Broken Bow, Nebraska, is the county seat of Custer County. The town was named for a broken bow and arrow found at an old Indian camping ground. It was platted in 1882 and incorporated as a city in 1888. A small city, it has a total area of […]
Since I wrote the article on Thomas T. Jewell in May, I’ve wanted to share photos that Ritchey and I took on our last trip west for genealogy research – his family. I was amazed to see the date was 2002 – almost 20 years ago. I have […]
The following is the 1956 local newspaper article concerning the golden wedding anniversary of James Eben Ritchey and Baina Melcina Cellan Ritchey. The couple were married in 1906, in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska. James was the son of Charles Henry Ritchey and Lucinda Amanda Jewell. Baina was the […]
The following biography was written by James Eben Ritchey, Charles Henry Ritchey’s son, and given to his children to hand down through the family. My husband, Ritchey Brown, is very proud of his plains states heritage. We were fortunate to visit Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska in 2002. Charles […]
Ritchey and I standing between the McKee and Ritchey gravestones. Sugar Grove Cemetery, Schuyler County, Illinois, 2002. Today we are leaving Kentucky, heading northwest to Illinois, to the small town of Rushville in Schuyler County. This is the ‘land of the Ritchey’s and McKee’s’ – my Ritchey’s maternal […]
This is my husband’s beautiful great-grandmother, Lucinda Amanda Jewell Ritchey! Only recently did someone send us a scan of this photo – and we were thrilled to get it! Lucinda was the daughter of Thomas W. Jewell and Zillah Ward. She was born March 18, 1849, in Rushville, […]
Twins Amanda and Clara Ann McKee were born 188 years ago – August 9, 1825 – in Crawford County, Indiana. They were the daughters of William McKee and Cassandra Frakes. Amanda married Charles Ritchey, March 9, 1843, in Schuyler County, Illinois. They had 4 children: William McKee, James […]
Edith Margaret Klein and Francis Sumber Ritchey (my Ritchey’s grandparents!) were married 103 years ago – June 10, 1910 – in Fillmore County, Nebraska. Edith was the daughter of George Klein and Caroline Jungbluth. Francis was the son of Charles Henry Ritchey and Lucinda Amanda Jewell. Edith and […]
Amanda McKee Ritchey died 162 years ago – May 17, 1851 – in Schuyler County, Illinois. Amanda was the daughter of William McKee and Cassandra Frakes, born August 9, 1825, in Crawford County, Indiana. Amanda married Charles Ritchey, March 9, 1843. They had 4 children: William McKee, James […]
Charles Henry Ritchey and Lucinda Amanda Jewell are my Ritchey’s great-grandparents. His grandparents – Francis Sumber Ritchey and Edith Margaret Klein – are at the bottom of the list. Their daughter, Vivian Eleanora Ritchey, is his mom. My husband was given his mother’s maiden name as his christian […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House