John Lowrie Ritchey and Laura Emma McCalmit

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Husband John Lowrie Ritchey ¹

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           Born: 24 Mar 1851 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Mar 1876 1
         Buried:  - Richland Presbyterian/Old Brick Church Cemetery, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA 2

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         Father: Thomas Ritchey (1822-1881) 3 4
         Mother: Eliza Lowrie (1824-1902)

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Laura Emma McCalmit ¹

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           Born: Abt 1853 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Mar 1894 1
         Buried:  - Richland Presbyterian/Old Brick Church Cemetery, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA 2

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Children

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1 F Minerva Lowrie "Minnie" Ritchey ⁵

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           Born: 21 Sep 1875 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jul 1917 5
         Buried:  - Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 6

         Spouse: John A. Shoup (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - John Lowrie Ritchey

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He was killed in the explosion of a steam boiler used to operate oil well equipment at Storey Well #2 on the homestead near Emlenton.

1 Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), Pg 8.

2 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 4, Richland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1996), Pg 99.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 635.

4 Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), Pg 4.

5 Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), Pg 9.

6 Margaret Segui Kahle, Emlenton Cemetery Interments (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1977).