SAMUEL RITTER, son of John B., of Allentown, was born in Salisbury Township, Feb. 2, 1842. He followed farming until 1900, when he came to Allentown, and purchased a home at 1132 Linden Street. He owns a ninety-seven acre farm near the Iron Bridge in South Whitehall township. 'This farm he cultivated many years, but now has rented it. He served Jordan Lutheran church as deacon and elder a number of years. He married, in 1865. Hannah E. Kock daughter of Thomas K and Elizabeth (Snyder) Koch.