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Parents

Father*	Daniel Ritter (b. 22 FEB 1791, d. 12 NOV 1871)
Mother*	Barbara Stover (b. 20 JUN 1789, d. 22 DEC 1859)

Partner

Children with Elizabeth Billman:

1.	Daughter*	Sarah Ritter (b. 1840)
2.	Son*	George Billman Ritter+ (b. 21 OCT 1846, d. 8 MAR 1909)
3.	Son*	Daniel Franklin Pierce Ritter (b. 18 JAN 1854, d. 21 AUG 1933)

Events

Birth	On 18 JUL 1823, John Stover Ritter was born in PA, USAGI.1,3,2
Birth of Child	His daughter Sarah Ritter was born in 1840 in PA, USAGI.
Marriage	Ca. 1846, John Stover Ritter (~23) married Elizabeth Billman (~21) in PA, USAGI.1,4
Birth of Child	His son George Billman Ritter was born on 21 OCT 1846 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USAG.
Census	On 1 JUN 1850, John Stover Ritter (age 26) and Elizabeth Billman (age 25) appeared in the census of 1850 along with Sarah Ritter and George Billman Ritter at Tyrone Twp., Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Census detail: John Ritter• Tyrone, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA • Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Birth Year: abt 1823 • Age: 27 • Gender: Male • Race: White • Occupation: Laborer • Industry: Industry Not Reported • Inferred Spouse: Elisabeth Ritter • Household Members: Elisabeth Ritter (27) • Sarah E Ritter (5) • George B Ritter (3.)5
Birth of Child	His son Daniel Franklin Pierce Ritter was born on 18 JAN 1854 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USAG.
Census	On 1 JUN 1860, John Stover Ritter (age 36) and Elizabeth Billman (age 35) appeared in the census of 1860 along with Sarah Ritter, George Billman Ritter, and Daniel Franklin Pierce Ritter at Tyrone Twp., Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Census detail: John S. Ritter • Tyrone, Perry, Pennsylvania • Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Birth Year: abt 1823 • Age: 37 • Gender: Male • Race: White • Occupation: Laborer • Reporting personal estate valued at $600 • Reporting real estate valued at $500 • Post Office: Andesville • Inferred Spouse: Elizabeth Ritter • Household Members: Elizabeth Ritter (35) • George B Ritter (13) • Danuel F Ritter (6.)6
Census	On 1 JUN 1870, John Stover Ritter (age 46) and Elizabeth Billman (age 45) appeared in the census of 1870 at Tyrone Twp., Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Census detail: John S. Ritter • Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Birth Date: abt 1824 • Age 46 • Gender: Male • Race: White • Male Citizen Over 21 • Occupation: Farmer • Reporting personal estate valued at $1,000 • Reporting real estate valued at $9,000 • Dwelling Number: 41 • Post Office: Landisburg • Inferred Spouse: Elizabeth Ritter • Inferred Children: Sarah Ritter, David Ritter • Household Members: Elizabeth Ritter (45) • Sarah Ritter (26) • David Ritter (16.)7
Census	On 1 JUN 1880, John Stover Ritter (age 56) and Elizabeth Billman (age 55) appeared in the census of 1880 at Tyrone Twp., Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Census detail: John S. Ritter • Loysville, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA • Relationship: Head • Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Birth Date: Abt 1824 • Age: 56 • Gender: Male • Race: White • Marital Status: Married • Spouse's Name: Elizeabeth Ritter • Occupation: Gentlemen • Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Household Members: John S. Ritter (56) Self (Head) • Elizeabeth Ritter (55) Wife.8
Death	On 13 MAY 1893, John (69) died. Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USAG.1,3,2,4
Burial	John is buried at Lebanon Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard AKA Old Town Cemetery, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.3
Death of Spouse	His wife Elizabeth Billman died on 17 MAR 1899 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USAG.
Photo	A photograph was taken at Lebanon Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard AKA Old Town Cemetery, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Detail: Elizabeth Billman and John Stover Ritter's headstone.

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 252, 5a, aalba • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S8] 1955 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Pvt. Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • The 1955 year book of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution (1956), by Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society • Publisher: Sons of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 530 • Image 530 of 784 • https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/530/mode/1up • Author: Editor Floyd G. Hoestine • Publisher: Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1956 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/n10/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2twvTc1.
3. [S56] FindAGrave.com: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77058911/john-stover-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
4. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
5. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: John Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: 805 • Page: 380a • Line Number: 5 • Dwelling Number: 45 • Family Number: 45 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4819491:8054 • page 7 of 26 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4205109_00184 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.
6. [S90] US Federal Census 1860: John S. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: M653_1150 • Page: 864 • FHL Film: 805150 • Line: 19 • Dwelling: 299 • Family: 299 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4312463:7667 • Image 2 of 29 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4292168_00540 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1860 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/.
7. [S94] US Federal Census 1870: John S. Ritter, Age 46 • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: M593_1386 • Page 303B • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2795251:7163 • Image 6 of 33 • Dwelling 41, Family 47 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4278569_00612 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1870 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/.
8. [S95] US Federal Census 1880: John S. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Loysville > District 129 • Roll: 1165 • Page: 251B • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/37711368:6742 • Image 5 of 10 • Dwelling 213, Family 232 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244449-00507 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1880 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/.

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Partner

Children with John Stover Ritter:

1.	Daughter*	Sarah Ritter (b. 1840)
2.	Son*	George Billman Ritter+ (b. 21 OCT 1846, d. 8 MAR 1909)
3.	Son*	Daniel Franklin Pierce Ritter (b. 18 JAN 1854, d. 21 AUG 1933)

Events

Birth	On 15 FEB 1825, Elizabeth Billman was born in PA, USAGI.1,3,4
Birth of Child	Her daughter Sarah Ritter was born in 1840 in PA, USAGI.
Marriage	Ca. 1846, Elizabeth Billman (~21) married John Stover Ritter (~23) in PA, USAGI.1,2
Birth of Child	Her son George Billman Ritter was born on 21 OCT 1846 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USAG.
Census	On 1 JUN 1850, Elizabeth Billman (age 25) and John Stover Ritter (age 26) appeared in the census of 1850 along with Sarah Ritter and George Billman Ritter at Tyrone Twp., Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Census detail: John Ritter• Tyrone, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA • Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Birth Year: abt 1823 • Age: 27 • Gender: Male • Race: White • Occupation: Laborer • Industry: Industry Not Reported • Inferred Spouse: Elisabeth Ritter • Household Members: Elisabeth Ritter (27) • Sarah E Ritter (5) • George B Ritter (3.)5
Birth of Child	Her son Daniel Franklin Pierce Ritter was born on 18 JAN 1854 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USAG.
Census	On 1 JUN 1860, Elizabeth Billman (age 35) and John Stover Ritter (age 36) appeared in the census of 1860 along with Sarah Ritter, George Billman Ritter, and Daniel Franklin Pierce Ritter at Tyrone Twp., Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Census detail: John S. Ritter • Tyrone, Perry, Pennsylvania • Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Birth Year: abt 1823 • Age: 37 • Gender: Male • Race: White • Occupation: Laborer • Reporting personal estate valued at $600 • Reporting real estate valued at $500 • Post Office: Andesville • Inferred Spouse: Elizabeth Ritter • Household Members: Elizabeth Ritter (35) • George B Ritter (13) • Danuel F Ritter (6.)6
Census	On 1 JUN 1870, Elizabeth Billman (age 45) and John Stover Ritter (age 46) appeared in the census of 1870 at Tyrone Twp., Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Census detail: John S. Ritter • Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Birth Date: abt 1824 • Age 46 • Gender: Male • Race: White • Male Citizen Over 21 • Occupation: Farmer • Reporting personal estate valued at $1,000 • Reporting real estate valued at $9,000 • Dwelling Number: 41 • Post Office: Landisburg • Inferred Spouse: Elizabeth Ritter • Inferred Children: Sarah Ritter, David Ritter • Household Members: Elizabeth Ritter (45) • Sarah Ritter (26) • David Ritter (16.)7
Census	On 1 JUN 1880, Elizabeth Billman (age 55) and John Stover Ritter (age 56) appeared in the census of 1880 at Tyrone Twp., Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Census detail: John S. Ritter • Loysville, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA • Relationship: Head • Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Birth Date: Abt 1824 • Age: 56 • Gender: Male • Race: White • Marital Status: Married • Spouse's Name: Elizeabeth Ritter • Occupation: Gentlemen • Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania • Household Members: John S. Ritter (56) Self (Head) • Elizeabeth Ritter (55) Wife.8
Death of Spouse	Her husband John Stover Ritter died on 13 MAY 1893 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USAG.
Death	On 17 MAR 1899, Elizabeth (74) died. Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USAG.9,1,4,3
Burial	Elizabeth is buried at Lebanon Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard AKA Old Town Cemetery, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.4,3
Photo	A photograph was taken at Lebanon Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard AKA Old Town Cemetery, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Detail: Elizabeth Billman and John Stover Ritter's headstone.

