Biographies

Thomas I. McDannold Biography

 ThomasI. McDannold  THOMAS I. McDANNOLD, anextensive farmer of Pea Ridge township, was born in Bath county, Kentucky,July 5, 1826. His father, John, was born in Montgomery county, Kentucky,in 1797, and his father, Reuben, was born in Culpeper county, Virginia,in 1750; and his father, Alexander, was born near Aberdeen, Scotland, comingto America in colonial times, and settled in Culpeper county, Virginia,where he spent the rest of his days. Reuben emigrated to Kentucky at anearly day, secured a large tract of land, which he improved with slavelabor, and resided there until 1834, then sold out and emigrated to Pikecounty, Missouri, settled near … Read more

Henry D. Ritter Biography

 HenryD. Ritter  HENRY D. RITTER was bornAugust 6, 1819, son of Michael and Barbara E. (Schafer) Ritter. The formerwas born in 1795, being of German ancestry. By occupation he was a stonemason, and in 1812 he went to the German and French war and served as asoldier for nineteen or twenty years, and was an officer at the time ofhis death, at the age of fifty-one years. He was the son of Reinhart Ritter,who were natives of the same place. They were farmers. Subject’s motherwas born in Germany in 1796, and died when about sixty-five. Her parentslived to be very … Read more