• [S203] Letter from Doris (Ridgely) Olds (Calhoun, Illinois) to Dan W. Olds, 29 June 1960; personal files of Dan W. Olds (Spartanburg, South Carolina).
  • [S204] Ridgely (Oscar) family, Family Bible of Oscar and Maranda Ridgely (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date); Doris R. Olds, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Hereinafter cited as Family Bible of Oscar and Maranda Ridgely.
  • [S264] Ridgely (George Willis), Ridgely, George W. -- family Bible record (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date); Dan W. Olds, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Hereinafter cited as George W. Ridgely family Bible. This Bible contains of piece of brown wrapping paper (probably a portion of what it was once wrapped in) which says "Grandfather Ridgely's Bible. Given to G. H. by Uncle Asa after Aunt Sarah's death". Sarah Ridgely Higgins died in 1957 and Asa Higgins died in 1964. When I was working on Ridgely history, I thought the Bible was at G. H. Ridgely's house but was never there at a time when it was convenient for him to locate it for me.
    By 1969, when I published the Ridgely book, Doris Olds had borrowed the Bible and made photocopies for me. Upon G. H.'s death in 1983, Lois Ridgely Murphy gave the Bible to Doris Ridgely Olds who later gave it to me.
    The Bible measures about 9 1/2" by 11 1/2". The covers and spine are missing and the front now starts with verse 41, chapter 28 of Deuteronomy. No publication information is available internally.
    Doris had the loose family history pages laminated about 1985 and they are now [2009] in the Bible.
  • [S269] 1900 federal census of Richland County, Illinois. Microfilm image online. Used at www.ancestry.com.
  • [S272] Letter from Dale B. Ridgely (San Antonio, Texas) to Dan W. Olds, 1967; personal files of Dan W. Olds (Spartanburg, South Carolina).
  • [S487] Ridgely, Maranda Bowers, Gospel Messenger, Elgin, Illinois, 17 Sep 1960.
  • [S488] Mrs. Maranda Ridgely Dies, Olney Daily Mail, Olney, Illinois, June 1960.
  • [S776] "Peter Bowers Biographical Form (as filled in by Maranda Ridgely)," ; copy in my files; Spartanburg, South Carolina. Hereinafter cited as "Peter Bowers Biographical Form."
  • [S777] "Iowa Record Research", 1978, Verda Baird (Iowa), to Doris R. Olds (Florida); copy in my files, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  • [S785] Charles J. Fulton, History of Jefferson County, Iowa (Chicago, Illinois: S. J. Clark Publishing Company, 1912).
  • [S786] Gold Rush story, Fairfield Ledger, Fairfield, Iowa, 9 March 1966.
  • [S787] Marriage record of Daniel Brown and Susan Peebler, Library, Fairfield, Iowa, Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa.
  • [S788] Interview with Orville West (Polo, Illinois), by Dan W. Olds, June 1966.
  • [S789] Early Brethren membership records in Iowa, Carter, Helen O., Fairfield, Iowa, notes taken from the May 1896 District Meeting Minutes, Brethren Church, n.p., copy in my files, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  • [S790] Minnie S. Buckingham, Church of the Brethren in Southern Illinois (Elgin, Illinois: Brethren Publishing House, 1950).
  • [S791] Letter from Maranda Ridgely (Parkersburg, Illinois) to Dan W. Olds, 16 March 1953; personal files of Dan W. Olds (Spartanburg, South Carolina).
  • [S792] Letter from Maranda (Bowers) Ridgely (Parkersburg, Illinois) to Dan W. Olds, 20 Feb 1958; personal files of Dan W. Olds (Spartanburg, South Carolina).
  • [S801] Dennis Morgan obituary, unknown newspaper title, unknown location, 1919.
  • [S803] Interview with Sam Dodds (Calhoun, Illinois), by Dan W. Olds, 4 June 1976.
  • [S868] Deed Books of Jefferson County, Iowa, Jefferson County, Iowa, Fairfield, Iowa. Hereinafter cited as Deed Books of Jefferson County, Iowa.
