefferson township. Catharine married John Scott.
Daniel Turney and his wife Susan (Ridenour), of Pennsylvania, emigrated, in 1806, to Chillicothe, and came from there to Mifflin township in 1811. They settled first upon Big Walnut, above the present site of the village of Gahanna, and soon afterwards, removed to Alum creek, and settled upon what is known as the Cynthia Turney farm. They had nine children, of whom seven are still living, as follows: John in Morrow county; Mary (Dill), Susan (Bell), Daniel, in Iowa; Catharine (Noble), also in Indiana; Phebe (Noble), in Iowa. Daniel Turney died in 1856, and his wife, in 1857. They were among the best known and most liked families in the township.

8. Book: Genealogy of the Ridenour Family, 1908. ²
The following is a genealogy of Mathias Ridenour (a brother of Jacob and Lewis), as prepared by his great-grandson, Dr. D. C. Ridenour, of Peru, Indiana:
Mathias Ridenour, born 1754, died 1814, aged 60 years. Catharine (wife), born 1757, died 1842, aged 85 years. This Mathias Ridenour married Catharine Hervel, and moved from Hagerstown, Md., abou the years 1797 or 1799 to Greensburg, Pa. From there he moved to Chillicothe, O., in about 1806. From there he moved to Gahanna, Mifflin township, Franklin county, Ohio, about 1810, where he died. He lived on Big Walnut Creek. He was a teamster in the Revolutionary War. Mathias and Catharine were the parents of seven children: John; David, born 1797, died 1819, aged 22 years; George, born 1792, died 1865, aged 73 years; Daniel, born 1823, died 1858, aged 35 years; Susan; Polly, born 1787, died 1867, aged 80 years; Kate.

Mathias married Anna Maria Magdalena in 1762.

Mathias next married Katherine Herval in 1781. (Katherine Herval was born in 1757,¹ died on 17 Mar 1842 in Gahanna, Franklin, OH ¹ and was buried in Gahanna: Ridenour Cemetery, Franklin, OH ¹.)