Person:William Ritter (16)

William M Ritter
m. 20 Aug 1871
  1. William M Ritter1873 - 1886
  2. Arthur Day Ritter1875 -
  3. Lucy A Ritter1877 - 1967
Facts and Events
Name[1] William M Ritter
Gender Male
Birth[2][3][8] 30 Jun 1873 Steuben Co., Indiana, United States
Death[4][5][9] 25 Jul 1886 Steuben Co., Indiana, United States
Burial[6][10] Jul 1886 Mount Zion Cemetery, Golden Lake, Steuben Co., Indiana, United States
Other[7][11] 28 Jul 1886 Steuben Co., Indiana, United StatesObitz_OK
Reference Number? 43006
References
  1. United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
    age 7.
  2. United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
    age 7.
  3. Lewis, Audrée Seibel. Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana: Two Volumes. (Orland, Indiana, United States: A.S. Lewis, 1990)
    page 1535.
  4. Tombstone, Record Type: Photograph of tombstone, Subject: grave marker.
  5. Obituary. (further information available upon request).
  6. Tombstone, Record Type: Photograph of tombstone, Subject: grave marker.
  7. The Steuben Republican newspaper, Location: Steuben, Indiana
    Page 8 col 4.
  8. caclulated using age at death
  9. shot himself. William's tombstone shows age 12y 10m 25d, his obit says hewas 14
  10. I have a photo of marker
  11. "Sunday afternoon word came to town that Willie, the 14 year old son ofJacob Ritter, had accidentally shot himself. He with some other boys,had gone to the woods hunting, and in getting ov eth the fence in someway discharged the shotgun, wth contents lodging in the pit of thestomach. He lived but a few minutes after the accident occurred."