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Source for: May Maria Rittenhouse, 20 May 1881 - 23 May 1904
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Death source: S86Page: Microfilm 484-18
Note: ERL located this on page 7; pages not numbered.
Text: After an illness of almost one year Miss May Rittenhouse, daughter of Judge and Mrs. A. J. Rittenhouse, died at the home of her parents on Ninth Street at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. A. Cravens at the Rittenhouse residence Wednesday afternoon and the body was followed by a large train of sorrowing friends to the West Cemetery.
Miss Rittenhouse was an amiable young lady and last year was one of the teachers of our city schools.
Last May she assumed editorial control of the Tribune, during the absence of Mr. Smith, which work she prosecuted until July when she became very ill.
Since that time she has several times been very near death's door. Sometimes animated with hope and again subject to weeks of severe illness.
Miss Rittenhouse was a bright winsome girl and had acquired a host of friends who now extend to the bereaved family their heartfelt sympathy.
Date: 27 May 1904
General Source: S5
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Source for: Robert Ray Rittenhouse, 23 May 1896 - 25 Jun 1951
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Birth source: S87Page: Drawer B. File 122
Note: Signatures of Louise J. Rittenhouse, Robert R. Rittenhouse, and F. A. Rittenhouse on document. Also included in file are: (1) List of notes for Robert Rittenhouse, April 15, 1915 - to Dec 21, 1916,in account with law offices of F. A. Rittenhouse, Johnson Building, Chandler, Oklahoma; and (2) similar list for Aug. 16, 1916 through May 1917 with some notes from 1914 also included; and (3) one note from Geo. B. Rittenhouse and two notes from F. A. Rittenhouse to Robert R. Rittenhouse, marked paid.
Text: THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 23rd day of May, 1917, by and between Robert R. Rittenhouse, party of the first part, and F. A. Rittenhouse, party of the second part,
WITNESSETH, that WHEREAS, on the 23rd of October, 1909, the estate of A. J. Rittenhouse, was duly settled by contract, between all of the heirs of said A. J. Rittenhouse, deceased, to-wit: Louise J. Rittenhouse, Olive R. Rittenhouse, Geo. B. Rittenhouse, F. A. Rittenhouse, and Robert R. Rittenhouse, by his natural Guardian, Louise J. Rittenhouse, and whereas, in said settlement and agreement it is provided that the party of the first part, Robert R. Rittenhouse shall have as his part of said estate the total sum of $675.96, to-wit; Note of Geo. B. Rittenhouse, for $226.31; Note of Olive R. Rittenhouse $24.05; Note of F. A. Rittenhouse $390.62; One Gold Watch $25 and one Parasol $10, and. . .the said party of the first part...does hereby ratify and confirm the acts of his said natural guaradian, Louise J. Rittenhouse, his mother, in signing the settlement contract of October, 23rd, 1909...
Date: 23 Oct 1909
Birth source: S33Page: ERL Folder B143, Document 8b
Text: Robert R. Rittenhouse, the youngest of the family, was born in McCook, Nebraska, in 1896, received the degree of L.L.B. from Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee, and was admitted to practice law in Oklahoma the same year. He is conducting a private law practice in Oklahoma City, specializing in criminal law. He married Joe Catherine Richie of Okemah, Oklahoma.
General Source: S5General Source: S25Note: See census details under mother, Louise J. Brown Rittenhouse.
Date: 6 Feb 1920
General Source: S88Page: E-mail
Text: "...The Rittenhouse who abandoned or gave up for adoption his children, would have had to have been a brother to our Frank Austin Rittenhouse. It could have been Robert Ray Rittenhouse. We don't know that there were children in the plural. We only know that there was one male child for certain who was about mother's age when her father said that she couldn't date this person because he was a first cousin. Robert Ray Rittenhouse was married to Gladys McMurdo in 1920 and then they divorced. Could they have had one child before they divorced and neither one was willing to raise the child and gave him up for adoption? If it wasn't Robert Ray Rittenhouse, then could it have been their sister, May Maria Rittenhouse? She supposedly 'grieved herself to death' - over what? However, she died in 1904 so if she had had an illegitimate son in 1904, this son would have been 14 years older than mother - so that doesn't seem to work. I think it must have been Robert Ray Rittenhouse who had at least one son that was adopted outside of the family. What do you think?.."
