Relatives said his first name was Rizlon but Risdon was on the deathce rtificate.
Residences & events;
4/27/1910 Medicine Twp, Mercer Co, MO. Recorded in that census wereR M O wen, 52, married 29 years to M I, 51, with 5 children, allliving, with t hem were sons Harry, 17, and Orville, 15. Riz was ageneral farmer, th e boys were farm laborers.
4/11/1930 Princeton, Morgan Twp, Mercer Co, MO, was the old couple'sa ddress at census time. He was recorded as Risdon, 72, married forthe f irst time at 22. Wife Martha I, 70, had married at 21, and theylived a lone. They rented their home for $17.00 and owned a radio.He was sti ll farming.
He died of myocarditis but he also suffered from carcinoma of theprost ate, chronic nephritis, and arteriosclerosis.
Mr L C Owen (son Lloyd) was informant for the death certificate,verify ing birth date and place along with parentage. Riz was aretired farme r and was married.
He and Belle share a gravestone.
