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 […]
Today’s post is about a gentleman named Thomas T. Jewell who moved and lived in several states during his long life. Thomas was the oldest child of Thomas W. Jewell and Zillah Ward, born in Maine June 14, 1847. His father was born there in 1815, the son […]
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 […]
Jacob and Clara McKee Ritchey are the third great uncle and aunt of my husband. We photographed gravestones of family members buried in the Sugar Grove North Cemetery during one of our genealogy tours in 2002. I can’t believe it was that long ago! Rushville, Illinois, is a […]
Schuyler County, Illinois from The Schuyler Citizen Newspaper, Rushville, Illinois Married on the 4th inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, John Corrie, Esq., by the Rev. M. C. Sweeney, Mr. Peter B. Beals, of Cass County, to Miss Eliza M. Corrie of Schuyler County. With the […]
from The Schuyler Citizen, Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois Mr. William Hill, of this county, a member of Co. I, 64th Ill. Vol., was recently killed. He was asleep in his tent when a ball passed immediately over two of his comrades in the same bed and entered the […]
My husband’s Ritchey family is from Schuyler County, Illinois – always an interest to us, and some of you could have family there also! Marriages from The Schuyler Citizen Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois Married – Armstrong-Bell – on the 3rd institute, at the residence of the bride’s father, […]
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, […]
Rushville, Illinois, is still a very small town! Ritchey’s Ritchey family were some of the first settlers of the county. When we visited several years ago it still had its small-town charm. The Schuyler Jail Museum is their restored jail and is now their genealogical center. This small […]
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