c 1795 Peter Ritner was born about this time based on his reported age of 55 in the 1850 census. [1]
1812 The War of 1812 pension application for Peter Ritner in Captain George Hendel's Co, PA. Mil., names widow Rachel R Ritner. [2]
1814 Peter Ritner was a private in Captain George Hendel's Volunteer Rifle company in the first Brigade, seventh Division, under Colonel James Fenton. Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Peter Ritner was a sergant when the company was stationed in Buffalo, New York. [3] [4] [5] [6]
1814 Peter Ritner was a private in Captain George Hendel's volunteer rifle company at Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania when they crossed the Niagara River into Canada. [7] [8]
1819 Peter Ritner and Rachel Scott were married on August 19, by Rev. Henry R Wilson at Silver Spring Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Stephen Hiss and Wm Rogers were present. [9]
1819 Peter Ritner won the election for sheriff of Cumberland County at age 26, after having been deputy sheriff for 3 years. The appointment may have been disputed [perhaps because of Peter's age]. On 16 October, Governor William Findlay was of the opinion that Peter Ritner was not legally disqualified from being commissioned. Peter Ritner was accordingly commissioned. A bond for $15,000 was posted by Peter Ritner and his sureties Jacob Weise Sr and George Weise to assure execution of the duties of the office. [10] [11] [12]
"Lewis and Connelly then proceeded, as historical evidence verifies, to Doubling Gap in Cumberland County, thence through Petersburg in Adams County to the Conewago hills of York County. After considering a possible robbery on one Jonas Rupp in East Pennsborough Township, Cumberland County, they decided instead to burglarize the house of a Mr Beshore, at which time they were captured. The confession states that it was Mrs ... to the jail at Chambersburg by Sheriff Peter Ritner, who is here described as a thick headed lump of a fellow." [13]
1820 Rachel Ritner was admitted to the Presbyterian Church in Carlisle by certificate dated May 20, from the Presbyterian Church at Monaghan. [14] [15]
1820 Margaret, daughter of Peter and Rachel Ritner, was born on June 9. She was baptized on November 11, 1820 at the First Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [16]
1820 Peter Ritner, perhaps this one, and George Failor posted bond for the will of Catherine Wise (late C. Leidig) late of Allen Twp, Cumberland County, will dated 20 July 1820. Executor David Wise. [17]
1823 Jacob Alter, guardian of Mary and Rachel Wise, petitioned the Orphans Court to require that an administration account be produced by Rebecca Wise, George Wise, and Andrew Boden, executors of the estate of George Wise, deceased. Dated November 6. [18]
1825 William Shaeffer, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and Rachel Weise, of Carlisle, were married by Rev. J. S. Ebaugh on March 16 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [19] [20] [21]
1825 Rachel Ritner was dismissed from Silver Spring Presbyterian Church in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County. Dated April 30. [22]
1830 Peter Ritner (age 40-50) lived in Buffalo Twp, Beaver County, Pennsylvania in a household with 13 people. [23]
1833 Peter Ritner was a candidate for the Assembly in Perry County, Pennsylvania. [24]
1834 Peter Ritner Esq of Perry County, and Mrs Rachel Scheaffer, daughter of the late George Wise formerly of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, were married on April 3, by Rev. Mr. Hisher at Sunbury, Pennsylvania. [25] [26]
1834 Peter Ritner, Esq was on a political committee in Perry County and owned the "Blattenberger farm" or "Garden Tract" at Mt. Patrick. [27]
1834 The Eshelman Mill in Perry County in the estate of Peter Ritner, brother of Joseph Ritner was sold in a sheriff's sale. [28]
1837 Peter Ritner warranted 87 acres of land in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Dated March 10. [29]
1838 Peter was manager and part owner of Karthaus Iron Works in Clearfield County. [30] [31]
1839 A construction contract was let to Peter Ritner [32]
1840 Peter Ritner was listed in the census for Allegany, Maryland in a household with 10 males (oldest age 30-40) and 7 females (oldest age 70-80, and age 30-40). [33]
1850 Peter Ritner (age 55, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Economy, Beaver County, Pennsylvania with Rachel R Ritner (age 46), Rebecca Ritner (age 16), Hetty A Ritner (age 14), Hendrix H Ritner (age 9), Mary E Ritner (age 5), Rebecca Wise (age 86), George Scott (age 25), George Strem (age 22), William Shaffer (age 24), and Thomas Atle (age 42). [34] [35]
1860 Peter Ritner (age 67) and Rachel Ritner (age 56) lived in Noble Twp, Cass County, Indiana with Hendrick (age 19) and Mary (age 16). [36]
1861 Peter Ritner died on August 10 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. [37] A death notice reported: "Peter Ritner, a brother of ex-Gov. Riter, of Pa., and formerly a resident of Clearfield county, died in Cass County, Ind., on the 10th Aug, at the age of 67." [38]
1861 Peter Ritner served in the Mexican War and was buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Cass County, Indiana. [39]
1914 Joseph Ritner, son of Peter Ritner, died at age 86, on March 3, 1914 in Garfield Twp, Whitman County, Washington. [40]
1915 Rachel Hughes, daughter of Peter and Rachel Litner [sic], died on January 14. She was born on August 12, 1830 in Pennsylvania. [41]
Research Notes:
Based on the 1850 census record and the 1819 bond posting, Rachel Wise is shown here (speculatively) as the daughter of Rebecca and George Wise.
