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John A Ritchie 1844–1932 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 DEC 1844

Birth Location: Balltown, Nelson, Kentucky

Death Date: 5 JAN 1932

Death Location: Flaherty, Meade County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: James Ritchie

Mother: Martha Patrick

Spouse(s): Martha Newton

Children(s): Laura Hardesty, Andrew Ritchie, Charles Ritchie, Isham Ritchie, Julia Ritchie, Elizabeth Richie, Robert Ritchie, Islam Richie, Chesteen Ritchie, Claude Ritchie, Minnie Richie, Naoma Ritchie, Anna Ritchie, Essie Richie, Anna Downs, Anna Ritchie, Fedelis Ritchie

In 1844, John A Ritchie entered the world in Balltown, Nelson, Kentucky, born to James Isom Solomon Ritchie And Martha Patsy Patrick. In 1880, John A Ritchie resided in Meadville, Meade, Kentucky, USA. John A Ritchie married Martha Luellen Newton, and had children including Andrew Leander Leander Ritchie, Anna Iselyn Issie Ritchie Downs, Anna Jemima Ritchie, Anna Mima Minnie Miami Ritchie, Charles Henry Ritchie, Chesteen Chess Ritchie, Claude E Ritchie, Elizabeth Richie, Essie A Richie, Fedelis Ann Ritchie, Isham B Bill Ritchie, Islam Richie, Julia Ellen Ella Ritchie, Laura Evalena Ritchie Hardesty, Minnie A Richie, Naoma Ritchie, Robert Kirby Ritchie. John A Ritchie passed away in 1932 in Flaherty, Meade County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1844, John A Ritchie entered the world in Balltown, Nelson, Kentucky, born to James Isom Solomon Ritchie And Martha Patsy Patrick.
  • In 1880, John A Ritchie resided in Meadville, Meade, Kentucky, USA.
  • John A Ritchie married Martha Luellen Newton, and had children including Andrew Leander Leander Ritchie, Anna Iselyn Issie Ritchie Downs, Anna Jemima Ritchie, Anna Mima Minnie Miami Ritchie, Charles Henry Ritchie, Chesteen Chess Ritchie, Claude E Ritchie, Elizabeth Richie, Essie A Richie, Fedelis Ann Ritchie, Isham B Bill Ritchie, Islam Richie, Julia Ellen Ella Ritchie, Laura Evalena Ritchie Hardesty, Minnie A Richie, Naoma Ritchie, Robert Kirby Ritchie.
  • John A Ritchie passed away in 1932 in Flaherty, Meade County, Kentucky, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Ritchie
1817–1889
Birth Location: , Perry, Kentucky, USA
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Martha Patrick
1816–1919
Birth Location: , Clay, Kentucky, USA
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Spouses(s)

Martha Newton
1851–1938
Birth Location: Meade County, Kentucky, United States of America
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Children(s)

Laura Hardesty
1874–1956
Birth Location: Meade County, Kentucky, USA
LH
Andrew Ritchie
1876–1949
Birth Location: Flaherty, Meade, Kentucky, USA
AR
Charles Ritchie
1878–1964
Birth Location: Big Spring, Meade, Kentucky, USA
CR
Isham Ritchie
1882–1967
Birth Location: Meade County, Kentucky, USA
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Julia Ritchie
1880–1960
Birth Location: Jefferson, Meade, Kentucky
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Elizabeth Richie
1880–1910
Birth Location: Meade County, Kentucky
ER
Robert Ritchie
1883–1971
Birth Location: Meade, Kentucky, USA
RR
Islam Richie
1885–1985
Birth Location: Meade County, Kentucky, USA
IR
Chesteen Ritchie
1889–1909
Birth Location: Meade County, Kentucky, United States of America
CR
Claude Ritchie
1891–1940
Birth Location: Jefferson, Meade, Kentucky
CR
Minnie Richie
1896–1967
Birth Location: Big Spring, Meade County, Kentucky, USA
MR
Naoma Ritchie
1885–
Birth Location: Meade Co., KY
NR
Anna Ritchie
1898–1967
Birth Location: Big Spring District, Meade, Kentucky
AR
Essie Richie
1895–1986
Birth Location: Branden Bay, Kentucky
ER
Anna Downs
1887–1967
Birth Location: Brandenburg, Meade, Kentucky, USA
AD
Anna Ritchie
1896–1967
Birth Location: Big Spring, Meade, Kentucky, USA
AR
Fedelis Ritchie
1885–
Birth Location: Meade, Kentucky
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John Ritchie's Ancestors

