9682 Individuals in our Database | | | | Thomas Richards Sex: Male | | | |  | Birth Date | 1813 Barnstaple, Devon, England | Death Date | 1896 JUN 30 Green River Union Cemetery | Father | ? Richards | Born: 1787 England | | Mother | Sarah ? | Born: | | | Thomas Richards Notes: | Richardsville KY is named after him ( an early settler) Blacksmith and Wagon Maker Arrival: 1847 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Emigration: Mar 1847 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK; with 7 children
| Notes: | Thomas Richards and Susan (Barnes) Richards, both born in England, sailed for America in February 1847. They had lived in Cambridgeshire about 75 miles from Liverpool in England. They were on the ocean six weeks and arrived in New Orleans Louisiana. They and their six living children born in England went up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and lived in Evansville Inidiana for a while. They had left their fifth childl Thomas buried in England. He had died in infancy. The seventh child was born in Evansville. About the mid-1800s, Uncle Billy Brown who ran the mill at Green Castle (on Barren River) went to Evansville in search of a wagon maker (that was what a blacksmith was called then). He met Thomas Richards and got him to move to Green Castle by offering him 15 acres "on the Hill". One reference called him John Brown and said he built a house "on the corner, across from the old post office", presumably for "Tommy" and his family. (Novice Basham Runners record had this written by Alpha Erdean Richards Martin. ) Thomas proved to be a man of sound judgement and was a good blacksmith. Despite his British accent, he was well liked.
| Notes: | About 1875, Squire Granville E. Speck, a member of the State Legislature, got a post office on "The Hill". Squire Speck considered naming the new town Speckville but didn like the sound of it. "Well name it after the wagon maker," he said. "Well call it Richardsville." And so it was, and still is, a fine community some 10 miles North of Bowling Green, Ky., on State Highivay 263. Hudnall Young and Billy Brown gave Thomas Richards three acres of land on the west side of HWy. 263 (Richardsville Rd) where Aaron Cherry later lived. The blacksmith shop was across the road. This is where the old Threlkels Ferry Road leaves the Richardsville Road.)
| Notes: | Democrat Methodist Thomas favorite sport - skating " " song - "Farmer Boy" " " flower - roses " by-word - "God boys"
| |  | Birth Date | 1812 MAR 16 London, City of London, Greater London, England | Death Date | 1878 APR 18 Green River Union Cemetery | Father | John Barnes | Born: 1786 | Died: | Mother | Robina Howard | Born: | | Married: 13 Aug 1833 | Doddington, Cambridge, England | Susanah Rapier Barnes RAPHEAL Notes: | | Individual Notes: | | More Notes: | | Individual Notes: | | | |
FOR=272 Ancestors Chart Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | ? Richards b.1787 England
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