1832 Rachel Scott Ritner died on April 12 and was buried at Liverpool Union Cemetery, Liverpool, Perry County, Pennsylvania. [42]
1891 Rachel Wise Ritner died on December 27 and was buried at Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana. [43]
[1] United States Federal Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[3] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume 7 (War 1812) (1907), 425, left column, [InternetArchiveCatalog], [GoogleBooks].
[4] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume 8 (Troops) (1907), 9, left column, [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[5] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume 8 (Troops) (1907), 11, Sergant 4, [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[6] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume 8 (Troops) (1907), 14, left column, [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[7] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume 7 (War 1812) (1907), 425, [InternetArchiveCatalog], [GoogleBooks].
[8] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume 7 (War 1812) (1907), 446, [InternetArchiveCatalog], [GoogleBooks].
[9] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Silver Spring Presbyterian Church, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Pennsylvania Archives, Series 9, Volume 7, Page 5181.
[11] Newspaper, Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 27 Oct, 1819, p 3, col 3.
[12] Lives of David Porter and Joseph Ritner, Two Candidates for the Office of Governor of Pennsylvania, compiled from authentic sources (1838), 5, [GoogleBooks].
[13] Indiana State University. Dept. of English, Hoosier Folklore Society, Midwestern folklore, Volumes 20-21 (1994), 96, [GoogleBooks].
[14] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA, Cumberland County, Carlisle, First Presbyterian Church, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[15] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA, Cumberland County, Carlisle, First Presbyterian Church, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[16] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA, Cumberland County, Carlisle, First Presbyterian Church, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[17] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Administration records, C-212, [FamilySearchImage].
[18] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Cumberland County Orphans Court Docket 7-452, [FamilySearchImage].
[19] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[20] Newspaper, March 24, 1825.
[21] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[22] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Silver Spring Presbyterian Church, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[23] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[24] Silas Wright, History of Perry County, in Pennsylvania (1873), 192, [URL].
[25] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Historical Society, Index Cards, Marriages and Deaths (A-Sn), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[26] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Historical Society, Index Cards, Marriages and Deaths (A-Sn), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[27] Harry Harrison Hain, History of Perry County, Pennsylvania: Including Descriptions of Indian and Pioneer Life (Harrisburg, Pa: 1922), 522, 933, [GoogleBooks].
[28] Harry Harrison Hain, History of Perry County, Pennsylvania: Including Descriptions of Indian and Pioneer Life (Harrisburg, Pa: 1922), 260, 933, [GoogleBooks].
[29] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 25 (Warrantees of Land 2) (1898), 415, [InternetArchive].
[30] Lives of David Porter and Joseph Ritner, Two Candidates for the Office of Governor of Pennsylvania, compiled from authentic sources (1838), 5, [GoogleBooks].
[31] Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress, Clearfield Republican, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1880, page 3, column 2, [NewsChroniclingAmerica].
[32] Newspaper, Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 23 July, 1839, p 2, col 1.
[33] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[34] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[35] United States Federal Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[36] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[37] Find A Grave Memorial 34865631, no photo, [FindAGrave].
[38] Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress, Clearfield Republican, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, September 4, 1861, page 2, column 3, [NewsChroniclingAmerica].
[39] Jehu Z. Powell, History of Cass County Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (1913), 542, [URL].
[40] Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960, [AncestryRecord].
[41] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, Certificate 7448, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[42] Find A Grave Memorial 120109133, no photo, [FindAGrave].
[43] Find A Grave Memorial 45517809, [FindAGrave].
[44] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, descent: Nancy Jane Ritner (spouse of Lloyd Lowe), Emma Lowe (spouse of Nathan Blake Kimmel), Robert Edward Kimmel, [Link].
[45] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].
[46] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert's family suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, Reports daughter Sarah married to Leidig, [Link].
[47] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert's family suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].