Married to Mary Ellen Duncan & Esther Anne Moore.
Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa
Originally published 1886
J. H. RITCHIE came to Wayne County, Iowa, about the year 1870, and since 1874 has resided on his present farm, on section 6, Warren Township, which contains 174 acres of valuable land.
His father, John C. Ritchie, was born in Tennessee in 1809, where he was reared, and there married Elizabeth Duncan, by whom he had six children, and of the three yet living, J. H., our subject, is the eldest. John C. Ritchie removed from Tennessee to Iowa about 1848 and settled in Louisa County, where he lost his wife by death. He then married Margaret Duncan, who also died in Louisa County. By his second marriage he had one child, who died in childhood. His third marriage was consummated with Margaret A. Tedford, who still lives at the homestead farm in Warren Township, Wayne County, and of the seven children born to the last union five survive. He resided in Louisa County till 1868, when he settled in Warren Township, where he resided till his death in 1878.
J. H. Ritchie, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Tennessee in 1837, and was about ten years of age when he came with his father to Iowa. For his wife he married Ann Moore, a native of Iowa, born in 1846, and daughter of Joseph M. and Margaret Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie have three children -- Joseph C., Maggie M. and James O., all born in Wayne County. Politically Mr. Ritchie is Republican, his first presidential vote having been cast for Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Ritchie's father was a native of Tennessee, and was twice married, both of his wives being born in the same State, Mrs. Ritchie being a child of the second marriage. Her parents removed from their native State to Louisa County, Iowa, about the year 1842. Both parents are now deceased.
Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa
Originally published 1886
J. H. RITCHIE came to Wayne County, Iowa, about the year 1870, and since 1874 has resided on his present farm, on section 6, Warren Township, which contains 174 acres of valuable land.
His father, John C. Ritchie, was born in Tennessee in 1809, where he was reared, and there married Elizabeth Duncan, by whom he had six children, and of the three yet living, J. H., our subject, is the eldest. John C. Ritchie removed from Tennessee to Iowa about 1848 and settled in Louisa County, where he lost his wife by death. He then married Margaret Duncan, who also died in Louisa County. By his second marriage he had one child, who died in childhood. His third marriage was consummated with Margaret A. Tedford, who still lives at the homestead farm in Warren Township, Wayne County, and of the seven children born to the last union five survive. He resided in Louisa County till 1868, when he settled in Warren Township, where he resided till his death in 1878.
J. H. Ritchie, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Tennessee in 1837, and was about ten years of age when he came with his father to Iowa. For his wife he married Ann Moore, a native of Iowa, born in 1846, and daughter of Joseph M. and Margaret Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie have three children -- Joseph C., Maggie M. and James O., all born in Wayne County. Politically Mr. Ritchie is Republican, his first presidential vote having been cast for Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Ritchie's father was a native of Tennessee, and was twice married, both of his wives being born in the same State, Mrs. Ritchie being a child of the second marriage. Her parents removed from their native State to Louisa County, Iowa, about the year 1842. Both parents are now deceased.
Married to Mary Ellen Duncan & Esther Anne Moore.
Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa
Originally published 1886
J. H. RITCHIE came to Wayne County, Iowa, about the year 1870, and since 1874 has resided on his present farm, on section 6, Warren Township, which contains 174 acres of valuable land.
His father, John C. Ritchie, was born in Tennessee in 1809, where he was reared, and there married Elizabeth Duncan, by whom he had six children, and of the three yet living, J. H., our subject, is the eldest. John C. Ritchie removed from Tennessee to Iowa about 1848 and settled in Louisa County, where he lost his wife by death. He then married Margaret Duncan, who also died in Louisa County. By his second marriage he had one child, who died in childhood. His third marriage was consummated with Margaret A. Tedford, who still lives at the homestead farm in Warren Township, Wayne County, and of the seven children born to the last union five survive. He resided in Louisa County till 1868, when he settled in Warren Township, where he resided till his death in 1878.
J. H. Ritchie, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Tennessee in 1837, and was about ten years of age when he came with his father to Iowa. For his wife he married Ann Moore, a native of Iowa, born in 1846, and daughter of Joseph M. and Margaret Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie have three children -- Joseph C., Maggie M. and James O., all born in Wayne County. Politically Mr. Ritchie is Republican, his first presidential vote having been cast for Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Ritchie's father was a native of Tennessee, and was twice married, both of his wives being born in the same State, Mrs. Ritchie being a child of the second marriage. Her parents removed from their native State to Louisa County, Iowa, about the year 1842. Both parents are now deceased.
Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa
Originally published 1886
J. H. RITCHIE came to Wayne County, Iowa, about the year 1870, and since 1874 has resided on his present farm, on section 6, Warren Township, which contains 174 acres of valuable land.
His father, John C. Ritchie, was born in Tennessee in 1809, where he was reared, and there married Elizabeth Duncan, by whom he had six children, and of the three yet living, J. H., our subject, is the eldest. John C. Ritchie removed from Tennessee to Iowa about 1848 and settled in Louisa County, where he lost his wife by death. He then married Margaret Duncan, who also died in Louisa County. By his second marriage he had one child, who died in childhood. His third marriage was consummated with Margaret A. Tedford, who still lives at the homestead farm in Warren Township, Wayne County, and of the seven children born to the last union five survive. He resided in Louisa County till 1868, when he settled in Warren Township, where he resided till his death in 1878.
J. H. Ritchie, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Tennessee in 1837, and was about ten years of age when he came with his father to Iowa. For his wife he married Ann Moore, a native of Iowa, born in 1846, and daughter of Joseph M. and Margaret Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie have three children -- Joseph C., Maggie M. and James O., all born in Wayne County. Politically Mr. Ritchie is Republican, his first presidential vote having been cast for Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Ritchie's father was a native of Tennessee, and was twice married, both of his wives being born in the same State, Mrs. Ritchie being a child of the second marriage. Her parents removed from their native State to Louisa County, Iowa, about the year 1842. Both parents are now deceased.
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