  • [S1000] Death Notices, Olney Daily Mail, Olney, Illinois.
  • [S1119] S. P. Bowers, War Veteran, Dies Today, Olney Daily Mail, Olney, Richland County, Illinois, 22 Dec 1969, page 2.
  • [S1129] Gladys (Dyer) Vaupel, information provided for the Peter Bowers book of 1979.
  • [S1158] Mary Bowers Findley, funeral card, 1948. Personal files of Dan W. Olds, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  • [S1159] Family records by James Marion Findley, unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  • [S1160] Clara Belle (Findley) Moore, information provided for the Peter Bowers book of 1979.
  • [S1227] Samuel Peter Bowers, marriage announcement. Family papers, Parkersburg, Richland County, Illinois.
  • [S1286] Interview with Helen Haycraft (Rural Route, West Salem, Illinois), by Dan W. Olds, 29 Dec 1976.
  • [S1306] M. Jeanne Dawson, compiler, Obituaries of Richland County, Illinois (Olney, Illinois: Richland County Genealogical and Historical Society, 1991).
  • [S1317] 1856 State Census of Iowa, Jefferson County. Microfilm image online. Www.ancestry.com.
  • [S1374] Richard E. Bowers, funeral card, 28 May 1983. Copy in my files, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  • [S1474] 1860 federal census of Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Microfilm image. Used at www.ancestry.com.
  • [S1475] 1870 federal census of Richland County, Ill. Microfilm image. Used at www.ancestry.com.
  • [S1487] Tribute to the late Grandpa Bowers, from an unknown newspaper.
  • [S1488] Obituary [Peter Bowers], from an unknown newspaper , 1922.
  • [S1785] Des Warzel, Indiana County, PA, Cemeteries plus History of Brush Valley Lutheran Church, Vol. I (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date).
  • [S2118] Wayne County Michigan Dibean marriage index, online http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/wayne/vitals/marriages/dbn-dec-ror-rou-2007.txt
  • [S2166] Letter from Edith (Dollahon) Ankenbauer (Kenmare, North Dakota) to Doris R. Olds, 16 April 1978; Library and papers of Doris R. Olds (Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina).
  • [S2401] Letter from Maranda Ridgely (Parkersburg, Illinois) to Bertha Swank, 26 Apr 1943; personal files of Dan W. Olds (Spartanburg, South Carolina).
  • [S2827] Henry P. Collin, History and Biographical Record of Branch County, Michigan (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906).
  • [S3155] Funeral Thursday For Mrs. Findley, from an unknown newspaper.
  • [S3198] Jan Doan (ed), "Obituaries from the Olney Times -- 1929", Foot Prints Past and Present Vol. 34, No. 2/3 (Summer/Fall 2010).
  • [S3199] Jan Doan (ed), "Obituaries from the Olney Advocate -- 1929", Foot Prints Past and Present Vol. 34, No. 2/3 (Summer/Fall 2010).
  • [S3339] 1900 federal census of Branch County, Michigan. Microfilm image online. Used at www.ancestry.com.
  • [S4934] Unknown author, "Rural School Students, 1912-1913", Footprints Past and Present Vol. 39, No. 4 (Winter 2016).
  • [S5487] Letter from Maranda Ridgely (Parkersburg, Illinois) to George Howard Ridgely, Feb 17, 1921; Library and papers of Doris R. Olds (Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina).
  • [S5592] Becky Phipher (transcriber), "100 Years Ago, 1921, July - Deember 1921", FootPrints Past and Present Vol. 44, No. 3 & 4 (Autumn-Winter 2021).
  • [S5680] South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1971, online https://www.ancestry.com
  • [S5688] Obituary [Peter Bowers], Olney Advocate, Olney, Illinois, 23 Feb 1922.
  • [S5833] 1920 federal census of Dade County, Florida. Microfilm image online. Used at www.ancestry.com.