Note: An error on tombstone shows birth year as 1885, should read 1855.
Sarah Jane Rippey was born November 26th, 1855 in Shelby Co, OH, a daughter of Barbara Butt and Matthew Rippey. Her father had purchased land in Moultrie Co, IL in the early 1850's and they moved there by 1860 where Matthew farmed for a living. He died in 1864 when Sarah was just nine, and her widowed mother moved with the children back to Ohio soon after to be near her parents. In 1872, after the death of Sarah's grandmother Lucinda, the family returned to Moultrie County to live. Sarah's older brother George W. Rippey was 19 by then and able to help farm the land. Sarah was 16. She was married 2 years later in 1874 to Daniel Ritchey, the youngest son of a neighboring farmer. Her mother Barbara Butt Rippey remarried in 1876 to Stephen Merritt Harris, a widowed farmer of Wayne County, Ilinois. The grandfather George Butt who had also remarried in the fall of 1872 also came to Illinois and settled with his new wife in Wayne County, Illinois
Sarah and her husband Daniel Ritchey were the parents of 10 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. The others were: George Washington, Rutherford Burchard, James Abraham, Olive Violet, Daisy Pearl, John Harrison, and Maude Elizabeth Ritchey. The family lived in Moultrie County at first near the small town of Williamsburg. In 1888, Daniel bought 160 acres of land just east of Stewardson where he built a big two-story house with 3 dormer windows. By 1893, Daniel also ran a general store in the nearby town of Windsor. In the late 1890's they decided to move west, and the family was found in Page County, Iowa by 1900. They did not stay in Iowa long, moving farther west to Montana where Daniel purchased a ranch along the Idaho/Montana border in Monida Pass.
IN 1918, they decided to retire from ranching and sold out the ranch property, moving to Morton, Washington where they continued with a small farm and lived out their remaining days. Daniel died in 1933 of a cerebral hemmorhage at the age of 82. Sarah lived to be 91 years old, and continued to live in Morton until the last year of her life when she went to live with her daughter Olive in Centralia. She passed away in 1947.
Sarah Jane Rippey was born November 26th, 1855 in Shelby Co, OH, a daughter of Barbara Butt and Matthew Rippey. Her father had purchased land in Moultrie Co, IL in the early 1850's and they moved there by 1860 where Matthew farmed for a living. He died in 1864 when Sarah was just nine, and her widowed mother moved with the children back to Ohio soon after to be near her parents. In 1872, after the death of Sarah's grandmother Lucinda, the family returned to Moultrie County to live. Sarah's older brother George W. Rippey was 19 by then and able to help farm the land. Sarah was 16. She was married 2 years later in 1874 to Daniel Ritchey, the youngest son of a neighboring farmer. Her mother Barbara Butt Rippey remarried in 1876 to Stephen Merritt Harris, a widowed farmer of Wayne County, Ilinois. The grandfather George Butt who had also remarried in the fall of 1872 also came to Illinois and settled with his new wife in Wayne County, Illinois
Sarah and her husband Daniel Ritchey were the parents of 10 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. The others were: George Washington, Rutherford Burchard, James Abraham, Olive Violet, Daisy Pearl, John Harrison, and Maude Elizabeth Ritchey. The family lived in Moultrie County at first near the small town of Williamsburg. In 1888, Daniel bought 160 acres of land just east of Stewardson where he built a big two-story house with 3 dormer windows. By 1893, Daniel also ran a general store in the nearby town of Windsor. In the late 1890's they decided to move west, and the family was found in Page County, Iowa by 1900. They did not stay in Iowa long, moving farther west to Montana where Daniel purchased a ranch along the Idaho/Montana border in Monida Pass.
IN 1918, they decided to retire from ranching and sold out the ranch property, moving to Morton, Washington where they continued with a small farm and lived out their remaining days. Daniel died in 1933 of a cerebral hemmorhage at the age of 82. Sarah lived to be 91 years old, and continued to live in Morton until the last year of her life when she went to live with her daughter Olive in Centralia. She passed away in 1947.