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 252, 5a, aalba • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
3. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
4. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Elizabeth (Billman) Ritter (b. 05-FEB-1825, d. 17-MAR-1899) Age 74 years, 1 month, and 12 days • Birth: 05-FEB-1825 • Death: 17-MAR-1899 • Cemetery: Lebanon Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USA • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77058970 • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
5. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: John Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: 805 • Page: 380a • Line Number: 5 • Dwelling Number: 45 • Family Number: 45 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4819491:8054 • page 7 of 26 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4205109_00184 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.
6. [S90] US Federal Census 1860: John S. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: M653_1150 • Page: 864 • FHL Film: 805150 • Line: 19 • Dwelling: 299 • Family: 299 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4312463:7667 • Image 2 of 29 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4292168_00540 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1860 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/.
7. [S94] US Federal Census 1870: John S. Ritter, Age 46 • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: M593_1386 • Page 303B • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2795251:7163 • Image 6 of 33 • Dwelling 41, Family 47 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4278569_00612 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1870 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/.
8. [S95] US Federal Census 1880: John S. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Loysville > District 129 • Roll: 1165 • Page: 251B • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/37711368:6742 • Image 5 of 10 • Dwelling 213, Family 232 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244449-00507 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1880 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/.
9. [S8] 1955 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: • Author: Editor Floyd G. Hoestine • Publisher: Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1956 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/n10/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2twvTc1.

Parents

Father*	John Stover Ritter (b. 18 JUL 1823, d. 13 MAY 1893)
Mother*	Elizabeth Billman (b. 15 FEB 1825, d. 17 MAR 1899)

Partner

Events

Citations

1. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
2. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: John Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: 805 • Page: 380a • Line Number: 5 • Dwelling Number: 45 • Family Number: 45 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4819491:8054 • page 7 of 26 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4205109_00184 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.
3. [S90] US Federal Census 1860: John S. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: M653_1150 • Page: 864 • FHL Film: 805150 • Line: 19 • Dwelling: 299 • Family: 299 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4312463:7667 • Image 2 of 29 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4292168_00540 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1860 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/.

Parents

Father*	John Stover Ritter (b. 18 JUL 1823, d. 13 MAY 1893)
Mother*	Elizabeth Billman (b. 15 FEB 1825, d. 17 MAR 1899)

Partner

Events

Citations

1. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
2. [S86] Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1970, Death Certificate • Daniel F. P. Ritter (b. 18 JAN 1854 - d. 21 AUG 1933) • Cause of Death: Chronic nephritis, diseases of the male genital organs, abscess of scrotum • 068001-071000 • Certificate Number: 70695 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4399315:5164 • page 3005 of 3364 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42342_1521003238_0809-03005. Author: Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Publisher: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission. Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/.
3. [S90] US Federal Census 1860: John S. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: M653_1150 • Page: 864 • FHL Film: 805150 • Line: 19 • Dwelling: 299 • Family: 299 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4312463:7667 • Image 2 of 29 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4292168_00540 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1860 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/.

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Parents

Father*	Edward M. Miller (b. 19 NOV 1797, d. 27 FEB 1885)
Mother*	Susannah Rouse (b. 6 JAN 1825, d. 22 FEB 1885)

Partner

Children with George Billman Ritter:

1.	Son*	John Edwin Ritter+ (b. 15 DEC 1868, d. 4 FEB 1925)
2.	Son*	Frank William Ritter (b. 17 SEP 1870, d. 19 APR 1944)
3.	Son*	Oris Arthur Ritter+ (b. 1 OCT 1872, d. 15 MAR 1928)
4.	Son*	George Harry Ritter (b. 26 SEP 1874, d. 1 FEB 1914)
5.	Daughter*	Elizabeth Belle Ritter (b. 30 MAR 1879, d. 18 JAN 1963)
6.	Daughter*	Edith Ritter (b. 23 AUG 1886, d. 17 JAN 1904)

Events

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 252, 5a, aalba • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S8] 1955 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Pvt. Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • The 1955 year book of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution (1956), by Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society • Publisher: Sons of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 530 • Image 530 of 784 • https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/530/mode/1up • Author: Editor Floyd G. Hoestine • Publisher: Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1956 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/n10/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2twvTc1.
3. [S369] Ritter, George B & Miller, Mary Elenor Family: • Author: Anna R. Gilmore • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Mary_Elenor_Miller_and_George_B_Ritter_1960.pdf.
4. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
5. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Mary Ellner (Miller) Ritter (b. 30-MAY-1848, d. 15-AUG-1894) Age 46 years, 2 months, and 16 days • Birth: 30-MAY-1848 • Death: 15-AUG-1894, Cumberland Co., PA, USA • Cemetery: Centre Presbyterian Churchyard, Bixler, Perry Co., PA, USA • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105180685 • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
6. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: Edward Miller • Pennsylvania > Perry > Saville • Roll: 805 • Page: 305b • Line Number: 20 • Dwelling Number: 67 • Family Number: 67 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4813743:8054 • page 10 of 36 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4205109_00042 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.
7. [S90] US Federal Census 1860: Edward Miller • Pennsylvania > Perry > Madison • Roll: M653_1150, pg. 595 • FHL Film: 805150 • Line: 36 • Dwelling: 540 • Family: 540 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4302070:7667 • Image 25 of 40 • Page 76, 595 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4292168_00269 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1860 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/.
8. [S94] US Federal Census 1870: George Ritter, Age 24 • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: M593_1386 • Page 303B • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/10403416:7163 • Image 6 of 33 • Dwelling 41, Family 48 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4278569_00612 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1870 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/.
9. [S95] US Federal Census 1880: George B. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone > District 129 • Roll: 1165 • Page: 250C • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/50461945:6742 • Image 17 of 18 • Dwelling 191, Family 205 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244449-00504 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1880 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/.

