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1850 Census of Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] 1850 Federal Census Schuyler County, IL Rushville Corporation Submitted to our Schuyler County site by Carol Wolf Britton This Census was transcribed by Carol L. Wolf Britton and proofread by Bertram Britton Jr. Copyright 1999 by Carol L. Wolf Britton USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Thanks … Read more

Biography of Jacob Ritchey of Buena Vista township, Illinois

Jacob Ritchey, an honored pioneer, resides on section 12, Buena Vista township, and was born in Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, on December 5, 1821. He rented eighty acres of William McKee, which he cultivated for himself. While thus engaged, he met Clara Ann, daughter of the owner of this land, and their acquaintance ripening into mutual affection, they were married in 1849, when his father-in-law presented to him the eighty acres he had been tilling