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Family: Richard Lee Rider / Mary Geneva Cogswell (F10104)

m. 21 Jul 1942


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  • Male
    Richard Lee Rider

    Birth  9 Aug 1915  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  17 Nov 2003   
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    Marriage  21 Jul 1942  Broward Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Leonard E Rider | F10105 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Adeline Harmon | F10105 Group Sheet 

    Female
    Mary Geneva Cogswell

    Birth  19 Nov 1905  Spokane, Spokane, WA Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Other Spouse  Jean Paul King | F3829 
    Marriage  Nov 1928  Portland, Multnomah, OR Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Byron Frederick Cogswell | F2163 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth M English | F2163 Group Sheet 

  • Notes 
    • from "Florida, County Marriage Records, 1823-1982" (ancestry.com)
      On 21 Jul 1942 in Broward Co, FL, Mary Cogswell King, 30, married Richard Lee Rider, 33.
    • from "The Fort Lauderdale News", 26 Jul 1942 (newspapers.com)
      The former Mary Cogswell King of Hollywood, pictured above, became the bride of Lt. Richard Leigh Rider of the United States Air Corp Tuesday at a twilight ceremony performed at the Hollywood Prebyterian Church by the Rev. Dr. Rober Excell Fry. The bride, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Frederick Cogswell of Hollywood, Calif., chose an ice blue crepe gown with with matching Juliet cap and short veil for her costume, and wore a corsage of orchids. ... Leonard Rider, the bridegroom's father, served at best man. ...The bride is graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She has made the winter home here for a number of years. Lieutenant Rider is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. He was a reserve officer in the United States Army before entering the Air Corps for active duty in Puerto Rico. He arrived by plane the day before the wedding.