Esquire Ritchie (Squire) b 1840 KY d 23 Apr 1926; s/o Gabriel Lobby Ritchie and Nancy Campbell. Esquire Ritchie m. Isabell Gullett. Esquire Ritchie m. Margaret Perkins. Esquire Ritchie m. about 1857 Perry Co KY to Rachel Combs b 1839 Perry Co KY d 1874; d/o George Combs and Nancy Julia Smith.  Children of Esquire Ritchie and Rachel Combs;

1. Sarah "Sallie" Ritchie b 6 Dec 1858 m. William Barlow Stacy b June 1852 Perry Co KY, s/o John Stacy and Cynthia Smith. Children of William Barlow Stacy and Sarah Ann "Sallie" Ritchie;

I. Carrie Stacy b 1877

2. Squire Stacy b 26 Aug 1878; m. Lourancey Russell b 1883. Child of Squire Stacy and Lourancey Russell; i. Clarinda Stacy b 11 Jan 1906 d 17 Nov 1990; m. Samuel Young b 15 Jan 1901 KY d 19 May 1964; d/o Hiram Young and Dorcas Ritchie.

3. James Stacy b 1879; m. Mary Chase b 1879. Child of James Stacy and Mary Chase; i. Candis Stacy b 9 Jan 1903 d 22 Aug 1991

4. Elhannon Stacy b 1882; m. Sarah Shepherd b 1892; d/o Andrew Wilson Shepherd and Nancy Ann Ritchie. Sarah Shepherd m. William Jason Ritchie b 1890; s/o Canada Ritchie and Nancy Ann Shepherd.

5. Simon Stacy b 1887

6. Cynthia Ann Stacy b 9 Aug 1889

7. John Stacy b 1892; m. Polly Fugate

8. Nancy Stacy b 1895; m. Kenny Carpenter b 1893 Spring Fork, Breathitt Co KY; s/o Finley Carpenter and Nancy Ann Ritchie.

Sarah "Sallie" Ritchie m. Merchant Campbell b about 1856 d 14 Apr 1896; s/o William Jasper Campbell and Hannah Miller. Merchant Campbell m. Sylvania Stacy.

2. Andrew Ritchie b Jul 1862 d 6 Dec 1935; m. Serena Ritchie b 16 Sept 1867 d 19 Oct 1933, d/o James Irwin Ritchie and Susan Grigsby. Children of Andrew Ritchie and Serena Ritchie;

I. Susann Ritchie b 1882

II. George Washington Ritchie b 1884

III. Wayne Ritchie b 1891; m. Margaret Ellen Patrick b 1894 d 1965

IV. Rachel Ann Ritchie b 1893; m. Fred Ritchie b 1892 Knott Co KY; s/o Leander C Ritchie and Dulcenia Ritchie

V. Fanny Angeline Ritchie b 1895 d 1915; m. Linville Ritchie b 29 Jan 1894 d 23 Aug 1941; s/o Wayne Ritchie and Mary Isabelle Ritchie. Linville Ritchie m. Sylvania Napier b 1899; d/o Manuel Napier and Elizabeth Patrick.

VI. James J Ritchie b 1896

VII. Abijah Ritchie b 1898 d 1 Feb 1968; m. Eva Beverly; d/o Thomas Beverly and Matilda Unknown. Children of Abijah Ritchie and Eva Beverly; i. Kanawha Ritchie ii. Austin Ritchie b 19 Mar 1943 d 2 Apr 2007 Whitesburg ARH, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; buried Yellow Creek Cemetery, Sassafras, KY; m. Rubie Holcomb. iii. Thelma Ritchie m. Male Halcomb iv. Irene Ritchie m. Male Watts v. Thomas Ritchie vi. Guy Comer Ritchie vi. Clella Ritchie m. Male West

