John Baptiste Richmond - 52 Ancestors # 4

John Baptiste Richmond was born in December 1872 at St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. He was the second child of Charles N. Richmond and Nancy Henry; the first being his sister Louisiana. John was apparently name after his maternal grandfather John Baptiste Henry. His father, Charles, died before John was 4 years old and his mother remarried to William O. Johnston (aka. Johnson). Nancy and William had 7 children so John ended  up with 3 brothers and 4 sisters with one sibling dying in infancy.

On April 10th, 1890 John purchase a piece of land from the state of Louisiana. This land was described as NE4 of SE3, Section 19  of Township 3 south and Range 1 west according to Patent #2600 issued by the state. He sold this land to John H. Cole in 1893.

In front Justice of the Peace Eli Clark, John and Miss Adeline Smith were married on April 2nd, 1891; the license having been obtained the day before at the parish courthouse in Opelousas. Witnesses to the wedding were J. B. Carson, Wm. Clark, and John Danahy. John signed his name and Adeline made her mark. In 1892, their first child, Mason Rhedric, was born. He is our direct line ancestor. Four other children followed: William Charles born 1894, Beulah born 1897, Elma born 1899 and Curtis Elzie born 1902.

At some point before the 1900 U.S. Census, John and Adeline moved to Pollock, Grant Parish, Louisiana possibly to be closer to her family. Curtis was born there so they remained until at least 1902. At some point in the next 5 years Adeline passed away and left John with 5 young children. He returned to St. Landry parish and there married Mary L. Guillory Cole on 10th August 1907. Mary was the widow of John H. Cole to whom John had sold his land.

John and Mary lived in Pine Prairie, Evangeline Parish for most of the next 2 decades and had 3 more children together; Cornelia born 1909, Aline born 1911, and John B. born 1913. This gave them a total of 11 children with Mary's three from her marriage to John Cole. They bought and sold various pieces of land over the years, especially in Oakdale, Louisiana.

Shortly after the 1920 census they moved to Rapides Parish where John became the woods superintendent at the Zimmerman Mill. Unfortunately, on 14 July 1921, he was run over by a log train and killed immediately. Although there are discrepancies on the death certificate as to his parents, the informant was the doctor who attended and most likely did not know the correct information.

Charles N. Richmond - 52 Ancestors # 3

Charles N. Richmond was the presumed son of Stephen Clark Richmond and Jane (Janet) Milburn Sutherland Richmond. He was born between 2 Jun 1837 and 1 Jun 1838 and is likely the male under 5 in the Clark Richman [sic] household in the 1840 US Federal Census¹. Charles' father died sometime before his ninth birthday and his mother got remarried to Edward Winkler on 9 January 1846². Charles' half sister Elizabeth had previously married Augustin Winkler on 22 April 1845³. Augustin was most likely Edward's son.

In 1850, 12 year old Charles is living with Augustin and his sister Elizabeth in Opelousas district, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. His mother and his sister Louisiana are living next door with Edward. Augustin is a segarmaker [sic] and Edward is a constable⁴.

Edward Winkler dies sometime before 29 September 1854⁵ and Charles apparently moves back in with his mother. In the 1860 census, they are both still living next door to Augustin. Although the family is shown as headed by Charles, the real estate value is given to Jane so I believe that it was actually her household. Charles has no occupation shown even though he is 22 years old. Also living with them are E. Winkler (most likely Augustin and Elizabeth's son Edward⁴) and Francis Winkler who is probably an older son of Edward's by his first marriage⁶. Although neither Charles or his mother owned slaves, Augustin Winkler did own 2 in 1860⁷.

The Civil War broke out on 12 April 1861 and Charles almost immediately enlisted to serve. He became a private in company C of the 6th Louisiana Infantry on 4 June 1861 in St. Landry Parish with his occupation listed as cooper. The 6th La. Infantry was organized at Camp Moore, La. and then ordered to Virginia to serve under General Ewell at the first battle of Bull Run, Manassas. Sometime during his first year Charles was promoted to corporal. However he was reduced back down to private on 15 June 1862. By this time he had fought with Jackson in his Valley campaign and was headed with his regiment to fight with the Army of Northern Virginia in the Seven Days Campaign which included multiple battles during the period 26 June through 1 July 1862.

On 25 July 1862 he was detailed as division teamster and continued to fight down the Shenandoah Valley until the battle of Rappahannock on November 7, 1863. 89 soldiers in the 6th Louisiana were captured there including Charles. Charles was sent to Point Lookout, Maryland and arrived there 11 November. Conditions there were horrendous. Prisoners were provided less that needed rations and had little clothing. Many had no shoes and blankets were shared, often between 16 people. During the winter of 1863 around 9000 prisoners had to share less than 1000 tents. The mud was often knee deep and malaria, typhoid, and smallpox were common. He was paroled at Point Lookout in Maryland on March 9, 1864 and received at City Point, Virginia 5 days later.⁸

In May 1865 Charles is back at home and paying taxes for his license as a blacksmith. He is living in Washington which is a small village outside of Opelousas⁹. His mother Jane dies in July 1867¹º. Less than a year later he marries Nancy Henry of Pine Prairie¹¹. They live in the Bayou Chicot post office area where he works as at the saw mill¹². Their daughter, Louisiana, is born in January 1869¹³ and their son John Baptiste Richmond (named for Nancy's father) is born December 1872¹⁴. They do not have anymore children because Charles passes away before Apr 1875 when his wife Nancy marries William O. Johnston.

