Brief Life History of Elias
Elias Richmond was born in 1818, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States as the son of Richmond and ?. He married Jane Douglas in 1835, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1876, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 58.
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Sources (6)
- Ellias Richman, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elishe Richmond in entry for Tildia Jane Roe, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
- Elias Richmond, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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.
Name Meaning
habitational name from Richmond (North Yorkshire). The placename was probably transferred after the Norman Conquest from any of numerous places in France named with Old French riche ‘mighty, strong’ + munt, mont ‘mountain, hill’. Richmond in southwest London received this name only in the reign of Henry VII, in honor of the king, who had been Earl of Richmond until he came to the throne, and is unlikely to be the source of this surname.
occasionally a variant of Richman , with excrescent -d. The two names were probably often confused.
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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