6. Barbary "Barbara" Ritchey
(1) was born on May 13 1847 in Ohio.
(8) She died on Mar 28 1880 in Warren Twp.,
Washington Co., Ohio.(8)
(9) The following newspaper account of her death appeared in is the
Marietta Times on April 1, 1880; "Mrs. Barbara Inman, aged 30 years, who
lived with her brother, Leander Ritchie, about 3/4 of a mile northwest from Gravel
Bank, in Warren Township, was found dead on Sunday evening by William Umston,
who lives in the same house. When found she was lying on her back in the yard,
about 50 feet from the house, having fallen backward over a rail. Umston at
once gave the alarm, when her body was carried to the house, and the coroner
notified. Coroner Krigbaum, accompanied by Drs. Cotton and Mellor, repaired
to the scene on Monday, when an examination was held, and a verdict was rendered
that she came to her death from the effects of the fall. It is supposed that
she was seized with a fainting fit and fell backward over the rail, which was
several feet from the ground. The deceased leaves three children, who are now
with her brother, and a husband living in New York."
She was buried in Gravel Bank (Riverview) Cemetery near Constitution, Ohio.
She shares a common grave marker with her father and her brother, Leander, her
side reads BARBARY RITCHEY - BORN MAY 13, 1847 - DIED MARCH 28, 1880. She was
almost 33 when she died.
She was married to Moses Inman (son of Jephthah Inman
and Mary A. -?-) on Nov 19 1867 in Harmar Village, Washington
Co., Ohio.(29) They were married by Rev.
William Wakefield. Moses Inman was born about 1848
in Ohio. Barbary "Barbara" Ritchey and Moses Inman had the following
children:
33 i.
Clara Inman was born about 1868 in Ohio.