Peter Ritner and Jane Mary McKeehan
Husband Peter Ritner 1
Born: 13 Sep 1818 - Washington Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Aft 1886 Buried:
Father: Gov. Joseph Ritner (1780-1869) 2 3 4 Mother: Susan Alter (1780-1853) 2 3
Marriage: Nov 1872 1
Other Spouse: Mary Jane Davidson ( -1845) 1 - 16 Feb 1843 1
Other Spouse: Amelia Jane Davidson ( -1870) 1 - 1848 1
Wife Jane Mary McKeehan 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband - Peter Ritner
He completed his education under Prof. Alfred Armstrong, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, came to West Pennsborough Township, Cumberland County, with his father, in 1839, and there cast his first vote for Gen. Harrison in 1840, and supported the Whig and Republican parties ever after. He remained on the farm with his father, and then purchased the place in 1856, a fine farm of 156 acres.
Beside the children listed for his second marriage, he and his wife lost three in infancy.
1 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 587.
2 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 361.
3 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 586.
4
John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 489.
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