Ritchey Family Information

John C. Ritchey
[son of William Ritchey and Mary Middaugh]
born: c1740 - Ireland
died: 3 January 1780 - Spreading Spring, Botetcourt County, Virginia
marriage: 1765 - Botetourt County, Virginia
wife: Nancy Sarah Arnold
[daughter of Stephen Arnold and Jane Finney]
born: c1740 - Augusta County, Virginia
died: 3 January 1825 - Fayette County, Kentucky

Children of John C. Ritchey and Nancy Sarah Arnold Ritchey:

1. James Ritchey
born: 21 March 1768/69 - Botetourt County, Virginia
died: Indiana
buried: Sherritt Cemetery - Portersville, Dubois County, Indiana
1st marriage: 18 April 1794 - Virginia
1st wife: Mary Armstrong
born: 1772 - Virginia
died: Kentucky

Children of James Ritchey and Mary Armstrong Ritchey:

1.1. Armstrong Ritchey

1.2. James Ritchey
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 18 June 1804 - near Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky
died: 15 February 1890 - Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana
1850 Census - Putnam County, Indiana [James Richey, age 45, C. P. Clergyman]
1860 Census - Johnson County, Indiana [James Ritchey, age 55, C Pres Clergy M]
1870 Census -
1880 Census - Morgan County, Indiana [James W. Ritchey, age 75, Retired clergman]
1st marriage: 1831
1st wife:
died: 1842

Children of James Ritchey and ? ? Ritchey:

1.2.1. Samuel J. Ritchey
born: c1833 - Indiana
1850 Census - Putnam County, Indiana [Samuel J. Richey, age 17, student]

1.2.2. William L. Ritchey
born: c1835 - Indiana
1850 Census - Putnam County, Indiana [William L. Richey, age 15]

1.2.3. Ninian U. Ritchey
1850 Census - Putnam County, Indiana [Ninian U. Richey, age 12]

1.2.4. Elam C. Ritchey
born: c1840 - Indiana
1850 Census - Putnam County, Indiana [Elam C. Ritchey, age 10]

2nd marriage of James Ritchey: 1845
2nd wife of James Ritchey: Hannah E.
born: c1819 - Indiana
1850 Census - Putnam County, Indiana [Hannah Richey, age 31]
1860 Census - Johnson County, Indiana [HannahE. Ritchey, age 41]
1880 Census - Morgan County, Indiana [Hannah Ritchey, wife, age 61]

Children of James Ritchey and Hannah E. Ritchey:

1.2.5. Elijah T. Ritchey
born: c1846 - Indiana
1850 Census - Putnam County, Indiana [Elijah P. Richey, age 4]
1860 Census - Johnson County, Indiana [Elijah T. Ritchey, age 14]

1.2.6. Emma K. Ritchey
born: c1855 - Indiana
1860 Census - Johnson County, Indiana [Emma K. Ritchey, age 5]

 

 

1.3. John Ritchey

1.4. Stephen Ritchey

1.5. Sarah Ritchey

1.6. Elim Ritchey

2nd marriage of James Ritchey: c1821 -Dubois County, Indiana
2nd wife: of James Ritchey: Elizabeth Woods
[widow of Edward Green]
born:
died: Dubois County, Indiana
buried: Sherritt Cemetery - Portersville, Dubois County, Indiana

Children of James Ritchey and Elizabeth Woods Ritchey:

1.7. Martha Ritchey
born: Dubois County, Indian
husband: James Steel

1.8. Alexander Chapman Ritchey
born: 1825 - Dubois County, Indiana
died: c1875 - Dubois County, Indiana
married: 1866
wife: Charlotte Dillon
[daughter of Samuel Dillon]
born: c1834 - Indiana
died: 25 March 1888 - Indiana
buried: New Lebanon Cemetery - Pike County, Indiana

1.9. Benjamin Ritchey

 

2. Eunice Ritchey
born: 17 February 1770
died: 8 Septmeber 1826 - Jackson, Indiana
married: 11 April 1787 - Botetourt County, Virginia
husband: Leonard Claiborne Shoemaker
born: 19 May 1758
died: 30 October 1837

3. Mary Ritchey
born: 1771
husband: Richard Cole
born: c1771

4. Stephen Arnold Ritchey
born: 18 May 1776 - Botetourt County, Virginia
died: October 1854 - Franklin County, Missouri
married: c1798 - Warren County, Kentucky
wife: Mary Martha Crawford
[daughter of John Crawford and Mary Craig]
[sister of Rev. John Crawford]
born: c1773 - Botetourt County, Virginia
died: c1840 - Kentucky

Children of Stephen Arnold Ritchey and Mary Martha Crawford Ritchey:

4.1. Elijah Ritchey
born: 7 December 1798 - Kentucky
married: 23 August 1822 - Barren County, Kentucky
wife: Matilda Garrison
[daughter of Shadrach Garrison]

4.2. William Ritchey
born: 1800 - Warren County, Kentucky
died: March 1877 - Franklin County, Missouri
married: 26 April 1822 - Warren County, Kentucky
wife: Nancy Classpell
[daughter of ? Classpell and Sarah ?]
[sister of Rev. William Classpell - Baptist Minister]
born: c1804 - Kentucky

Children of William Ritchey and Nancy Classpell Ritchey:

4.2.1. Francis A. Ritchey

4.2.2. Isaac Cumberland Ritchey

4.2.3. Samuel S. Ritchey

4.2.4. James H. Ritchey
born: 26 January 1824 - Warren County, Kentucky
died: 9 July 1906 - Warren County, Kentucky
married: 17 April 1844 - Warren County, Kentucky
wife: Matilda Lightfoot