Note: An error on tombstone shows birth year as 1885, should read 1855.
Sarah Jane Rippey was born November 26th, 1855 in Shelby Co, OH, a daughter of Barbara Butt and Matthew Rippey. Her father had purchased land in Moultrie Co, IL in the early 1850's and they moved there by 1860 where Matthew farmed for a living. He died in 1864 when Sarah was just nine, and her widowed mother moved with the children back to Ohio soon after to be near her parents. In 1872, after the death of Sarah's grandmother Lucinda, the family returned to Moultrie County to live. Sarah's older brother George W. Rippey was 19 by then and able to help farm the land. Sarah was 16. She was married 2 years later in 1874 to Daniel Ritchey, the youngest son of a neighboring farmer. Her mother Barbara Butt Rippey remarried in 1876 to Stephen Merritt Harris, a widowed farmer of Wayne County, Ilinois. The grandfather George Butt who had also remarried in the fall of 1872 also came to Illinois and settled with his new wife in Wayne County, Illinois
Sarah and her husband Daniel Ritchey were the parents of 10 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. The others were: George Washington, Rutherford Burchard, James Abraham, Olive Violet, Daisy Pearl, John Harrison, and Maude Elizabeth Ritchey. The family lived in Moultrie County at first near the small town of Williamsburg. In 1888, Daniel bought 160 acres of land just east of Stewardson where he built a big two-story house with 3 dormer windows. By 1893, Daniel also ran a general store in the nearby town of Windsor. In the late 1890's they decided to move west, and the family was found in Page County, Iowa by 1900. They did not stay in Iowa long, moving farther west to Montana where Daniel purchased a ranch along the Idaho/Montana border in Monida Pass.
IN 1918, they decided to retire from ranching and sold out the ranch property, moving to Morton, Washington where they continued with a small farm and lived out their remaining days. Daniel died in 1933 of a cerebral hemmorhage at the age of 82. Sarah lived to be 91 years old, and continued to live in Morton until the last year of her life when she went to live with her daughter Olive in Centralia. She passed away in 1947.
Sarah Jane Rippey was born November 26th, 1855 in Shelby Co, OH, a daughter of Barbara Butt and Matthew Rippey. Her father had purchased land in Moultrie Co, IL in the early 1850's and they moved there by 1860 where Matthew farmed for a living. He died in 1864 when Sarah was just nine, and her widowed mother moved with the children back to Ohio soon after to be near her parents. In 1872, after the death of Sarah's grandmother Lucinda, the family returned to Moultrie County to live. Sarah's older brother George W. Rippey was 19 by then and able to help farm the land. Sarah was 16. She was married 2 years later in 1874 to Daniel Ritchey, the youngest son of a neighboring farmer. Her mother Barbara Butt Rippey remarried in 1876 to Stephen Merritt Harris, a widowed farmer of Wayne County, Ilinois. The grandfather George Butt who had also remarried in the fall of 1872 also came to Illinois and settled with his new wife in Wayne County, Illinois
Sarah and her husband Daniel Ritchey were the parents of 10 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. The others were: George Washington, Rutherford Burchard, James Abraham, Olive Violet, Daisy Pearl, John Harrison, and Maude Elizabeth Ritchey. The family lived in Moultrie County at first near the small town of Williamsburg. In 1888, Daniel bought 160 acres of land just east of Stewardson where he built a big two-story house with 3 dormer windows. By 1893, Daniel also ran a general store in the nearby town of Windsor. In the late 1890's they decided to move west, and the family was found in Page County, Iowa by 1900. They did not stay in Iowa long, moving farther west to Montana where Daniel purchased a ranch along the Idaho/Montana border in Monida Pass.
IN 1918, they decided to retire from ranching and sold out the ranch property, moving to Morton, Washington where they continued with a small farm and lived out their remaining days. Daniel died in 1933 of a cerebral hemmorhage at the age of 82. Sarah lived to be 91 years old, and continued to live in Morton until the last year of her life when she went to live with her daughter Olive in Centralia. She passed away in 1947.
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