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 Frances (Hoy) Ritter

Born - 1818

 Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

Married - February 12, 1837

Fairfield County, Ohio

Died - 1895

Napoleon,  Henry County, Ohio

Burial - Forest Hill Cemetery,

Napoleon , Henry County, Ohio

 

 

Husband - Joseph Ritter

Born - 1814

Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

Died - May 1874

Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio

Burial - Forest Hill Cemetery

Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio

To this Union 11 Children Were Born

 

 

Josephs Father - John Ritter

Born - 1777

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

 Died - February 13, 1857

Madison, Pickaway County, Ohio

Buried - Glick - Brick Church, Hoy Cemetery,

Bloomfield , Fairfield County, Ohio

 

Josephs Mother - Maria Barbary (Glick) Ritter

Born - April 11, 1788

Burks County, Pennsylvania

Died - September 9, 1877

Buried - Hoy - (Shunk)  Cemetery, Henry County, Ohio

Parents - Johann Peter & Anna Maria Barbary (Schumacher) Glick 

 

 

Other Children of John & Maria Barbary (Glick) Ritter

 

Daughter - Elizabeth (Ritter) Neville

Born  - March 22, 1808

Fairfield County, Ohio

Married - December 23, 1837

Pickaway County, Ohio

Husband - Levi Neville

Born/Died - 1816 - 1912

 

Son - Heinrich "Henry" Ritter

Born - May 26, 1809

Fairfield County, Ohio

Died - September 9, 1830

Fairfield County, Ohio

 

Daughter - Hannah (Ritter) Hoy

Born - February 13, 1811

Pickaway County, Ohio

Died - February 20, 1873

Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio

Husband - David Hoy

 

Son - John Ritter

Born - November 4, 1812

Stark County, Ohio

Married - August 13, 1844

Clermont County, Ohio

Died - December 21, 1871

Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio

Wife - Elizabeth (Shetterly) Ritter

Born - October 22, 1820

Died - May 11, 1912

Both Buried - Hoy-Shunk Cemetery,
Henry County, Ohio

Parents - George & Barbara (Hoy) Shetterly

 

Daughter - Maria Ritter

Born - November 4, 1814

Fairfield County, Ohio

Died - July 7, 1816

Fairfield County, Ohio

 

Daughter - Mary Magdalena "Polly" (Ritter) Spangler

Born - September 21, 1818

Fairfield County, Ohio

Died - November 13, 1874

Harrison, Henry County, Ohio

Husband - Levi Spangler

Born/Died - 1816 -1884

 

Son - Peter Ritter

Born - November 1820

Fairfield County, Ohio

Died - June 6, 1866

 

Daughter - Lydia Ritter

Born - June 12, 1822

Fairfield County, Ohio

 

 

Note - Joseph Ritter and Hannah (Ritter) Hoy,

Wife of David Hoy were Brother & Sister

And David Hoy and Frances (Hoy) Ritter

Were Brother & Sister 

 

 

 

Maria Barbary (Glick) Ritter

Photograph's Courtesy of the Karen (McLean) (Wolfe) Caswell  Website

 

 

To this Union 11 Children Were Born.

 

 

 

Fun Facts About The Ritter Family

 

The German language was spoken by the Ritter family until about the year 1848 when Joseph Ritter decided that henceforth his family should speak English for he realized then that English, rather than German, was to be the language of the country. Joseph Ritter is credited with building a school house on his farm. In the year 1851 he moved with his family and some relatives to Napoleon, Ohio, and took up a homestead in what was then a wilderness.

Wild life was abundant about them and venison was a common

dish in their humble log cabin.

He took possession of a section and a half of virgin forest land situated along the banks of the Maumee River. He was land poor and was forced from time to time to sell portions on his holdings to pay taxes.

Such was the fate of a farmer who had too few sons to help with the work.

The Ritter's were members of the Evangelical Association.

 

 

Daughter - Sarah Ritter

Born - 1838

Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

Never Married

Died - 1932

Buried - Glenwood Cemetery,

Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio

 

Daughter - Lydia (Ritter) Hartman

Born - February 12, 1839

Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

Married - November 2, 1856

Henry County, Ohio

Died - June 10, 1924

Buried - Forest Hill Cemetery,

Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio

Husband - Nathaniel Hartman

Buried - Forest Hill Cemetery,

Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio

 

Daughter - Mary E. Ritter

Born - 1842

Never Married

Died - 1902

Buried - Forest Hill Cemetery, Napoleon,

Henry County, Ohio

 

Note: In 1850 Ohio Census, Pickaway County, Madison Twp.,

 Mary E. Ritter, then listed as 8 years old and is marked as Insane.
In 1860 Census, Mary is listed as idiotic.

She is also listed in July 14, 1870 census, Living with The John & Elizabeth (Shetterly) Ritter Family. She is (27) and listed as "Idiotic".

she is also listed in 1880 census.
 

Daughter - Missouria Frances (Ritter) Wolfe

Frances Wolfe

Born - March 10, 1844

Husband - Ezra W. Wolfe

 

Daughter - Katherine (Ritter) Grim

Born - July 4, 1846

Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

Husband - Joseph Grim

 

Daughter - Jurya Ritter

Born - 1848

Never Married

Died - 1878

Buried - Forest Hill Cemetery, Napoleon,

Henry County, Ohio

 

Son - John D. Ritter

Born - 1848

Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

Died - 1912

Buried - Mausoleum, Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio

Wife - Nan (Abbott) Ritter

Buried - Mausoleum, Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio

 

Daughter - Cynthia "Jeriah" Ritter

Born - 1850/1851

Buried - Lingle Cemetery, Napoleon,

Henry County, Ohio

 

Note: In 1860 Census, Cynthia is listed as "Jeriah" (9)

and as being "Idiotic".


In the July 14, 1870 Napoleon, Henry County Census,

Both Mary (27) and "Jeriah" (20)  are living with

John & Elizabeth (Shetterly) Ritter Family, and are both Listed as "Idiotic".

Added Note - In this 1870 Census, "Jeriah" is listed as a Male.

 

Son - Samuel Alfred Ritter

Born - February 1853

Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio

Wife - Hannah (Travis) Ritter

 

Daughter - Augusta (Ritter) Mann 

Born - January 1856

Husband - George "Frank" Mann

 

Daughter - Clara E. (Ritter) Lowry 

Born - November 1857

Husband - John Albert Lowry

 

 

Father - Daniel J. Hoy

Mother - Magdalena Eyer Hoy

 

 

 Grandfather - Johann Phillip (Heu) Hoy

(Phillip Hoy )

 Grandmother - Barbara Hoy

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