THIS STORY IS THE ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF HENRY CROCKETT RITCHIE WAS TOLD TO ME (SHARRON SHIPPS BONNER) BY HIS GRANDAUGHTER, FLOSSIE RITCHIE KIRBY SEWELL ON SEPT.
22, 2000. WE WERE IN HER HOME IN CHECOTAH, OKLA. FLOSSIE WAS 99 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME SHE RELATED THE STORY OF HER GRANDFATHERS DEATH TO ME. FLOSSIE IS VERY SOUND OF MIND.
"GRANDPA RITCHIE WAS VISITING OUR HOME NEAR CHECOTAH, OKLA. HE HAD COME FROM HIS HOME IN BLUE MOUNTAIN, ARK. OUR FAMILY WAS GOING TO TOWN ONE DAY. GRANDPA RITCHIE DECIDED TO ACCOMPANY THE FAMIY TOWARD TOWN. WE STOPPED AT MY OLDEST SISTER, NETTIE'S HOUSE. WHILE AT NETTIE'S, GRANDPA DECIED HE WOULDN'T MAKE THE TRIP INTO TOWN. THAT HE WOULD JUST STAY WITH NETTIE AND WE COULD PICK HIM UP ON THE WAY BACK HOME FROM TOWN.. WE LEFT HIM THERE. NETTIE (JENETTIE MAY RITCHIE EMERSON) SAID THAT AFTER WE LEFT, SHE GOT GRANDPA A DRINK OF WATER FROM THE WELL. THEN GRANDPA ASKED NETTIE IF SHE HAD GOTTEN THE DAILEY YET. NETTIE SHE HAD GOTTEN THE DAILEY (NEWSPAPER) EARLIER AND BROUGHT IT FOR HIM TO READ. NETTIE THOUGHT TO HERSELF "ILL LET HIM READ THE PAPER, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A GOOD VISIT." NETTIE SAID IN A LITTLE WHILE, SHE NOTICED GRANDPA RITCHIE'S HEAD SLUMPED OVER THE PAPER. SHE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD GONE TO SLEEP, SO SHE WENT OVER AND TRIED TO WAKE HIM, BUT HE HAD PASSED AWAY."
FLOSSIE SEWELL IS THE ONLY LIVING CHILD OF HENRY CROCKETT RITCHIE'S SON, ANDREW JACKSON (JACK) RITCHIE AND MARY MANERVIA ROGERS RITCHIE.
HENRY CROCKETT RITCHIE DIED JUNE 27TH 1917 AT THE HOME OF HIS GRANDAUGHTER IN MCINTOSH CO. , OKLA. HIS BODY WAS TAKEN BACK TO ARKANSAS JUNE 28TH 1917 ON THE MISSOURI-KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY FOR INTERRNMENT IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERY IN FORT SMITH, ARK. SECTION "I" AND GRAVE # 567.
HIS WIFE, AMANDA ADELINE DEARMORE RITCHIE DIED MARCH 21, 1926 AND WAS BURIED BESIDE HER BROTHER, EDWARD J. DEARMORE IN THE OAKWOOD CEMETERY,PARIS, LOGAN CO. ARKANSAS. THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1. GEORGE WASHINGTON RITCHIE
2. MATTHEW LONG RITCHIE
3. CARDELIA ANN RITCHIE
4. ANDREW JACKSON RITCHIE
5. LYDIA MARGARET RITCHIE
6. EMMA SUE RITCHIE
7. EVALINE RITCHIE
8. LAURA ALICE RITCHIE
9. MINNIE RITCHIE
THIS STORY IS THE ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF HENRY CROCKETT RITCHIE WAS TOLD TO ME (SHARRON SHIPPS BONNER) BY HIS GRANDAUGHTER, FLOSSIE RITCHIE KIRBY SEWELL ON SEPT.
22, 2000. WE WERE IN HER HOME IN CHECOTAH, OKLA. FLOSSIE WAS 99 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME SHE RELATED THE STORY OF HER GRANDFATHERS DEATH TO ME. FLOSSIE IS VERY SOUND OF MIND.
"GRANDPA RITCHIE WAS VISITING OUR HOME NEAR CHECOTAH, OKLA. HE HAD COME FROM HIS HOME IN BLUE MOUNTAIN, ARK. OUR FAMILY WAS GOING TO TOWN ONE DAY. GRANDPA RITCHIE DECIDED TO ACCOMPANY THE FAMIY TOWARD TOWN. WE STOPPED AT MY OLDEST SISTER, NETTIE'S HOUSE. WHILE AT NETTIE'S, GRANDPA DECIED HE WOULDN'T MAKE THE TRIP INTO TOWN. THAT HE WOULD JUST STAY WITH NETTIE AND WE COULD PICK HIM UP ON THE WAY BACK HOME FROM TOWN.. WE LEFT HIM THERE. NETTIE (JENETTIE MAY RITCHIE EMERSON) SAID THAT AFTER WE LEFT, SHE GOT GRANDPA A DRINK OF WATER FROM THE WELL. THEN GRANDPA ASKED NETTIE IF SHE HAD GOTTEN THE DAILEY YET. NETTIE SHE HAD GOTTEN THE DAILEY (NEWSPAPER) EARLIER AND BROUGHT IT FOR HIM TO READ. NETTIE THOUGHT TO HERSELF "ILL LET HIM READ THE PAPER, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A GOOD VISIT." NETTIE SAID IN A LITTLE WHILE, SHE NOTICED GRANDPA RITCHIE'S HEAD SLUMPED OVER THE PAPER. SHE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD GONE TO SLEEP, SO SHE WENT OVER AND TRIED TO WAKE HIM, BUT HE HAD PASSED AWAY."
FLOSSIE SEWELL IS THE ONLY LIVING CHILD OF HENRY CROCKETT RITCHIE'S SON, ANDREW JACKSON (JACK) RITCHIE AND MARY MANERVIA ROGERS RITCHIE.
HENRY CROCKETT RITCHIE DIED JUNE 27TH 1917 AT THE HOME OF HIS GRANDAUGHTER IN MCINTOSH CO. , OKLA. HIS BODY WAS TAKEN BACK TO ARKANSAS JUNE 28TH 1917 ON THE MISSOURI-KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY FOR INTERRNMENT IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERY IN FORT SMITH, ARK. SECTION "I" AND GRAVE # 567.
HIS WIFE, AMANDA ADELINE DEARMORE RITCHIE DIED MARCH 21, 1926 AND WAS BURIED BESIDE HER BROTHER, EDWARD J. DEARMORE IN THE OAKWOOD CEMETERY,PARIS, LOGAN CO. ARKANSAS. THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1. GEORGE WASHINGTON RITCHIE
2. MATTHEW LONG RITCHIE
3. CARDELIA ANN RITCHIE
4. ANDREW JACKSON RITCHIE
5. LYDIA MARGARET RITCHIE
6. EMMA SUE RITCHIE
7. EVALINE RITCHIE
8. LAURA ALICE RITCHIE
9. MINNIE RITCHIE
Bio by: Thomas Hellmer
Family Members
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George Washington Ritchie
1862–1941
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Matthew Long Ritchie
1866–1945
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Cardelia Ann Ritchie Mangrum
1867–1946
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Andrew Jackson Ritchie
1870–1943
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Lydia Margaret Ritchie Black
1873–1955
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Evaline "Eva" Ritchie Dearmore
1881–1917
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Emma Sue Ritchie Cranfill
1881–1950
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Laura Alice Ritchie Sanders
1883–1973
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Minnie Ritchie Meek
1885–1968
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