Beaver County PA Archives Obituaries.....Ritchie, Robert  January 1, 1864
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 Presbyterian banner. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) January 27, 1864
Died in Hopewell Township, Beaver Co., January 1st, 1864, Robert Ritchie, in the
85th year of his age. He was born in Centre County, Pa., January 31st, 1779, and
emigrated to Western Pennsylvania in 1796, and lived on the same farm sixty-six
years. In 1816 he connected himself with the Presbyterian church of Mt. Carmel,
under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Andrew McDonald…  In 1813, when many were
suffering for food, and corn was selling at $2.50 per bushel, be sold his at $l.00
to the poor, and refused to sell to any but the suffering poor...

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