Obituary, Beamsville Express, November 10, 1915
BENEFACTOR OF VINELAND DIES
M. F. Rittenhouse, who remembered his birthplace died on Sunday at his Chicago home. Buried at Vineland cemetery yesterday.
It will not be because of being one of Lincoln's native sons who had gone out to make his fortune and was successful that Moses F. Rittenhouse will be remembered in this vicinity. But rather, as one, who becoming rich, did not take on those airs and mannerisms which seem to go with financial success. M. F. Rittenhouse will be remembered as one who did not forget his birth place, his boyhood home, and boyhood friends in spite of his success in another country. And remembering his home land and home surroundings he sought to better the local surroundings for the children, the youths, the manhood and womanhood of this community in which he was born and raised.
Moses Rittenhouse was born of German-Dutch, U. E. Loyalist ancestors who, at the solicitations of William Penn, came and settled in Pennsylvania way back in 1682. Some of the descendants came to Canada and settled in the Niagara Peninsula. Mr. Rittenhouse was born near Vineland in 1846. He got his schooling in the winter, worked during the summer. Ambition seized him and he went to Chicago where for a time he worked in a printing office. Then he worked for a firm of lumber merchants, gradually working himself up until he was master of the business. In 1888 he organized with J .R. Embree, a wholesale lumber business, and of this and another company he has been manager for a number of years, as well as director of many other companies.
Though he climbed to a high place among men who do things, he never forgot the friends and interests of his native town. His deeds of philanthropy have contributed much to the betterment of the place of his birth and his periodic visits to the scene of his youth are events of the happiest felicitations for he has the admiration and respect of all those who knew him when he worked on a farm and dreamed of a career in the great business world. Mr. Rittenhouse's acts for the betterment civically, socially and morally, of the scenes of his youth have been many and varied.
Rittenhouse school - a country school house which is the model of Ontario country schools, equipped with well selected library, natural history museum, manual training department and school garden bears testimony to his love for the children and his desire to make their school opportunities better than were his own.
Victoria Hall and Park stands as a monument to his desire to educate by the best entertainment, the youth and beauty of the district. The three mile macadam road and walk with the, beautiful boulevard which he had underway, inspired the whole community to beautifying their own places. The Horticultural farm which he presented to the Ontario government will also bear witness to his practical philanthropy. And in the Vineland Cemetery he made provisions not only for the place in which his remains and those of his ancestors are laid away, but he made provision for a model burying ground for the community. In unobtrusive ways, Mr. Rittenhouse made his presence felt and his kindly, genial face will be missed by the many whose pleasure it was to know him.
The funeral yesterday was held from Victoria Hall which was filled to overflowing with those who recognized Mr. Rittenhouse's worth. The service was in charge of Reverend Mr. Coffman, who gave a very able discourse. Rev. J. Kelly of Stoney Creek made fitting reference to the departed. A number of the ministers of the community assisted in the ceremony. The children of Rittenhouse school sweetly sang "Nearer My God To see". The remains were laid to rest in the new Vineland Cemetery, recently opened, the gift of the deceased to the community.
BENEFACTOR OF VINELAND DIES
M. F. Rittenhouse, who remembered his birthplace died on Sunday at his Chicago home. Buried at Vineland cemetery yesterday.
It will not be because of being one of Lincoln's native sons who had gone out to make his fortune and was successful that Moses F. Rittenhouse will be remembered in this vicinity. But rather, as one, who becoming rich, did not take on those airs and mannerisms which seem to go with financial success. M. F. Rittenhouse will be remembered as one who did not forget his birth place, his boyhood home, and boyhood friends in spite of his success in another country. And remembering his home land and home surroundings he sought to better the local surroundings for the children, the youths, the manhood and womanhood of this community in which he was born and raised.
Moses Rittenhouse was born of German-Dutch, U. E. Loyalist ancestors who, at the solicitations of William Penn, came and settled in Pennsylvania way back in 1682. Some of the descendants came to Canada and settled in the Niagara Peninsula. Mr. Rittenhouse was born near Vineland in 1846. He got his schooling in the winter, worked during the summer. Ambition seized him and he went to Chicago where for a time he worked in a printing office. Then he worked for a firm of lumber merchants, gradually working himself up until he was master of the business. In 1888 he organized with J .R. Embree, a wholesale lumber business, and of this and another company he has been manager for a number of years, as well as director of many other companies.
