Joseph Riter and Elizabeth Wagenseller

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Husband Joseph Riter ¹

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           Born: 1788 - Chester Co, PA 2
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Wife Elizabeth Wagenseller ¹

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           Born: 14 Sep 1800 1
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           Died: 29 May 1855 1
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         Father: John Wagenseller (1763-      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Weidner (      -1811) 1

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Children

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1 M James M. Riter ³

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           Died: 1873 3
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2 M Thomas B. Riter ²

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           Born: 1840 - Blair Co, PA 2
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           Died: 23 Apr 1907 4
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         Spouse: Sophie A. McCallin (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 14 Apr 1875 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 4

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Riter

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He was a descendant of Michael Riter, who, with his brother, George Riter, emigrated from Saxony to Pennsylvania in 1752, settling in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Michael, the colonist, served in the Revolutionary War under Colonel Evans and Captain Brock, and while on a scouting expedition in 1777 was captured by the British and thrown into prison in Philadelphia, where he died in 1778.

He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1788, and removed to Pittsburgh in 1845.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1065.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 38.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 39.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 40.