their young daughter were both originally buried there, however upon John Ritchie's death at age 70, his son Hale had his father buried in the Topeka Cemetery and his mother and sister's remains moved there as well. Washburn University Ritchie purchased of land in Topeka which he donated to establish a larger campus for Lincoln College, which became Washburn College and is currently known as Washburn University. Ritchie was a champion of women's rights, making motions at the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention to include women's rights. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton stayed with the Ritchie family when they were in Topeka to speak at the state capitol. Sources William G. Cutler, History of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Illinois: A.T. Andreas, 1883. Mary Evelyn Ritchie, Ritchie/Shelledy Family History: Our People Who Came To Kansas Territory in 1855. John Ritchie: Portrait of an Uncommon Man. Shawnee County Historical Society Bulletin. Mrs. H.C. Root, "Paper on the life of John Ritchie", April 27, 1903. https://web.archive.org/web/20121014034455/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/schs/ritchie/education/resources/ritchiebookparts/JR-UndergroundRailroad.pdf External links Ritchie House historical site Kansapedia article on John Ritchie 1817 births 1887 deaths Bleeding Kansas People from Franklin, Indiana People from Topeka, Kansas People of Kansas in the American Civil War Underground Railroad people Union Army colonels 19th-century American philanthropists