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Isaac "Big Ike" Ritchie 1872–1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 February 1872

Birth Location: Perry County, Kentucky

Death Date: 2 December 1940

Death Location: Knott County, Kentucky

Father: Gabriel Ritchie

Mother: Mary Fugate

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In 1872, Isaac "Big Ike" Ritchie entered the world in Perry County, Kentucky, born to Gabriel Ritchie And Mary Polly Fugate. Isaac "Big Ike" Ritchie passed away in 1940 in Knott County, Kentucky.

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Biography

  • In 1872, Isaac "Big Ike" Ritchie entered the world in Perry County, Kentucky, born to Gabriel Ritchie And Mary Polly Fugate.
  • Isaac "Big Ike" Ritchie passed away in 1940 in Knott County, Kentucky.

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Isaac Ritchie's Ancestors

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Isaac Ritchie
1872–1940
Birth Place: Perry County, Kentucky
Parents
Gabriel Ritchie
1835–1916
Breathitt County, Kentucky, USA
Mary (Polly) Fugate
1839–1905
Troublesome, Perry Co, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
James (Monroe "Big Jim") Ritchie
1810–1880
Hammond Gap, Perry County , Kentucky
Hannah Fugate
1811–1880
Perry, County Kentucky
Martin (Blue French Orphan) Fugate
1820–1900
Tazewell, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States
Elizabeth (Betty (Betsy) Smith *) (heterozygous)
1822–1892
Lotts Creek, Perry, Kentucky, USA
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Ritchie
1778–1878
Susan Grigsby
1782–1876
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Richey
1722–1808
Margaret Caldwell
1729–1802

Isaac Ritchie's Timeline

2 Records

1872
15 February 1872
Birth of Isaac "Big Ike" Ritchie in Perry County, Kentucky
Perry County, Kentucky
1940
2 December 1940
Age 68
Death of Isaac "Big Ike" Ritchie in Knott County, Kentucky
Knott County, Kentucky

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 February 1872
    Event Place: Perry County, Kentucky

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 December 1940
    Event Place: Knott County, Kentucky

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