VIII. Robert Lee Ritchie b 1 Nov 1900

3. Nancy Ann Ritchie b 1865; m. Andrew Wilson Sheperd b 1861. Children of Andrew Wilson Shepherd and Nancy Ann Ritchie;

I. Rachel Shepherd b 1884; m. Dillard Dudley Ritchie b 3 Mar 1883 KY d 12 Jun 1960; s/o Manford Ritchie and Nancy Caudill. Children of Dillard Dudley Ritchie and Rachel Shepherd; i. Orlando Ritchie b 31 Jan 1904 Elm Rock, Knott Co KY d 30 Dec 1967 Hindman, Knott Co KY ii. Watson Ritchie b 10 Mar 1906 d 20 May 1983; m. Eliza Sandlin b 2 Aug 1905 d 15 Jul 1984 iii. Gracie Ritchie b 25 Jan 1908 Elm Rock, Knott Co KY d 5 Mar 1908 Elm Rock, Knott Co KY iv. Daucie Ritchie b 30 Sept 1909 Elmrock, Knott Co KY d 27 Dec 1967 Kendaville, Noble Co IN; m. William Grant Ritchie b 24 Feb 1909 Ritchie, Knott Co KY d 28 Jul 1969 Rome City, Nobel IN; buried family cemetery, Cockles Trace, Knott Co KY; s/o Joshua Ritchie and Elizabeth Ritchie. v. Nancy Ritchie b 11 Jan 1914 d 12 Aug 1975; m. John D Oliver b 21 Mar 1906 d 25 Jul 1987 Perry Co KY vi. Edith Ritchie b 23 Apr1918 d 16 Feb 1919 vii. Curtis Ritchie b 22 Feb 1926 d 1 Dec 2001 North Vernon, Jennings Co IN.

II. Brice Shepherd b 1886

III. Elizabeth Shepherd b 1889

IV. Sarah Shepherd b 1892; m. Elhannon Stacy b 1882; s/o William Barlow Stacy and Sarah Ann Ritchie. Sarah Shepherd m. William Jason Ritchie b 1890. Sarah Shepherd m. William Jason Ritchie b 1890; s/o Canada Ritchie and Nancy Ann Shepherd.

V. Esquire W Shepherd b 1895

VI. Polly Shepherd b 1898

4. Melissa Ritchie b 1869; m. William Smith b 3 Feb 1859 d 1934; s/o Benjamin Smith and Matilda "Tildy" Oliver. Children of William Smith and Melissa Ritchie;

I. Karew Smith; m. Allie Jones

II. Serena Smith b 1889; m. (1) to Ashland Patrick; m. (2) to Benjamin Arnett; m. (3) to John Rudd

William Smith m. 1st to Frankie Patton b about 1860. Children of William Smith and Frankie Patton;

I. Mary Ann Smith

II. Karen Smith

III. Serena Smith.

5. Wayne Ritchie b 19 Jan 1871 d 14 Feb 1957; m. Mary Isabelle Ritchie b about 1874 d 1949; d/o Manford Ritchie and Nancy Caudill. Children of Wayne Ritchie and Mary Isabelle Ritchie;

I. Cynthia Ann Ritchie b 1892; m. William Patton b 1895 d 1935

II. Linville Ritchie b 29 Jan 1894 d 23 Aug 1941; m. Sylvania Napier b 1899; d/o Manuel Napier and Elizabeth Patrick. Linville Ritchie m. (2) to Fanny Angeline Ritchie b 1895 d 1915; d/o Andrew Ritchie and Serena Slone.

III. Adam Ritchie b 1896

Mary Isabelle Ritchie m. (2) to John S Smith b 1863. Child of John S Smith and Mary Isabelle Ritchie;

I. Della Smith b 1906 d 1986; m. William McKinley Caldwell b 1901 d 1965.

Wayne Ritchie m. Rachel I Shepherd b 1879 d 1951. Children of Wayne Ritchie and Rachel I Shepherd;

I. Roseanna Ritchie b 1897 d Dec 1999

II. Florida Ellen Ritchie b 8 Feb 1900 d Feb 2002; m. Bert Arthur Bourne

III. Gabriel Ritchie b 31 Jan 1909 d 11 May 2003

IV. Female Ritchie; m. Kelly Smith b 1896 d 1976. Children of Kelly Smith and Female Ritchie; i. Melvin Smith b 1920 d 1920 ii. Laura Smith b 1922 d 1922 iii. Ollie Junior Smith b 24 Jan 1924 d 9 Apr 1992.

6. Martha Ritchie b 1874