The Autobiography of Peter D. Ridenour: With Genealogies of the Ridenour and Beatty Families is a book written by Peter Darcuss Ridenour and published in 1908. It is a first-person account of Ridenour's life, beginning with his birth in 1842 in Frederick County, Maryland, and continuing through his childhood, education, marriage, and career as a farmer and businessman in Ohio.The book also includes detailed genealogies of the Ridenour and Beatty families,...