STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1894, page 8, column 4

HENRY RITTER, 04 Apr 1803 - 12 Jul 1894

   DIED in Steuben township, Jul 12, 1894, Henry Ritter, aged 91 
years, 3 months and 8 days.
   Mr. Ritter was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, April 
4, 1803.  He was the father of five children, two preceding him to 
the spirit world.  He leaves an aged companion, two brothers, three 
sisters, three daughters, twenty-one grandchildren, twenty great 
grandchildren, with a host of friends to mourn his loss.  Funeral 
services were held at Mount Zion church, attended by a large 
concourse of friends.  The services were conducted by Rev. J. C. 
Albright.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Henry Ritter, 04 Apr 1803 - 12 Jul 1894, on 25 Aug 1829 in 
Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, married Mary (Harpster) Ritter, 07 Jul 
1811 - 19 Sep 1900.

CHILDREN:

   David Ritter, 30 Nov 1831 - 13 Oct 1889, married Malinda (Menges) 
Ritter, 20 May 1844 - 22 Apr 1902.
   Elizabeth (Ritter) Clink, 1834 - 1922, on 08 May 1859 married 
John R. Clink, Apr 1836 - 1911, son of George and Catherine (Smith) 
Clink.
   Mary (Ritter) Sunday, on 06 Apr 1912, married Andrew Sunday, 11 
Aug 1831 - 25 Feb 1870.
   Catherine (Ritter) Clink, 1844 - 1925, on 10 Oct 1867, married 
Charles Clink, 19 Feb 1838 - 16 Mar 1916.
   A daughter died in infancy.
The family is buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

"History of Steuben County, IN - 1885", biography of Henry Ritter, 
pages 789, 790.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, page 365; Vol. II, pages 1529, 1531, 1533, 1780, 
1781.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net