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Parents

Father*	John Stover Ritter (b. 18 JUL 1823, d. 13 MAY 1893)
Mother*	Elizabeth Billman (b. 15 FEB 1825, d. 17 MAR 1899)

Partner

Children with Mary Elenor Miller:

1.	Son*	John Edwin Ritter+ (b. 15 DEC 1868, d. 4 FEB 1925)
2.	Son*	Frank William Ritter (b. 17 SEP 1870, d. 19 APR 1944)
3.	Son*	Oris Arthur Ritter+ (b. 1 OCT 1872, d. 15 MAR 1928)
4.	Son*	George Harry Ritter (b. 26 SEP 1874, d. 1 FEB 1914)
5.	Daughter*	Elizabeth Belle Ritter (b. 30 MAR 1879, d. 18 JAN 1963)
6.	Daughter*	Edith Ritter (b. 23 AUG 1886, d. 17 JAN 1904)

Events

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 252, 5a, aalba • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S8] 1955 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Pvt. Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • The 1955 year book of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution (1956), by Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society • Publisher: Sons of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 530 • Image 530 of 784 • https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/530/mode/1up • Author: Editor Floyd G. Hoestine • Publisher: Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1956 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/n10/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2twvTc1.
3. [S56] FindAGrave.com: George Billman Ritter (b. 21-OCT-1846, d. 08-MAR-1909) Age 62 years, 4 months, and 15 days • Birth: 21-OCT-1846, Pennsylvania, USA • Death: 08-MAR-1909, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, USA • Cemetery: Letort Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USA • Plot: Section A, Row 11, Cemetery Lot A-48 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16202648 • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
4. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
5. [S369] Ritter, George B & Miller, Mary Elenor Family: • Author: Anna R. Gilmore • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Mary_Elenor_Miller_and_George_B_Ritter_1960.pdf.
6. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: John Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: 805 • Page: 380a • Line Number: 5 • Dwelling Number: 45 • Family Number: 45 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4819491:8054 • page 7 of 26 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4205109_00184 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.
7. [S90] US Federal Census 1860: John S. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: M653_1150 • Page: 864 • FHL Film: 805150 • Line: 19 • Dwelling: 299 • Family: 299 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4312463:7667 • Image 2 of 29 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4292168_00540 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1860 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/.
8. [S94] US Federal Census 1870: George Ritter, Age 24 • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: M593_1386 • Page 303B • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/10403416:7163 • Image 6 of 33 • Dwelling 41, Family 48 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4278569_00612 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1870 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/.
9. [S95] US Federal Census 1880: George B. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone > District 129 • Roll: 1165 • Page: 250C • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/50461945:6742 • Image 17 of 18 • Dwelling 191, Family 205 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244449-00504 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1880 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/.
10. [S97] US Federal Census 1900: George Ritter • Pennsylvania > Cumberland > Middlesex > District 0018 • 1401 • 11 • Sheet Number: 11 • Dwelling Number: 201 • Family Number: 208 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/46535655:7602 • page 21 of 28 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4115076_00067 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1900 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/.
11. [S86] Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1970, George B. Ritter (b. 21-OCT-1846, d. 08-MAR-1909) Age 62 years, 4 months, and 15 days • Cause of Death: Myocarditis, suffered from kidney and bladder trouble • Place of death: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA • Mother: Elizabeth Billman • Father: John S Ritter • Collection: 1909 > 029201-033000 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/226930:5164 • Image 152 of 3901. Author: Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Publisher: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission. Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/.
12. [S404] Philadelphia, PA Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915: George B. Ritter (b. abt 1847, d. 08-MAR-1909) Age abt 62 • Birth: PA, USA • Death: Philadelphia Co., PA, USA • Burial: Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA • Residence: Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA • Parents: Elizabeth Billman (Born in Pennsylvania) & John S (Born in Pennsylvania) • Marital Status: Widowed • FHL Film: 1405069 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/941920:2535 • https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2535/records/941920 — Updated on 11 AUG 2025 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2535/.
13. [S85] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013: Burial • Geo B Ritter (d. 08 MAR 1909) • 08 MAR 1909 • Collection: PA - Philadelphia > Philadelphia > Not Stated • Oliver Bair, Funeral Director • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2020433267:2451 • Image 14776 of 35558 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2451/images/42154_331450-01741, 2011 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2451/.
14. [S113] Newspapers.com: The Perry County Democrat • Bloomfield, Pennsylvania • 17 MAR 1909 • George Billman Ritter (1846-1909) • page 3, col. 2, 2nd article • https://www.newspapers.com/image/362435681/?focus=0.12840547%2C0.40271917%2C0.24247147%2C0.59897494&xid=3355&clipping_id=132852949 • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.

Parents

Father*	George Billman Ritter (b. 21 OCT 1846, d. 8 MAR 1909)
Mother*	Mary Elenor Miller (b. 30 MAY 1848, d. 15 AUG 1894)

Partner

Events

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S86] Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1970, Death Certificate • Frank W. Ritter (b. 17-SEP-1870 - d. 19-APR-1944) • Age 73 Years 7 Months 2 Days • Cause of Death: Cerebral haemorrhage, Hypertensive cardiovascular renal disease • Spouse: Fannie Meritz • Mother: Mary E Miller • Father: George B Ritter • Collection: 1944 > 034251-037250 • Certificate Number: 35057 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5280457:5164 • Image 1415 of 4420 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42342_647350_0534-01415. Author: Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Publisher: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission. Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/.
3. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Frank W. Ritter (b. 17-SEP-1870 - d. 19-APR-1944) • Age: 73 • Plot: Section B, Row 58, Cemetery Lot B-200 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16202622/frank_w-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
4. [S95] US Federal Census 1880: George B. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone > District 129 • Roll: 1165 • Page: 250C • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/50461945:6742 • Image 17 of 18 • Dwelling 191, Family 205 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244449-00504 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1880 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/.
5. [S429] Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939: John Edwin Ritter (b. 1869, d. 04-FEB-1925) Age ~56 years • Place of death: Ocala, Marion Co., FL, USA • Cause of Death: Septic ketoacidosis from chronic prostatic hypertrophy • Burial: 06-FEB-1925, Carlisle, PA, USA • Place of Birth: Loysville, PA, USA • Mother: Mary Miller • Father: Geo. B. Ritter • Collection: 1595003 • Batch: B06321-2 • Film: 004026799 • Roll: 2116432 • Details: vol 244 cn 2457 • https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP8N-K8M • Image 2,483 of 3,029 • Page 2483 • Reg. No.: 1218 • https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67C7-9W2 • Collection: https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1595003.
6. [S273] Florida Death Index 1877-1998: Death Certificate • John Edwin Ritter (d. 1925) • Location: Marion • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4967589:7338 • page 199 of 450 • Col. W, vol 224, nbr. 2457, yr. 1925 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7338/images/VRDUSAFL1877_0504-0050 • Publisher: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7338/.
7. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 252, 6a, aalbaa • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
8. [S113] Newspapers.com: Harrisburg Telegraph • Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • 11 FEB 1925 • John Edwin Ritter • page 20, col 2, 4th article • https://www.newspapers.com/image/40879634/?terms=%22John%20Ritter%22&match=1 • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.
9. [S113] Newspapers.com: The Perry County Democrat • Bloomfield, Pennsylvania • 11 FEB 1925 • John Edwin Ritter (1868-1925) Obituary • page 3, col. 4 • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-perry-county-democrat-john-edwin-rit/132748443/ • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.
10. [S56] FindAGrave.com: John E. Ritter (b. 15-DEC-1868 - d. 04-FEB-1925) Age 56 • Cemetery: Westminster Memorial Gardens, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USA • Plot: Section C, Lot 028 North, Space 3 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15677488/john_e-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
11. [S113] Newspapers.com: The Sentinel • Carlisle, Pennsylvania • 05 FEB 1925 • John Ritter • page 2, col. 2 • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sentinel-obituary-for-john-ritter-1/132835717/ • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.
12. [S369] Ritter, George B & Miller, Mary Elenor Family: • Author: Anna R. Gilmore • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Mary_Elenor_Miller_and_George_B_Ritter_1960.pdf.
13. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.

