Father: Taylor Overton Ritchie
Mother: Martha Bishop
Married (Anne Menefee)
Business Executive
Judge E.B. Ritchie opened his first office in Palo Pinto County with Judge Albert Stevenson in Mineral Wells in 1899. Judge Ritchie married Anne Menefee in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1898 and they came to Texas soon afterward, living for a time north of Dallas before coming to Mineral Wells. The couple moved to Palo Pinto in 1904 and bought a home, located just south of the present Methodist Church. The house was built of oak lumber which was hauled from East Texas by ox team. Judge & Mrs. Ritchie were members of the Palo Pinto Baptist Church until their deaths.
From 1904-1908, Mr. Ritchie was Palo Pinto County Judge and was Texas State Representative to the 33rd Legislature from 1912-1914. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank in Mineral Wells and pioneered in the development of natural resources of Palo Pinto County, particularly in the oil and gas fields in the southwest part of the county.
The Palo Pinto County Star
May 10, 1957
Mother: Martha Bishop
Married (Anne Menefee)
Business Executive
Judge E.B. Ritchie opened his first office in Palo Pinto County with Judge Albert Stevenson in Mineral Wells in 1899. Judge Ritchie married Anne Menefee in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1898 and they came to Texas soon afterward, living for a time north of Dallas before coming to Mineral Wells. The couple moved to Palo Pinto in 1904 and bought a home, located just south of the present Methodist Church. The house was built of oak lumber which was hauled from East Texas by ox team. Judge & Mrs. Ritchie were members of the Palo Pinto Baptist Church until their deaths.
From 1904-1908, Mr. Ritchie was Palo Pinto County Judge and was Texas State Representative to the 33rd Legislature from 1912-1914. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank in Mineral Wells and pioneered in the development of natural resources of Palo Pinto County, particularly in the oil and gas fields in the southwest part of the county.
The Palo Pinto County Star
May 10, 1957
Father: Taylor Overton Ritchie
Mother: Martha Bishop
Married (Anne Menefee)
Business Executive
Judge E.B. Ritchie opened his first office in Palo Pinto County with Judge Albert Stevenson in Mineral Wells in 1899. Judge Ritchie married Anne Menefee in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1898 and they came to Texas soon afterward, living for a time north of Dallas before coming to Mineral Wells. The couple moved to Palo Pinto in 1904 and bought a home, located just south of the present Methodist Church. The house was built of oak lumber which was hauled from East Texas by ox team. Judge & Mrs. Ritchie were members of the Palo Pinto Baptist Church until their deaths.
From 1904-1908, Mr. Ritchie was Palo Pinto County Judge and was Texas State Representative to the 33rd Legislature from 1912-1914. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank in Mineral Wells and pioneered in the development of natural resources of Palo Pinto County, particularly in the oil and gas fields in the southwest part of the county.
The Palo Pinto County Star
May 10, 1957
Mother: Martha Bishop
Married (Anne Menefee)
Business Executive
Judge E.B. Ritchie opened his first office in Palo Pinto County with Judge Albert Stevenson in Mineral Wells in 1899. Judge Ritchie married Anne Menefee in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1898 and they came to Texas soon afterward, living for a time north of Dallas before coming to Mineral Wells. The couple moved to Palo Pinto in 1904 and bought a home, located just south of the present Methodist Church. The house was built of oak lumber which was hauled from East Texas by ox team. Judge & Mrs. Ritchie were members of the Palo Pinto Baptist Church until their deaths.
From 1904-1908, Mr. Ritchie was Palo Pinto County Judge and was Texas State Representative to the 33rd Legislature from 1912-1914. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank in Mineral Wells and pioneered in the development of natural resources of Palo Pinto County, particularly in the oil and gas fields in the southwest part of the county.
The Palo Pinto County Star
May 10, 1957
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