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John Silas Ritchie

28 Dec 1843 – 27 Feb 1932

Birth	28 Dec 1843
Death	27 Feb 1932
Cemetery	Mount Pisgah Cemetery Audrain County , Missouri , USA
Added by	Nancy Meadows on 14 Oct 2025
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Retired Banker; son of B. P. and Sarah Dedman Ritchie From the Higbee News: Friday, 1 Dec 1911--STURGEON MERCHANT 60, WEDS KENTUCKY WOMAN, 40. John S. Ritchie, aged 60, a prosperous merchant of Sturgeon, Mo yesterday was wedded to Miss Minnie L. Bronaugh, aged 40, daughter of a prominent Souther family of Harrodsburg, Ky. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. W. J. Williamson, pastor of Third aptist church, at Hotel Jefferson, yesterday afternoon. It was witnessed by Miss Mary Stagg, a pretty young niece of the bride. Ritchie is a native of Harrodsburg and first met his bride when she was a child in that city. She was born in Alabama, but her parents removed to Harrodsburg when she was 2 years of age. Ritchie, while a young man, removed to Sturgeon, Mo, and married. He frequently visited his old home, however. Several years ago he became widower. In the last year or so it was noticed his trips to Harrodsburg were becoming frequent. Ritchie and his bride met at the home of Mrs. James McCheaney, her cousin, in Louisville, and came direct to St. Louis, accompanied by Miss Stagg. they procured a marriage license at the City Hall and called for a notary to witness a prenuptial contract, the nature of which both declined to reveal. They will leave tomorrow for Sturgeon, where Ritchie, who has retired from the banking business, conducts a hardware and implement store, and where they will make their home-- St. Louis Globe Democrat, Nov 28. RITCHIE John S. Ritchie is Claimed By Death Miss Mary Stagg received a wire Saturday night announcing the death of her uncle, Mr. John S. Ritchie, of Sturgeon, Mo., which occurred about six o'clock that evening. Mr. Ritchie was a native of Mercer county, but went with his family to Missouri when he was about twelve years of age. For many years he was a prominent and successful business man of Sturgeon, being for a long time the esteemed head of the Ritchie bank, from which he retired to enter the hardware business with his son. For the past few years he has not been engaged in active business, as owing to his advanced hears his health has been declining. Mr. Ritchie is survived by his widow, Mrs. Minnie Bronaugh Ritchie, formerly of Harrodsburg, and two sons and a daughter, by a former marriage. Leon L. Ritchie, of Sturgeon; James Ritchie, of Kansas City, and Mrs. W. J. Long, of Sturgeon. Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky March 4, 1932

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