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Louis B. Richter (Vanderburgh County, Indiana, county clerk)

b. 1812-07-25 d. 1887-03-17

Vanderburgh County, Indiana, cabinet maker and county clerk. Native of Saxony, Germany. Married to Caroline Richter. Father of Carol Richter. Married to Elizabeth Vogel Richter in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, on May 14, 1859. Father of Louis W. Richter. Married to Louisa Oehlman in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, on August 16, 1863. Immigrated to the United States in September 1837. Cabinet maker in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, in 1850. County clerk in Vanderburgh County from 1857 to 1864. Employed Elizabeth Euler as a servant in Vanderburgh County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, German Township, p. 440B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Evansville, p. 448.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, German, p. 412A.

Indiana Marriage Records, 1801-1952, Indiana Archives and Record Administration, Office of the Vanderburgh County Clerk, Evansville, Indiana. Vanderburgh County Marriage Records, volume 4, April 29, 1859- March 14, 1864, p. 8, 535.

Baltimore, Maryland, _Customs Records and Vessel Passenger Lists, 1820-1898, Passenger Arrival Lists (1820-1891), NARA RG 85, Microfilm Series M255, Roll 02, April 7, 1837- July 31, 1840.

Joseph P. Elliot, A History of Evansville and Vanderburgh County, Indiana: A Complete and Concise Account from the Earliest Times to the Present, (Evansville: Keller Print Company, 1897), p. 132.

"Louis B. Richter (1812-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial 84471993, accessed May 11, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84471993.

Citation

Richter, Louis B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204177 (November 12, 2026).

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