Alice (Graves) Richmond and J. Richmond.
Alice Graves is most likely John Richmond's first wife. I believe they
married around 1870 and Alice must have died shortly thereafter because
John Richmond married Anna Seelay on 27 Dec 1871.
John Richmond, by the way, was the youngest son of Dr. John Plaster
Richmond, an early doctor, Methodist pastor, state assemblyman and state
senator from Schuyler County. Dr. Richmond represented the state of
Illinois in the Electoral College in the presidential election of 1856.
Dr. Richmond first settled in the Schuyler County area in the mid-1830's
and later moved from Rushville to Pea Ridge TWP in Brown County and then
to Dakota Territory about 1872.
I don't know what became of John Richmond Jr. after he married Anna
Seelay. It seems he was married four times in all and died in North
Dakota about 1912.
Between 1840 and 1842 Dr. Richmond was an early missionary in the Oregon
country. In fact, he and his family were the first American family to
reside in what later became western Washington. Dr. Richmond and Lt.
Charles Wilkes of the US Navy conducted the first official public
Independence Day celebration on the west coast of what later became the
United States. This was in 1841, five years before Great Britain gave up
its claim to the land and six years before the Whitman massacre. The
celebration was held on the grounds of Dr. Richmond's mission. In 1842
Dr. Richmond and his family returned to Illinois.
Dr. Richmond's first wife, America, died in Schuyler County in 1858 and
is presumably buried there, probably with her two daughters from a
previous marriage - Harriet and Martha Talley. Then about 1860 Dr.
Richmond married Kitty Gristy who was undoubtedly related to the Brown
County Gristy families.
My interest in Dr. Richmond and his family is two-fold. I am a member of
the preservation committee for the old Nisqually Mission where Dr.
Richmond served 1840-42. Right now the mission site lies under several
tons of toxic waste dumped there by the Weyerhaeuser company. The waste
sort of gets in the way of any further archeological investigation! The
preservation committee has its work cut out for itself.
The other interest stems from my gr gr grandfather who was Dr. Richmond's
brother.
Howe Cemetery, p99, Cemeteries of Brown County, Illinois
Alice, wife of J. Richmond, Dau of J. W. & F. Graves (13 Jul 1871, age 19
yrs, 8 mos, 3 days)
p 101
John W. Graves (1878, age 60 years) and Wife Fanny (1874, age 59 yrs) with 2
children. John (1863, age 19 yrs) and Alice, wife of J. Tichmond (1871, age
20 yrs) are buried here.
1870 Census, Pea Ridge TWP, Brown County, IL page 121
| Richmond, John P. | 58 | M |
W | Farmer | born Maryland |
| Richmond, Kitta | 46 | F |
W | Keeping House | born Kentucky |
| Richmond, America | 8 | F |
W | | born Illinois |
| Richmond, Cora | 7 | F |
W | | born Illinois |
| Richmond, Corona | 6 | F |
W | | born Illinois |
next door
| Richmond, John P. | 21 | M |
W | | born Illinois |
| Richmond, Allice | 18 | F |
W | | born Illinois |
| Grista, Joseph | * | M |
W | | born Illinois |
* Age 54, 57, or 51. Difficult to read.
Joseph's last name was spelled Grista, but I assume it was Gristy. Alice
was spelled Allice.
I should add that I have much additional data regarding the Richmond
family unrelated to the time they lived in Brown County. I would be
pleased to exchange data with others who are researching this Richmond
line. This branch of the Richmond family migrated from Frederick County,
MD. Dr. John Plaster Richmond came from a large family of seventeen
children. Many of his siblings settled in and near Hannibal, MO. His
uncle, Joseph Richmond, had a good sized family in Hittle TWP, Tazewell
County, IL.
You may list my name, address, e-mail, and telephone number if you wish.
Sincerely,
Dave Axe
P.O. Box 858
Index, WA 98256
360) 793-2526
[email protected]