Obit of Mrs. John (Ellen Jane Jordan) RITTER (b.1836 d.1903), Wabasha Co., MN
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  03/06/1836 ~ 02/13/1903 
  Mrs. John Ritter (Barbara's Great-Grandmother) 
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Mrs. John Ritter (Ellen Jane Jordan)
03/06/1836 ~ 02/13/1903
This was transcribed from a copy of a newspaper article 
given to me by my mother, Marian Russell Koska Elgin, 
who was her great-granddaughter.

About three weeks ago C.H. Ritter received a telegram that his mother was 
seriously ill at Salina, Kansas, where she had been visiting for several months. 
Mrs. Vincent and Mrs. Taylor started at once and C.H. Ritter went to Rochester 
intending to go to Salina as soon as he could locate his brother, J.T. Ritter, 
who is traveling for the Watkins Medical Co., but before they were ready to 
start another telegram announced an improvement in her condition, which 
continued until Thursday last when she suddenly became worse and on Friday 
morning passed quietly away. 
Her remains were brought home accompanied by her daughters. Funeral services 
were held from the home, Monday Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. G.W. Wise. 
Mrs Ellen J. Jordan-Ritter was born in Cumberland, Md., March 6, 1836. She was 
united in marriage to John Ritter at Wellsburg, Penn., June 27, 1852. 
Mr. And Mrs. Ritter were among the earliest settlers of Wabasha county. They 
came here in the spring of 1855 and settled on a farm in Hyde Park, where they 
lived for more than thirty years, with the exception of a few years spent in 
Kansas. They have lived in Wabasha county since 1855. 
Besides her husband, Mrs. Ritter leaves to mourn her loss two sons and four 
daughters, C.H. Ritter, Mrs. D.L. Taylor and Mrs. H. Vincent of Plainview, John 
L. Ritter of Rochester, Mrs. H Jukes and Mrs. Will Jukes of Salina, Kansas. 
Card of thanks
To our friends who so kindly assisted us in our late bereavement, we extend our 
heartfelt thanks. John Ritter and family