Joseph Ridpath⚭ Elizabeth Betsey Jarard, Mrs. Petty (second wife)
childrenThomas Monroe Ridpath · Henrietta Ridpath · Ollis Ridpath · Albert Ridpath
Their story
What the record says
Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa.
Native of Indiana.
To be 78 years old on Sept 1, 1906 (birth year est. ~1828).
Came to Iowa as a young man, preceded by an elder brother who took 160 acres of government land.
Bought half his brother's farm and built a log cabin.
After first wife died he married Mrs. Petty and removed to Audubon county, Iowa, where he was living at time of writing.
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