BIOGRAPHIES: Pio RITCHIE, Crystal Lake Township, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Vic Gulickson 03 January 2004 ************************************************************************ Pio Ritchie, a substantial farmer of Crystal Lake Township, was born in Italy, and there married Isabella Ritchie. They came to America in 1893 and settled on a farm in Cumberland Township, this county. As prosperity crowned their efforts they were enabled to purchase a larger one in Crystal Lake Township where they now live. In the family there are nine children, all living: Minnie, James, Louise, Anna, Angelo, Esther, George, Joseph and Patrick. Minnie married Thomas Abbott and lives in Duluth, Minn. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 776. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm