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Title
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Finding Aid for the Julia S. Riedel Collection
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Description
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This collection contains the genealogical research of Julia Bess Slemons Riedel. Most of the content’s
focus is around Julia Slemons Riedel and her immediate family, the Gardner Family and the Slemons
Family. The collection also contains some information about the McCoy, Snodgrass, Harrison, Biggart,
Mark Ray, and Hartsfield families. These families are either directly related to Julia Slemons Riedel or
related by marriage. Most information in the records covers the history of the families and how they
are related to each other. Among the records are correspondence, family trees, and self-written family
histories.
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Date
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2016
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Rights
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Rights Information
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Format
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Portable Document File Format; 510 KB; 3 pages.
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Language
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English
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Type
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Text
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Identifier
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julia s riedel papers.pdf
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Contributor
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Jolene Clark, Archivist, Midwest Genealogy Center
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Aaron Burgess, Mid-Continent Public Library Volunteer
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Julia S. Riedel Papers
Collection Summary
Title
Julia S. Riedel Papers
Date
c.1650-2003
Extent
2 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1080-JRP
Processed by: Aaron Burgess, 2016; finding aid created by Aaron Burgess, 2016
Name of Creator
Riedel, Julia Slemons
Biographical History
Julia Slemons Riedel was born on 3 October 1910 in Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas. Her parents
were Wirt Adams Slemons and Julia Desay Gardner. She also had two brothers (John Collins Slemons
and Gordon Wirt Slemons) and two sisters (Suzanne Leighman Slemons, and Marguerite Slemons). Later
in her life she moved to Shreveport, Louisiana in 1930, and to Kansas City, Missouri in 1941. She died on
12 October 2005 in Union, Franklin County, Missouri. During her life she also wrote a book titled
Brigadier General William F. Slemons, C.S.A.: His Ancestors & Descendants. She was also married twice.
First she married Roy St. Clair Harrison, and after her first husband’s death she married Bill Riedel.
Scope and Content
This collection contains the genealogical research of Julia Bess Slemons Riedel. Most of the content’s
focus is around Julia Slemons Riedel and her immediate family, the Gardner Family and the Slemons
Family. The collection also contains some information about the McCoy, Snodgrass, Harrison, Biggart,
Mark Ray, and Hartsfield families. These families are either directly related to Julia Slemons Riedel or
related by marriage. Most information in the records covers the history of the families and how they
are related to each other. Among the records are correspondence, family trees, and self-written family
histories.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 9 series.
Box 1,
Series 1, Julia Slemons Riedel Family
Folder 1, Personal Papers
Folder 2, Julia Slemons Riedel Family History
Folder 3, National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America
Folder 4, Daughters of the American Revolution
Folder 5, Correspondence, 1991-1995
Folder 6, Correspondence, 1996-1999
Folder 7, Correspondence, 2000-2003
Folder 8, Correspondence Unknown Dates
Folder 9, Bill Clinton and Political Correspondence
Folder 10, Wilhelm Karl Riedel
Folder 11, Julia Slemons Riedel Miscellaneous Papers
Series 2, Slemons Family
Folder 1, Slemons Family History
Folder 2, Julia Gardner Slemons
Folder 3, William Ferguson Slemons
Folder 4, Thomas Slemons
Folder 5, Slemons Family Miscellaneous Papers
Series 3, Gardner Family
Folder 1, Gardner Family History
Folder 2, The Story of John Gardner of Monroe County, Georgia & His Descendants,
1778-1978
Box 2,
Folder 3, Gardner Family Bible Records
Folder 4, Leroy Gardner Correspondence, 2000
Folder 5, Gardner, Burgess, and Collins Relationship
Folder 6, Gholson (Golson) Family
Folder 7, Collins Family
Folder 8, Collins-Kilgore Cemetery Project
Folder 9, Pringle Family
Series 4, McCoy Family
Folder 1, McCoy Family History
Folder 2, McCoy Family Last Wills and Testaments
Series 5, Snodgrass Family
Folder 1, Snodgrass Family History
Series 6, Harrison Family
Folder 1, Harrison Family History
Series 7, Biggart Family
Folder 1, Biggart Family History
Series 8, Mark Ray Family
Folder 1, Mark Ray Family History
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Series 9, Hartsfield Family
Folder1, Hartsfield Family History
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed within file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Midwest Genealogy Center by William Harrison
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
Information from collection.
Julia Elizabeth “Bess” Slemons family tree found on Ancestry.com.
http://person.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/15855683/person/1980863554/story
Julia Slemons Riedel personal history. Series 1, Folder 2.
Wirt Adams Slemons family tree found on Ancestry.com.
http://person.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/15855683/person/1978633647/story
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