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Nancy Elizabeth Ritter

Female 1836 - 1924  (88 years)


 

Ritter-Berry-Stewart-Moore Nancy Elizabeth (Ritter) Berry Stewart Moore - Brief bio



Nancy Elizabeth (Ritter) Berry Stewart Moore and her twin brother were born on 7 April 1836. Their mother, Virginia, died shortly after they were born. Their father, John, remarried and moved to Texas in the early 1840s. 

About 1854 Nancy married (1) Stephen Berry and homesteaded land in Angelina County. She had two daughters, Alice in 1856, and Mary in 1858. Stephen died before 1860. 

Nancy married (2) John Stewart in 1860 and in 1861 she had a son. John Stewart served in the Confederacy during the Civil War. After the war Nancy had another son in 1869, a daughter in 1870, a daughter in 1871, a son in 1872, and a final son in 1874. John Stewart died in 1877. 

In 1882 Nancy married (3) John Moore. 

Nancy died on 11 April 1924 at the age of 88 and is buried beside her second husband.

Confederate Widow application from John Stewart
Texas GLO Land Office application for Nancy Berry homestead.
Texas GLO Land Office application for John Ritter.


Notes: 
1. John L. Ritter Marriage Registration to Ginny Tate, 27 December 1822.
2. William E. Ritter Certificate of Death showing birth 7 April 1836 and Death 27 December 1909.
3. Newton County Land Sale from R. C. Ballard to John L. Ritter Oct 15, 1845
4. History of Knox and Davies Counties Indiana, published May 1886
5. William McMurtry of Kentucky and Alabama and His Descendants by Ester McMurty LeBaron 1971
6. Angelina County Land Sale to Nancy E. Berry June 1857
7. Stephen Berry Birth 1832 and Death Unknown in Berry Cemetery
8. Texas County Tax Rolls for Stephen Berry 1855, 1857, 1858 for Angelina County
9. Marriage Record Angelina County Texas 1846-1859
10. Muster Card Index for John R. Stewart 1861
11. 1870 Census for John Stewart household
12. John R. Stewart Headstone

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