Though he climbed to a high place among men who do things, he never forgot the friends and interests of his native town. His deeds of philanthropy have contributed much to the betterment of the place of his birth and his periodic visits to the scene of his youth are events of the happiest felicitations for he has the admiration and respect of all those who knew him when he worked on a farm and dreamed of a career in the great business world. Mr. Rittenhouse's acts for the betterment civically, socially and morally, of the scenes of his youth have been many and varied.
Rittenhouse school - a country school house which is the model of Ontario country schools, equipped with well selected library, natural history museum, manual training department and school garden bears testimony to his love for the children and his desire to make their school opportunities better than were his own.
Victoria Hall and Park stands as a monument to his desire to educate by the best entertainment, the youth and beauty of the district. The three mile macadam road and walk with the, beautiful boulevard which he had underway, inspired the whole community to beautifying their own places. The Horticultural farm which he presented to the Ontario government will also bear witness to his practical philanthropy. And in the Vineland Cemetery he made provisions not only for the place in which his remains and those of his ancestors are laid away, but he made provision for a model burying ground for the community. In unobtrusive ways, Mr. Rittenhouse made his presence felt and his kindly, genial face will be missed by the many whose pleasure it was to know him.
The funeral yesterday was held from Victoria Hall which was filled to overflowing with those who recognized Mr. Rittenhouse's worth. The service was in charge of Reverend Mr. Coffman, who gave a very able discourse. Rev. J. Kelly of Stoney Creek made fitting reference to the departed. A number of the ministers of the community assisted in the ceremony. The children of Rittenhouse school sweetly sang "Nearer My God To see". The remains were laid to rest in the new Vineland Cemetery, recently opened, the gift of the deceased to the community.
Obituary, Beamsville Express, November 10, 1915
BENEFACTOR OF VINELAND DIES
M. F. Rittenhouse, who remembered his birthplace died on Sunday at his Chicago home. Buried at Vineland cemetery yesterday.
It will not be because of being one of Lincoln's native sons who had gone out to make his fortune and was successful that Moses F. Rittenhouse will be remembered in this vicinity. But rather, as one, who becoming rich, did not take on those airs and mannerisms which seem to go with financial success. M. F. Rittenhouse will be remembered as one who did not forget his birth place, his boyhood home, and boyhood friends in spite of his success in another country. And remembering his home land and home surroundings he sought to better the local surroundings for the children, the youths, the manhood and womanhood of this community in which he was born and raised.
Moses Rittenhouse was born of German-Dutch, U. E. Loyalist ancestors who, at the solicitations of William Penn, came and settled in Pennsylvania way back in 1682. Some of the descendants came to Canada and settled in the Niagara Peninsula. Mr. Rittenhouse was born near Vineland in 1846. He got his schooling in the winter, worked during the summer. Ambition seized him and he went to Chicago where for a time he worked in a printing office. Then he worked for a firm of lumber merchants, gradually working himself up until he was master of the business. In 1888 he organized with J .R. Embree, a wholesale lumber business, and of this and another company he has been manager for a number of years, as well as director of many other companies.
Though he climbed to a high place among men who do things, he never forgot the friends and interests of his native town. His deeds of philanthropy have contributed much to the betterment of the place of his birth and his periodic visits to the scene of his youth are events of the happiest felicitations for he has the admiration and respect of all those who knew him when he worked on a farm and dreamed of a career in the great business world. Mr. Rittenhouse's acts for the betterment civically, socially and morally, of the scenes of his youth have been many and varied.
Rittenhouse school - a country school house which is the model of Ontario country schools, equipped with well selected library, natural history museum, manual training department and school garden bears testimony to his love for the children and his desire to make their school opportunities better than were his own.
