Wayne County

Civil War Pension Records for Ritner Smith

Transcribed, copyright, and submitted by Jerilyn

Jerilyn's (added notes)

Ritner Smith
Company C 63rd Ohio Regimental Infantry

Enrolled October 23, 1861 at Chester, Meigs Co., Ohio
Discharged October 22, 1864 at Chattanooga, Tennessee
Pension Certificate # Invalid 454 135

Born July 11, 1837 at Chester, Meigs Co., Ohio (according to his father's Bible)

Residences since War
1864-1865  Meigs Co., Ohio
1865-1876  Jeffersonville, Illinois
July 17, 1889 living in Logan, Phillips Co., Kansas.  (Went with some other Wayne Co., Illinois families to Logan area, but moved on to Phillipsburg)


1876-death  Phillips Co., Kansas  (mostly in Phillipsburg)

Married Elizabeth H. Clevenger on January 9, 1869 in Wayne Co., Illinois by Elder John Bunting

Children living as of May 4, 1898
Wayne R. Smith  November 12, 1869
Ernest E. Smith   August 24, 1871
Dempsey D. Smith  September 8, 1875
Ethel Smith    March 13, 1882
John R. Smith  October 24, 1877
Vernon Smith  September 27, 1894

(Jerilyn's  Notes
From Phillips County, Kansas records in Fairview Cemetery in Phillipsburg
Ritner Smith
Ohio Cpl. Co. C 63 Regt.
Ohio Inf. Civil War
b. July 11, 1837
d. January 14, 1915

Elizabeth Smith
w-o Ritner Smith
d. July 4, 1904
age 53 years, 6 months

Dempsey H. Smith
1846-1907

Elizabeth H. Smith
w-o Dempsey H. Smith
1853-1935 (July)

Others that might fit
Vernon Smith
bur. January 13, 1941

Ritner Smith
1876-1953  (think this is John R., but birth date is off)

(end of Jerilyn's Notes)



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