Parents

Father*	George Billman Ritter (b. 21 OCT 1846, d. 8 MAR 1909)
Mother*	Mary Elenor Miller (b. 30 MAY 1848, d. 15 AUG 1894)

Partner

Events

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S8] 1955 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Pvt. Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • The 1955 year book of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution (1956), by Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society • Publisher: Sons of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 530 • Image 530 of 784 • https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/530/mode/1up • Author: Editor Floyd G. Hoestine • Publisher: Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1956 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/n10/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2twvTc1.
3. [S86] Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1970, Death Certificate • Orrie A. Ritter (b. 01-OCT-1872 - d. 15-MAR-1928) • Age 55 Years 5 Months 14 Days • Cause of Death: Pneumonia • Spouse: A Mary Sollenberger • Mother: Mary Miller • Father: Geo Ritter • Collection: 1928 > 026501-029500 • Certificate Number: 29248 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3823801:5164 • Image 3012 of 3283 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42342_646933_0696-03012. Author: Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Publisher: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission. Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/.
4. [S95] US Federal Census 1880: George B. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone > District 129 • Roll: 1165 • Page: 250C • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/50461945:6742 • Image 17 of 18 • Dwelling 191, Family 205 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244449-00504 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1880 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/.
5. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Orrie A. Ritter (b. 1872 - d. 1928) • Age: 55–56 • Plot: Section E • GPS: 40.209808, -77.0319899 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143843862/orrie_a-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.

Parents

Father*	George Billman Ritter (b. 21 OCT 1846, d. 8 MAR 1909)
Mother*	Mary Elenor Miller (b. 30 MAY 1848, d. 15 AUG 1894)

Events

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 103, 6d • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S86] Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1970, George Henry Ritter (b. 26-SEP-1874 - d. 01-FEB-1914) • Age 39 Years 4 Months 5 Days • Cause of Death: Paralysis of the heart, alcoholism • Place of death: Silver Spring, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA • Mother: Mary E Miller • Father: Geo B Ritter • Collection: 1914 > 013511-017040 • Certificate Number: 15280 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1662166:5164 • Image 1873 of 3718 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/41381_2321306652_0600-01873. Author: Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Publisher: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission. Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/.
3. [S95] US Federal Census 1880: George B. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone > District 129 • Roll: 1165 • Page: 250C • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/50461945:6742 • Image 17 of 18 • Dwelling 191, Family 205 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244449-00504 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1880 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/.
4. [S97] US Federal Census 1900: George Ritter • Pennsylvania > Cumberland > Middlesex > District 0018 • 1401 • 11 • Sheet Number: 11 • Dwelling Number: 201 • Family Number: 208 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/46535655:7602 • page 21 of 28 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4115076_00067 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1900 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/.
5. [S113] Newspapers.com: Carlisle Evening Herald, Carlisle, PA, USA • George H. Ritter (b. 26-SEP-1874 - d. 01-FEB-1914) Obit, page 1, col. 4, 2nd article • Published on 02-FEB-1914, page 1 • https://www.newspapers.com/article/carlisle-evening-herald-george-h-ritter/149159178/ • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.
6. [S113] Newspapers.com: The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA, USA • George H. Ritter (b. 26-SEP-1874 - d. 01-FEB-1914) Obit, page 6, col. 6, 1st article • Published on 02-FEB-1914, page 6 • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sentinel-george-h-ritter-b-26-sep/149159420/ • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.
7. [S56] FindAGrave.com: George H. Ritter (b. 26-SEP-1874 - d. 01-FEB-1914) Age 39 Years 4 Months 5 Days • Cemetery: Letort Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USA • Plot: Section A, Row 11, Cemetery Lot A-48 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90427895/george_h-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.

Parents

Father*	George Billman Ritter (b. 21 OCT 1846, d. 8 MAR 1909)
Mother*	Mary Elenor Miller (b. 30 MAY 1848, d. 15 AUG 1894)

Partner

Events

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S86] Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1970, Death Certificate • Elizabeth B. Niesley (b. 30-MAR-1879 - d. 18-JAN-1963) • Age 83 • Cause of Death: Coronary occlusion, Arteriosclerotic heart disease, Generalized arteriosclerosis • Spouse: John W Niesley • Mother: Mary Miller • Father: George B Ritter • Collection: 1963 > 002851-005700 • Certificate Number: 003304-63 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6665789:5164 • Image 816 of 4922 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42410_2421406271_1065-00816. Author: Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Publisher: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission. Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/.
3. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Elizabeth B. (Ritter) Niesley (b. 30-MAR-1879 - d. 18-JAN-1963) • Age: 83 • Plot: Section B, Row 36, Cemetery Lot B-69 • GPS: 40.2183803, -77.1462913 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15966984/elizabeth_b-niesley • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
4. [S95] US Federal Census 1880: George B. Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone > District 129 • Roll: 1165 • Page: 250C • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/50461945:6742 • Image 17 of 18 • Dwelling 191, Family 205 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244449-00504 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1880 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/.

Parents

Father*	George Billman Ritter (b. 21 OCT 1846, d. 8 MAR 1909)
Mother*	Mary Elenor Miller (b. 30 MAY 1848, d. 15 AUG 1894)

Partner

Events

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S56] FindAGrave.com: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16202680/edith-g_-albright • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
3. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Edith G. (Ritter) Albright (b. AUG 1887 - d. 17 JAN 1904) • Age: 16 • Plot: Section A, row 02, cemetery lot A-2 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16202680/edith-g-albright • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
4. [S97] US Federal Census 1900: George Ritter • Pennsylvania > Cumberland > Middlesex > District 0018 • 1401 • 11 • Sheet Number: 11 • Dwelling Number: 201 • Family Number: 208 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/46535655:7602 • page 21 of 28 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4115076_00067 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1900 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/.

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Parents

Father*	Antonius Bensinger 2nd (b. ca. 24 APR 1720, d. ca. 21 AUG 1777)
Mother*	Maria Magdalena Frey (b. 10 JUN 1730, d. ca. 1792)

Partner

Children with Pvt. Valentine Ritter:

1.	Son*	Daniel Ritter+ (b. 22 FEB 1791, d. 12 NOV 1871)
2.	Daughter*	Mary Ritter (b. 16 JAN 1793, d. 22 SEP 1880)
3.	Son*	John Ritter Sr.+ (b. 31 AUG 1794, d. 20 JAN 1870)
4.	Son*	Jacob Ritter+ (b. 10 APR 1797, d. 2 APR 1874)
5.	Daughter*	Catherine Ritter+ (b. 14 DEC 1800, d. 17 APR 1873)
6.	Daughter*	Margaret Ritter (b. 30 MAR 1804, d. 25 OCT 1870)
7.	Son*	George Ritter (b. 23 NOV 1810, d. 6 JAN 1893)
8.	Daughter*	Elizabeth Ritter (b. 14 SEP 1814, d. 2 DEC 1892)

