Ancestry of
Tex Ritter

Cowboy Movie Actor and Singer

Benjamin Franklin Ritter

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• • Grandfather of Tex Ritter — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Everett S. Ritter 
  • Mother:
  • Anna Goodwin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Jun 1834 
  • Birth Location:
  • Tennessee 
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Nov 1902 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Bethel Cemetery, Gary, Panola, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Magaret Ann Ball
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Jan 1858 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Panola County, Texas 
  • Child:

  James Everett Ritter (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Benjamin Franklin Ritter

  • ¹ Ball Beginnings, 2000, Vol. 17, No. 2, p. 9.
  • ² Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album, Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company (2001), 107.
  • ³ Federal Census, TX, Panola County, 1880, Precinct 1, E.D. 60, p. 38, Image 38 of 55.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, TX, Panola County, 1900, Justice Precinct 1, E.D. 64, Sheet 25B, Image 50 of 68.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/07/2015).
  • ⁶ Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011, Marriage record for Benjamin F. Ritter and Margaret A. Ball.
  • ⁷ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for son James Everett Ritter.