Husband Craig Ritchie 1
Born: 24 Nov 1807 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 2
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Father: Hon. Craig Ritchie (1758-1833) 3
Mother: Mary Price ( -1836) 4
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Wife Mary Ann Chickering 2
AKA: Mrs. Chickering 5
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Father: Lt. Thomas Balch Chickering, U.S.A. ( - ) 2
Mother: Susan Swift ( -1876) 2
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1 F Caroline Ritchie 2
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Spouse: Rev. I. S. Hays, D.D. ( - ) 2
2 M Frank Ritchie 2
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Died: Nov 1863 - Morris Island, near Charleston, Charleston Co, SC 6
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3 F Virginia Ritchie 2
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Spouse: Rev. Robert Miller ( - ) 2
4 F Mary Price Ritchie 2
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Spouse: Leamon McCarroll Crothers (1841-1902) 7
Marr: 25 Jul 1878 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 8
5 F Ellen Ritchie 2
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Spouse: W. D. Butler ( - ) 6
6 M William Henry Swift Ritchie 4 9 10
Born: 9 Jun 1850 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 4
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Spouse: Sarah Jane "Sadie" Miller ( -Bef 1910) 6 9 10
Marr: 23 Nov 1872 6
7 F Henrietta Ritchie 2
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8 F Susan Moore Ritchie 2
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Spouse: C. P. Waugh ( - ) 6
General Notes: Husband - Craig Ritchie
He was born in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was educated in her schools. In the early years of his life he was employed in his father's store at Canonsburg, and in 1832 he moved to Wheeling, West Virginia, where he engaged successfully in the manufacture of glass. He owned the land which for many years was called Ritchieville, but was later known as South Wheeling. Returning to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1840, he continued to carry on merchandising there till 1875, when he sold out to his son, W. H. S. Ritchie, at which time he retired from active business.
He was for more than thirty years clerk and elder in the Chartiers Presbyterian Church, and at an earlier period its Sabbath-school superintendent. He was not only the thorough business man, but he took a deep interest in public affairs.