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- [s1878] Correspondence.
. . . Daniel Richeson from Pennsylvania, married Tersia Perigo and moved to Hendricks County and then to Greene County, Indiana. They had 8 children: William l., Margaret, Mary E., Miles Fleming, Oris Buchner, John L. Robert H. and Sarah. Miles Fleming married Mariah Angeline Kobel and after his service in the Civil War went to Kansas by wagon train. During the trip, in 1869 Mabel Richison, my greatgrandmother (sic) was born. Miles died of T.B. in 1876 out in Kansas.
- [s1878] Correspondence.
- [s1878] Correspondence.
. . . Daniel Richeson from Pennsylvania, married Tersia Perigo and moved to Hendricks County and then to Greene County, Indiana. They had 8 children: William l., Margaret, Mary E., Miles Fleming, Oris Buchner, John L. Robert H. and Sarah. Miles Fleming married Mariah Angeline Kobel and after his service in the Civil War went to Kansas by wagon train. During the trip, in 1869 Mabel Richison, my greatgrandmother (sic) was born. Miles died of T.B. in 1876 out in Kansas. Sometime before his death three other children were born -- Lockie Ella, Egor Artemad (What a name!) and Aveta Depha who died as an infant, I assume. I haven't been able to find out what happened to Lockie Ella. I believe that Egor died as a child. Mabel married Alvin Witz in 1890 and lived in Monticello, Indiana almost all of her adult life. She died in 1960. At some time in her childhood she lived with her mother and sister at her uncle Van Miller's farm in Winamac, Indiana. . . .
William L. Richison lived in Illinois; Mary married William Holms and lived in Kansas; Oris married Martha Dugger; John L. lived in Missouri; Robert lived in Kansas and Sarah died in East St. Louis, Illinois in 1883. . . .
- [S328] Ancestry Message Board, 18 Sep 1999, Localities, North America, United States, States, Indiana, Counties, Greene (Reliability: 3).
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Subject: Oris Buchner Richeson
Author: Diane Drogich
Date: 18 Sep 1999 12:00 PM GMT
Email: ddrogich@viaduct.custom.net
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Oris Buchner Richeson
On January 4, 1845, there was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, Oris B. Richeson, who is now living in retirement at Bloomfield, Indiana. His parents, Daniel and Tersia (Perigo) Richeson, were both natives of the Keystone state (Pennsylvania). They were among that sturdy class of pioneers who left their homes and friends in the East to build up a new commonwealth in the Middle West, coming to Indiana at an early day, being still young themselves.
Daniel Richeson settled first in Hendricks county, but later removed to Greene county, making his home upon a farm in Jackson township, where he lived until 1868. He then removed to Kansas, where he passed to rest in
November, 1876. His wife returned to Greene county and there completed her days,
her decease occurring in 1896. Both of these people were devout members of the Christian church.
They were the parents of nine children, whose names are herewith appended in the order of their birth: William L., now a farmer, living in Illinois; Margaret died October 17, 1849; Mary E., wife of William Holms, living now in Kansas; Ann, called to rest in 1868; Miles, an ex-Union soldier, having served through the war as first lieutenant of Company F of the Forty-third Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry, answered to the last call in 1876, while living in Kansas. Next follows Oris, our subject. Then we have John L., who is now farming in Missouri. Robert H. departed this life while residing in Kansas, March 8, 1881; Sarah died in East St. Louis, May 2, 1883.
Oris was brought up on his father's farm and received his education in the primitive schools of the time. The walk to school covered a distance of four or five miles, but this was not considered a hardship in those days. At
noons the boys would obtain additional exercise by cutting firewood from the surrounding forest to be used in the big fireplace in warming the log building. The usual puncheon floors and seats were not considered hardsome,
and the birch twigs on the wall behind the master's desk were features of the interior decorations that often arrested the attention of the laggard student and stimulated him to renewed efforts along the path of knowledge.
On March 4, 1864, Mr. Richeson enlisted in Company F of the Forty-third Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and continued in the service until the close of the war. After being mustered in at Indianapolis he was sent on duty to New Orleans and made this trip by means of the railroad and river boats. Later he was transferred to Little Rock, Arkansas, where he served on guard duty until ordered to Camp Nelson, Kentucky. Here he had charge of the fort guards, and in the spring of 1865 was ordered back to Indianapolis, and was made guard over the prisoners at Camp Morton. Here he remained until discharged from the service, and then went to farming in Greene county. He continued on his farm in Jackson township until he
removed to his present residence on the outskirts of Bloomfield.
On March 1, 1866, Mr. Richeson was married to Martha E. Dugger, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Floyd) Dugger, the former native of Greene county and the latter of Tennessee. They were devout people, members of the Christian church, and finished their days in this locality, the mother having survived until 1903. Nine children were born to them, consisting of Sarah, widow of J.L. Oliphant, of Bloomfield; Hetta Jane, widow of Amber Meredith, of Sullivan county; Francis M., an ex-Union soldier, now residing in Bloomfield; Martha E., wife of our subject; Nancy E., wife of John T. Lamb, of Bloomfield; Susan E. and Mary E. twins, both deceased; William R., of Sullivan county, and Thaddeus, now residing in Bloomfield. The survivors of the large family are valued additions to the worthy and industrious
citizenship of our state.
Mr. and Mrs. Richeson have followed in the footsteps of their ancestors in surrounding themselves with a generous family, consisting also of nine children. The first three of these, Viola Ann, Albert T. and Robert H., are now deceased. Cora, wife of Charles Luster, lives in Taylor township; Abbie N., wife of Harry Custer, has her home in Illinois; Myrtle, wife of Franklin Levett, lives in Bloomfield; Bogard married in Sullivan county; Gambet,
who married Maud McKee, also lives in Bloomfield; Logan D. married Rose Sparks and is now making his home at Bloomfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Richeson are members of the Christian church. Mr. Richeson is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and affiliates with the Republican party, and he daily demonstrates his integrity to the country through an
upright and honest method of dealing with his fellow man.
Source: "Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind.
with Reminiscences of Pioneer Days", B.F. Bowen & Co.,
Indianapolis, IN, 1908.
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