Lafayette Richey

22 April 1825–10 January 1858 (Age 32)
Pendleton, Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of Lafayette

When Lafayette Richey was born on 22 April 1825, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, his father, James Richey, was 42 and his mother, Nancy Browning, was 32. He married Hannah Hobson on 20 June 1849, in Salem, Henry, Iowa, United States. He died on 10 January 1858, in Salem, Henry, Iowa, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Salem, Henry, Iowa, United States.

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Lafayette Richey
1825–1858
Hannah Hobson
1832–1864
Marriage: 20 June 1849

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 June 1849Salem, Henry, Iowa, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (7)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 5
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
    1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
    Age 5
    The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 11
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Reich

    Sources (5)

    • Lafayette Richey, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Lafiatt Richy, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
    • Lafayette Richey, "Find A Grave Index"

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