Victoria Hall and Park stands as a monument to his desire to educate by the best entertainment, the youth and beauty of the district. The three mile macadam road and walk with the, beautiful boulevard which he had underway, inspired the whole community to beautifying their own places. The Horticultural farm which he presented to the Ontario government will also bear witness to his practical philanthropy. And in the Vineland Cemetery he made provisions not only for the place in which his remains and those of his ancestors are laid away, but he made provision for a model burying ground for the community. In unobtrusive ways, Mr. Rittenhouse made his presence felt and his kindly, genial face will be missed by the many whose pleasure it was to know him.
The funeral yesterday was held from Victoria Hall which was filled to overflowing with those who recognized Mr. Rittenhouse's worth. The service was in charge of Reverend Mr. Coffman, who gave a very able discourse. Rev. J. Kelly of Stoney Creek made fitting reference to the departed. A number of the ministers of the community assisted in the ceremony. The children of Rittenhouse school sweetly sang "Nearer My God To see". The remains were laid to rest in the new Vineland Cemetery, recently opened, the gift of the deceased to the community.
BENEFACTOR OF VINELAND DIES
M. F. Rittenhouse, who remembered his birthplace died on Sunday at his Chicago home. Buried at Vineland cemetery yesterday.
It will not be because of being one of Lincoln's native sons who had gone out to make his fortune and was successful that Moses F. Rittenhouse will be remembered in this vicinity. But rather, as one, who becoming rich, did not take on those airs and mannerisms which seem to go with financial success. M. F. Rittenhouse will be remembered as one who did not forget his birth place, his boyhood home, and boyhood friends in spite of his success in another country. And remembering his home land and home surroundings he sought to better the local surroundings for the children, the youths, the manhood and womanhood of this community in which he was born and raised.
Moses Rittenhouse was born of German-Dutch, U. E. Loyalist ancestors who, at the solicitations of William Penn, came and settled in Pennsylvania way back in 1682. Some of the descendants came to Canada and settled in the Niagara Peninsula. Mr. Rittenhouse was born near Vineland in 1846. He got his schooling in the winter, worked during the summer. Ambition seized him and he went to Chicago where for a time he worked in a printing office. Then he worked for a firm of lumber merchants, gradually working himself up until he was master of the business. In 1888 he organized with J .R. Embree, a wholesale lumber business, and of this and another company he has been manager for a number of years, as well as director of many other companies.
Though he climbed to a high place among men who do things, he never forgot the friends and interests of his native town. His deeds of philanthropy have contributed much to the betterment of the place of his birth and his periodic visits to the scene of his youth are events of the happiest felicitations for he has the admiration and respect of all those who knew him when he worked on a farm and dreamed of a career in the great business world. Mr. Rittenhouse's acts for the betterment civically, socially and morally, of the scenes of his youth have been many and varied.
Rittenhouse school - a country school house which is the model of Ontario country schools, equipped with well selected library, natural history museum, manual training department and school garden bears testimony to his love for the children and his desire to make their school opportunities better than were his own.
Victoria Hall and Park stands as a monument to his desire to educate by the best entertainment, the youth and beauty of the district. The three mile macadam road and walk with the, beautiful boulevard which he had underway, inspired the whole community to beautifying their own places. The Horticultural farm which he presented to the Ontario government will also bear witness to his practical philanthropy. And in the Vineland Cemetery he made provisions not only for the place in which his remains and those of his ancestors are laid away, but he made provision for a model burying ground for the community. In unobtrusive ways, Mr. Rittenhouse made his presence felt and his kindly, genial face will be missed by the many whose pleasure it was to know him.
The funeral yesterday was held from Victoria Hall which was filled to overflowing with those who recognized Mr. Rittenhouse's worth. The service was in charge of Reverend Mr. Coffman, who gave a very able discourse. Rev. J. Kelly of Stoney Creek made fitting reference to the departed. A number of the ministers of the community assisted in the ceremony. The children of Rittenhouse school sweetly sang "Nearer My God To see". The remains were laid to rest in the new Vineland Cemetery, recently opened, the gift of the deceased to the community.
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Vineland Cemetery # 2. Moses donated the land for this cemetery.
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