Brief Life History of Franklin Ebenezer
Franklin Ebenezer Richey was born on 15 May 1832, in South Carolina, United States. He married Mary Ann Potts on 1 October 1857, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Election Precinct 19 Blocker, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States in 1880. He died on 27 April 1892, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Shakerag Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Frank E Richey, "United States Census, 1860"
- Franklin E. Richey, "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957"
- Frank E. Richey in entry for Cora Bell Richey, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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World Events (8)
1835 · Angry Mob Seizes U-S Mail
On August 31, 1835, in Charleston, South Carolina an angry mob takes control over the U-S mail and burns it in public.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
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.
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