5. St. Clair (Sinclair) Ritchie (2) was born on Dec 7 1840 in Ohio (probably Newport Twp., Washington Co.).(14) He was enlisted in Company C 1st West Virginia Light Artillery (Buell's Battery) as a Private on Sep 1 1861.(15) He was discharged on Jun 28 1865.(16) He died on Nov 10 1921 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio. (14) He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio. (14)
He was married to Sarah Jane Schofield (daughter of
Henry Schofield and Mary Ward) on Nov 25 1865 in Washington
County, Ohio.(17)
Sarah Jane Schofield(6) was born
in Jan 1844 in Ohio. She died after 1920. She was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery,
Marietta, Ohio.(18) St. Clair (Sinclair)
Ritchie and Sarah Jane Schofield had the following children:
24 i.
? (FEMALE) Ritchie was born on Oct 14 1867 in Newport Twp., Washington Co.,
Ohio.(19) She evidently died an infant
before 1870 in probably Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio. (She is not listed
in the 1870 Census.)
+25 ii.
Myrtle H. Ritchie.
+26 iii.
Adalaide "Addie" D. Ritchie.
+27 iv.
May M. Ritchie.
28 v.
? (FEMALE) Ritchie was born on Dec 5 1876 in Washington County, Ohio.
(20)
+29 vi.
Emerson Bennett Ritchie.
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