BIO:  William J. Ritchie, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Peach Bottom Township, Pg 168

WILLIAM J. RITCHIE, son of Joseph A. and Nancy J. (Barnett) Ritchie, was born in Lancaster 
County, December 31, 1844, and, in 1846, came with his parents to Peach Bottom, where they 
located on a farm of forty-six acres.  Here they continued to reside until the father’s death 
in 1866.  Our subject having purchased the homestead and added to it about forty-five acres, 
has carried on farming successfully, and for the past few years has also been concerned in 
fruit canning.  December 31, 1867, Mr. Richie married Annie E. Hickman, who died June 4, 1881, 
leaving four daughters:  Dora L., Marian C., Nannie and Mary A.  His second marriage, December 
17, 1884, was with Miss Salle E. McConkey, daughter of S. D. McConkey, of Baltimore, Md.  Mr. 
Ritchie is a member of the Slateville Presbyterian Church.