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I'm still getting a lot of folks researching their long lost ancestral memorial sites. It's ok to send the inquiry to my email address, but many times your questions are outside my research area or personal knowledge, so please leave an inquiry here at this site too. For many years, I have been receiving many inquires each month, and feel badly that I can't successfully help each and every one of you. The chances of someone familiar with information that will help you, increases greatly by posting your question here. This is the sole purpose of this site, so be patient, check back often. Lastly want to wish you all good health and fortune for the new year, 2008. kindest regards. Robert

I am descended from Stephen Ritter, one of the founder's of St. Louisville. I am trying to locate his grave. This is the information I have. He died in 1851 and is buried in St Louisville, Licking County, Ohio;buired Evans Cemetery Newton Twp, Ohio. Two years ago, we drove through St. Louisville on our way home from Indiana. I was unable to find the cemetery. We live in Connecticut. We will be visiting Indiana again in the next few weeks. Could you possibly tell me where this cemetery is located? I am trying to do a family history scrapbook and I would like to include pictures of the grave and cemetery in it. Any information you can give me will be very helpful.

Hello Stephanie, since you posted your inquiry at my cemetery forum, I have had a chance to visit this cemetery, transcribed and photo documented many stones. I have also posted this same message from my tombstone project email addy, so forgive me if you get it twice. I do have pictures of two different memorials containing the name Stephen Ritter. I believe they are two different individuals, possibly father and son, although I have no proof of this. One is Stephen Ritter, died Oct. 21, 1867, aged 77y & 6 mo. This places a birth date of about April 1790. Since he would have been in his seventies during the Civil War, it's extremely unlikely he served in the military during this period. The reason for this statement will become obvious in my next transcription. The second Stephen Ritter inscription is on a white marble military marker, "Company A, 95th Reg. Ohio Infantry", with a GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) bronze flag holder situated next to his stone. This GAR medal is consistent with veterans that served our country during the Civil War. My thoughts are that this individual would most likely be youngest of the two individuals. I would estimate this second individual with the military marker is perhaps younger by 30 or more years, with a birth date most likely between 1820 and 1846. here's a link to the cemetery transcriptions and photos, I just added to the project. Please note that I mixed the two links up to the actual images are opposite what they should be. Sorry I will get them rearranged soon. Kindest regards. Robert Sizelove
http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/tombpics ... kingco.htm