Nelson Holder Ritchie 1840-1913
Nelson Holder Ritchie was 6 foot tall, 200 lbs, black curly hair
Go Here:Click here to view a history of Nelson written by his daughter Bessie Ritchie Rogers
Surmise of the life of Nelson Holder Ritchie written by Deena Hill
NEW INFORMATION: WE JUST HAD A DNA MATCH TO A CHARLES MCNEILL WHO WOULD BE THE BROTHER OF GABRIEL MCNEILL AND ON THE 1880 CENSUS CHARLES HAS HIS 80 YEAR OLD MOTHER SARAH LIVING WITH HIM. SO WE NOW HAVE BACK ONE MORE GENERATION. Miss Holder (Nelson's Mother) AND GABRIEL AND CHARLES MOTHER IS SARAH MCNEILL BORN 1800 NORTH CAROLINA.
Nelson Holder Ritchie
NEW INFORMATION: WE JUST HAD A DNA MATCH TO A CHARLES MCNEILL WHO WOULD BE THE BROTHER OF GABRIEL MCNEILL AND ON THE 1880 CENSUS CHARLES HAS HIS 80 YEAR OLD MOTHER SARAH LIVING WITH HIM. SO WE NOW HAVE BACK ONE MORE GENERATION. Miss Holder (Nelson's Mother) AND GABRIEL AND CHARLES MOTHER IS SARAH MCNEILL BORN 1800 NORTH CAROLINA.
Nelson Holder Ritchie
Nelson Holder Ritchie
Nelson Holder Ritchie
McNeill family side
Nelson Holder Ritchie Family Group Sheets
Nelson lost 5 of his 13 children before he died in 1913. I cannot imagine the heart ache!!!
I read this and cried so many times. I'm so excited to go to bountiful next week and see his grave and the lovely tree they planted. What a hard life Nelson had.
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