Mary Virginia Shriver and Nelson L. Ritts

MARY VIRGINIA SHRIVER, daughter of CATHARINE STAMBAUGH and ADAM SHRIVER, was born October 7, 1855 in Pennsylvania,⁹⁰⁹⁸ and died November 18, 1933 in Golconda, Humboldt, Nevada.⁹⁰⁹⁸ She is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe, Nevada.⁴⁵⁶

She married NELSON L. RITTS on February 4, 1885 in Independence, Montgomery, Kansas.⁴⁶⁹⁴ He was born March 23, 1858 in St. Petersburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania,⁹⁰⁹⁸ and died October 7, 1952 in Winnemucca, Humboldt, Nevada.⁹⁰⁹⁸ He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe, Nevada.⁴⁵⁶

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Children of MARY VIRGINIA SHRIVER and NELSON L. RITTS:

1. JOSEPHINE MARY RITTS, b. March 24, 1886, Aspen, Pitkin, Colorado;^{11015, 4532} m. HARRY JAMES DAY; d. April 9, 1975, Reno, Washoe, Nevada.¹¹⁰¹⁵
2. BENJAMIN HARRISON RITTS, b. December 12, 1888, Aspen, Pitkin, Colorado;⁸ m. LOLA ROSE ESTHER BAIR; d. October 2, 1940, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.¹¹⁰¹⁰
3. KATHERINE LOUISE RITTS, b. October 5, 1892;⁵⁶ m. GEORGE HUGO BISCHOF on April 14, 1914 in Golconda, Humboldt, Nevada¹¹³¹²; d. March, 1982.⁵⁶

Obituaries

Nevada State Journal, November 19, 1933¹¹⁰⁰⁸

Resident of Golconda Is Taken By Death

Mrs. Mary Virginia Ritts of Golconda died yesterday, according to word received by the O'Brien mortuary from Winnemucca. She had resided in Nevada several years.

The remains will be brought to Reno today for services. She leaves two sons, Nelson Ritts and Benjamin Ritts; two daughters, Mrs. Josephine Day and Mrs. George Bischoff of Nebraska; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Dunmire and Mrs. Ida Vail of Los Angeles, and two brothers, Frank Shriver of Golconda and Harry Shriver of Los Angeles.

The O'Brien mortuary will announce funeral plans.

Nevada State Journal, October 9, 1952¹¹⁰⁰⁷

Nelson L. Ritts Funeral Planned

Last rites for Nelson L. Ritts, who died in Winnemucca, will be conducted here tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the O'Brien Rogers Chapel, with the Rev. Rafe Martin of St. John's Presbyterian Church officiating.

Born in St. Petersburg, Pa., March 23, 1858, Mr. Ritts came to make his home in Nevada in 1901, settling in Mina for the first year and then moving to Golconda where he had lived since that time. When he first came west he worked at mining. Later he operated a service station until his retirement some years ago.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Katherine Bischoff of Nebraska City, Neb., and Mrs. Josephine Day of Reno, and a sister, Mrs. Alice Shriver of Ambridge, Pa. Also surviving are nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
February 5, 18603106	Upper Allen Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania	Adam Shriver Catharine Stambaugh Nora D. Shriver Bird Noval Antonio Shriver Alice Catherine Shriver Mary Virginia Shriver Ida May Shriver Harry L. Shriver
June 18, 18703169	New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio	Adam Shriver Catharine Stambaugh Nora D. Shriver Bird Noval Antonio Shriver Alice Catherine Shriver Mary Virginia Shriver Ida May Shriver Harry L. Shriver Emma L. W. Shriver Frank S. Shriver
June 3, 18803170	New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio	Adam Shriver Catharine Stambaugh Nora D. Shriver Ida May Shriver Harry L. Shriver Emma L. W. Shriver Frank S. Shriver Mary Virginia Shriver
April 23, 191011009	Galena, Lander, Nevada	Nelson L. Ritts Mary Virginia Shriver Katherine Louise Ritts
January 3, 192011014	Golconda, Humboldt, Nevada	Nelson L. Ritts Mary Virginia Shriver Benjamin Harrison Ritts
April 2, 193011011	Golconda, Humboldt, Nevada	Nelson L. Ritts Mary Virginia Shriver Benjamin Harrison Ritts
April 3, 194011012	Gold Run, Humboldt, Nevada	Benjamin Harrison Ritts Lola Rose Esther Bair Nelson L. Ritts