Date: 13 Dec 2000
General Source: S36Text: Robert R. Rittenhouse, age 21, lives in Chandler, Oklahoma. Born on May 23, 1896. Natural Born in McCook, Neb., U.S. Occupation: Law clerk. Employed by: Adjt. Gen's Office. Have you a father, mother, wife, child under 12, or a sister or brother under 12, solely dependent on you for support? No. What military service have you had? Private in O.K.N.G. for 2 and 7.9 years in Oklahoma. Do you claim exemption from draft? No. Registrar's Report 35-3-23-A lists him as tall with medium build, brown eyes and brown hair. Not bald. Not disabled. Signed 6-5-17 the city clerck, precinct 2, Chandler, Oklahoma.
From: 45th Infantry Division Museum [mailto:curator@45thdivisionmuseum.com] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 6:48 AM To: Judith Rittenhouse Subject: Re: Robert Ray Rittenhouse
Dear Ms. Rittenhouse:
Indeed, the 45th Infantry Division was not organized until 1923. The 45th Infantry Brigade came into being after the 45th Division was deactivated in 1968.
By law we can have no personnel records here. If your uncle was mobilized then his records will be maintained at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis Mo. The link below will get you to their site. Follow the links to the SF - 180 (Request for Military Personnel Records).
Please be advised that a fire at that facility in 1973 destroyed 80% of the WWII records, and some WW1 records.
If you know in which county of what State he lived in after the war, you might contact the county seat and inquire if he filed a copy of his documents there. All soldiers are encouraged to do so.
Good luck,
Michael E. Gonzales Curator www.45thdivisionmuseum.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Judith Rittenhouse
To: curator@45thdivisionmuseum.com
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:44 AM
Subject: Robert Ray Rittenhouse
Dear Mr. Gonzales,
I have been researching one of my grand uncles whose World War I Draft Registration Card said he was a Private in the Oklahoma National Guard, serving as a law clerk in the State of Oklahoma’s Adjutant General’s Office on 6-5-1917. I was trying to find out more about Robert Ray Rittenhouse’s National Guard Unit and thought it might be the 45th Infantry Brigade. I found the history of that unit and from that I see that the 45th Infantry Division was not organized until 1923. Robert was living in Chandler, Oklahoma, in 1917, and his obituary said he saw service overseas for the war. I’d love to know where he served overseas, etc. Any help you can give me in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Judith Rittenhouse
jrittenhouse@cox.net
General Source: S89
Page: ERL B138 Doc 1
Text: From RIT, 531 Northwest 38th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118 to Mrs. J. Weldon Lamb, 125 Riverside Drive, Greenwood, Mississippi: Dear Elizabth - Robert 5'8" - Your grandfather medium height - shorter than Lulu's father who was 6' - Stop Don't publish book until you can include a chapter on Lulu's version of Bob - the goat - the wagon - his swearing which must have been classic - the one I liked best was Bob on second floor - opening a pillow - feathers caught on screen below from south wind - playing snow - Love -- M. M--
General Source: S90
Page: ERL B138 Doc 2
Text: Robert R. Rittenhouse, 55, retired Chandler and Oklahoma City attorney, died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Sulphur Veterans Hospital following a two-year illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Hahn-Cook funeral home with burial to be in Fairlawn Mausoleum. At the time of his death, Rittenhouse made his home in Ardmore. After serving overseas during World War I, he graduated from Tennessee's Cumberland law school in 1922. He was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar association in 1923 and for a number of years operated a Chandler law firm with his brothers the late George B. and F. Austin Rittenhouse. He practiced law in Oklahoma City 15 years before retiring three years ago because of ill health. He was a member of Ardmore American Legion, Oklahoma Bar association and Chandler Christian church. Surviving are one sister, Olive R. Rittenhouse, 2302 N. Walker; two nieces, Mrs. C. D. Ellison, 531 NW 38, and Mrs. J. Weldon Lamb, Vicksburg, Miss., and one nephew, Austin J. Rittenhouse of Washington, D.C.
Date: 25 Jun 1951