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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Elizabeth Ritchey ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Elizabeth Ritchey
LAST NAME: Ritchey FIRST NAME: Elizabeth MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Gibson AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 26 Sep 1824 DIED: Feb 1898 BURIED: 14 Feb 1898
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Sangamon Co., Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Hillsboro, Washington Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
IOOF- Mrs. Elizabeth Richey , buried in Lot #114 on Feb. 14, 1898, age 74, d. Hillsborough [sic], Oregon of heart disease, was a resident of Portland, Oregon.
Samuel C. Ritchey filed on an Oregon DLC (#3933) in Washington Co., Oregon after arriving on 6 Oct 1853. He married Elizabeth on the 5 Nov 1845 in Hancock Co., Illinois. Affiants were: James H. Bramwell, C. B. Hull and Horace Lindsay. 
Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol. 2, #3933.
MARRIAGE - Samuel  C. Richey m Elizabeth Gibson 10 Dec 1946 in Hancock Co., Illinois, Lic. #1107
1870 OR CENSUS - Elizabeth Ritchie, age 45, b. Illinois, is enumerated with husband Samuel Ritchie, age 63, farmer, b. Indiana [sic?], along with Mary, age 20, b. Illinois, George, age 18, b. Illinois, Jasper, age 15, b. Oregon, Jane, age 12, b. Oregon, Esther, age 9, b. Oregon, and Sherman, age 5, b. Oregon; 
1880 OR CENSUS - Elizabeth Ritchey, age 53, b. Illinois (both parents b. VA), is enumerated with husband Samuel C. Ritchey, age 74, farmer, b. Kentucky (father b. NC, mother b. VA),along with children Jasper W. age 25, occupation stock raiser, b. Oregon, Esther Ida age 19, b. Oregon, and Samuel S., age 15, b. Oregon.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OBITUARY: 
Mrs. Elizabeth Ritchey, age 74, wife of S. C. Ritchey died at her home this city [Hillsboro] last Saturday. Born Sangamon county Illinois Sept 26, 1824, she married May 10 1846 S. C. Ritchey. They crossed the plains from Hancock county, Illinois in 1853 and settled in Washington County. Mr. Ritchey died about 5 years ago. She was the mother of 7 children; 4 survive: Sherman S. Ritchey of Portland; Sarah J. Bodman of Portland; W. J. Ritchey of Hillsboro and Lucy E. Yates of Sheridan. Burial in Salem beside her husband and three children. 
Hillsboro Argus, Feb 17, 1898, 3:2.
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LR 
IOOF Register of Burials 
Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol. 2, #3933 
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900
1870 OR CENSUS  (Washington Co., Forest Grove, FA #648) 
1880 OR CENSUS  (Multnomah Co., Portland, pg 392C) 
HA 17 Feb 1898 3:2
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LOT: 114 SPACE:  LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
 
 

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