Biographies

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

Henry F. Witte Biography

 HenryF. Witte  HENRY F. WITTE, a practicalfarmer and stock-raiser, lives on a good farm in section 3, township 18,range 11, where he owns 120 acres of fine prairie land and forty acresof timber. He bought this land in 1862 and has since been successful asa farmer. He was born in Harford, Menden, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany,on August 9, 1824. He is the son of Fred and Minnie (Isserman) Witte, nativesof Prussia, Germany, where they married and began life as farmers. There,too, all the family was born, and in 1855 the parents, with three children,set out for this country, taking passage on … Read more

James B. Moore – Biography

  JamesB. Moore   JAMESB. MOORE, a soldier in the late war, was born in Newark, Delaware, November26, 1819. His father, John, was born in the same place, October 9, 1791,and his grandfather, Archibald, was a native of Jamestown, Virginia. Thegreat-grandfather of our subject was born in Ireland, of Scotch ancestry,and came to America and settled in Virginia, where he spent his last years.Archibald moved from Virginia to Newark, Delaware, bought land from JosephEagle, and there spent his last years as a farmer. The farm is still ownedby his descendants. The name of his wife was probably McDonald, and asfar … Read more