Laura Belle Ritchey

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parents:  Jacob Ritchey and Sarah Catherine Fortner

this entire page updated December 2022

 

Birth:  23 May 1871  Martin Co, IN
Death:  04 Mar 1907  Martin Co, IN
Burial:  Boggs Creek Cemetery, Martin Co, IN

Marriage #1

John Andis

15 Sep 1892  Martin Co, IN

Children

unnamed male Andis 18 Apr 1893
James A Andis 01 Mar 1894
Edna Mae Andis 02 Apr 1895
Franklin Melvin Andis 01 Mar 1898
Sarah Cletta Andis 06 Sep 1900

children of John Andis and Laura Belle (Ritchey) Andis

 

Sources
1900 Federal census McCameron, Martin, IN - 16 Jun 1900 - age 30 (view census information)
Ancestry.com WWI and WWII draft cards; Social Security Death Index; enlistment records; 
FamilySearch.org Indiana marriages
Daviess County Courthouse, Washington, IN Marriage records, birth records, death records (personally viewed and transcribed or copied)
Martin County Courthouse, Shoals, IN Marriage records, birth records, death records (personally viewed and transcribed or copied)
Monroe County Library, Bloomington, IN Marriage records; divorce records (personally viewed and transcribed or copied)
Herald-Times, Bloomington, IN Obituaries
Daily Herald (telephone) Bloomington, IN Obituaries
State of Indiana Death certificates
Monroe County Health Department, Bloomington, IN Death records (personally viewed and transcribed or copied)
Greene County Health Department, Bloomfield, Greene, IN Death records 
Martin County Health Department, Shoals, IN Death records; birth records (personally viewed and copied or transcribed)
Papemortuary.com Cemetery index
Boggs Creek Cemetery, Martin Co, IN Viewed and photographed tombstones
Worthington Cemetery, Worthington, IN Viewed and photographed tombstones
Grandview Cemetery, Bloomfield, IN Viewed and photographed tombstones
Valhalla Memory Garden, Bloomington, IN Viewed and photographed tombstones
Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, IN Viewed and photographed tombstones
Bethel Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe, IN Viewed and photographed tombstones
Find a Grave volunteer Shelly Cemetery photo -  Bethel Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe, IN
Find a Grave volunteer Debbie Reynolds Tombstone photos - Burgoon Church Cemetery, Monroe Co, Indiana
Find a Grave volunteer Barbara Miller Tombstone photos - Hilltop Cemetery, Avoca, Lawrence, IN
Random Acts of Kindness volunteer Peggy Robbins Tombstone photos - Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Washington Twp, Greene Co, Indiana
Random Acts of Kindness volunteer Trish Bliss Tombstone photos - West Ridge Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, IN
Find a Grave volunteer Jim Webster Tombstone and cemetery photos - The Good Shepherd Cemetery, Huntington Beach, Orange, CA
Find a Grave volunteers Mark Speer and Nan Tombstone and cemetery photos - Beech Grove Cemetery, Bedford, Lawrence, IN
Find a Grave volunteers William Taber and Elaine Berkowitz Tombstone and cemetery photos - Floral Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, IN;
Find a Grave volunteers Jim Bohn and Scott Emery Tombstone and cemetery photos - Koontz Cemetery, Monroe Co, IN
Find a Grave volunteers Jim Weiss and Geraldine Barnett Tombstone and cemetery photos - Antioch Cemetery, Dugger, Sullivan, IN
Random Acts of Kindness volunteers Pam L, coan.net, Heather Semonick, Beth & Doug and Tony Cannon Tombstone and cemetery photos - Davis Cemetery, Fairmount, Vermilion, IL
Family records Records and photos belonging to Jan White
Family records Records and photos belonging to Nina (Rowe) LaRue
Family records Records and photos belonging to Nancy (Hardwick) Howell
Family research Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

 

Miscellaneous Information
1) Parents of Laura Belle Ritchey: Jacob Ritchey (11 Aug 1851 - 11 Nov 1921) and Sarah Catherine Fortner (06 May 1851 Martin Co, IN - after 1933); Jacob and Sarah buried Old Salem Cemetery, Martin Co, IN - see tombstone photos below.

2) We have a copy of John and Laura's marriage return.

3) Lauras death certificate; cause of death: bronchiectasis 

 

Photos and/or signatures

Jacob Ritchey and 
Sarah Catherine (Fortner) Ritchey
parents of Laura Belle Ritchey

c. 1920

thanks to Nancy Howell for this photo

 

 

photo taken by Valerie Boman

 

Laura Belle (Ritchey) Andis

Boggs Creek Cemetery
Martin, Indiana

photo taken by Valerie Boman

 

 

Jacob Ritchey and his wife, 
Sarah Catherine (Fortner) Ritchey
(parents of Laura Belle (Ritchey) Andis

Old Salem Cemetery 
Martin, Indiana

photo taken by Valerie Boman