Edward Jefferson Ritchey Jr. was born near Clinton, Jones Co., GA. He was the third child of Nannie E. Long Ritchey and E. Jessie Ritchey. He had black curly hair, gray eyes, and grew to be about 5 ft 10 inches tall. He was never sick and lived to be 89 years old.

When Ed was 31, Ike about 30, and Bob 14 (his brothers), they decided to go to Oklahoma as homesteaders. They went by train. On the way they met a land agent. He convinced them there was better land to be had in Kansas, so they went there. They went to Garden City and homesteader 400 acres. They raised cows. There were no trees. They used dried cow dung to heat and cook with. They had windmills. In the winter they would kill a cow and hand the meat on the windmill, and eat it as needed. It was safe there from coyotes. The govt. rented prisoners out to farmers. Ed and Bob worked as guards of the prisoners. They rode tram trains (narrow gauge railroads) to transport the prisoners. Once Bob jumped off the train and his shotgun discharged, hitting him in the shoulder. It was a flesh wound, but left a big scar. Ed also worked gathering wheat. There was a big wheat combine in the field. They'd gather the wheat and haul it to the combine. He also cooked for the crew, after the cook quit. Ed and bob stayed 2 years, then sold out and went back to Tift Co., GA. Ike became ill while in Kansas and returned home. He died of typhoid fever in 1905. Ed married Millie Branch in June, 1910. They lived near Tempie and Doss Cook awhile, then bought a piece of land from Millie's mother, Sarah Branch, on Flat Lake on the Alapaha River, near Tifton, in Irwin Co., GA. In 1915 Ed moved his family to Miccosukee, FL, Ed was renting farms, and moved several times, always looking for a better place. They lived at Monticello, Tifton, Lamont, Sirmons, Greenville, and Madison - all in Florida. Later their daughter, Thelma, and her husband moved them to their house in Miami, FL and they spent their remaining years with them in the Miami area. Millie died of acute myocardial failure. Ed died as the result of a fall in which he ruptured the main artery in his right arm and broke his hip. They are both buried at Vista Memorial Gardens, Hialeah, FL.

Bill and Ida Farr moved to the Davis Settlement in Turner Co., GA in 1900. Their next home was at Work, Turner Co., GA. Uncle Will and grandparents lived about 3 miles away. Aunt Bessie lived near the Farrs at Worth, GA. Mozelle was very sick as a baby (formula did not agree with her). Aunt Bessie had a cow that was fresh, so every morning Mozelle's father would go there and get milk for her. This was a blessing. Soon he bought a cow of his own. Cow's milk did not agree with Clovis as a baby and small child. She could only drink goat's milk. The Farr family moved to Raleigh, FL in 1922. Bill was a farmer and good provider for his family until his death in 1941. He and Ida were buried in the Newberry City Cemetery, Alachua Co., FL.

Minnie Tafphiney Ritchey was born near Clinton, Ga the 7th child of Jessie and Nancy Ritchey. After her marriage to John Oscar, they lived on a farm in the Bethel Community, with his parents. In the History of Jasper County, GA, is the following reference to this area:

Bethel Baptist Church had it's beginning as a mission of the Hopewell Church in 1852. The first meeting place of the Bethel Church was in an old log schoolhouse just in front of the old Zed Piper place. The mission grew quickly and by 1855 it asked to become a sister church to Hopewell. A committee composed of L. R. L. Jennings, Wm. G. McMichael, John Skipper and Cader Malone met for the purpose of constituting a church at Bethel Station. Bethel Station was a stage stop on the Seven Islands Road between Greensboro and Flovilla, page 79.

Minnie and John Oscar (Pean) were joined in marriage by Bill Ellis, JP, the same JP who preformed her sister Tempie's marriage to Doss Cook the previous January. Doss encouraged Pean to visit south Georgia and the area around Chula, which he did. He stayed a while, then went back home. This time he had a farm at Jackson, in Butts Co., GA. Around 1912 he moved his family to Chula, and farmed there for several years. Minnie and Tempie's children enjoyed visiting back and forth. Minnie's parents lived with her during their final years and both died at her home. Pean's farming enterprises failed at Chula so, in the early 1920's, he and his family moved to Raleigh, FL on a farm near Minnie's sister's farm (Ida Farr). Pean grew vegetables there, instead of cotton. He had a stroke and died in 1940. Minnie had a stroke and died in 1944.

Bob Ritchey was the youngest child of Nannie and Jessie Ritchey. At an early age he lived in the care of his older brother, Ed Ritchey, Jr. He went to Kansas with Ed at age 14. They stayed 2 years, then returned to Chula. Grace Patterson went to Chula some years later to teach school. Bob met the train that day and carried her to the Hollingsworth home in his buggy. This is where she boarded. They were married in the spring of 1915. Bob and Ed moved to Miccosukee, FL and farmed near each other. Bob was stricken with a severe stroke in 1921, when his son Robert was 5 years old. Grace had family in Pomona, GA, near Griffin, so they moved there. Bob lived 8 years more. Grace continued to teach school until her retirement. She remained active until her death. She was killed as the result of an automobile accident, while en route to visit shut-ins at a nursing home in Griffin, GA.