1.   1840 U.S. census, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Opelousas, p. 251 (stamped), line 21, Clark Richman; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 128. Cit. Date: 6 Jul 2011.  Cit. ID: LA042; Clark Richman 1----1-------  -11--1------- Total 5males under 5: 1 males 30-40: 1 females 5-10: 1 females 10-15: 1 females 30-40: 1 
2. Louisiana. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, St. Landry Parish - Marriage Certificates, 294, Winkler-Milburn widow Richmond, 1846. 
3. Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records Church and Civil Records, 41 (Cecilia, Louisiana: Hebert Publications, 1976), Vol 3 (1831-1840): 509; WINKLER, Augustin (Edward) m. 22 April 1845 Elisabeth SUTHERLAND (Opel. Ct. Hse. : Mar. # 214) 
4. 1850 U.S. census, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, p. 100B, dwelling 1791, family 2095, Charles Richmond; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.Ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 240
5. Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records Church and Civil Records, 41 (Cecilia, Louisiana: Hebert Publications, 1976), 5 (1848-1854): 582.
6. 1860 U.S. census, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Washington, p. 999, dwelling 228, family 228, C. N. Richmond; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 424.
7. Ancestry.com. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010; citing National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.
8. Andrew B. Booth Commissioner Louisiana Military Records, Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes (New Orleans, LA: n.p., 1920), Volume III, book 2: 315;  https://books.google.com/books?id=BDNJAQAAMAA
9. Louisiana, United States, "U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918." Digital images. (Ancestry.com Operations Inc. Ancestry.com. www. ancestry.com : 2008), Charles N Richmond (www. ancestry.com : accessed 2 Jul 2011); citing citing NARA series M769 roll
10. Thomas Martin Swatloski, "Evangeline's Cousins," database, Evangeline's Cousins (http://www.acadianalifestyleevangelinescousins.com : accessed 17 Dec 2014), Janet Mariah Milbourn (1158944); citing note "Succession dated 26 Jul 1867 St Landry, LA #3029". 
11. Hunting For Bears, Ancestry.com, "Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925," database, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Ancestry.com(www.ancestry.com : 2004), accessed 7 Jul 2011), Entry for Charles N Richmond and Nancy Henry
12. 1870 U.S. census, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Fourth Ward, p. 200A, dwelling 131, family 132, Nancy Richmond; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 530
13. Louisiana, St. Landry Parish, 1900 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), T623, roll 581, Ward 6, enumeration district (ED) 64, sheet 3B, p. 263 (stamped), dwelling 53
14. 1900 U.S. census, Grant Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Ward 3, enumeration district (ED) 64, sheet 4B, p. 169 (stamped), dwelling 77; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 565.

Stephen Clark Richmond - 52 Ancestors # 2

Stephen Clark Richmond was born between 1800 and 1810¹ whereabouts unknown. The first documentation I have found for him is the bond filed at the county court in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

This bond is for his marriage to Jane Milburn widow Southerland and was filed 1 Jun 1833². He signed this document S Clark Richmond.

They apparently married the same day³ although the marriage record itself was not found by the staff when I visited the courthouse. Next time I go, I will try to get it again.

Clark and Jane have 2 apparent children. Louisiana, born about 1834, and Charles N, born between 2 Jun 1837 and 1 Jun 1838. Jane also has a daughter, Elizabeth Antoinette, from her marriage to Elijah Sutherland.

Clark Richman is in the 1840 census with 1 male less than 5 (probably Charles N Richmond), 1 male 30-39 (Clark himself), 1 female 5-10 (probably Louisiana Richmond), 1 female 10-15 (probably Elizabeth Sutherland) and 1 female 30-39 (his wife Jane)¹. This is the last record I have for him. No land records were found for him in the St. Landry conveyances and no probate or succession record has be found.

I believe he died between Jun 1840 and Jan 1846 when Jane Milburn widow Richmond married Edward Winkler⁴.

In the 1830 U.S. Federal Census, I identified 127 Richmond/Richman households that had at least 1 male age 20-29 that could have been Clark Richmond. Using the Y-dna results from my father-in-law, whose haplogroup is currently defined as R-DF89, I B-listed 62 of these as being descendants of John Richmond (1594-1664)⁵ whose descendants seem to be haplogroup I-M253⁶. This leaves me with 65 households that I need to research. It is still possible that Clark is a descendant of John Richmond but it would have to be through a daughter and out of wedlock. It is also possible that Clark is not living in a Richmond household but with some other family. I hope not because I do not want to investigate 65 households and come up empty.

