Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Owen Co. CAPT. WILLIAM H. RITCHEY is a native of Owen County, Ky., was born December 3, 1836, the son of Thomas H. and Irene (Todd) Ritchey, who were born in Scott and Owen Counties, respectively. Capt. Stephen Ritchey, the paternal grandfather of William H., was born in Virginia, but was an early settler in Scott County, Ky., from which he removed to Owen about 1830. He had served as captain in the war of 1812. Samuel Todd, of Virginia, the maternal grandfather of our subject, settled in Gallatin (now Owen) County over one hundred years ago, and was for many years high sheriff of old Gallatin County. Thomas H. Ritchey was born February 28, 1805, was a farmer and trader, and died April 23, 1883. William H. Ritchey was reared near New Liberty, and was educated in the schools of that town. In 1861 he enlisted in the Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry under Gen. Wolford, rose from the ranks to be captain of Company M in the Eleventh, but on the consolidation of the Eleventh and Twelfth Regiments was relegated to the rank of lieutenant, and was mustered out as such in September, 1865. He married, December, 23, 1869, Miss Mary L. Uitz, of Burlington, Boone County; they have one child--William D. Mr. Ritchey is a farmer and trader, and casts his vote with the Republican party. Ritchey Todd Uitz Wolford = Burlington-Boone-KY Gallatin-KY Scott-KY VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/owen/ritchey.wh.txt