Franklin Ebenezer Richey

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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Family Time Line

Franklin Ebenezer Richey
1832–1892
Mary Ann Potts
1838–1878
Marriage: 1 October 1857
Robert K Richey
1859–
Harvey Wilson Richey
1861–1941
Henrietta Richey
1863–
William E Richey
1866–
William Richey
1866–
Emma Jane Richey
1868–1943
Walter Richey
1872–
Cora Bell Richey
1874–1938
Lewis Richey
1874–
Thomas Richey
1876–
Mary Richey
1878–

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"

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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