Richard Sidney Settle was born into slavery in No Carolina. Richard is the son of Josiah Settle the plantation owner and mulatto slave, Nancy Ann Graves. Mr. Josiah Settle began a loving and long standing relationship with Nancy Ann Graves after the death of his first wife. Josiah and Nancy had 9 children together. In 1850 they left NC and went to Mississippi where Nancy and children were manumitted. They were not allowed to live together and thus went in 1856 to Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio.
Richard Settle of this memorial met Frannie Yancey his wife to be in in Ohio and they married there. In August 1864 Richard enlisted as a Seaman in the US Navy to serve during the Civil War. He served aboard the Carondelet, an ironclad gunboat until the close of the war.
Shortly after this time the Settle family and some of Frannie's family, the Yancey's, left Ohio for Minnesota.
Richard farmed in Richfield and Edina and owned property.
Obituary:
Died, April 22nd 1888, Mr. Richard S.
Settle at his late home at Edina Mills,
Minn. Funeral took place on Tuesday
at 2 p. m. at the Granger Hall and was
buried under the auspices of the
Grangers Association. Mr. Settle was
one of our oldest citizens, and was well
known and highly respected. He leaves
to mourn his loss a wife and two children,
respectively, Robert, aged 27
and Bertie F., a miss of 15 summers,
also a vast number of friends who extend
their condolence to the bereaved
family.
Obituary furnished by Bruce Helmer.
Minneapolis Tribune April 28, 1888 Page 8, column 6
BORN A SLAVE, FREED, SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR
The Edina Historical Society has a considerable amount of historical information written about the Yancey and Settle Families and published accounts of their lives is available there.
[Also buried in this plot: Sydney Arthur Mitchell Johnson, his grandson. Son of Alberta Fay
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Military Service suggestion:
Shipped August 22, 1864 at Cincinnati, Ohio for 2 years. Transferred to the US Receiving Ship Great Western at Cairo, Illinois August 27, 1864. Transferred as a Seaman to the USS Carondelet September 3, 1864. Rated Ward Room Cook prior to December 31, 1864. Present and accounted for through April 1, 1865. No further records.
Contributor: Alex Meekins (51426856
Richard Settle of this memorial met Frannie Yancey his wife to be in in Ohio and they married there. In August 1864 Richard enlisted as a Seaman in the US Navy to serve during the Civil War. He served aboard the Carondelet, an ironclad gunboat until the close of the war.
Shortly after this time the Settle family and some of Frannie's family, the Yancey's, left Ohio for Minnesota.
Richard farmed in Richfield and Edina and owned property.
Obituary:
Died, April 22nd 1888, Mr. Richard S.
Settle at his late home at Edina Mills,
Minn. Funeral took place on Tuesday
at 2 p. m. at the Granger Hall and was
buried under the auspices of the
Grangers Association. Mr. Settle was
one of our oldest citizens, and was well
known and highly respected. He leaves
to mourn his loss a wife and two children,
respectively, Robert, aged 27
and Bertie F., a miss of 15 summers,
also a vast number of friends who extend
their condolence to the bereaved
family.
Obituary furnished by Bruce Helmer.
Minneapolis Tribune April 28, 1888 Page 8, column 6
BORN A SLAVE, FREED, SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR
The Edina Historical Society has a considerable amount of historical information written about the Yancey and Settle Families and published accounts of their lives is available there.
[Also buried in this plot: Sydney Arthur Mitchell Johnson, his grandson. Son of Alberta Fay
**********************************************************************************************
Military Service suggestion:
Shipped August 22, 1864 at Cincinnati, Ohio for 2 years. Transferred to the US Receiving Ship Great Western at Cairo, Illinois August 27, 1864. Transferred as a Seaman to the USS Carondelet September 3, 1864. Rated Ward Room Cook prior to December 31, 1864. Present and accounted for through April 1, 1865. No further records.