Events

Exhibits & Photographs

Anna Susanna Bensinger Ritter tombstone

Citations

1. [S85] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013: Lutheran, Personal Register of the Rev. Daniel Schumacher, page 158 https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2451/42154_329963-00772, 2011 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2451/.
2. [S8] 1955 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Pvt. Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • The 1955 year book of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution (1956), by Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society • Publisher: Sons of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 530 • Image 530 of 784 • https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/530/mode/1up • Author: Editor Floyd G. Hoestine • Publisher: Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1956 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/n10/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2twvTc1.
3. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 76, 5.1.11, aak • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
4. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
5. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
6. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 102, 6.9 • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
7. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 165, Chapter XXV • Image 175 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/175/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
8. [S113] Newspapers.com: The News, Newport, PA, USA • Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • Published on 11-NOV-1924, page 2, col. 1, fifth section, Von Volentine Ritter • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-von-volentine-ritter-by-prof-j/112333376/ • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.
9. [S453] Pennsylvania Births, Berks County 1710-1780: Anna Susanna Bentzinger • Birth: 08 AUG 1771, Berks Co., PA • Pennsylvania births, Berks County, 1710-1780 (1997), by Humphrey, John T • Publisher: Humphrey Publications, Washington, D.C. • Image 39 of 416 • Page 23 • Parents: Magdalena & Antony Bentzinger • Records of Daniel Schumacher 1754-1777 • https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniabirt0000hump_s3k4/page/23/mode/1up — Updated on 15 AUG 2025 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniabirt0000hump_s3k4/page/n4/mode/1up.
10. [S62] Pioneers and Patriots: Over the Blue Mountain: birth shown as 08 AUG 1771 • Author: F. Richard Turnbach • Publisher: F. Richard Turnbach, 1995 • Collection: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/schuylkill/history/family/bens0001.txt • Collection: https://archive.org/details/pioneerspatriots0000fric/page/n2/mode/1up.
11. [S114] Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/4366589/person/6999639138/media/eaeb84b8-a87a-46f4-b874-9c48aaa27274 • Publisher: Ancestry.com • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/.
12. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 165, Chapter XXV • Image 176 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/176/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
13. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Anna Susanna (Bensinger) Ritter (b. 24-JUL-1771 - d. 14-JUN-1868) • Age 96 Years 10 Months 21 Days • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77059215/anna_susanna-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
14. [S85] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013: Baptism • Anna Susanna Bentzinger (b. 08 AUG 1771) • 20 OCT 1771 • Mother: Magdalena Bentzinger • Father: Anthonÿ Bentzinger • Collection: PA - Berks > Not Stated > Lutheran • Personal Register of the Rev. Daniel Schumacher • Page 158 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2021817230:2451 • page 176 of 217 • 1771 > October > 3rd name • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2451/images/42154_329963-00772, 2011 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2451/.
15. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 167 • Image 174 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/174/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
16. [S47] Internet: Map of the counties of Perry, Juniata and Mifflin, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys in JAN 1863. Look for the V in Saville Twp, it is pointing to the P Stoover Farm. The Stoover's are descendents of the Ritter's https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3ADARMAP0828/viewer .
17. [S61] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, Vol. 2: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/858/mode/1up?q=Ritter • Author: Cowan, Frank • Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. : J.M. Runk & Co., 1897 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/n3.
18. [S90] US Federal Census 1860: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7667/4292168_00561 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1860 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/.
19. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 102, item 6.9 • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.

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Parents

Father*	Baron Johannes Ritter (b. ca. 1715, d. bet 1773 and 1775)
Mother*	(Unknown) (Unknown) (b. ca. 1715, d. aft 1775)

Partner

Children with Anna Susanna Bentzinger:

1.	Son*	Daniel Ritter+ (b. 22 FEB 1791, d. 12 NOV 1871)
2.	Daughter*	Mary Ritter (b. 16 JAN 1793, d. 22 SEP 1880)
3.	Son*	John Ritter Sr.+ (b. 31 AUG 1794, d. 20 JAN 1870)
4.	Son*	Jacob Ritter+ (b. 10 APR 1797, d. 2 APR 1874)
5.	Daughter*	Catherine Ritter+ (b. 14 DEC 1800, d. 17 APR 1873)
6.	Daughter*	Margaret Ritter (b. 30 MAR 1804, d. 25 OCT 1870)
7.	Son*	George Ritter (b. 23 NOV 1810, d. 6 JAN 1893)
8.	Daughter*	Elizabeth Ritter (b. 14 SEP 1814, d. 2 DEC 1892)

Events

Photo	A photograph was taken. Detail: Valentine Ritter-signature samples in Old Style German.
Name-Var	Also known as Von Volentine Ritter.4
Birth	On 14 JUL 1749, Pvt. Valentine Ritter was born in Alsace AKA Elsaß AKA ElsassGI. Detail: Most US documents report Pvt. Valentine Ritter's was born in Alsace which could be in southwest Germany, northeast France, or northern Switzerland. Due to missing church and other records, the exact details and location of Valentine's birth is unknown. The lack of documentation is probably attributable to their destruction over the years due to wars, constantly changed borders, and governmental control over the years, most recently following World War II.6,8,2,1,5
Graduation	Ca. 1772, age ~23, graduated from GermanyGI. Detail: Upon completing his college education, Valentine confidently informed his father, relatives, and friends of his irrevocable decision to depart Germany for America.4
Psgr List	In 1773, Pvt. Valentine Ritter (~24) traveling were passengers on an unknown ship, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, USAG. Detail: Valentine does not appear on any passenger list between 1770 and 1775.6,7,9,2
Employment	Bet 1773 and 1793, Valentine worked as a German language teacher. PA, USAGI.7,4,2
Employment	Bet 1773 and 1793, Valentine was a farmer. PA, USAGI.7,2
War	Ca. 1777, Pvt. Valentine Ritter (~28) was engaged in the Revolutionary War. Revolutionary War, USAG. Detail: was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, serving as a private under Washington.10,11,4
Marriage	In 1787, Pvt. Valentine Ritter (~38) married Anna Susanna Bentzinger (~16) in Berks Co., PA, USAGI.6,7,2,4,1,5
Birth of Child	His son Daniel Ritter was born on 22 FEB 1791 in Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA, USAGI.
Birth of Child	His daughter Mary Ritter was born on 16 JAN 1793 in Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA, USAGI.
Land Record	On 18 JUN 1794, Pvt. Valentine Ritter transfered property to in Perry Co., PA, USAGI.12
Birth of Child	His son John Ritter Sr. was born on 31 AUG 1794 in Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA, USAGI.
Residence	In 1796, Pvt. Valentine Ritter (~47) and Anna Susanna Bentzinger (~25) lived in Ritter Farm, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Detail: While serving as a teacher, Pvt. Valentine Ritter 's health became impaired. He bought a farm in Perry Co. and moved the family south of the covered bridge across Buffalo Creek, on the road from Ickesburg to Loysville. The rest of his children were born on the farm.13,14,15,4
Birth of Child	His son Jacob Ritter was born on 10 APR 1797 in Ritter Farm, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.
Census	On 4 AUG 1800, Pvt. Valentine Ritter (age 51) appeared in the census of 1800 at Tyrone Twp., Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Census detail: Valentine Ritter in a household consisting of 6 people • Number over twenty-five = 2 • Number under sixteen = 4 • Free white males forty-five and over = 1 • Free white males under ten = 2 • Free white females twenty-six thru forty-four = 1 • Free white females under ten = 1.16
Birth of Child	His daughter Catherine Ritter was born on 14 DEC 1800 in Ritter Farm, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.
Land Record	On 13 APR 1803, Pvt. Valentine Ritter transfered property to in Perry Co., PA, USAGI.17
Misc	On 13 APR 1803, Pvt. Valentine Ritter in Tyrone Twp., Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Detail: One hundred acres of land in Tyrone Twp. adjoining the land of Dave Tufselman [Fufselman] Thoma, Buffalo Hill, and land of the applicant, including his improvement of a house about six or seven acres of clear land, cleared by the applicant ... first improved in the month of August 1793.18
Birth of Child	His daughter Margaret Ritter was born on 30 MAR 1804 in Ritter Farm, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.
Census	On 1 JUN 1810, Pvt. Valentine Ritter (age 60) appeared in the census of 1810 at Tyrone Twp., Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Census detail: Valentine Retter in a household consisting of 9 people • Number of Household Members Over twenty-five: 2 • Number of Household Members Under sixteen: 4 • Free White Males forty-five and over: 1 • Free White Males sixteen thru twenty-five: 2 • Free White Males ten thru fifteen: 1 • Free White Males Under ten: 1 • Free White Females sixteen thru twenty-five: 1.19
Birth of Child	His son George Ritter was born on 23 NOV 1810 in Ritter Farm, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.
Birth of Child	His daughter Elizabeth Ritter was born on 14 SEP 1814 in Ritter Farm, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.
Death	On 4 APR 1820, Valentine (70) died. Ritter Farm, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI. Detail: Died on his farm located near the Buffalo Creek covered bridge.6,8,4,1,5
Burial	Valentine is buried at Lebanon Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard AKA Old Town Cemetery, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.6,8,20,11,2
Death of Spouse	His wife Anna Susanna Bentzinger died on 14 JUN 1868 in Perry Co., PA, USAGI.

