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John Ritty

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John Ritty Famous memorial

Birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Death
28 Dec 1913 (aged 78–79)
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.7417564, Longitude: -84.1709213
Plot
Section 113, lot 138
Memorial ID
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Inventor. A skilled mechanic, he built the first practical cash register with the help of his brother James, and patented the design in 1879 as "Ritty's Incorruptible Cashier". The Ritty brothers opened a small factory in Dayton, Ohio to manufacture cash registers. The company did not prosper and was sold to a group of investors including Jacob H. Eckert of Cincinnati, Ohio, a china and glassware salesman who formed the National Manufacturing Company, and John and Frank Patterson, who were then in the coal and railroad business. John Ritty would go on to patent several machines for the hulling of green corn and set up a canning factory in which they were used, and he operated a restaurant and cafe.
Inventor. A skilled mechanic, he built the first practical cash register with the help of his brother James, and patented the design in 1879 as "Ritty's Incorruptible Cashier". The Ritty brothers opened a small factory in Dayton, Ohio to manufacture cash registers. The company did not prosper and was sold to a group of investors including Jacob H. Eckert of Cincinnati, Ohio, a china and glassware salesman who formed the National Manufacturing Company, and John and Frank Patterson, who were then in the coal and railroad business. John Ritty would go on to patent several machines for the hulling of green corn and set up a canning factory in which they were used, and he operated a restaurant and cafe.

Bio by: Helen L. Smith Hoke Genealogical Research



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