06/16/2022
A Draper son. The oldest Rideout home is the most northern home on Fort Street. The restaurant by the owners, Montauk Bistro - Draper, UT is currently in the building.
Meet Brutus Lewis Rideout who was born on March 29, 1894 in Draper, Utah Territory. He was the tenth of thirteen children born to Mary Ann Terry and David Oliver Rideout Jr., although three children died as infants. Brutus attended from district school and graduated from Jordan High School. He then moved to Madison, Wisconsin to attend college. On October 15, 1917, a 21-year-old Brutus was married to 17-year-old Edith Binns in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to the war, he was working as a real estate salesman in Akron, Ohio.
On December 11, 1917, Brutus was drafted into the Army and trained at Camp Sherman in Ohio for six months. He was promoted to Corporal on May 17 before heading overseas on June 13, 1918. Brutus was assigned to the 308th Trench Mortar Battery in the 83rd Division. According to his questionnaire, Brutus was a message carrier who took a message from Brigade Headquarters through a barrage on October 23, where he was gassed. He was taken to the hospital on October 25, where he caught the flu, which developed into pneumonia. He was treated at the hospital until he died on November 1, 1918. He is buried in Section D, Plot 1 in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France. Brutus’ sister Golda completed his questionnaire and noted, “a letter from a comrade says ‘he was a brave soldier and served his country faithfully’” and “he was commended on his marksmanship and won 100% in shooting”.
You can read Brutus’ questionnaire here: https://bit.ly/3mP4R8b
