When Joseph Michael Rittenhouse was born on 4 December 1868, in Clinton, Illinois, United States, his father, Nelson Rittenhouse, was 30 and his mother, Lavinia Carr, was 28. He married Sophia Monken on 5 January 1892, in Clinton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Carrigan Township, Marion, Illinois, United States in 1940 and Meridian Township, Clinton, Illinois, United States in 1943. He died on 26 December 1943, in Breese, Clinton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Sandoval, Marion, Illinois, United States.
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Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Historical Boundaries: 1881: Clinton, Illinois, United States
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Americanized form of German Rittinghaus: habitational name from a farm near Altena, Westphalia.
History: William Rittenhouse (1644–1708) was the first Mennonite preacher in North America. He was born in the Rhineland, Prussia (Germany) and worked as a papermaker in Amsterdam, emigrating to PA in 1688 and establishing the first paper mill in America. His great-grandson David Rittenhouse (1732–96) of Philadelphia was an astronomer and the first director of the United States Mint.
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