Brief Life History of Richmond
When Richmond Warfield was born in 1859, in Ohio, United States, his father, William Smith Warfield, was 25 and his mother, Eliza Jane Grandon, was 24. He lived in Stock Township, Noble, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 10 April 1883, in Liberty Township, Washington, Ohio, United States, at the age of 24.
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Sources (4)
- Richmond Warfield in household of William Warfield, "United States Census, 1870"
- Richmond Warfield, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
- Richmond Warfield in household of Wm Warfield, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (Somerset): habitational name from a place in Berkshire called Warfield, from Old English wer, wær ‘weir’ + feld ‘pasture, open country’.
History: Richard Warfield came from Berkshire, England, to MD in 1662.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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