The son of Adams County-born Lewis & Julia Ann (Pheasant [?]) Ritter, in 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. By 1867, he stood 5' 9" tall and had brown hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Reading, Berks County, October 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service in Lebanon October 18 as a private with Co. B, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, in August 1864, he was hospitalized and declared unfit for duty that September. His family requested he be transferred to the army hospital near to home in Chambersburg, but his compiled military service records offer no evidence that ever happened. He honorably discharged at term's end October 27, 1864.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Chambersburg March 8, 1865, mustered into federal service there March 11 as a sergeant with the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry in the second organization of Co. K, and honorably discharged with his company June 29, 1865.
He last enlisted in Washington DC with the regular army on June 8, 1867, assigned to Co. H, 12th U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end June 8, 1870, at Camp Mojave, Arizona Territory, a private.
He married Hannah J. Holders March 23, 1871, in Chambersburg, Franklin County, and fathered Laura (b. 02/12/73 - married a Stake), Emma C. (b. 05/16/77), Lewis Edward (b. 09/24/78), Frank Crawford (b. 02/27/80), and Ernest K. (b. 09/??/90). Cause of his death is listed as "paralysis [from a] cerebral embolism" with "cardiac disease a contributing factor."
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Abraham Ritter and his wife Hannah J. Ritter, of Frankin County, PA, are mentioned as heirs in the sale of land belonging to the late Lewis Ritter, in Franklin County, PA on Sept. 17 1877 (Franklin County deed book 60, page 445).
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Reading, Berks County, October 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service in Lebanon October 18 as a private with Co. B, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, in August 1864, he was hospitalized and declared unfit for duty that September. His family requested he be transferred to the army hospital near to home in Chambersburg, but his compiled military service records offer no evidence that ever happened. He honorably discharged at term's end October 27, 1864.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Chambersburg March 8, 1865, mustered into federal service there March 11 as a sergeant with the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry in the second organization of Co. K, and honorably discharged with his company June 29, 1865.
He last enlisted in Washington DC with the regular army on June 8, 1867, assigned to Co. H, 12th U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end June 8, 1870, at Camp Mojave, Arizona Territory, a private.
He married Hannah J. Holders March 23, 1871, in Chambersburg, Franklin County, and fathered Laura (b. 02/12/73 - married a Stake), Emma C. (b. 05/16/77), Lewis Edward (b. 09/24/78), Frank Crawford (b. 02/27/80), and Ernest K. (b. 09/??/90). Cause of his death is listed as "paralysis [from a] cerebral embolism" with "cardiac disease a contributing factor."
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Abraham Ritter and his wife Hannah J. Ritter, of Frankin County, PA, are mentioned as heirs in the sale of land belonging to the late Lewis Ritter, in Franklin County, PA on Sept. 17 1877 (Franklin County deed book 60, page 445).
The son of Adams County-born Lewis & Julia Ann (Pheasant [?]) Ritter, in 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. By 1867, he stood 5' 9" tall and had brown hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Reading, Berks County, October 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service in Lebanon October 18 as a private with Co. B, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, in August 1864, he was hospitalized and declared unfit for duty that September. His family requested he be transferred to the army hospital near to home in Chambersburg, but his compiled military service records offer no evidence that ever happened. He honorably discharged at term's end October 27, 1864.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Chambersburg March 8, 1865, mustered into federal service there March 11 as a sergeant with the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry in the second organization of Co. K, and honorably discharged with his company June 29, 1865.
He last enlisted in Washington DC with the regular army on June 8, 1867, assigned to Co. H, 12th U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end June 8, 1870, at Camp Mojave, Arizona Territory, a private.
He married Hannah J. Holders March 23, 1871, in Chambersburg, Franklin County, and fathered Laura (b. 02/12/73 - married a Stake), Emma C. (b. 05/16/77), Lewis Edward (b. 09/24/78), Frank Crawford (b. 02/27/80), and Ernest K. (b. 09/??/90). Cause of his death is listed as "paralysis [from a] cerebral embolism" with "cardiac disease a contributing factor."
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Abraham Ritter and his wife Hannah J. Ritter, of Frankin County, PA, are mentioned as heirs in the sale of land belonging to the late Lewis Ritter, in Franklin County, PA on Sept. 17 1877 (Franklin County deed book 60, page 445).
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Reading, Berks County, October 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service in Lebanon October 18 as a private with Co. B, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, in August 1864, he was hospitalized and declared unfit for duty that September. His family requested he be transferred to the army hospital near to home in Chambersburg, but his compiled military service records offer no evidence that ever happened. He honorably discharged at term's end October 27, 1864.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Chambersburg March 8, 1865, mustered into federal service there March 11 as a sergeant with the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry in the second organization of Co. K, and honorably discharged with his company June 29, 1865.
He last enlisted in Washington DC with the regular army on June 8, 1867, assigned to Co. H, 12th U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end June 8, 1870, at Camp Mojave, Arizona Territory, a private.
He married Hannah J. Holders March 23, 1871, in Chambersburg, Franklin County, and fathered Laura (b. 02/12/73 - married a Stake), Emma C. (b. 05/16/77), Lewis Edward (b. 09/24/78), Frank Crawford (b. 02/27/80), and Ernest K. (b. 09/??/90). Cause of his death is listed as "paralysis [from a] cerebral embolism" with "cardiac disease a contributing factor."
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Abraham Ritter and his wife Hannah J. Ritter, of Frankin County, PA, are mentioned as heirs in the sale of land belonging to the late Lewis Ritter, in Franklin County, PA on Sept. 17 1877 (Franklin County deed book 60, page 445).
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