Garrison-Ritchey marriages, Barren County Kentucky and Perry County Indiana
Elijah RITCHEY *(son of Stephen Arnold RITCHEY and Mary Martha CRAWFORD born about 1798 married Matilda GARRISON, daughter of Shadrack GARRISON.
**Ritchey, Elijah to Matilda Garrison, Aug. 23, 1823, Sur: Shadrach Garrison, personal consent of her father.
Obediah Rankin RITCHEY *(also a son of Stephen & Mary Crawford RITCHEY) born 29 Feb 1812 Warren Co KY, died 11 July 1902 Twigg Twp., Hamilton Co., IL married Nancy GARRISON, daughter of John GARRISON (son of Shadrack GARRISON) and Margaret PORTWOOD.
**GARRISON, John to Margaret PORTWOOD, July 8, 1818, Sur: Loyed PORTWOOD, consent Ludy PORTWOOD, consent Shadrack GARRISON, Wit. Loyed PORTWOOD, John DOYEL.Md. July 9, 1818 by Jacob LOCK.
**RITCHEY, Obadiah to Nancy GARRISON, Dec. 10, 1838, Sur: Jonathan YHOMSD, consent by mother Margaret GARRISON, Wit. Will GARNETT, consent Stephen RITCHEY, Wit. Samuel M. RITCHEY, Jonathan THOMAS.Md. Dec. 10, 1838 by W. D. JOURDAN.
Witness to the marriage of Obadiah Ritchey and Nancy Garrison was Jonathan THOMASmarried Eleanor GARRISON, sister of Nancy's father John GARRISON.)
**THOMAS, Jonathan to Eleanor GARRISON, Dec. 24, 1824, Sur: Shadrack GARRISON.
Nancy Garrison Ritchey died about 1851.
***Obediah Rankin RITCHEY married as his second wife Mary Elizabeth DEWITT 16 Sep 1857 Perry Co., IN.Mary Elizabeth DEWITT's sister Sarah “Sally” DEWITT married Alexander GARRISON, brother of Obediah's first wife Nancy GARRISON, 06 May 1852 Perry Co., IN.Obediah RITCHEY died 11 Jul 1902 Twigg Twp., Hamilton Co., IL
***Nancy Jane RITCHEY married William GARRISON, son of John GARRISON and Margaret PORTWOOD 22 Jul 1849 Perry Co IN.Nancy was the daughter of Elijah RITCHEY and Matilda GARRISON so Nancy and William were first cousins.Nancy and William were in Perry Co IN in the 1850 census with his brother Alexander and his sisters Margaret and Matilda living with them.Nancy's parents and their family were also in Perry Co IN in 1850.
Mary A. RITCHEY, daughter of Obediah Rankin RITCHEY and Mary Elizabeth DEWITT married John W. GARRISON (his second wife), son of Thomas Jefferson GARRISON and Sarah Francis GASH.Thomas Jefferson GARRISON was a son of John GARRISON, (son of Shadrack) and Margaret PORTWOOD.John and Mary (RITCHEY) GARRISON died in Hamilton Co., IL.John W. GARRISON and Mary A. RITCHEY had first cousins in common but were not related to each other.
Two of Obediah's brothers, Samuel and Issachar, who were not married to Garrisons also lived and died in Hamilton Co., IL.
* Cumberland Presbyterian Church official gateway to the Ministries and Agencies, http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/Ritchey.htmhttp://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/Ritchey.htm
**Marriage Records of Barren County, Kentucky 1799-1849, “The First Fifty Years” by Martha Powell Reneau 1984
"***Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992," FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XF3P-MX5
Karen Simmons
Descendant of Shadrack Garrison's brother Zebulon Garrison
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