Yuma County, Colorado Photographs

Yuma County Pioneer Photographs:

John A and Katherine (Strackbein) Riedesel, Friend (Idalia/Kirk).
Images and family information contributed by Dallas Riedesel.

John A Riedesel was born in 1848 in Ohio, the son of German immigrants. Katherine Strackbein was born in Germany in 1846. John and Katherine were married in Iowa in 1875. They brought their family to the Friend area of Yuma County in 1887 and homesteaded the SW¼ Section 5, Township 5 South, Range 45 West. John (1848-1932) and Katherine (1846-1914) are buried in the Lucas Cemetery, near Idalia. They had six children. Their oldest Edward (1876-1880) died in Iowa.

Front: Katherine, Lillian and John A.
Back: George W., Elizabeth, Albert W. and Frank J.

George married Amy Mace in 1920,
Elizabeth married Charles Shields in 1899,
Albert married Nora Nevills in 1933,
and Frank married Emma Romkee in 1910.

Albert, Frank and Lillie are buried near their parents in the Lucas Cemetery. George and and his sister, Elizabeth (Riedesel) Shields, are buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery, Denver.

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Albert Riedesel with his 1914 Model T Touring Car on the John A Riedesel homestead circa 1920. That rock farmhouse house was built in 1898 and is still standing today (see below).

John Riedesel 1898 rock house today. After his father died this was Albert's home.

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