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Note for: Susan Jane Baker, 10 Jan 1842 - 28 Jun 1895
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Burial: Date: 30 Jun 1895
Place: Jonesburg, Montgomery, Missouri, USA
Death Note: Source: Located in the Scrapbook of Albert Paul Rittenhouse
Individual Note: BURIAL: She is buried in Jonesburg cemetery, Jonesburg, Mo., beside her daughter Fannie.
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Note for: Henry Seville Rittenhouse, 13 May 1865 -
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Nickname: Heiny probably a nickname of Heinrich or Henry
Individual Note: BIRTH: When his father Albert Paul Rittenhouse is age 71 he says Henry Seville was born in April in his pension application papers for the Civil War service. His family Bible says March.
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Note for: Fannie Welles Rittenhouse, 28 Mar 1868 - 15 Oct 1883
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Burial: Place: Jonesburg, Montgomery, Missouri, USA
Birth Note: Source: Newspaper clipping located in the journal of Albert Paul Rittenhouse.
Individual Note: DEATH: At Fannie's death her mother Sue was the editor and proprietor of The Journal of Jonesburg, Missouri.
BURIAL: Her mother Sue J. Rittenhouse was later buried beside Fannie at the Jonesburg Cemetery in Jonesburg, Missouri.
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Note for: Welles C. D. Rittenhouse, CAL 1846 - 28 Sep 1901
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Death Note: Source: Book B, Page 158, No. of Death 5994; No. of Certificate 11529. Copied by Judith Lamb LaForge and information sent on 28 April 1971 to Elizabeth R. Lamb.
Death Note: Source: Will #3478 filed in Salt Lake City, Utah, 3rd District Court, Oct. 25, 1901; declared legally dead 7 May 1908.
Individual Note: BIRTH: Welles was listed as 4 years of age in the 1850 census and 13 years of age in the 1860 census. At the time of his death he is listed as 58 years of age in 1901. Since he had no relatives to give his death information, perhaps they estimated his age incorrectly.
NEED TO DO: Check on statement that Welles was declared legally dead on 7 May 1908.
OCCUPATION: Lawyer.
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Note for: George W. Rittenhouse, CAL 1853 - 21 Sep 1901
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Individual Note: BIRTH: George's age is listed as 7 years in the 1860 Ohio Census detailed under his father's information, James Rittenhouse.
NEED TO DO: He disappeared at some point, possibly to Mexico. Note made in probation of brother Wells C. Rittenhouse's estate that he had been unheard of for ten years and had been declared legally dead. Note on family group sheet from Judith Lamb Tucker in 1960's that he was declared legally dead about 21 Sep 1901 by decree of Third District Court, Salt Lake City (he had disappeared ten years before). I don't remember if they had to declare him dead when Welles died. Attested J. U. Eldredge Jr., Clerk by W. W. Farnsworth, Deputy Clerk Indorsed #3478, District Court 3rd Judicial District State of Utah Filed May 7, 1908.
One of the Rittenhouse men in this generation or the next younger one was declared legally dead. That person left children behind who were adopted out. Need to find wife and children, etc., of George or whomever. In an e-mail 13 December 2000 from Susan L. Griffith to her sister Judith Rittenhosue, Susan writes "Welles C. Rittenhuose's brother, George, is the one who was declared dead as he had been missing for over 10 years. This George Rittenhouse SUPPOSEDLY never married or had children. Yes, he is the one that it was rumored that he was living in Mexico and possibly did have some children. I think mother said that a Rittenhouse person came through OK City and called Aunt Olive inquiring about the family. Aunt Olive believed that it was a child of her Uncle George but she didn't want anyone to know that he had children of Mexican descent, etc. She didn't acknowledge a family connection to the person who called her...I had speculated that this George Rittenhouse was a likely candidate to be the Rittenhouse who abandoned his children in OK. However, that doesn't fit because of his age. He would not have had a child close to mother's age as he was a brother to mother's grandfather, Austin James Rittenhuose..." See Notes on Robert Ray Rittenhouse for further discussion.