Burwell C. Ritter January 6 1810 - unknown Barren County KyArchives Biography Author: The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky, J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878, Cincinnati, Ohio Hon. Burwell C. Ritter was born January 6, 1810, in Barren County, Kentucky. He received a good English education, and had devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the State Legislature, in 1843 and 1850; was Presidential Elector in 1864; in 1865, he was elected a Representative from Kentucky, in the Thirty-ninth Congress, serving on the Committees on Agriculture and Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/