Self
John Ritchie
1844–1932
Birth Place: Balltown, Nelson, Kentucky
Parents
James Isom Solomon Ritchie
1817–1889
, Perry, Kentucky, USA
Martha (Patsy) Patrick
1816–1919
, Clay, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Alexander (Crockett) Ritchie
1778–1880
Russell CO, Virginia, USA
Susan (Elizabeth (Betsy) Grigsby) (Ritchie)
1782–1876
Russell, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
James Ritchie
1757–1813
Mary Keith
1756–1808
Benjamin Grigsby
1749–1840
Elizabeth Duncan
1763–1795
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Ritchey
1720–1818
Mary WILSON
1729–1802

John Ritchie's Descendants

1.
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John (A) Ritchie (3 DEC 1844–5 JAN 1932) m. Martha (Luellen) Newton (4 March 1851–6 June 1938)
  1. 1. Laura (Evalena Ritchie) Hardesty 1874–1956 m. Elias (Coomes "Tebe") Hardesty 1870–1948
    1. 1. Florine (Hardesty) Wheeler,Martin 1898–1999
    2. 2. Edwin Hardesty 1901–2001
    3. 3. Celestine Hardesty 1903–2003
    4. 4. Joseph Hardesty 1904–2004
  2. 2. Andrew (Leander "Leander") Ritchie 1876–1949 m. Anna (Elizabeth) Ritchie 1881–1965
    1. 1. Victor (Hagen) Ritchie 1901–1975
    2. 2. Ruth (Dennis) Ritchie 1919–1968
    3. 3. Victor (Jerome) Ritchie 1900–1987
    4. 4. Frances (Duel) Ritchie 1913–2011
    5. 5. Hubert (Kenton) Ritchie 1923–2011
    6. 6. Ernest (E) Ritchie 1904–2006
    7. 7. Bernard (Andrew) Ritchie 1916–1982
    8. 8. Mary (Emerald 'Elmont') Ritchie 1906–1991
    9. 9. John (Homer) Ritchie 1921–1922
    10. 10. Sister (Ernestine L) Ritchie 1904–1992
    11. 11. Anna (Juliett) Ritchie 1902–1999
    12. 12. Georgina Ritchie 1904–1999
  3. 3. Charles (Henry) Ritchie 1878–1964 m. Lula (Generose) Ray 1881–1972
    1. 1. Joseph (Henry) Ritchie 1904–1919
    2. 2. Theresa (Generose) Ritchie 1916–1967
    3. 3. Albert (Chestine) Ritchie 1909–1986
    4. 4. Margaret (E) Beaven 1919–1993 m. John (Baldrich) Beaven 1918–2002
    5. 5. Anna (Louise Ritchie) Batliner 1905–1994
    6. 6. Dorothy (Elizabeth) Ledington 1921–2012
    7. 7. John (Basil) Ritchie 1906–1981
    8. 8. Mary (Adelia) Whelan 1913–1997
    9. 9. Louise Richie 1906–
    10. 10. Stillborn Ritchie 1911–1911
  4. 4. Isham (B. (Bill)) Ritchie 1882–1967
  5. 5. Julia (Ellen 'Ella') Ritchie 1880–1960 m. Charles (Albert) Ray 1890–1968
  6. 6. Elizabeth Richie 1880–1910
  7. 7. Robert (Kirby) Ritchie 1883–1971 m. Norma (Ann) Henderson 1896–1957 m. Charlesette Corbett 1886–1919
  8. 8. Islam Richie 1885–1985 m. Nancy Angeline 1889–1999 m. Nancy (Ann) Ritchie 1888–
    1. 1. Zora Ritchie 1906–2006
    2. 2. Nettie Ritchie 1908–2008
    3. 3. Malissie Richie 1911–2011
    4. 4. Ernest Richie 1914–2014
    5. 5. Mable Richie 1911–2011
    6. 6. Stanley Richie 1916–2016
    7. 7. Willard Richie 1918–2018
    8. 8. Mary (Elizabeth) Ritchie 1926–