Citations

1. [S8] 1955 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Pvt. Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • The 1955 year book of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution (1956), by Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society • Publisher: Sons of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 530 • Image 530 of 784 • https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/530/mode/1up • Author: Editor Floyd G. Hoestine • Publisher: Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1956 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/n10/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2twvTc1.
2. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 165, Chapter XXV • Image 175 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/175/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
3. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 76, 5.1.11, aak and page 102, 6.9 • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
4. [S113] Newspapers.com: The News, Newport, PA, USA • Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • Published on 11-NOV-1924, page 2, col. 1, fifth section, Von Volentine Ritter • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-von-volentine-ritter-by-prof-j/112333376/ • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.
5. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
6. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
7. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 102, 6.9 • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
8. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 102, item 6.9 • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
9. [S35] Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 to 1776: https://archive.org/details/cu31924028830839/page/407/mode/1up?q=ritter&view=theater • Author: Prof. Israel Daniel Rupp • Publisher: Andesite Press, 2015 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/cu31924028830839/page/n8/mode/1up • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10412/.
10. [S61] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, Vol. 2: page 858,
    https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/858/mode/2up?q=valentine • Author: Cowan, Frank • Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. : J.M. Runk & Co., 1897 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/n3.
11. [S66] History of Perry County, Pennsylvania: Including Descriptions of Indians and Pioneer Life from the Time of Earliest Settlement, Valentine Ritter • History of Perry County, Pennsylvania, including descriptions of Indians and pioneer life from the time of earliest settlement (1922), by Hain, Harry Harrison • Image 176 of 1098 • Page 172 • "In the Loysville cemetery also rests... Valentine Ritter was in the Revolution from Berks County, and after the war located near Loysville" • https://archive.org/details/historyofperryco00hain/page/172/mode/1up. Author: Harry Harrison Hain. Publisher: Hain-Moore company. Year: 1922. Repository: Library of Congress. Full text: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/14131/. Full Text: https://archive.org/details/historyofperryco00hain/page/n6.
12. [S174] Internet Archive: Valentine Ritter • Land Record: 18 JUN 1794, Cumberland Co., PA • Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Vol. 24, Warrantees of Land, Cumberland Co. 1750-1874 (1874), pages 635-792, Edited by William Henry Egle, MD, Harrisburg, PA (1897) • Image 773 of 817 • Page 754 • 100 Acres • https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniaarc28librgoog/page/754/mode/1up — Updated on 30 SEP 2025 • Collection: https://archive.org/.
13. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 167 • Image 174 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/174/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
14. [S47] Internet: Map of the counties of Perry, Juniata and Mifflin, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys in JAN 1863. Look for the V in Saville Twp, it is pointing to the P Stoover Farm. The Stoover's are descendents of the Ritter's https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3ADARMAP0828/viewer .
15. [S61] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, Vol. 2: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/858/mode/1up?q=Ritter • Author: Cowan, Frank • Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. : J.M. Runk & Co., 1897 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/n3.
16. [S104] US Federal Census 1800: Valentine Ritter • Pennsylvania > Cumberland > Tyrone • Series: M32 • Roll: 38 • Page: 86 • Image: 51, 9 • FHL Film: 363341 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/398968:7590 • page 9 of 9 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7590/images/4440906_00051 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1800 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7590/.
17. [S174] Internet Archive: Valentine Ritter • Land Record: 13 APR 1803, Cumberland Co., PA • Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Vol. 24, Warrantees of Land, Cumberland Co. 1750-1874 (1874), pages 635-792, Edited by William Henry Egle, MD, Harrisburg, PA (1897) • Image 773 of 817 • Page 754 • 100 Acres • https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniaarc28librgoog/page/754/mode/1up — Updated on 30 SEP 2025 • Collection: https://archive.org/.
18. [S130] Pennsylvania Land Warrants and Applications 1733-1952: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2350/33021_263247-00724, 2012 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2350/.
19. [S103] US Federal Census 1810: Valentine Retter • Pennsylvania > Cumberland > Tyrone • Roll: 48 • Page: 113 • FHL Roll: 0193674 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/444252:7613 • page 8 of 11 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7613/images/4433386_00121 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1810 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/.
20. [S56] FindAGrave.com: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77059174/valentine-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
21. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: Page 102 through 104. • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
22. [S170] wikipedia.org: King Frederick the Great AKA Frederick II (24-JAN-1712 – 17-AUG-1786) • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great • Collection: https://www.wikipedia.org/.

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Parents

Father*	Pvt. Valentine Ritter (b. 14 JUL 1749, d. 4 APR 1820)
Mother*	Anna Susanna Bentzinger (b. 8 AUG 1771, d. 14 JUN 1868)

Partner

Children with Barbara Stover:

1.	Son*	Jacob Ritter (b. 23 OCT 1814, d. 16 OCT 1841)
2.	Daughter*	Catherine Ritter (b. 20 MAY 1819, d. 19 MAY 1897)
3.	Son*	Daniel Ritter+ (b. 24 JUL 1821, d. 17 APR 1893)
4.	Son*	John Stover Ritter+ (b. 18 JUL 1823, d. 13 MAY 1893)
5.	Son*	Jonathan Ritter (b. ca. 1825, d. 1857)
6.	Daughter*	Elizabeth Ritter (b. ca. 1828)
7.	Son*	George Ritter (b. 18 AUG 1828, d. 25 JUN 1845)
8.	Daughter*	Lydia Ritter (b. ca. 1829)

Events

Exhibits & Photographs

Daniel Ritter 1791-1871

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 102, 6.9, 3a • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
3. [S8] 1955 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Pvt. Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • The 1955 year book of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution (1956), by Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society • Publisher: Sons of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 530 • Image 530 of 784 • https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/530/mode/1up • Author: Editor Floyd G. Hoestine • Publisher: Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1956 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/n10/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2twvTc1.
4. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
5. [S61] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, Vol. 2: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/858/mode/1up?q=Ritter • Author: Cowan, Frank • Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. : J.M. Runk & Co., 1897 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/n3.
6. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 165, Chapter XXV • Image 176 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/176/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
7. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Daniel Ritter (b. 22-FEB-1791 - d. 12-NOV-1871) • Age: 80 • Plot: His Plot Is Next To His Wife, Barbara, But His Stone Has Broken At The Base & Is Now Laying Up Against The Back Of His Wife's Marker. • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77059052/daniel-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
8. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 167 • Image 174 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/174/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
9. [S47] Internet: Map of the counties of Perry, Juniata and Mifflin, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys in JAN 1863. Look for the V in Saville Twp, it is pointing to the P Stoover Farm. The Stoover's are descendents of the Ritter's https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3ADARMAP0828/viewer .
10. [S113] Newspapers.com: The News, Newport, PA, USA • Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • Published on 11-NOV-1924, page 2, col. 1, fifth section, Von Volentine Ritter • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-von-volentine-ritter-by-prof-j/112333376/ • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.
11. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: Daniel Ritter (b. 1791) Age abt 59 • Pennsylvania > Perry > Madison • Record Group Number: 29 • Series Number: M432 • Roll: 805, pg. 373a • Page: 373a • Line: 21 • Dwelling: 173 • Family: 174 • Household Members: 8 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4818971:8054 • Image 25 of 31 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4205109_00171 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.
12. [S90] US Federal Census 1860: Daniel Ritter (b. 1792) Age: 68 • Pennsylvania > Perry > Madison • Roll: M653_1150, pg. 600 • Line: 18 • Dwelling: 571 • Family: 571 • Household Members: 3 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4302252:7667 • Image 30 of 40 • Page 81 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4292168_00274 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1860 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/.