4.2.5. Mary Ritchey
born: 4 October 1830
died: 9 July 1900 - Pulaski County, Missouri
married: 17 May 1828 - Franklin County, Missouri
husband: Thomas Denton

4.2.6. Sarah Nancy Ritchey
born: 11 September 1835 - Miller County, Missouri
died: 17 May 1928 - Meramec Township, Franklin County, Missouri
married: 2 Octoaber 1853
husband: John Helms

4.2.7. Steven Thomas Ritchey
born: 31 December 1838 - Potosi, Washington County, Missouri
died: 7 May 1927 - Summerville, Shannon County, Missouri

4.2.8. John Wesley Ritchey
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 23 June 1842 - Washington County, Missouri
died: 1914 -
married: 1 December 1859 - Miller County, Missouri
wife: Nancy Pitman

4.2.9. Lydia L. Ritchey
born: 1844

4.2.10. William Ashley Ritchey
born: 20 May 1848 - Missouri
died: 23 June 1941 - West Plains, Missouri
wife: Elizabeth Jane Blanton

 

4.3. Samuel M. Ritchey
Baptist Minister
born: 1803 - Warren County, Kentucky
died: 16 April 1886 - Walpole, Hamilton County, Illinois
married: 12 August 1828 - Warren County, Kentucky
wife: Nancy Dickey
born: c1802
died: 1886 - Hamilton County, Illinois

4.4. John Wesley Ritchey
Methodist Minister
born: 22 March 1806 - Warren County, Kentucky
died: 2 August 1873 - Missouri
1st marriage: 11 January 1828 - Warren County, Kentucky
1st wife: Martha H. Mannen
born: c1800 - Virginia
died: c1850 - Franklin County, Missouri

Children of John Wesley Ritchey and Martha H. Mannen Ritchey:

4.4.1. Stephen Arnold Ritchey
born: c1829 - Kentucky
died: 28 December 1912 - Marshall County, Oklahoma

4.4.2. John Wesley Ritchey, Jr.
born: c1829
married: 19 January 1850 - Franklin County, Missouri
wife: Nancy Gibson
born: c1832 - Kentucky

2nd marriage of John Wesley Ritchey, Sr.: 22 December 1850 - Franklin County, Missouri
2nd wife of John Wesley Ritchey, Sr.: Elizabeth Claspill
born: c1822 - Kentucky

Children of John Wesley Ritchey and Elizabeth Claspill Ritchey:

4.4.3. Mary Ritchey
born: 1842 - Missouri

4.4.4. Margaret Ritchey
born: 1856 - Missouri

4.4.5. Obediah Ritchey
born: 1859 - Missouri

 

4.5. James M. Ritchey
born: 1810 - Warren County, Kentucky
died:
married: 15 November 1833 - Barren County, Kentucky
wife: Dicy Levi
[daughter of Solomon Levi and Dicy ?]
died: before 1840

4.6. Obediah Rankin Ritchey
born: 29 February 1812 - Warren County, Kentucky
died: 11 July 1902 - Twigg Township, Hamilton County, Illinois
1st marriage: 10 December 1838 - Barren County, Kentucky
1st wife: Nancy Garrison
[daughter of John Garrison and Margaret Portwood]
born: 1819 - Kentucky
died: c1851 - Missouri
2nd marriage:
2nd wife: Mary Elizabeth DeWitt
born: 18 March 1835
died: 24 March 1886
3rd marriage: 27 February 1887
3rd wife: Mary Elizabeth Pemberton
born: 7 March 1851
died: 11 August 1893
4th marriage: 3 June 1894
4th wife: Sarah Laferty
5th marriage: c1898
5th wife: Amanda Jane Foster

4.7. Issachar Crawford Ritchey
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 25 September 1814 - Warren County, Kentucky
died: 16 June 1887 - Nelson, Saline County, Missouri
married: 8 December 1836 - Warren County, Kentucky
wife: Mary Ann Denton
born: 25 April 1820 - Warren County, Kentucky
died: 12 September 1896

Children of Issachar Crawford Ritchey and Mary Ann Denton Ritchey:

4.7.1. Martha Ann Ritchey
born: 19 April 1838

4.7.2. Stephen Thomas Ritchey
born: 23 September 1840

4.7.3. William Warren Ritchey
born: 15 January 1843

4.7.4. Nancy Jane Ritchey
born: 24 March 1845

4.7.5. Alezander G. Ritchey
born: 1 September 1847

4.7.6. James Wesley Ritchey
born: 30 October 1848 - Franklin County, Missouri
died:
married: 18 February 1872 - Walpole, Illinois
wife: Arviola Josephine Williams
born: 8 January 1856 - Marion County, Illinois

4.7.7. Susan Caroline Ritchey
born: 17 May 1851

4.7.8. George W. Ritchey
born: 22 February 1853

4.7.9. Peter Davis Ritchey
born: 5 May 1854

4.7.10. Finis Ewing Ritchey
born: 17 November 1856

4.7.11. Manerva Catherine Ritchey
born: 29 July 1858

4.7.12. Joseph Henry Ritchey
born: 27 February 1860

 

4.8. Lucinda Ritchey
born: c1820 - Kentucky
died: 1884 - Missouri
married: 23 March 1845 - Franklin County, Missouri
husband: Samuel Helms
born: c1809 - Kentucky

Children of Lucinda Ritchey Helms and Samuel Helms:

4.8.1. Joseph Helms
born: c1847

4.8.2. Harriett Helms
born: c1848

4.8.3. Miranda Helms
born: c1849

 

5. John Ritchey
born: c1777-1778
died: near Indianapolis, Indiana
married: 14 November 1796
wife: Catherine Hurley
born: c1778