Contributor: Alex Meekins (51426856
Richard Sidney Settle was born into slavery in No Carolina. Richard is the son of Josiah Settle the plantation owner and mulatto slave, Nancy Ann Graves. Mr. Josiah Settle began a loving and long standing relationship with Nancy Ann Graves after the death of his first wife. Josiah and Nancy had 9 children together. In 1850 they left NC and went to Mississippi where Nancy and children were manumitted. They were not allowed to live together and thus went in 1856 to Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio.
Richard Settle of this memorial met Frannie Yancey his wife to be in in Ohio and they married there. In August 1864 Richard enlisted as a Seaman in the US Navy to serve during the Civil War. He served aboard the Carondelet, an ironclad gunboat until the close of the war.
Shortly after this time the Settle family and some of Frannie's family, the Yancey's, left Ohio for Minnesota.
Richard farmed in Richfield and Edina and owned property.
Obituary:
Died, April 22nd 1888, Mr. Richard S.
Settle at his late home at Edina Mills,
Minn. Funeral took place on Tuesday
at 2 p. m. at the Granger Hall and was
buried under the auspices of the
Grangers Association. Mr. Settle was
one of our oldest citizens, and was well
known and highly respected. He leaves
to mourn his loss a wife and two children,
respectively, Robert, aged 27
and Bertie F., a miss of 15 summers,
also a vast number of friends who extend
their condolence to the bereaved
family.
Obituary furnished by Bruce Helmer.
Minneapolis Tribune April 28, 1888 Page 8, column 6
BORN A SLAVE, FREED, SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR
The Edina Historical Society has a considerable amount of historical information written about the Yancey and Settle Families and published accounts of their lives is available there.
[Also buried in this plot: Sydney Arthur Mitchell Johnson, his grandson. Son of Alberta Fay
**********************************************************************************************
Military Service suggestion:
Shipped August 22, 1864 at Cincinnati, Ohio for 2 years. Transferred to the US Receiving Ship Great Western at Cairo, Illinois August 27, 1864. Transferred as a Seaman to the USS Carondelet September 3, 1864. Rated Ward Room Cook prior to December 31, 1864. Present and accounted for through April 1, 1865. No further records.
Contributor: Alex Meekins (51426856
Richard Settle of this memorial met Frannie Yancey his wife to be in in Ohio and they married there. In August 1864 Richard enlisted as a Seaman in the US Navy to serve during the Civil War. He served aboard the Carondelet, an ironclad gunboat until the close of the war.
Shortly after this time the Settle family and some of Frannie's family, the Yancey's, left Ohio for Minnesota.
Richard farmed in Richfield and Edina and owned property.
Obituary:
Died, April 22nd 1888, Mr. Richard S.
Settle at his late home at Edina Mills,
Minn. Funeral took place on Tuesday
at 2 p. m. at the Granger Hall and was
buried under the auspices of the
Grangers Association. Mr. Settle was
one of our oldest citizens, and was well
known and highly respected. He leaves
to mourn his loss a wife and two children,
respectively, Robert, aged 27
and Bertie F., a miss of 15 summers,
also a vast number of friends who extend
their condolence to the bereaved
family.
Obituary furnished by Bruce Helmer.
Minneapolis Tribune April 28, 1888 Page 8, column 6
BORN A SLAVE, FREED, SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR
The Edina Historical Society has a considerable amount of historical information written about the Yancey and Settle Families and published accounts of their lives is available there.
[Also buried in this plot: Sydney Arthur Mitchell Johnson, his grandson. Son of Alberta Fay
**********************************************************************************************
Military Service suggestion:
Shipped August 22, 1864 at Cincinnati, Ohio for 2 years. Transferred to the US Receiving Ship Great Western at Cairo, Illinois August 27, 1864. Transferred as a Seaman to the USS Carondelet September 3, 1864. Rated Ward Room Cook prior to December 31, 1864. Present and accounted for through April 1, 1865. No further records.
Contributor: Alex Meekins (51426856
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