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Partner

Children with Daniel Ritter:

1.	Son*	Jacob Ritter (b. 23 OCT 1814, d. 16 OCT 1841)
2.	Daughter*	Catherine Ritter (b. 20 MAY 1819, d. 19 MAY 1897)
3.	Son*	Daniel Ritter+ (b. 24 JUL 1821, d. 17 APR 1893)
4.	Son*	John Stover Ritter+ (b. 18 JUL 1823, d. 13 MAY 1893)
5.	Son*	Jonathan Ritter (b. ca. 1825, d. 1857)
6.	Daughter*	Elizabeth Ritter (b. ca. 1828)
7.	Son*	George Ritter (b. 18 AUG 1828, d. 25 JUN 1845)
8.	Daughter*	Lydia Ritter (b. ca. 1829)

Events

Citations

1. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
2. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 102, 6.9, 3a • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
3. [S8] 1955 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Pvt. Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • The 1955 year book of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution (1956), by Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society • Publisher: Sons of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 530 • Image 530 of 784 • https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/530/mode/1up • Author: Editor Floyd G. Hoestine • Publisher: Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1956 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/1955yearbookofpe00sons/page/n10/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2twvTc1.
4. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
5. [S61] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, Vol. 2: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/858/mode/1up?q=Ritter • Author: Cowan, Frank • Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. : J.M. Runk & Co., 1897 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/n3.
6. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 165, Chapter XXV • Image 176 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/176/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
7. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8054/4205109_00171 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.
8. [S56] FindAGrave.com: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77059109/barbara-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
9. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: Daniel Ritter (b. 1791) Age abt 59 • Pennsylvania > Perry > Madison • Record Group Number: 29 • Series Number: M432 • Roll: 805, pg. 373a • Page: 373a • Line: 21 • Dwelling: 173 • Family: 174 • Household Members: 8 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4818971:8054 • Image 25 of 31 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4205109_00171 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.

Parents

Father*	Pvt. Valentine Ritter (b. 14 JUL 1749, d. 4 APR 1820)
Mother*	Anna Susanna Bentzinger (b. 8 AUG 1771, d. 14 JUN 1868)

Partner

Events

Citations

1. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
2. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
3. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 165, Chapter XXV • Image 176 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/176/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
4. [S62] Pioneers and Patriots: Over the Blue Mountain: • Author: F. Richard Turnbach • Publisher: F. Richard Turnbach, 1995 • Collection: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/schuylkill/history/family/bens0001.txt • Collection: https://archive.org/details/pioneerspatriots0000fric/page/n2/mode/1up.
5. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 167 • Image 174 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/174/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
6. [S47] Internet: Map of the counties of Perry, Juniata and Mifflin, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys in JAN 1863. Look for the V in Saville Twp, it is pointing to the P Stoover Farm. The Stoover's are descendents of the Ritter's https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3ADARMAP0828/viewer .
7. [S61] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, Vol. 2: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/858/mode/1up?q=Ritter • Author: Cowan, Frank • Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. : J.M. Runk & Co., 1897 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/n3.
8. [S113] Newspapers.com: The News, Newport, PA, USA • Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • Published on 11-NOV-1924, page 2, col. 1, fifth section, Von Volentine Ritter • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-von-volentine-ritter-by-prof-j/112333376/ • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.

Parents

Father*	Pvt. Valentine Ritter (b. 14 JUL 1749, d. 4 APR 1820)
Mother*	Anna Susanna Bentzinger (b. 8 AUG 1771, d. 14 JUN 1868)

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Citations

1. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
2. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 76, 5.1.11, aak • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
3. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 103, 3c • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
4. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 165, Chapter XXV • Image 176 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/176/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
5. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 167 • Image 174 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/174/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
6. [S47] Internet: Map of the counties of Perry, Juniata and Mifflin, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys in JAN 1863. Look for the V in Saville Twp, it is pointing to the P Stoover Farm. The Stoover's are descendents of the Ritter's https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3ADARMAP0828/viewer .
7. [S61] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, Vol. 2: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/858/mode/1up?q=Ritter • Author: Cowan, Frank • Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. : J.M. Runk & Co., 1897 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/n3.
8. [S113] Newspapers.com: The News, Newport, PA, USA • Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) • Published on 11-NOV-1924, page 2, col. 1, fifth section, Von Volentine Ritter • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-von-volentine-ritter-by-prof-j/112333376/ • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.
9. [S100] US Federal Census 1840: John Ritter • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone, Roll: 480, Page: 359, FHL Film: 0020553, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2870725:8057 • Image 21 of 24 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8057/images/4410729_00725 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1840 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/.
10. [S90] US Federal Census 1860: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7667/4292168_00561 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1860 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/.

Parents

Father*	Pvt. Valentine Ritter (b. 14 JUL 1749, d. 4 APR 1820)
Mother*	Anna Susanna Bentzinger (b. 8 AUG 1771, d. 14 JUN 1868)

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Citations

1. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
2. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 104, 3.d and 186, aaeb • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
3. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 165, Chapter XXV • Image 176 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/176/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
4. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Jacob Ritter (b. 10-APR-1797 - d. 02-APR-1874) • Age: 76 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107166311/jacob-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
5. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: Jacob Ritter (b. 1797) Age 53 • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: 805 • Page: 380a • Line: 40 • Dwelling: 51 • Family: 51 • Household Members: 10 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4819526:8054 • Image 7 of 26 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4205109_00184 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.

Parents

Father*	Pvt. Valentine Ritter (b. 14 JUL 1749, d. 4 APR 1820)
Mother*	Anna Susanna Bentzinger (b. 8 AUG 1771, d. 14 JUN 1868)

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Citations

1. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
2. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
3. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 165, Chapter XXV • Image 176 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/176/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
4. [S174] Internet Archive: Rev. George Keiser (1822-1905) • Biographical annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families (1905), by Genealogical Publishing Co., Chicago, pub • Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill. • Page 652, col. 1, Rev. George Keiser • Image 652 of 850 • https://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00ingene/page/652/mode/1up • Collection: https://archive.org/.

Parents

Father*	Pvt. Valentine Ritter (b. 14 JUL 1749, d. 4 APR 1820)
Mother*	Anna Susanna Bentzinger (b. 8 AUG 1771, d. 14 JUN 1868)

Partner

Events

Birth	On 30 MAR 1804, Margaret Ritter was born in Ritter Farm, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.3
Marriage	On 4 MAR 1824, Margaret Ritter (19) married Peter Flickinger (25) in Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.3
Photo	Ca. 1860, a photograph was taken. Detail: Peter and Margaret Ritter Flickinger.
Death	On 25 OCT 1870, Margaret (66) died. Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.3
Burial	Margaret is buried at Lebanon Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard AKA Old Town Cemetery, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.4
Death of Spouse	Her husband Peter Flickinger died on 1 OCT 1881 in Markelville, Perry Co., PA, USAGI.

