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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Lucinda Amanda Jewell Ritchey died 80 years ago – March 18, 1933 – in Fillmore County, Nebraska. Lucinda was the daughter of Thomas W. Jewell and Zillah Ward, born March 18, 1849, in Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois. On February 4, 1875, Lucinda married Charles Henry Ritchey. They had […]
Vivian Eleanora Ritchey Brown, my husband’s mother, was driving home to Nebraska for her Uncle James’ funeral when she was involved in a car accident and died. So tragic for the family – Ritchey was only twelve. from The Nebraska Signal, Geneva, Nebraska James E. Ritchey Fillmore Pioneer […]
from the Fillmore County, Nebraska, newspaper Final Rites For Mrs. James Ritchey Fillmore Native Baina Melcena Cellan, the youngest child of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Hubbartt Cellan, was born near Ohiowa, Nebraska, August 7, 1886. She received her education in the schools of Fillmore County and graduated from […]
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