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Family: Frank Albert RICHISON / Sarah Jane DAVIS (F32)

• Male Frank Albert RICHISON

  
  

  Birth	17 May 1862	, Clark, Ohio, USA
  Death	2 Apr 1944	Penn Twp., Jay, Indiana, USA
  Burial	4 Apr 1944	Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bryant, Jay, Indiana, USA
  Marriage	25 Dec 1883  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]	, Jay, Indiana, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Father	John Webster RICHISON | F44 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sarah Jane AYARS | F44 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Sarah Jane DAVIS

  
  

  Birth	21 May 1862	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
  Death	28 Feb 1931	Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA
  Burial	3 Mar 1931	Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bryant, Jay, Indiana, USA
  Father	Oliver J. DAVIS | F45 Group Sheet
  Mother	Drusilla TIMMONS | F45 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male + Dallas Ray RICHISON

  
  

  Birth	4 Aug 1884	Portland, Jay, Indiana, USA
  Death	13 Mar 1947	Winchester, Randolph, Indiana, USA
  Burial	16 Mar 1947	Fountain Park Cemetery, Winchester, Randolph, Indiana, USA
  Spouse	Olive ALEXANDER | F3
  Marriage	11 Aug 1906	Bearcreek Twp., Jay, Indiana, USA

  
  

  Male + William Oliver RICHISON

  
  

  Birth	13 May 1887	Geneva, Adams, Indiana, USA
  Death	23 Apr 1962	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA
  Burial	28 Apr 1962	Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bryant, Jay, Indiana, USA
  Spouse	Mary Louisa GIBSON | F283
  Marriage	22 Dec 1906	, Jay, Indiana, USA

  
  

  Male + Berley Oral RICHISON

  
  

  Birth	29 Sep 1889	, Jay, Indiana, USA
  Death	7 Jun 1946	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA
  Burial	10 Jun 1946	Shiloh Park Cemetery, Shiloh, Montgomery, Ohio, USA
  Spouse	Ruby Marie MANES | F73
  Marriage	4 Oct 1915	Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, USA

  
  

  Female Sylvia C. RICHISON

  
  

  Birth	19 Jun 1892	, Jay, Indiana, USA
  Death	23 Oct 1966	Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA
  Burial	25 Oct 1966	Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bryant, Jay, Indiana, USA

  
  

  Male + Guy Eli RICHISON

  
  

  Birth	4 Jan 1895	Geneva, Adams, Indiana, USA
  Death	3 Apr 1959	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA
  Burial	7 Apr 1959	Mount Zion Shoup Cemetery, Beavercreek, Greene, Ohio, USA
  Spouse	Carrie Estella STONER | F74
  Marriage	29 Aug 1914	, Mercer, Ohio, USA

  
  

• Documents		Marriage return - Richison Richardson-Davis, 1883
  		Marriage license and return - Richison Frank Richison and Sarah Davis, 1883

  
  

• Notes

  Married: December 24, 1883 is the license date on the marriage license and certificate for Frank and Sarah Jane and the certificate was filed on 18 March 1884. The return that the minister supposedly filed and signed says they were married on 25 December 1884. It seems most likely that the minister or whoever filled out that portion of the record wrote 1884 by mistake as it was already two and a half months into 1884 before it was recorded. On this first document, on the license portion Frank's name is written twice -- both as RICHISON. On marriage certificate portion, in different handwriting, his surname is RICHARDSON. In the register for Records of Returns of Marriages, the date of license is 6 March 1884, the date of the return is 18 March 1884, and the date of marriage is 25 December 1884. Everyone else on the page had a license issued and the marriage date within the first 3 months of 1884 so it appears that again, whoever recorded this page just made a mistake and wrote 1884 when it obvious had to have been 1883. The handwriting also appears to be the same as that on the marriage certificate portion of the first document and Frank's surname again is RICHARDSON. The first couple on the page were both marrying for the second time. Frank and Sarah are the second couple on the page and Sarah is said to be marrying for the second. No other evidence has to come to light to indicate this was indeed her second marriage. Although Sarah was listed with her parents in the 1880 U.S. census, she had ample time to have a marriage of short duration before marrying Frank in 1883. With all the other mistakes in the two marriage records, however, it also could be that the person filling out the register was simply repeating what was on the previous record and it was Sarah's first marriage, not her second. The WPA record of Jay County, gives 25 Dec 1883 as the marriage date. That record was done in the late 1930's or early 1940's and is said to have been created from the original records.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1421] Richison Family Record, 25 May 2008. Margaret Ann (Richison) Secrest, comp. "RICHISON Family Record", (MS, 1793-1968), carbon copy of original; privately held by Shirley Richison Fields, Indianapolis, Indiana. The fate of the original is unknown. R000400 [S36] IGI - International Genealogical Index, 29 Feb 2012. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [LDS], "International Genealogical Index," database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 29 February 2012); entry for Sarah Jane Davis, born 1862; citing submissions after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. [S1832] 1900 U.S. Census, 23 Mar 2008. 1900 U.S. census, Jay County, Indiana, population schedule, Wabash Twp., enumeration district (ED) 72, sheet 8A (handwritten), dwelling 109, family 119, Frank A. Richison household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 23 March 2008), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication T623, roll 380. [S45] 1910 U.S. Census, 23 Mar 2008. 1910 U. S. census, Jay County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township, enumeration district (ED) 81, sheet 17A (penned), dwelling 416, family 428, Frank Richison; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 March 2008); NARA microfilm T624:358. [S1901] Marriage, 1 Mar 2012. Jay County, Indiana, marriage license and certificate, photocopy of original record page 267, Richison-Davis, 1883; County Clerk's Office, Portland. [S1901] Marriage, 28 Jun 2006. "Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941." index, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 June 2006), Richison-Davis, 1883, book C-E:467; Jay County, Indiana, Index to Marriage Records 1850-1920 Inclusive, W.P.A., citing records located at County Clerk's Office, Portland.