  9. 9. Chesteen (“Chess”) Ritchie 1889–1909 m. Hannah McDonough 1828–1868
    1. 1. Ann (Nancy Elizabeth) Ritchie 1846–1922 m. William (Wales) Miles 1841–1928
      1. 1. Luella (Eliza) Miles 1871–1912
      2. 2. Mary (Zelma) Beatty 1888–1980
      3. 3. Nancy (Hannah) Miles 1874–1874
      4. 4. Ophelia Miles 1870–1870
      5. 5. Henry (Shelton) Miles 1878–1977
      6. 6. Victoria (Idella) Miles 1875–1901
      7. 7. John (Richard) Miles 1886–1969
      8. 8. Anna (Merton) Miles 1881–1967
      9. 9. William (Taylor Miles) M.D. 1868–1943
      10. 10. George (Ritchie) Miles 1866–1919
      11. 11. Bertha (Lee) Miles 1884–1980
      12. 12. Miles____ 1865–1865
    2. 2. Mary (Ellen) Ritchie 1844–1914
    3. 3. John (Thomas) Ritchie 1852–1933
    4. 4. Amelia (Frances) Ritchie 1851–1928
  10. 10. Claude (E) Ritchie 1891–1940
  11. 11. Minnie (A) Richie 1896–1967
  12. 12. Naoma Ritchie 1885–
  13. 13. Anna (Mima 'Minnie' Miami) Ritchie 1898–1967 m. William (Jennings) Deitchman 1898–1986 m. Olen (Lawson) Chapman 1894–1992
    1. 1. John (Elias Chester) Chapman 1916–1987
    2. 2. Sola (Luetta) Deitchman 1927–1990
    3. 3. Carolyn (Jean) Deitchman 1931–2013
    4. 4. Henry (Stanford) Deitchman 1930–1989
  14. 14. Essie (A) Richie 1895–1986
  15. 15. Anna (Iselyn "Issie" Ritchie) Downs 1887–1967
  16. 16. Anna (Jemima) Ritchie 1896–1967
  17. 17. Fedelis (Ann) Ritchie 1885–

John Ritchie's Timeline

5 Records

1844
3 DEC 1844
Birth of John A Ritchie in Balltown, Nelson, Kentucky
Balltown, Nelson, Kentucky
1874
1874
Age 30
John A Ritchie was married in Meade, Kentucky, USA
Meade, Kentucky, USA
1880
1880
Age 36
John A Ritchie resided here in Meadville, Meade, Kentucky, USA
Meadville, Meade, Kentucky, USA
1900
1900
Age 56
John A Ritchie resided here in Big Spring, Meade, Kentucky, USA
Big Spring, Meade, Kentucky, USA
1932
5 JAN 1932
Age 88
Death of John A Ritchie in Highland Park, Jefferson, Kentucky
Highland Park, Jefferson, Kentucky

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 DEC 1844
    Event Place: Balltown, Nelson, Kentucky
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1874
    Event Place: Meade, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Meadville, Meade, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Meadville, Meade, Kentucky; Roll: 433; Page: 641C; Enumeration District: 190

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Big Spring, Meade, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Big Spring, Meade, Kentucky; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1240543

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 JAN 1932
    Event Place: Highland Park, Jefferson, Kentucky
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Flaherty, Meade County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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