Individual Details

[Lulu Margaret Baker Descendants by Michael Ritter.ged]

DEATH: death cert. #224 Jackson Co, OR states birthplace as Baker Co, OR. Death Cert. has the name of his father as Nathenial Ritter (as given by Lulu Ritter).

BIOGRAPHY: According to John's death certificate, he was a "Wood Dealer" for 35 years. Lost both of his legs in a logging "accident". Cause of death a year later: certificate states "suicide", some immediate family suggest he was "helped"...mercy killing or...? It's also believed that a significant "transfer of ownership" of money and property took place shortly thereafter, followed by the death of his wife within two years.
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It would seem that he did fairly well as a lumber broker:
14 May 1906: issued a land patent for 163 acres in Jackson Co, OR, which adjoined William Cook's 160 acres.
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3 Dec 1908: issued a land patent for 160 acres in Jackson Co, OR.
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15 Feb 1916: issued a mining claim on 20 acres known as the Prefountain Group mining claim situated in the Foots Creek Mining District of Jackson Co, OR.

Birth	10 Oct 1874	Baker Co., OR
Marriage	17 Jun 1914	Jackson Co., OR - Lulu Margaret Baker
Death	19 Jul 1938	Gold Hill, Jackson Co., OR
Burial		Rockpoint Cemetery, Gold Hill, Jackson Co., OR

Spouse	Lulu Margaret Baker (1895 - 1940)
Child	Theodore Woodrow Ritter (1915 - 1994)
Child	Myrtle Mary Ritter (1916 - 1917)
Child	Charles Alfred Ritter (1916 - 1996)
Child	Margaret Ritter (1918 - 1918)
Child	Leland Stanford Ritter (1920 - 2003)
Child	James LeRoy Ritter (1922 - 2002)
Child	Alma Jean Ritter (1924 - 1993)
Child	Delbert Ritter (1926 - 1933)
Child	Norman Ritter (1928 - 1936)
Child	Arnold Jacob Ritter (1935 - 2002)