Robert Lee Ritchey III grew up at Pomona, GA, near Griffin. Mary Claire's father was a Baptist preacher in the Tifton area. In 1922 he provided the leadership when the First Baptist Church of Chula, GA was organized. He pastored the church for the first seventeen years. Robert Ritchey was a buyer of raw products for Pomona Products Company and Stokeley Co. Mary taught school. They lived in Griffin.

Thomas J. Ritchey was farming in 1860. His farm was valued at 550. He and his brother, Edward J. (Jessie) were located adjoining the farm of their parents in Hammock's District of Jones, Co., GA. Thomas was 26 years of age, Jessie was 15. Pvt. Thomas J. Ritchey enlisted in the Jones Vols., Co. B., 12th Reg., GA. Vol. Infantry, Army of the No. Va., CSA, on the 9th of June, 1861. He died of fever at Lynchburn, FA on the 5th of June 1863. He is buried there in the Confederate Cemetery: No. 10, 5th Line, Lot 1888. Reids.

William Thomas (Bud) Ritchey is buried at Snow Ridge Cemetery, Ashburn, GA. He is buried near his parents. He has an infant child buried beside him, that was born and died Oct. 12, 1913. William Thomas died after surgery for appendicitis. Dr. John McElroy was the attending surgeon.

INFO. FROM WIFE, TILLIE, IN POSS. OF JOYCE ATKIN,CHICO,CA. FUN. SERVICES HELD AT THE
GANTNER AND KENNY CHAPEL MR. ROBBLEE FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS ASS. WITH EATON
AND SMITH . HE WAS BORN IN PLUMAS CO. OF PIONEER PARENTS,HIS FATHER BEING ONE OF
THE EARLY MINING ENGINEERS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE PROMOTOR OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS
AND IN HIS HONOR ROBLE AVE IN THE SILVER TERRACE DEV. BY FERNANDO NELSON AND
SON WAS NAMED. I'm told his son Arthur was married and had a son Arthur but I havent checked it out.

ARTHUR NEVER MARRIED LIVED IN THE FAMILY HOME AT 248 HAROLD ST. IN S. F.
WORKED FOR THE POST OFFICE Soc. Sec. death index

INFO. FROM WIFE ANNIE AND FAMILY, IN POSS. OF JOYCE ATKIN, CHICO,CA.
Uncle Charlie lived in Oakland and worked for the Bus system that went between S.F. and Oakland over
the Bay Bridge. They visited us occasionly when I was very young,and once I visited with them and rode the bus with them to the S.F terminal. He had asthma quite badly in his later years

DEATH AND MARRIAGE REC. IN POSS. OF JOYCE ATKIN, CHICO,CA.
OBIT. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD OF THOMAS ROBBLEE OF PALERMO THIS AFTERNOON
AT THE THOMAS FUNERAL HOME, WITH THE REV. F.H.PETESIME OFFICIATING. THE
DECEASED HAD LIVED IN THIS PART OF CALIF. FOR THE PAST FIFTY YEARS AND WAS WELL
KNOWN, PARTICULARLY IN BUTTE ,PLUMAS AND SIERRA CO. WHERE HE MINED EXTENSIVELY.
HE MINED FOR TWELVE YEARS ON THE WEST BRANCH OF THE FEATHER RIVER,NEAR YANKEE
HILL, AND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NEAR LAPORTE. Robblee Pt. on the West Branch was named
after Thomas and was the site of one of his mines. He also ran a restaurant in Stirling for a short time.
OBIT. ABOUT 12 YRS. AGO ROBBLEE CAME TO PALERMO WHERE HE LIVED UP TO THE TIME
OF HIS DEATH. THREE SONS,CHARLES OF OAKLAND, ARTHUR G. OF S.F. AND WALTER
THOMAS OF PALERMO WERE PRESENT AT THE SERVICES. THE PALLBEARERS WERE H
TABER,MANUEL SMITH,EARL OXLEY,HARRY BULLARD,JAMES CONWAY AND J GOGER. Thomas
had also gone to Alaska during the goldrush there. His ancestors were early settlers of the colonies
some had come on the Mayflower. They were Loyalists and had settled in N.S. Canada in 1783. The
name Robblee was originally Roblyer.

Walter stayed with his dad after the divorce,the other two boys went to the Bay Area. He married and
lived in Yankee Hill and Stirling City and then settled in Palermo about 1917. His son Bill lived in
Palermo his entire life dying in 1996. Walter and his wife are both buried in Yankee Hill Cem.

Listed as son and informant on his father's death certificate.

In 1896 living in Saint John and a stevedore.

He was married with three sons and one daughter, all not named. Interment was at Greenwood which is
part of Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Rev. Norman P Fairweather officiated at the funeral of Mrs. Mabel Purdy, held yesterday at 2:30 p.m. from W.E. Brenan's funeral home, Prince Street, West Saint John. Interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

She appeared on the census of 1871 at Brooks Ward, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick. She appeared on the census of 1881 at Albert Ward, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick. She appeared on the census at Albert Ward, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick. She appeared on the census of 1901 at Brooks Ward, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick. She appeared on the census of 1911 at Brooks Ward, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick.