Twice Married
Ritchie was twice married. His first wife, the former Julia Elizabeth “Betty” Barrell of Boston, died not long after the birth of their only child, a daughter, Cornelia Wadsworth “Ninia” Ritchie, later the wife of Republican State Senator Teel Bivins of Amarillo, whose family also had ranching interests in the Panhandle. Ninia and Teel Bivins have a son, Andrew M. Bivins, who in 2005 joined the management team of the JA as the fifth-generation owner. Ritchie subsequently married the former Hildegard “Hildy” Neill (1917–1992) of Colorado.
Cornelia Ritchie was inducted in 2009 into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas.
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