Y-dna has not yielded any matches that are close enough to trace yet. None of the other Richmond's who have tested are even a 12 marker match. Autosomal dna has also not revealed any secrets yet either. Unknown cousins who are from the same family would be at least 4th cousins which means they will not share a lot of dna and quite likely none.

I need to make another visit to the parish court house in Opelousas!

1. 1840 U.S. census, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Opelousas, p. 251 (stamped), line 21, Clark Richman; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 128.
2. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Marriages # 48, Richmond-Milburn widow Sutherland, 1833; St. Landry Parish Courthouse, Opelousas
3. Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records Church and Civil Records, 41 (Cecilia, Louisiana: Hebert Publications, 1976.), vol. 3 (1831-1840): p. 553
4. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Marriage #294, Winkler-Milburn widow Richmond, 1846; St. Landry Parish Courthouse, Opelousas.
5. Joshua Bailey Richmond, The Richmond Family 1594-1896 and Pre-American Ancestors 1040-1594  (Boston, MA: Joshua Richmond Bailey, 1897); Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/richmondfamily1500rich, digitized 2015. 
6. RichmondAdmin, WorldFamilies.net, The Richmond DNA Project (https://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/richmond); y-results.

Favorite Picture circa 1913 - Crissie Mary Maddox, 52 Ancestors # 1

So this was supposed to be published last week but I was working on another ancestor and didn't get it done. I had planned to start at the oldest ancestor I know for each line and work my way forward down the line. However, the one I picked is taking longer than I thought due to unsaved work and computer spontaneous reboots. There will be more of him next week.

Instead I am going with the favorite picture prompt.

This picture was probably taken around 1913 in Sydenham, which is part of Greater London, England. The young lady standing is my paternal grandmother Crissie Mary Maddox who was born in 1903 in Sydenham, Kent, England. I will write in more detail about her in another blog. The two girls are her sisters Blanchie May Maddox (1905-1981) and Doris Annie Maddox (1907-1993). Her brother Frederick John Maddox (1910-1974) is sitting in the front. Their youngest sister, who is still living, would not be born for another 8 years.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - The Beginning

This is the beginning. I have never blogged before or written anything for public viewing other than facebook posts. I will try to make these posts interesting. As stated in the description I am going to follow the prompts from Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks and try to write about a different ancestor every week.

I am not going to write about living people but just to set the scene I will tell you about the makeup of my family. My maiden name is Maby and I am married to a Richmond. I am a first generation American so all my lines will be found in the British Isles, Ireland, and Europe. My husband is from Texas so his lines will be primarily from the United States. His parents are living so they will not be mentioned and I will start with his grandparents. He has 4 siblings and many nieces and nephews. My parents are deceased so I may mention them from time to time. I have 2 siblings and 2 nieces. My husband and I have 3 children, 1 son-in-law, 2 children of the heart, and 3 grandchildren.

The lines that we have are:

Grandparents:
(U.S.) Richmond, Wilson
(U.K.) Maby, and Mossop.

Great-grandparents:
(U.S.) Richmond, Shaw, Wilson, Oldham
(U.K.) Maby, Maddox, Mossop, Clement

2xGreat-grandparents:
(U.S.) Richmond, Smith, Shaw, Harrell, Wilson, Boudreaux (Acadian), Oldham, Hull
(U.K.) Maby, Whelan, Maddox, Bowers, Mossop, Ball, Clement, Storace (Malta)

3xGreat-grandparents:
(U.S.) Richmond, Henry, Smith brick wall, Shaw, Jenkins, Harrell, Faust, Wilson, Franks, Boudreaux, Bourgeois, Oldham, Jackson, Hull, Bates.
(U.K.) Maby, Reed, Whelan, Evans, Maddox, Martin, Bowers, Fosker, Mossop, Walker, Ball, Hooper, Clement, Jones, Storace, Farrugia (Malta)

4xGreat-grandparents
(U.S.) Richmond, Milburn, Henry, Anderson, Shaw, Carle, Jenkins, Whttington, Harrell, Neatherlin, Faust, Cox, Wilson brick wall, Franks, Gervais, Boudreaux, Giroir, Bourgeois, Gaudet, Oldham, Wilkerson, Jackson brick wall, Hull, Renfro, Bates, Paul
(U.K.) Maby, Hart, Reed, Summers, Whelan brick wall, Evans, Davies, Maddox, Pulley, Martin, Wynn, Bowers, Nicholson, Fosker, Simpson, Mossop, Peele, Walker, Cole, Ball, Bagot, Hooper, Cook, Clement, Gray, Jones brick wall, Storace, Pullicino (Malta), Farrugia brick wall

Some of these U.S. lines continue back to the American Revolution and colonial days. Several are at their brick walls both for the U.S. and the U.K. and Malta. A few of the U.K. lines continue back 3 or 4 more generations. I am not sure if I will follow any particular order when I write about each ancestor but I will try and put them in perspective for  you as to their relationship to me or my husband. I am hoping this blog will help me to focus on one ancestor at a time and to make sure I have my ducks in a row as to sources and evidence.

Emjoy!