Balis Wilmer Ritchie b 20 Feb 1869 Clear Creek, Knott Co KY d 6 Feb 1958 Viper, Perry Co KY; s/o Justice Austin Ritchie and Rachel Catherine Everidge. Balis Wilmer Ritchie m. abt 1895 Viper, Perry Co KY to Abigail Hall b 20 Nov 1877 Perry Co KY d 25 May 1972 Viper, Perry Co KY; d/o John Henry Hall and Martha Pratt. Children of Balis Wilmer Ritchie and Abigail Hall;

1. May Belle Ritchie b 20 Jun 1896 Viper, Perry Co KY d 11 Oct 1982 Asheville, Buncombe Co NC

2. Ollie Margaret Ritchie b 30 Aug 1897 Perry Co KY d 1994

3. Mollie Ritchie b abt 1898 Perry Co KY d 5 Apr 1992 Lexington, Fayette Co KY

4. Una Helen Ritchie b 22 Mar 1900 Perry Co KY d 26 Feb 1989 Plainfield, Washington Co VT

5. Rexford Raymond Ritchie b 22 Mar 1902 Perry Co KY d 18 Dec 1976 Hazard, Perry Co KY

6. Rachel Ritchie b 2 May 1904 Perry Co KY d 3 Oct 1989 Hazard, Perry Co KY

7. Truman Philip Ritchie b 28 Jul 1906 Clear Creek, Knott Co KY d 23 Sept 1980 Garden City, Wayne Co MI

8. Martha Ritchie b 27 May 1908 Clear Creek, Knott Co KY d 4 Oct 1944 Hazard, Perry Co KY; m. William Reynolds b abt 1913 KY

9. Edna Earle Ritchie b 28 Dec 1911 Perry Co KY d 31 Jul 1997

10. Opal Ritchie b 28 Sept 1913 Viper, Perry Co KY d 19 Nov 1914 Viper, Perry Co KY

11. Jewel Ritchie b abt 1914 Viper, Perry Co KY d 28 May 1995 Viper, Perry Co KY

12. Pauline Ritchie b abt 1916 Viper, Perry Co KY d 11 Feb 1979 Denver, Denver Co CO

13. Balis Wilmer Ritchie b 3 May 1919 Perry Co KY

14. Jean Ruth Ritchie b 8 Dec 1922 Viper, Perry Co KY d 1 Jun 2015 Berea, Madison Co KY; m. George Pickow b 11 Feb 1922 d 10 Dec 2010 Port Washington, Nassau Co NY. Jean Ruth Ritchie was a folk singer.