When John Wesley Richey was born on 3 March 1840, in Rush, Indiana, United States, his father, Peter H Richey, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Wortman, was 24. He married Martha E Roberts on 30 August 1865, in Hancock, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Brandywine Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Center Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States for about 30 years. He died on 5 April 1912, in Greenfield, Hancock, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Greenfield, Hancock, Indiana, United States.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
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German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name based on rīc ‘power(ful)’ (see Reich ), or from the female personal name Rikheit, from rīc + suffix -heit ‘way of being’. This surname is rare in Germany.
Probably also an Americanized form of German Reiche or Ritsche (see Ritchey 2).
English and northern Irish: variant of Ritchie .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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