Philip Riter, Free Soil, Michigan, 1860
I just received this bit of information.Perhaps it might help someone... Free Soil village (Michigan) had its beginnings in the early 1860"s when Philip Riter and his family settled east of what became Riter Swamp.In 1870, school district number two was organized.A log building which was to be the first Free Soil school house was erected on the Riter farm.