Joseph Ritner

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Husband Joseph Ritner ¹

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         Father: Gov. Joseph Ritner (1780-1869) 2 3 4
         Mother: Susan Alter (1780-1853) 2 3

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Ritner

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He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, but resigned from the army, married, and took a professorship in Washington College. Afterward he received a commission as first lieutenant in the army, but died at home before assuming his duties. He had served with great distinction in the Black Hawk war.

1 Editor, 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 Editor, 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.