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- Mary was born to David Price and Ann Husband of Cecil County, Maryland, in 1769.
As extracted from Boyd Crumrine, "History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men" (Philadelphia: L. H. Leverts & Co., 1882). Canonsburg Borough (pp. 601)
"At the age of thirty, Craig Ritchie secured to himself the possession of a most estimable and valuable wife by marrying MISS MARY PRICE, a native of Maryland. She died at Canonsburg in 1836.
This excellent lady, who became the mother of a large family (fourteen children), pre-eminently adorned her station, and greatly contributed to Mr. Ritchies's happiness and success in life. She sympathized with him in his toils and struggles to sustain Jefferson College through its early history; and her name ought ever to stand with those of Mrs. Canon, Mrs. John (Catherine) McMillan, and other noble women who labored and prayed and made such sacrifices for this institution."
The children of Craig Ritchie and Mary Price that are known to me are,
1. David Ritchie, b. 1789; d. 1809. Died at the age of twenty.
2. Margaret Ritchie, b. 1791; d. Feb. 16, 1859 in Bloomington, Indiana; m. Andrew Wylie (President of Indiana University) on May 3, 1813. They had twelve children.
3. William Ritchie, b. 1792; d. June 12, 1840 in Wheeling, West Virginia (drowned in Ohio River); m. Susan S. Dorsey in 1829. They had one child, Craig Dorsey Ritchie.
4. Matthew Ritchie, b. 1795.
5. John Ritchie, b. 1797; d. Dec. 23, 1870 in Wallisville, Texas; m. Eleanor Campbell on June 4, 1824 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
6. Anne Ritchie, b. 1798; d. Dec 27, 1870; m. Dr. Jonathan Letherman (Letterman) on July 21, 1818 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. They had four children including, Jonathan Letterman (1824 - 1872), Civil War surgeon, Mrs. Elizabeth C.(Letherman) Smith and Dr. William Henry Letterman.
7. Mary Ritchie, b. 1800; d. Sep. 15, 1828 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; m. Dr. George Herriot in 1819.
8. Eliza Ritchie, b. 1802; d. Apr. 22, 1871 in Washington D.C.; m. Redick McKee on Jan. 12, 1826 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. They had nine children.
9. Catherine Ritchie, b. 1804; d. Feb. 1858 in Terre Haute, Indiana; m. Rev. Lemuel F. Leake.
10. Jean Ritchie, b. 1806; d. July 21, 1878. Last known residence was in Wheeling, with sister Eliza, in 1850 census.
11. Craig Ritchie, b. 1807; d. Jan. 31, 1879 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; m. Mary Ann Chickering on Dec. 21, 1836 in Wheeling, West Virginia. They had eight children.
12. Abigail Ritchie, b. 1810; She was living in Bloomington, Indiana, with sister Margaret (1850 census). At age 70, in 1880, she was living in San Francisco with the family of her late niece, Sarah (McKee) Duperu, who was her sister Eliza's daughter. Sarah had passed away in 1877.
13. Judge David Ritchie, b. 1812; d. Jan. 24, 1867 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Graduated from Jefferson College, in 1829, and subsequently at Heidelberg, Germany; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh; elected as a Whig to the 33rd Congress, reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the 34th Congress, and elected as a Republican to the 35th Congress (Mar. 4, 1853 - Mar. 3, 1859); chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (34th Congress); was appointed associate judge of the court of common pleas of Allegheny County in 1862.
Mary Price died at her Canonsburg home in 1836, at the age of 67, three years after her husband's death.
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, d. 7 Nov 1773, Redstone Arsenal, Fayette, Colonial Pennsylvania