Citations

1. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
2. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
3. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Peter Flickinger (1798-1881) & Margaret Ritter (1804-1870) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 144, Chapter XXII • Image 150 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/150/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
4. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Margaret (Ritter) Flickinger (b. 30-MAR-1804 - d. 25-OCT-1870) • Age: 66 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33000419/margaret-flickinger • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.

Parents

Father*	Pvt. Valentine Ritter (b. 14 JUL 1749, d. 4 APR 1820)
Mother*	Anna Susanna Bentzinger (b. 8 AUG 1771, d. 14 JUN 1868)

Partner

Events

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 104, 3g • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
3. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 165, Chapter XXV • Image 176 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/176/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.
4. [S56] FindAGrave.com: George Ritter (b. 24-NOV-1810 - d. 06-JAN-1893) • Age: 82 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71064346/george-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
5. [S113] Newspapers.com: The News, Newport, Pennsylvania, 11 NOV 1924, page 2, column 1, last article, Von Volentine Ritter (1749-1820) by J. C. Miller, New Bloomfield, PA, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112333376/von-volentine-ritter-1749-1820-by-j/ • Collection: https://www.newspapers.com.
6. [S94] US Federal Census 1870: George Ritter (b. 1810) Age 60 • Pennsylvania > Perry > Tyrone • Roll: M593_1386, pg. 305B • Dwelling: 70 • Household Members: 7 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2795288:7163 • Image 10 of 33 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4278569_00616 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1870 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/.

Parents

Father*	Pvt. Valentine Ritter (b. 14 JUL 1749, d. 4 APR 1820)
Mother*	Anna Susanna Bentzinger (b. 8 AUG 1771, d. 14 JUN 1868)

Partner

Events

Citations

1. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
2. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 104, 3g • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
3. [S78] Flickinger Family History: Valentine Ritter (1749-1820) & Anna Susanna Bensinger (1771-1868) • The Flickinger family history, including the Flickinger families in the United States of America: Andreas, Joseph, Johannes, Peter, Ulrick Flickinger, colonists; and a dozen later arrivals. Records and tributes from materials gathered by Robert Elliott Flickinger, assisted by Prof. H. W. Flickinger, John Tressler Flickinger [and others] (1927), by Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- • Page 165, Chapter XXV • Image 176 of 819 • https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/176/mode/1up • Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger • Publisher: Success Composition and Print. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1927 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/flickingerfamily00flic/page/n6/mode/1up • Collection: https://amzn.to/2ThshFH.

Parents

Father*	Daniel Ritter (b. 22 FEB 1791, d. 12 NOV 1871)
Mother*	Barbara Stover (b. 20 JUN 1789, d. 22 DEC 1859)

Events

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 103, 4a • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.
3. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
4. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
5. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Jacob Ritter (b. 23-OCT-1814, d. 16-OCT-1841) Age 26 years, 11 months, and 23 days • Burial: Lebanon Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USA • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135211576 — Updated on 19 AUG 2025 • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
6. [S61] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, Vol. 2: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/858/mode/1up?q=Ritter • Author: Cowan, Frank • Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. : J.M. Runk & Co., 1897 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/n3.

Parents

Father*	Daniel Ritter (b. 22 FEB 1791, d. 12 NOV 1871)
Mother*	Barbara Stover (b. 20 JUN 1789, d. 22 DEC 1859)

Partner

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Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: page 103, 4b • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
3. [S363] Historical Society Of Pennsylvania, Deaths & Burials: Daniel Ritter (b. 24-JUL-1821, d. 17-APR-1893) Age 71 years, 8 months, and 24 days • Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, West Pennsborough, Cumberland Co., PA • https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=US/BMD/PENN-BUR/00405450 • https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2/US/HSP/102046597/00249&parentid=US/BMD/PENN-BUR/00405450 — Updated on 19 AUG 2025, 1908 • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/historical-society-of-pennsylvania-deaths-and-burials.
4. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8054/4205109_00171 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.
5. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: Daniel Ritter (b. 1791) Age abt 59 • Pennsylvania > Perry > Madison • Record Group Number: 29 • Series Number: M432 • Roll: 805, pg. 373a • Page: 373a • Line: 21 • Dwelling: 173 • Family: 174 • Household Members: 8 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4818971:8054 • Image 25 of 31 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4205109_00171 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.
6. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Daniel Ritter (b. 24-JUL-1821, d. 17-APR-1893) Age 71 years, 8 months, and 24 days • Death: McCoysville, Juniata Co., PA, USA • Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Newville, Cumberland Co., PA, USA • Plot: Section Bb 2 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105366996 — Updated on 19 AUG 2025 • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.

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Citations

1. [S61] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, Vol. 2: page 858,
   https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/858/mode/2up?q=BEXJA%5EirX+H.+RITTER • Author: Cowan, Frank • Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. : J.M. Runk & Co., 1897 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/n3.
2. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
3. [S56] FindAGrave.com: Dr Benjamin Hooke Ritter (b. 13-DEC-1858 - d. 26-AUG-1939) • Age: 80 • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79371691/benjamin_hooke-ritter • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.
4. [S86] Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1970, Death Certificate • Dr Benjamin Hooke Ritter (b. 13-DEC-1858 - d. 26-AUG-1939) • Age 80 Years 8 Months 14 Days • Cause of Death: Chronic ulcers of the stomach with haemorrhage, Arteriosclerosis, Senility • Mother: Eliza Tressler • Father: Daniel Ritter • Collection: 1939 > 071001-074000 • Certificate Number: 73042 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3294710:5164 • Image 2408 of 3521 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42342_1521003235_0491-02408. Author: Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Publisher: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission. Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/.
5. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
6. [S61] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, Vol. 2: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/858/mode/1up?q=Ritter • Author: Cowan, Frank • Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. : J.M. Runk & Co., 1897 • Collection: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02cham/page/n3.

Parents

Father*	Daniel Ritter (b. 22 FEB 1791, d. 12 NOV 1871)
Mother*	Barbara Stover (b. 20 JUN 1789, d. 22 DEC 1859)

Events

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8054/4205109_00171 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.
3. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
4. [S89] US Federal Census 1850: Daniel Ritter (b. 1791) Age abt 59 • Pennsylvania > Perry > Madison • Record Group Number: 29 • Series Number: M432 • Roll: 805, pg. 373a • Page: 373a • Line: 21 • Dwelling: 173 • Family: 174 • Household Members: 8 • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4818971:8054 • Image 25 of 31 • https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4205109_00171 • Author: Census Bureau • Publisher: US Department of Commerce, 1850 • Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ • Collection: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/us-census-1850.
5. [S2] Ritter, Valentine & Bensinger, Anna Susanna Family: • Author: Anna Belle Ritter • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Family_of_Valentine_Ritter_and_Anna_Bensinger_1964.pdf.

Parents

Father*	Daniel Ritter (b. 22 FEB 1791, d. 12 NOV 1871)
Mother*	Barbara Stover (b. 20 JUN 1789, d. 22 DEC 1859)

Events

Citations

1. [S5] Hench, Johannes Family in America: • Author: Edited by Lee Owen Hench and Bernard Lyle Hench in collaboration with Harry Wayne Lenig • Publisher: C.B. Hench Family Publishers, 1981 • Collection: https://amzn.to/2rQsqoj.
2. [S375] Ritter, Paul memo 22-AUG-1965: • Author: Ritter, Paul, bet 022 and AUG 1965 • Collection: https://Genealogy4Me.com/Ritter_Paul_Memo_22-AUG-1965.pdf.
3. [S56] FindAGrave.com: George Ritter (b. 18-AUG-1828, d. 25-JUN-1845) Age 16 years, 10 months, and 7 days • Burial: Lebanon Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard, Loysville, Perry Co., PA, USA • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107167669 — Updated on 19 AUG 2025 • Collection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.